The Catcher in the Rye2785 reviews J.D. Salinger Back Bay Books, 2001 review + If You Really Want to Hear About It... + Disillusion + Make a little time for a classic             Hard Times (Penguin Popular Classics)67 reviews Charles Dickens Penguin Books, 1998 Hard Times is Dickens shortest novel as it takes the lid off respectability in ficitional Coketown + Physical comedy, social commentary, irony, and pathos with a sharp ear for vocabulary and conversation + Excellent Edition of a Worthy Classic Hard Times was written in 1854 by England's greatest novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870. It is the shortest of his novels. The novel was originally published as a weekly series in "Household Words" periodical edited by Dickens. The novel reads quickly telling a story that is still relevant in ...             Beloved87 reviews Toni Morrison Vintage, 2004 Raw & Powerful + Oh My God! Are You Kidding Me? Toni's Morrison's Beloved is a hard, frustrating, and emotionally draining piece of literary art. Saying this, her prose is written like something I've never read. She throws you in the middle of the narrative and does not tell you why her characters are saying or acting like they are. It is a ...             American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)14 reviews Richard Erdoes, Alfonso Ortiz Pantheon, 1985 Fantastic Collection of Stories from the First Nations + wow + authentic but inconsistent + Good storyteller             I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings307 reviews Maya Angelou Bantam, 1983 The time of book that moves you + Quick Read + Well Written Account + South Mill Young Readers Book Club Review (Jr. High Readers)             Digital Fortress: A Thriller916 reviews Dan Brown St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2004 Fun But Unbalanced Digital Fortress offers up nail biting suspense but only with characters that could have used greater development. The heroes and villains lack depth and complexity but nevertheless follow a plot line that is interesting and informative and with occasional surprises to make this an overall good ...             Little Women (Signet Classics)71 reviews Louisa May Alcott Signet Classics, 2004 The Sticking Together Sisters + I can always trust Amazon to have what I need immediately! + One of those obvious classics + Little Women + Frustratingly realistic.             House of Sand and Fog (Oprah's Book Club) (Vintage Contemporaries)746 reviews Andre Dubus III Vintage, 2000 GREAT READ + Suspenseful, keeps you reading! This is a great story of tragedy. I found it an easy read and couldn't put it down. I finished it very fast because the writer keeps the story moving. Very good writing as the characters are strong and easy to imagine. Highly recommended.             The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley296 reviews Ballantine Books, 1992 Should be Required Reading! + A revelation. + anglo-saxon reader + Important book of self discovery, resemption, and vindication + I know something Malcolm didn't             The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)406 reviews Nathaniel Hawthorne Penguin Classics, 2002 A wonderful piece of literature, however + One of the best novels ever + Sin, Redemption + Hawthorne's Masterpiece + Useful for AP Lit             Mules and Men14 reviews Zora Neale Hurston Harper Perennial, 1990 The Queen of Black Folklore + funny + Wonderful folklore, questionable Hoodoo + Great Book! + Born and Bred Southerner Heah!             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             Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe72 reviews Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday, 1966 The Enduring Master of the Macabre + POEtic Justice + poes book Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809, died October 7, 1849. What is it that makes an author famous? I don't mean famous in the sense a news article reports that "Jack Greylea's novels sold 15 million copies last year," but in the sense that he is thought of as being ...             Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)17 reviews Henry David Thoreau Dover Publications, 1993 The Persistance Of The Philosophers ... + A MAN CANNOT WITHOUT DISGRACE BE ASSOCIATED WITH TODAY'S AMERICAN GOVERNMENT + Duty is the essential element + The Hobo Philosopher             A Farewell to Arms Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957             The Red Badge of Courage24 reviews Stephen Crane Prestwick House Inc., 2004 Thanks for help with my budget + Not the dull book you might expect + A very flawed classic--in no wise a masterpiece... + Great book. Very interesting.             The Bell Jar486 reviews Sylvia Plath Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 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 Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley296 reviews Ballantine Books, 1992 Should be Required Reading! + A revelation. + anglo-saxon reader + Important book of self discovery, resemption, and vindication + I know something Malcolm didn't             The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)406 reviews Nathaniel Hawthorne Penguin Classics, 2002 A wonderful piece of literature, however + One of the best novels ever + Sin, Redemption + Hawthorne's Masterpiece + Useful for AP Lit             The Catcher in the Rye2785 reviews J.D. Salinger Back Bay Books, 2001 review + If You Really Want to Hear About It... + Disillusion + Make a little time for a classic