1960s

The Cyberiad

Series of humorous science fiction short stories by Polish writer Stanisaw Lem, originally published in 1965, with an English translation appearing in 1974. The main protagonists of the series are Trurl and Klapaucius, the “constructors”.
The vast majority of characters are either robots or intelligent machines

A Grief Observed

Collection of C. S. Lewis’s reflections on the experience of bereavement following the death of his wife, Joy Davidman, in 1960. The book was first published in 1961 under the pseudonym N.W. Clerk, as Lewis wished to avoid identification as the author

Why We Can’t Wait

1964 book by Martin Luther King Jr. about the nonviolent movement against racial segregation in the United States, and specifically the 1963 Birmingham campaign

The Greek Passion

The Greek Passion, or Christ Recrucified (Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται, ‘Christ is Recrucified’) is a 1954 novel by Nikos Kazantzakis.

Catch-22

Satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller