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A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) 565 reviews Rohinton Mistry
Vintage, 2001
Devastating and Brilliant: Worth 600+ pages and more
+ A fine book! + Delectable and Disturbing
I have never encountered a book so moving as Mistry's A Fine Balance. Following the story of Ishvar and Om, I found myself so invested in what was happening to them - the injustice of India's government is infuriating, and the ways in which the overcoming of an obstacle only leads to another is ...
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club) 1608 reviews Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
A Road To Treasure
+ Carrying the Fire Through The Darkness
You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine.
Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...
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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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Water for Elephants: A Novel 1503 reviews Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
wonderful and entertaining
+ Great book! + Under the big top, under the bright light... + A SURPRISE READ + Gripping Story and Characters
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A Thousand Splendid Suns 1307 reviews Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Enthralling...
+ Very touching + Very good BOOK + Excellent Story
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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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A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) 565 reviews Rohinton Mistry
Vintage, 2001
Devastating and Brilliant: Worth 600+ pages and more
+ A fine book! + Delectable and Disturbing
I have never encountered a book so moving as Mistry's A Fine Balance. Following the story of Ishvar and Om, I found myself so invested in what was happening to them - the injustice of India's government is infuriating, and the ways in which the overcoming of an obstacle only leads to another is ...
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Water for Elephants: A Novel 1503 reviews Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
wonderful and entertaining
+ Great book! + Under the big top, under the bright light... + A SURPRISE READ + Gripping Story and Characters
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A Thousand Splendid Suns 1307 reviews Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Enthralling...
+ Very touching + Very good BOOK + Excellent Story
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club) 1608 reviews Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
A Road To Treasure
+ Carrying the Fire Through The Darkness
You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine.
Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...
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