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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Catch-22832 reviews
Joseph Heller

Simon & Schuster, 1996

Lighthearted and comical, yet dark and meaningful

+ 25 words or less
+ Incredible
+ Great Characters Living With Death
  
  











  



  
The Catcher in the Rye2785 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
  
  











  



  
The Cardinal of the Kremlin134 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
  
  











  



  
Hiroshima198 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....
  
  











  



  
The Fountainhead967 reviews
Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff

Signet, 1996

More traditionally novelistic, tells the backstory of Atlas Shrugged

+ Fountainhead
+ Why Was This Book Written?
+ Fairy Tale
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
Dawn31 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Awakening353 reviews
Kate Chopin

Avon, 1982

How long have I been asleep?

+ A Statement on Non-Traditional Sensibilities
+ Lovely
+ not so simple, not so obvious
  
  











  



  
The Chancellor Manuscript19 reviews
Robert Ludlum

Bantam, 1984

Chancellor Manuscript..........

+ "A Thriller within a Thriller"
+ Certainly a page-turner,...
+ Premature
  
  











  



  
The Great Gatsby1122 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
  
  











  



  
On Wings of Eagles36 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.
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Night926 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
  
  











  



  
The Bear and the Dragon1066 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Watership Down951 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.
  
  











  



  
Flowers for Algernon437 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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Anthem438 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 ...