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 ...
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Water for Elephants: A Novel1503 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
  
  











  



  
A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews
Khaled Hosseini

Riverhead, 2007

Enthralling...

+ Very touching
+ Very good BOOK
+ Excellent Story
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
Water for Elephants: A Novel1503 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
  
  











  



  
A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews
Khaled Hosseini

Riverhead, 2007

Enthralling...

+ Very touching
+ Very good BOOK
+ Excellent Story
  
  











  



  
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 ...