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Best books of 1958

13 highest-rated books first published in 1958.

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Why Night is #1

Night (Elie Wiesel) scores 8.2/10 from 54 ratings — 0.1 points ahead of Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories in second place.

The score is a weighted average across 3 independent rating sources. A title with few ratings is pulled toward the category average, so a handful of enthusiastic reviews cannot outrank a book that thousands of readers have judged. Method →

  1. Night
    NightElie Wiesel · 1958 Biography & memoir54 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  2. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
    Yertle the Turtle and Other StoriesDr. Seuss · 1958 Picture books57 ratings
    8.18.1 / 10
  3. Tom's Midnight Garden
    Tom's Midnight GardenPhilippa Pearce · 1958 Fantasy50 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  4. Brave New World Revisited
    Brave New World RevisitedAldous Huxley · 1958 Essays75 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  5. The Once and Future King
    The Once and Future KingT. H. White · 1958Filmed 1963 Fantasy296 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  6. Breakfast at Tiffany's
    Breakfast at Tiffany'sTruman Capote · 1958 Romance50 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  7. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
    The Witch of Blackbird PondElizabeth George Speare · 1958 Children’s books141 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  8. Methuselah's Children
    Methuselah's ChildrenRobert A. Heinlein · 1958 Science fiction78 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  9. A Raisin in the Sun
    A Raisin in the SunLorraine Hansberry · 1958 Drama & theatre214 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  10. Our Man in Havana
    Our Man in HavanaGraham Greene · 1958 Spy & espionage124 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  11. Dr. No
    Dr. NoIan Fleming · 1958 Crime & mystery111 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  12. Have Space Suit—Will Travel
    Have Space Suit—Will TravelRobert A. Heinlein · 1958 Science fiction145 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  13. Ordeal by Innocence
    Ordeal by InnocenceAgatha Christie · 1958 Crime & mystery80 ratings
    7.47.4 / 10

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