On The Beach. I read this book when I was a teenager. It was by far the most mature thing I had come across and had some lasting effects. I like submarines for one thing and it had that end of the world thing going on. In the early sixties the possibility was not that far fetched.
I've seen the movie a couple of times and although it's well acted, books are almost always better.
Movie is good though. Ava Gardner, hubba hubba.
Waltzing Matilda.