In 1962, the prizes ReadingRate follows named 7 winners. The most approachable is The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor (difficulty 53/100, about 8 hours); the hardest is Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (73/100).
Earlier: 1961 · Every year · Later: 1963
Other prizes: Nobel Prize in Literature, Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, International Booker Prize, National Book Award for Fiction, Women's Prize for Fiction, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Prix Goncourt, Dublin Literary Award, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, National Book Award for Nonfiction, Costa Novel Award, Albert J. Beveridge Award, Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction. Every literary prize; every winner of 2026.