Peachtree Road37 reviews
Anne Rivers Siddons

HarperTorch, 1998

Flawless

+ Reissuance of a classic, now in paperback
+ Slow start but builds to an exciting read,

What a wonderfully written book.I still can't help thinking of this great read.If you want a great book,this is it!
  
  











  



  
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgerton Series, Bk. 2)123 reviews
Julia Quinn

Avon, 2000

Incredibly entertaining!

+ Absolutely Amazing-This One's a Keeper
+ My All Time Favorite
+ The Best of Julia Quinn
  
  











  



  
Gone with the Wind657 reviews
Margaret Mitchell

Grand Central Publishing, 1993

*romantic sigh*

+ Favorite Book of All Time
+ Timeless!
+ A 10-star epic novel.
  
  











  



  
The Lords of Discipline170 reviews
Pat Conroy

Bantam, 1986

Amazing

+ little slow but great read towards the end
+ Excellent Writing
+ Lords of Discipline
+ One of Conroy's Best
  
  











  



  
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories40 reviews
Flannery O'Connor

Harvest Books, 1977

Do Yourself a Favor and Read Flannery O'Connor

+ A Southern Story Classic
+ Explore the Dark Side in the Deep South
+ for the love of all that is grotesque
+ A perfect collection of stories...
  
  











  



  
The Secret Garden (HarperClassics)269 reviews
Frances Hodgson Burnett

HarperTrophy, 1998

An Absolute Treasure!

+ Awesome story
+ Favorite children's book
+ Great read for all ages
  
  











  



  
The Alienist472 reviews
Caleb Carr

Bantam, 1995

A superb story and excellent insight into life in 1800 New York

+ Awesome book
+ I shouldn't have waited so long...

A great read. A page turner. Characters are alive. Relationships are all too real. Setting is most interesting.
  
  











  



  
Idylls of the King (Penguin Classics)23 reviews
Alfred Tennyson

Penguin Classics, 1989

Wow

+ Always
+ Something of Heroism, Something of Life
+ A Gift Well Received
+ Not for the casual reader
  
  











  



  
Old Goriot (Penguin Classics)15 reviews
Honore de Balzac

Penguin Classics, 1951

A Classic Tale of Unconditional Love

+ Old Goriot is the Classic Poor Little Rich Man
+ Old Goriot is a searing portrait of a nineteenth century Parisian King Lear
+ Is This Worth Reading? Yes!
+ Balzac Rocks!
  
  











  



  
A Separate Peace769 reviews
John Knowles

Scribner, 2003

fast delivery

+ A Different time, a Different Place
+ Schoolbook

My daughter needed this book asap for school. She received it in 4 days....and in good shape too!
  
  











  



  
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test133 reviews
Tom Wolfe

Bantam, 1999

Interesting and well-written

+ Good, better if you have read "On The Road First"
+ Fascinating to contemplate
+ Mind-blowing experience
  
  











  



  
Island of the Blue Dolphins609 reviews
Scott O'Dell

Yearling, 1987

Classic adventure

+ Island of the Blue Dolphins
+ A True Survivor
+ Dolphin book for school
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Great Santini60 reviews
Pat Conroy

Bantam, 1987

Penetrating portrait of fathers and sons, and of America

+ Very fine purchase
+ Conroy the Great

The Great Santini is Colonel Bull Meecham, husband to his lovely Southern enabling wife Lillian, father to Ben, Mary Anne, Matt, and Karen, Marine, fighter pilot, bully, creep, alcoholic, and all around jerk. Bull rules his family as he does the marines that serve under him. A bad drunk, Bull ...
  
  











  



  
The Secret History536 reviews
Donna Tartt

Vintage, 2004

A Very Powerful Novel

+ This is a great book - a must read for the winter.
+ Well written page turner
+ The Heart of the History
+ A Modern Classical Tragedy
  
  











  



  
War and Peace20 reviews
Leo Tolstoy

Viking Adult, 2006

Briggs translation: complete, unabridged, and superbly rendered

+ Best translation for first time reader
+ Magnificent Achievement
+ Did you know that Tolstoy is funny?
+ Just starting
  
  











  



  
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age198 reviews
William Manchester

Back Bay Books, 1993

The flavor of the middle ages

+ Highly Entertaining
+ When The Capitalist World Was Young
+ Read and test everything
  
  











  



  
The Time Traveler's Wife1675 reviews
Audrey Niffenegger

Harvest Books, 2004

Best Book I've read in a LONG time

+ Loved it!

I absolutely loved this book. I abandoned all of my responsibilities for two days so that I could read The Time Traveler's wife without stopping. I have now recommended it to everyone I know. It's a little confusing in the beginning, but a good confusing, because the author makes you want to ...
  
  











  



  
Drifters53 reviews
James A. Michener

Fawcett, 1986

The Drifters

+ Bridging the generation gap? Sort of...
+ Vietnam--draft--war--political policies

This book really gives the reader a feel for the Sixties! Written in 1971, `The Drifters' is set in America, Europe and Africa in 1969. The plot centers on six young people from around the world, the ways in which their lives become intertwined, and the adventures they have while traveling. All ...
  
  











  



  
The Once and Future King326 reviews
Terence Hanbury White

Ace, 1987

creative, rich and wonderful

+ Wow. Wow! WOW!!!
+ How I wish I was thirteen again ...
+ An Arthurian Masterpiece