The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics)58 reviews Saul Bellow Penguin Classics, 1996 Excellent writing + This is Not Carl Sandburg's Chicago + Growing up in the depression + Inchoate Bellow tries to flex his genius (with mixed results)             Cloud Atlas: A Novel169 reviews David Mitchell Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004 Highly unique and worthwhile + When Humanity Consumes Itself + A Daring and Beautiful Novel + Rare Masterpiece + Interruptions and emancipations             The Gospel According to Jesus Christ76 reviews Jose Saramago Harvest Books, 1994 Imaginative and Provocative + Uncharacteristic Characterization of Christ This is a wonderful work of fiction that is creatively devised and unique. It is certainly, as has previously been forewarned by others, not for the devout reader who will take offense when faced with a work of fiction that does not accurately depict Jesus and those closest to him as is told by ...             Invisible Cities87 reviews Italo Calvino Harvest Books, 1978 Incredible Story Teller + Reads like poetry + Wonderfully Borgesian, with a regrettable dash of Gibran + Unique and thought provoking             Something Happened71 reviews Joseph Heller Simon & Schuster, 1997 Chilling, funny investigation into the rotting underside of the human psyche + Your Patience Will Be Rewarded + Hard work but very much worth it + worth the read             Libra (Contemporary American Fiction)76 reviews Don DeLillo Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 Brilliant + Decommissioning the Warren Report + A rave + Brilliant and Unsatisfying             The Sea35 reviews John Banville Vintage, 2006 "Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for leaving it." + Another Banville Journey of Self-Loathing + Much ado about nothing! Booker Prize-winning author John Banville presents a sensitive and remarkably complete character study of Max Morden, an art critic/writer from Ireland whose wife has just died of a lingering illness. Seeking solace, Max has checked into the Cedars, a now-dilapidated guest house in the seaside ...             A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters57 reviews Julian Barnes Vintage, 1990 Required reading... + Delightful Collection of Interelated Stories + A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Barnes is, hands down, my favorite writer. Erudite, whip-crackingly funny, and deeply moving, A History of the World in 10-1/2 Chapters is an unconventional guide through the ages and a required read. And the most important chapter of all is the one in which Barnes reveals just a bit of himself; ...             The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea47 reviews Yukio Mishima Vintage, 1994 Mishima's Haunting Love Story. + Strange, Disconcerting, Beautifully Written + Stark and Spare + Sick, beautiful, euphoric - Mishima couldn't stop             The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel560 reviews Margaret Atwood Anchor, 1998 I wasn't expecting this!!!! + A 21st century 1984 by George Orwell + Great Review This book was written very well. I had the creeps while I was reading it. It reminded me of the movie "Children of Men" and the book "The Giver". The entire time I was reading this book, I kept thinking of a certain female vice presidential candidate. I am afraid that she would love the form of ...             On the Road629 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976 Kerouac's Masterpiece + A True Classic This is by far Kerouac's best work. It details his adventures with Neil Cassiday in way only Kerouac could. This book defines the beat movement and defines, for me at least how the world was long before I was born. Being only 20 years old I cannot imagine hitch hiking across the country, in the ...             Enduring Love: A Novel171 reviews Ian Mcewan Anchor, 1998 A Terse Literary Masterpiece on Obsessive Love from Ian McEwan + Wonderful work by the great McEwan + Forever changed Ian McEwan's slender novel, "Enduring Love", moves along at such an episodic fast clip that it might remind readers more of an Ian Fleming James Bond tale, than as a sophisticated literary confection from one of Great Britain's - and truly the English language's - foremost writers of fiction. ...             A Clockwork Orange619 reviews Anthony Burgess W. W. Norton & Company, 1986 Fantastic, yet complicated + Fantastic novel + A Clockwork Orange + Good but have to work to get into             Winter's Tale194 reviews Mark Helprin Harvest Books, 2005 My Favorite Book! + What it feels like to be a New Yorker. + Please use your imagination + Winter Magic             The Master and Margarita341 reviews Mikhail Bulgakov Vintage, 1996 A GIFT FROM THE GRAVE + "a liberating, exuberant social and political satire (Moscow) combined with a profound moral and political allegory (Jerusalem); + seductive masterpiece + The Devil Went Down to Moscow + READ THIS!             Norwegian Wood166 reviews Haruki Murakami Vintage, 2000 A haunting story + proof that i have a soul. + My First Murakami Book + Not just a love story + Good book by Murakami             Sometimes a Great Notion119 reviews Ken Kesey Penguin (Non-Classics), 1977 One of the all time great books + "Never Give A Inch" + The Great American Novel Revealed + It never gets better. + Sometimes a Great Notion             American Gods702 reviews Neil Gaiman HarperTorch, 2002 A deep understanding + Thought provoking...makes you question your beliefs + How Neil Gaiman Re-invents the Fantasy Novel + interesting and engaging, a little stretching             Midnight's Children: A Novel181 reviews Salman Rushdie Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006 Wicked Sense of Humor + A Magic Carpet Ride of Indian History Oh, my goodness. What do I say about this? It's such a rich, excellently written story with lots of interesting action and characters. Bonus: Rushdie has a wicked wicked WICKED sense of humor. And, did I say that the writing is to die for? Envy the size of an elephant inhabited my body as I was ...             Lolita449 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Vintage, 1989 A road movie of the mind + Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece + Upends your preconceptions and prejudices + Which book did you read? + The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written