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Peachtree Road 37 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!
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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
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Gone with the Wind 657 reviews Margaret Mitchell
Grand Central Publishing, 1993
*romantic sigh*
+ Favorite Book of All Time + Timeless! + A 10-star epic novel.
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The Lords of Discipline 170 reviews Pat Conroy
Bantam, 1986
Amazing
+ little slow but great read towards the end + Excellent Writing + Lords of Discipline + One of Conroy's Best
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 40 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...
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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
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The Alienist 472 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.
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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
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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!
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A Separate Peace 769 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!
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test 133 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
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Island of the Blue Dolphins 609 reviews Scott O'Dell
Yearling, 1987
Classic adventure
+ Island of the Blue Dolphins + A True Survivor + Dolphin book for school
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On the Road 629 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 ...
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The Great Santini 60 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 ...
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The Secret History 536 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
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War and Peace 20 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
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A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age 198 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
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The Time Traveler's Wife 1675 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 ...
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Drifters 53 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 ...
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The Once and Future King 326 reviews Terence Hanbury White
Ace, 1987
creative, rich and wonderful
+ Wow. Wow! WOW!!! + How I wish I was thirteen again ... + An Arthurian Masterpiece
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