Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream417 reviews Hunter S. Thompson Vintage, 1998 A classic + Great book, unfortunatell i've seen the movie + Great Book + A book about the savage journey to the heart of the American Dream!             White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club)1016 reviews Janet Fitch Back Bay Books, 2000 White Oleander + A touching story + Great read, beautifullly written + good book + A well-crafter exploration of a girl growing up hard in the system             Layer Cake8 reviews J. J. Connolly Grove Press, Black Cat, 2004 Snatch meets Dutch + Better than I expected + Great book for you geezers! This novel comes across like a Guy Ritchie movie crossed with an book by Elmore Leonard. Very enjoyable and engaging. I'll have to check out the British movie when it hits Canada.             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             Battle Royale145 reviews Koushun Takami VIZ Media LLC, 2003 Battle Royale + Captivating Read... The Pages Roll By. + Violent, disturbing, intelligent and unmissable. + GREA YET SCARY + Excellent Character Study for Strong Stomachs             Oh the Glory of It All86 reviews Sean Wilsey, 2006 Cream of the Crop + really engrossing read + Good book about a bad childhood + A mixed bag. + Wonderful But Sad Story             The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition57 reviews Upton Sinclair See Sharp Press, 2003 The reason I pay my union dues + Important, not-to-miss + Jungle + Timeless Classic             Anthem438 reviews Ayn Rand Signet, 1996 A Timeless Warning + Anthem Pay no attention to the negative reviews, Anthem is pure genius. A timeless warning to humans not to give into the slavery of collectivism, be it of the socialist or mystic variety, and to cherish their individual rights and freedoms. Freedom is a central theme, with clarity that freedom is freedom ...             The Bell Jar: A Novel (Perennial Classics)486 reviews Sylvia Plath Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000 The most famous book you've never read + how did I miss this one?? + Believe the Hype + "To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream."             The Rules of Attraction130 reviews Bret Easton Ellis Vintage, 1998 Perfectly Written + One of best fiction books I've read + Did the Eighties Ever End? + A sad but hilarious portrayal of contemporary college culture             Lord of the Flies1275 reviews William Golding Perigee Books, 1959 Lord of the Flies Book Review By Conlan Mueller + Lost Innocence + A brutal, horrifying masterpiece + An Old Book Revisited             Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1)2531 reviews Orson Scott Card Tor Science Fiction, 1994 Get Into The Game + The reason I read + Great Book + A Lot To Like + Ender's Game book review             Fight Club: A Novel643 reviews Chuck Palahniuk W. W. Norton, 2005 a thought-provoking book + A sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness. + Every teenager needs to read this novel! + Fight Club - Palahnuik can do no wrong + This book is still a beautiful and unique snowflake.             White Teeth: A Novel353 reviews Zadie Smith Vintage, 2001 A difficult read, but at times engaging I almost dropped this book half way through, but forced myself to go on and found that the second half was much better. It is at times engaging and witty, but at other times difficult to follow and even depressing in the description of some of the shabby lives of these people. I did not like the ...             Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture109 reviews Douglas Coupland St. Martin's Griffin, 1991 fellow slackers + Coupland writes on growing up (these are my scattered thoughts) + So accurate This one is a gem for Gen X-ers like myself. It makes me feel like a part of a generation and not some independent under-achiever. I envy the three main characters being able to spend so much time together. They are from relatively well off families, which I can't relate to, but it does show ...             The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy1 review Robin Moore The Lyons Press, 2003 Fascinating Well, I read this book at the age of 15, when it was first published in 1969. I loved it. Tho frankly I'd have to read it again to do any kind of real review. So I'm going to copy an outside blurp. "As a result of his second tour in Vietnam Robin Moore became concerned about the wide spread use ...             One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest359 reviews Ken Kesey Signet, 1963 One Flew East, One Flew West + One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest + Must Have + great quality! + McMurphy as the Metaphor for the Terrorist Suspect             Hell's Angels116 reviews Hunter S. Thompson Ballantine Books, 1996 Quick and Fast + Brilliant writing about a grtty reality in American culture. + Hunter at his best + One of the greatest writers of all time             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             Naked Lunch: The Restored Text239 reviews William S. Burroughs Grove Press, 2004 huh? + Beyond Good & Evil + "The man is never on time." + Brilliant