Wisconsin Public Library Survey: "The Quality of the Book Collection" (1960)

From "The Quality of the Book Collection", page 59.  The checklist appearing in Figure 11 includes among the 85 significant adult books 49 titles selected as notable book of 1959 by the Notable Books Council of the American Library Association and 36 chosen by the New York Times Book Review as among the significant publications of 1959.  Of the 85 titles, 19 are fiction and 66 are non-fiction.  

It would be interesting to know what percentage of Wisconsin public libraries held this title at the time of the survey.

Now available in a variety of formats.

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