The Catcher in the Rye2774 reviews J.D. Salinger Back Bay Books, 2001 The place where the youth novel was born + Will stick with you Because this is one of the most heavily reviewed books on Amazon, I will not at this late date attempt to do a comprehensive review. I'll merely focus on one reason this is such an important book and then comment on one odd yet persistent misreading of the novel. First, this is the first novel ...             The Picture of Dorian Gray (Modern Library Classics)257 reviews Oscar Wilde Modern Library, 1998 Beautiful and witty + Further reading + The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame + A + Dated             Timequake191 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Putnam Adult, 1997 Coda + A master's hand + Did I Miss Something? No, This Book is Just Awesome + Shaken, Not Stirred             Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)459 reviews Laurell K. Hamilton Ace, 1993 great read + Awesome read, Not What I expected I bought this book to be given as a gift, only after I had read it a few months ago. It is an enthralling, fast-paced book that I thoroughly enjoyed, as well as all of the other Anita Blake books that I have read. Highly recommended!             Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics)898 reviews Jane Austen Bantam Classics, 1983 Classic + A Nice Novel + Justifiably a Classic + Awesome of course             Ulysses394 reviews James Joyce Vintage, 1990 Ten Reasons to Re-read Ulysses + Mount Everest for Readers + Great performance. 1. When you tried it in college, it was a task, a challenge, an intellectual mountain to climb, a test of your literary mettle. Perhaps if you read it apart from any course, as I did, you felt you failed. 2. In the intervening time you've read perhaps hundreds of Modernist and post-modernist ...             Neverwhere574 reviews Neil Gaiman Avon, 1998 Surprised and pleased + A Story for Those Wandering in Our Own Subways + perfect A friend highly recommended American Gods to me, I read it and was not very taken by it so wasn't going to bother with more Gaiman but Neverwhere came into my possession (book was left at my home by some visitor) so I read it and was swallowed up by it to the point where I almost called in "sick" ...             Stranger in a Strange Land538 reviews Robert A. Heinlein Ace, 1987 Mindblowing, if you can grok it. + Excelent Read... This novel is an absolute masterpiece. As with any great Science Fiction [this is the rare hard fiction variety], paradigms dissolve to explore humanity, spirituality and other topics on levels normally taboo to mainstream minds. This novel may be read on a multitude of layers for those minds ...             The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)533 reviews Stephen King Signet, 1989 readinisfun + Hail Gunslinger + You have to read the whole series + I want more             Companions of the Night155 reviews Vivian Vande Velde Jane Yolen Books, 1995 Fast read + Fantasic, a fav!! + Good, but just didn't pull me in + A Great Novel + Good and bad points             Sati47 reviews Christopher Pike Tor Books, 1991 Still my favorite book. + a spiritual birth + Great Nondual Novel + Wonderful + Top marks             Catch-22828 reviews Joseph Heller Simon & Schuster, 1996 Best Book I Ever Read + Most Brilliant Satire + Stubborn, heroic innocence in a mad world Catch-22 is a jarring, thrilling, hysterical exposition of the oppression and dominance which pervades lives and lifestyles in the modern era. Full of classic dialogue, superb characters, wonderfully narrated, Catch-22 may be the best book ever written. A heartbreaking achievement of staggering ...             Biting the Sun38 reviews Tanith Lee Spectra, 1999 Familiar theme, done in a totally new way + I loved this book! + All-Time Favorite, to be sure!! + wow! + My First Experience With SF/Fantasy             The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure (The 'Good Parts' Version)672 reviews William Goldman Ballantine Books, 1998 Romance and adventure and political documentation! + Great story, questionable reading. + True Love and High Adventure Indeed! + Real Fantasy             Demon in My View275 reviews Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2000 AWESOME THIS IS THE BEST VAMPIRE BOOK IVE READ IN A LONG TIME!!*! + Great for a teen, but still Cheesy + Good but not perfect + great book             The Great Gatsby1130 reviews F. Scott Fitzgerald Scribner, 1995 Classic romance and tale of a man who isn't exactly what he seems + Beautifully written, but I still don't particularly like the story + Classic + An American Classic and Great Read             In the Forests of the Night (Den of Shadows)251 reviews Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Laurel Leaf, 2000 A book that you just have to finish once you pick it up + Amazing for a teenager writer, but has a lot of flaws + i am a huge fan + Hmmmm......             Bridge to Terabithia804 reviews Katherine Paterson HarperTrophy, 1987 The Magic of Friendship + Bridge to Terabithia + Bridge to Terabithia Recommmendation I have read this countless times since the 4th grade, and it still continues to be one of my favorite books ever. The odd thing is that I remember being severely disappointed to learn this was not a fantasy. But the real story is stronger, that of a deep friendship that affects a young boy for ...             The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein11 reviews Robert A. Heinlein Tor Books, 1999 Heinlein, a Master of Fantasy + The Fantasies of Robert A Heinlein + Some good short work of Heinlein's Robert A. Heinlein is considered one of the greatest, most influential writers of all time in the genre of Science Fiction. He was a master of weaving fantastical tales of wonder and depth that often left the reader reflecting upon its social relevance to society as a whole. He had the ability to ...             Good Omens523 reviews Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett Ace, 1996 Armageddon Has Arrived....and it's Hilarious! + Like reading a Monty Python movie... fantastic literary satire + Good Omens + B+ + A very pleasurable read...