Literature
Popular books of the time include the following:
• Love Story Erich Segal
• The Final Days Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
• Carrie Stephen King
• Fools Die Mario Puzo
• 1970: Collected Stories John Stafford
• 1972: Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
• 1973: The Optimist's Daughter Eudora Welty
• 1975: The Killer Angels Michael Shaara
• 1976: Humboldt's Gift Saul Bellow
• 1978: Elbow Room James Alan McPherson
• 1979: The Stories of John Cheever John Cheever
During the 1970s, the following books were adapted as movies:
• Love Story by Erich Segal
• Carrie Stephen King
• A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens, specifically the 1970, 1971, 1978, and 1979 adaptations
• The Duel Joseph Conrad
• Empire of the Ants H.G. Wells
• Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
• The Corsican Brothers Alexander Dumas
• The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe
• The Luck of Roaring Camp Bret Harte
• The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling
• The Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell
• Not After Midnight Daphne Du Maurier
• The Nutcracker and the Mouse King E.T.A. Hoffmann
• The Outcasts of Poker Flat Bret Harte
• Pete's Dragon Seton I. Miller
• The Racer Ib Melchior
• Random Quest John Lyndham
• Roller Ball Murder William Harrison
• Ruidoso John McPhee
• The Shadow Over Innsmouth H.P. Lovecraft
• There Shall Be No Darkness James Blish
• The Turn of the Screw Henry James
• The Vessel of Wrath W. Somerset Maugham
• The Virgin and the Gypsy D.H. Lawrence
• White Nights Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Zorro Johnston McCulley
• Shatranj ke Khiladi Munshi Premchand