So, it's been a little over a week now since the mid-season finale of Mad Men (what's with these mid-season finales anyway?! Such a tease!) I've actually opted to wait and binge-watch this first half of the final season, so I haven't seen any new episodes in full yet and have been cautious surfing online, dodging spoilers left and right.

For those of you who did watch in real time and are already going through withdrawal from the 1960s set drama, we've got just the thing for you: a list of books and films that were written and created in the 1960s, were inspired by the 1960s, and / or have been featured or referenced on the show themselves! We call it If You Like Mad Men... and here is a sampling (in no particular order):

• A well-worn copy of The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner is read by Don's L.A. lover Joy in the season 2 episode "Jet Set".
   
• In episode 10 of the first season, "Long Weekend", Joan and Roger discuss the 1960 film The Apartment, which has been documented as a huge influence on the show by creator Matthew Weiner.
   
• Sally Draper reads aloud passages from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire to her ailing Grandpa Gene in the season 3 episode "My Old Kentucky Home".
   
• In another season 3 episode, "Love Among The Ruins", the agency is hired by Pepsi to create a television commercial that is a frame-by-frame knock-off the recently released musical movie Bye Bye Birdie starring Ann-Margret.
   
• Don reads The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns in Japanese Culture by Ruth Benedict in an episode of the same name in season 4, preparing for a sales pitch meeting with Honda to win an account advertising their new motorcycle.
   
• In the season 5 episode "Commissions and Fees", Megan is deciding on potential movies including Georgy Girl, Alfie, Gambit, Night of the Generals, Blow Up, and A Fistful of Dollars.
   
• Also in season 2, Betty reads the short story "A Diamond as Big as the Ritz" by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 4th episode, "Three Sundays".
   
• Don and Lane contemplate taking in a screening of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World in the season 4 episode "The Good News", but instead end up seeing the monster movie Gamera.
   
• Don seems engrossed in some not-quite-light beach reading of Dante's The Inferno while lounging in Hawaii in the Season 6 opening episode.
   
• Bobby's mind is blown away when Don takes him to a matinee of Planet of the Apes in the season 6 episode "The Flood" that he asks if they can see it again as soon as the credits role.
   

These staff picks should keep you busy during the year long wait for the finale to the final season of Mad Men in 2015, or at the very least you'll have more options for some summer beach reads and lazy Sunday movie watching!

What are some of your favorite books and films from the 1960s? Let us know in the comments!