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Lord of the Flies 1275 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
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The Scarlet Letter (Bantam Classics) 406 reviews Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bantam Classics, 1981
A wonderful piece of literature, however
+ One of the best novels ever + Sin, Redemption + Hawthorne's Masterpiece + Useful for AP Lit
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Catch-22 832 reviews Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1996
Lighthearted and comical, yet dark and meaningful
+ 25 words or less + Incredible + Great Characters Living With Death
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The Catcher in the Rye 2785 reviews J.D. Salinger
Little, Brown and Company, 1991
review
+ If You Really Want to Hear About It... + Disillusion + Make a little time for a classic
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The Cardinal of the Kremlin 134 reviews Tom Clancy
G. P. Putnam Son's, 1988
Cardinal of the Kremlin
+ One of My Favorite Clancy Books + One of Clancy's best! + Despite His Hydrocephalus Politics and Latest Duds, THIS IS CLANCY AT HIS BEST! + One of the Best
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Hiroshima 198 reviews John Hersey
Vintage, 1989
A very good book
+ Satisfaction Guaranteed + Great book + Testament to both man's violence and unselfish nurturing + It might be different if it was written today....
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The Fountainhead 967 reviews Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff
Signet, 1996
More traditionally novelistic, tells the backstory of Atlas Shrugged
+ Fountainhead + Why Was This Book Written? + Fairy Tale
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Lie Down with Lions (Signet) 40 reviews Ken Follett
Signet, 1986
Ah, The Good Old Days, When Islamic Radicals Were On Our Side
+ More Relevant Today than When Published + The Bed Is The Truthful Place To Lie?
Lie Down With Lions, Ken Follett's final spy thriller before he began the cycle of historical books that occupied him for a decade, takes place mostly in the mountains of Afghanistan in about 1982, during the height of US-funded resistance to the Soviet invasion. Here a CIA agent and decorated ...
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Dawn 31 reviews Elie Wiesel
Bantam, 1982
Not Night, But Excellent In Its Own Right
+ Better than "Night"
Elie Wiesel's Night is one of the most horrifying, moving accounts of the Holocaust experience that I have read. This book, Dawn, is sometimes referred to as a sequel to Night; however, I think that is misleading. Though readers of Night will see the influence of the author's concentration camp ...
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The Awakening 353 reviews Kate Chopin
Avon, 1982
How long have I been asleep?
+ A Statement on Non-Traditional Sensibilities + Lovely + not so simple, not so obvious
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The Chancellor Manuscript 19 reviews Robert Ludlum
Bantam, 1984
Chancellor Manuscript..........
+ "A Thriller within a Thriller" + Certainly a page-turner,... + Premature
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The Great Gatsby 1122 reviews F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribner, 1999
As American as apple pie...
+ The Summer of '22 + The Great Gatsby + An intimate, touching story that deserves its praise while still being thoroughly relevant despite its age; a solid "A" + Gatsby Believed in the Green Light
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On Wings of Eagles 36 reviews Ken Follett
NAL Trade, 2004
Outstanding
+ Very inspirational. + Non-Fiction
I was on the edge of my seat from the first 10 pages. This story was unbelievable and knowing that it was a true story made it even better.
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A Tale of Two Cities (Signet Classics) 380 reviews Charles Dickens
Signet Classics, 1997
Epic tale of the Human Spirit
+ Dickens made a believer out of me. + A Tale of Two Cities + Relevant and Interesting
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Night 926 reviews Elie Wiesel
Bantam, 1982
Elie Wiesel's Night
+ night and day + Great transaction! + The Most Gripping Story I Have Ever Read + What eyes could not see
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The Bear and the Dragon 1066 reviews Tom Clancy
Putnam, 2000
Lengthy, but interesting - I recommend it
+ Good but not the best! + The Typos Detracted From The Story!
For President Jack Ryan, things have never just rolled along smoothly. After the Russians discover great mineral wealth in Siberia, the CIA discovers that China is casting greedy eyes to the north. America is in a race to block China from grabbing the wealth that is just across the border, but will ...
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Watership Down 951 reviews Richard Adams
Avon, 1976
The best of the hardcover editions
+ A Classis Adventure Story + Yes , Rabbits! + Watership Down + Not for young children, but teenagers and adults will enjoy it.
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Flowers for Algernon 437 reviews Daniel Keyes
Harvest Books, 2005
Flowers for You by Johanna Ramm
+ A moving story + For all the haters out there + For book clubs or teens
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Animal Farm (Signet Classics) 1156 reviews George Orwell
Signet Classics, 1996
Animal Farm is instructive for our presidential election.
+ All Classic Books Are Good But Some Are More Good Than Others + Some Books are More Equal than Others + Subtle Message + Animal Farm Review
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Anthem 438 reviews Ayn Rand
Plume, 1999
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 ...
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