Book Recommendations

[Sharop]

Got any good books that you'd recommend to others? What are they?

A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favourite books and I've read quite a few of Madeleine L'Engle's other novels; I'm in the process of reading Dragons in the Waters now.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon details two cousins who start up a comic book business in the Golden Age of comics. I haven't finished it and haven't read it for a while so need to pick it up again at some point, but I've read the first 300 or so pages (it's a lengthy novel) and have found it to be very good.

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger - a very famous novel that has been banned many times.

[InspectorExstead]

There's several. Here are some off the top of my head:

The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Mrs. Dalloway
The Bluest Eye
Wuthering Heights
White Oleander
She's Come Undone

[Courtnee]

The Great Gastby
The Things They Carried
Columbine
Scarlett Letter
I Am America and So Can You
Frankenstein
Curious George Goes to the Hospital
Huck Finn
In Cold Blood
Night

[beautifuldreamer]

The Stranger -- Seriously, just read it. :D
Has anyone else read that one? It's such a short book, but my gosh, it's so analytical and amazing. I had to write an analysis of it for my English class, but yeah, it's a winner! It's by Albert Camus.

[InspectorExstead]

The Stranger -- Seriously, just read it. :D
Has anyone else read that one? It's such a short book, but my gosh, it's so analytical and amazing. I had to write an analysis of it for my English class, but yeah, it's a winner! It's by Albert Camus.

Ah, I read that in AP English in 12th grade. Yeah, it's a good book. I remember when I bought it, I thought "dang...this book is so short, it'll be a quick/easy read!" Little did I know what kind of writing style it was. It was completely different than anything I've ever read, but it was good. I've been meaning to re-read it again, just never got around to it. This reminds me that I should!

[Sharop]

Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury

[browneyes106]

Bleachers
The Time Travelor's Wife

[Waterston_Fan]

I have a few but it's political so..... I don't want to do that....

But the are like biographies though.

[gidgetgrape]

How to Live 365 Days a Year
by John A. Schindler

Red Sky at Morning: A Novel
by Richard Bradford

Post Office
by Charles Bukowski

Saratoga Trunk
by Edna Ferber

A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway

Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin

The Snapper
by Roddy Doyle

Tess of the D'ubervilles
by Thomas Hardy

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
by Terry Ryan

Why He Didn't Call You Back
by Rachel Greenwald

Sit, Ubu, Sit: How I went from Brooklyn to Hollywood with the same woman, the same dog, and a lot less hair
by Gary David Goldberg

Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss
by Danica McKellar

[Kristen]

Anyone who knows me knows I'm a bookaholic, lol. A few books I think pretty much everyone should read:

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
It's a pretty long book, but I've read it countless times, and it never gets old. A great story about faith and friendship.
The Memory-Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
A heartbreaking story of a father who gives up his disabled daughter at birth, and the consequences of that decision.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
An interesting idea about the afterlife. Definitely makes you think about certain things.

Anybody who's read these, feel free to PM me if you want to talk. :)