Non-fiction
- Maya Angelou – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- H. Rap Brown – Die Nigger Die!
- Henri Charriere – Papillon
- L. Sprague de Camp and George H. Scithers, editors – The Conan Swordbook
- Antonia Fraser – Mary, Queen of Scots
- Peter Geach – God and the Soul
- Laurie Lee - As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
- Peter Maas – The Valachi Papers
- Desmond Morris – The Human Zoo
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