Best 1970S Literature

Ernest Callenbach's 'Ecotopia' depicts a breakaway region of the United States that has seceded to create an ecologically sustainable society. The novel follows a journalist who travels to Ecotopia to...

Let's All Kill Constance (1976) is a darkly humorous and satirical collection of short stories centered around the eccentric residents of a small town. Bradbury uses exaggeration and absurdity to crit...

David Voderhaugh's 'The Anarchist Cookbook,' published in 1971, provides instructions for various illegal and dangerous activities, ranging from bomb-making to drug manufacturing. The book's publicati...

Alex Comfort's 'The Joy of Sex,' published in 1972, was a groundbreaking guide to sexual pleasure and intimacy. Its frank and open discussion of sexuality, combined with its playful and encouraging to...