The 1950s

28 of 36 works · 116 editions first published in the 1950s. A work's decade is its earliest known publication year. All decades →

Title	Author	Years	Editions	Systems
The Aeneid	Virgil	1958–2025	27 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
The old man and the sea	Hemingway, Ernest	1952–2022	11 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
The return of the king : being the third part of the Lord of the Rings	Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)	1955–2012	10 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
The two towers: being the second part of The lord of the rings	Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)	1954–2012	8 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
A farewell to arms : the Hemingway Library edition	Hemingway, Ernest	1957–2025	7 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Siddhartha : an Indian tale	Hesse, Hermann	1951–2020	6 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Jacob's room	Woolf, Virginia	1950–2008	5 editions	NYPL · availability not checked for QPL
The martian chronicles	Bradbury, Ray	1958–2011	5 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Things fall apart	Achebe, Chinua	1958–2013	5 editions	NYPL · availability not checked for QPL
Quo Vadis	Sienkiewicz, Henryk	1959–2013	4 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Waiting for Godot	Samuel Beckett	1956–2011	4 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Kristin Lavransdatter	Sigrid Undset	1951–2005	3 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
A murder is announced : a Miss Marple mystery	Christie, Agatha	1950–2006	2 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
La familia de Pascual Duarte	Cela, Camilo José	1955–1997	2 editions	availability not checked for QPL
Murphy	Beckett, Samuel	1957–2010	2 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
They do it with mirrors : a Miss Marple mystery	Christie, Agatha	1952–2001	2 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Watt	Samuel Beckett	1959–2009	2 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
A pocket full of rye : a Miss Marple mystery	Christie, Agatha	1953	1	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Complete short stories.	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	1959	1	BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Destination unknown	Christie, Agatha	1955	1	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Endgame, a play in one act, followed by Act without words, a mime for one player.	Beckett, Samuel	1958	1	NYPL · availability not checked for QPL
My life in the Bush of Ghosts	Tutuola, Amos	1954	1	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
No exit	Sartre, Jean-Paul	1958	1	NYPL · availability not checked for QPL
No longer human	Osamu Dazai	1958	1	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
The papers of Benjamin Franklin.	Franklin, Benjamin	1959	1	availability not checked for QPL
The road to Wigan Pier	Orwell, George	1958	1	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Tous ceux qui tombent : pièce radiophonique	Beckett, Samuel	1957	1	availability not checked for QPL
Women of Trachis,	Sophocles	1957	1	availability not checked for QPL

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Title	Author	Years	Editions	Systems
The Aeneid	Virgil	1958–2025	27 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
The old man and the sea	Hemingway, Ernest	1952–2022	11 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
The return of the king : being the third part of the Lord of the Rings	Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)	1955–2012	10 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
The two towers: being the second part of The lord of the rings	Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)	1954–2012	8 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
A farewell to arms : the Hemingway Library edition	Hemingway, Ernest	1957–2025	7 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Siddhartha : an Indian tale	Hesse, Hermann	1951–2020	6 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Jacob's room	Woolf, Virginia	1950–2008	5 editions	NYPL · availability not checked for QPL
The martian chronicles	Bradbury, Ray	1958–2011	5 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Things fall apart	Achebe, Chinua	1958–2013	5 editions	NYPL · availability not checked for QPL
Quo Vadis	Sienkiewicz, Henryk	1959–2013	4 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Waiting for Godot	Samuel Beckett	1956–2011	4 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Kristin Lavransdatter	Sigrid Undset	1951–2005	3 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
A murder is announced : a Miss Marple mystery	Christie, Agatha	1950–2006	2 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
La familia de Pascual Duarte	Cela, Camilo José	1955–1997	2 editions	availability not checked for QPL
Murphy	Beckett, Samuel	1957–2010	2 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
They do it with mirrors : a Miss Marple mystery	Christie, Agatha	1952–2001	2 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Watt	Samuel Beckett	1959–2009	2 editions	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
A pocket full of rye : a Miss Marple mystery	Christie, Agatha	1953	1	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Complete short stories.	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	1959	1	BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Destination unknown	Christie, Agatha	1955	1	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Endgame, a play in one act, followed by Act without words, a mime for one player.	Beckett, Samuel	1958	1	NYPL · availability not checked for QPL
My life in the Bush of Ghosts	Tutuola, Amos	1954	1	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
No exit	Sartre, Jean-Paul	1958	1	NYPL · availability not checked for QPL
No longer human	Osamu Dazai	1958	1	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
The papers of Benjamin Franklin.	Franklin, Benjamin	1959	1	availability not checked for QPL
The road to Wigan Pier	Orwell, George	1958	1	NYPL · BPL · availability not checked for QPL
Tous ceux qui tombent : pièce radiophonique	Beckett, Samuel	1957	1	availability not checked for QPL
Women of Trachis,	Sophocles	1957	1	availability not checked for QPL

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