100 years of solitude
Gone with the wind |
That... or author on drugs. ![]() |
Best novel overall -Manchild In the Promised Land, Claude Brown (I owned a signed copy) and Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do by Peter McWilliams (formed my political views for a lifetime). GWTW-best all time summer read. |
Three Junes.
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Grapes of Wrath
The House of the Spirits LOTR Trilogy (i have read these books several times at different stages in my life and I always take away something new and meaningful with each read) |
I think almost everything mentioned so far would be too much for my sleep deprived mom brain. Maybe I'll bookmark this thread to come back to in a couple of years. |
The Sun Also Rises. |
Not a classic
"The Lost Legends of New Jersey" |
Kite Runner was amazing. One of those rare books that changes your life. |
Gone With The Wind is a disgrace. It is an apology for racism and slavery. It was written in the 1930's for God's Sake, not the 19th Century! |
Yes! I also loved The Fountainhead |
Great gatsby
Catcher in the rye Cliche, maybe. But life changers. Therefore will give them "best novel" status. Fave book of 2011- "just kids". |
I love that book! It's up there with Daughter of Fortune, Ines of My Soul and Island Beneath the Sea. |
Less Than Zero. Aw c'mon, no Rielle Hunter fans? ![]() |
NP - I am excited about A Fine Balance now. Kite Runner was one of my faves, as was Prayer for Owen Meany (although some of the political junk in there was annoying, it was the first book to make me cry) and Love in the Time of Cholera. Walker Percy's Love in the Ruins and John Kennedy Toole's Confederacy of Dunces were favorites too. I was an English major so it's hard to choose... and it's been a long time since I sat down to just enjoy a book, so I am not even sure I would love any of these as much today. That said, Lolita is one I come back to again and again and it's still marvelous. |