Anonymous wrote:Thanks for these lists, which should provide plenty of suggestions for vacation reads.
To Kill A Mockingbird is the perfect book. Other all-time favs:
East of Eden
The Kite Runner
Death Comes to the Archbishop
Try the first three from recorded books if you have a long car trip. Gives them a whole new dimension.
Anonymous wrote:Lolita
Of Human Bondage
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I forgot about Confederacy for Dunces. Laughed out loud!
Really? I don't get it. After a dozen recommendations, I finally checked it out, and was both bored and repulsed by the first 50 pages. I had zero desire to go further. Is it perhaps one of those books that doesn't get worthwhile til the second half or something?