The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel559 reviews Margaret Atwood Anchor, 1998 I wasn't expecting this!!!! + A 21st century 1984 by George Orwell + Great Review + A typical futuristic tale from Margaret Atwood             The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time1449 reviews Mark Haddon Vintage, 2004 Curiously Interesting + How to be a square peg in a round-hole world. + Interesting read. Short Review + Review             The God of Small Things870 reviews Arundhati Roy Harper Perennial, 1998 The Glimmer of An Immense Sea + Great used book + Breathtaking First Novel Reading this novel is akin to being reborn- as a snake eases out of its present coil and strips down to a more essential skin, so too will this violated madonna of lyricism attune you to the fundamentals of what it is to be human. This book strips away the veneer of polite society and illumes the ...             Love Medicine: A Novel (P.S.)70 reviews Louise Erdrich Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 One of the best writers in American History + Erdrich + A Classic Simply fantastic. It is a shame though, that she is not included in the canon of literary geniuses of American history. Her stories read beautifully and her artistic ability to paint a picture with words is amazing. Read all her books, they are all wonderful.             How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition)152 reviews Julia Alvarez Plume, 2005 Great Novel + LOVED THIS BOOK! + good for immigrants + How the Garcia Girls Lost Thier Accent             Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)34 reviews William Shakespeare Washington Square Press, 2003 If you want to read Shakespeare its has to be The new folger Library + Greatness + Review If you ever thought about reading Shakespeare but was turned off or intimidated by the old english, not so with the new folger editions. Your basically reading the play on all the right sided pages , with the left pages reserved for all the definitions and explanations of the sayings and words that ...             Old School118 reviews Tobias Wolff Vintage, 2004 First Rate Novel by Great Short Story Writer + A real-world lesson in morality + Excellent story, draws you right in + Who knew I would actually like a book assigned in school? + Wolff is a masterful conductor             The Bluest Eye (Oprah's Book Club)499 reviews Toni Morrison Plume, 2000 A Story Everyone Needs To Read! + Excellent novel This is my first Toni Morrison novel. At times difficult, at times you have to put the text down and think about what you have just read. A beautifully written story that really hits home and really makes you think. As a white man, reading this book at this time (a time when we are close to ...             Fight Club: A Novel641 reviews Chuck Palahniuk W. W. Norton, 2005 a thought-provoking book + Fight Club - Palahnuik can do no wrong + This book is still a beautiful and unique snowflake. + Better then the Movie in both Plot and Humor + better then the movie             Prodigal Summer: A Novel443 reviews Barbara Kingsolver Harper Perennial, 2001 spring is the right time to read this book + Prodigal Summer - very enjoyable light reading + Prodigal Summer + A Perrenial Favorite             The Lovely Bones96 reviews Alice Sebold Little, Brown and Company, 2006 Quit whining + Lovely Bones = Lovely Book + Try and understand + Surprising + I loved this book!             The Namesake: A Novel (Edition 001)475 reviews Jhumpa Lahiri Mariner Books, 2004 A great and superbly written story + not as good as the short story collections + Tale of a 1st generation Indian immigrant - different! Jhumpa Lahiri writes about a very interesting and commonly neglected new American phenomenon: the rise of the Indian-American middle class. This book is about cultures, values, life and death, love and misery. It is about America. It is about India. It is also universal. Lahiri writes with ...             House of Sand and Fog (Oprah's Book Club)746 reviews Andre Dubus Vintage, 2004 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.             A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)551 reviews Betty Smith Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 Brooklyn life in the finest prose + One of the best that I have ever read + an endless classic + Masterpiece + A Tree Grows in Brooklyn             The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)1419 reviews Barbara Kingsolver Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 A Gem of Postcolonial Literature + A book for the Colonialists, not the colonised: for Westerners, not Africans + The Poisonwood bible + A Retrospective + I loved it.             A Streetcar Named Desire.109 reviews Tennessee Williams Dramatists Play Service, 1998 The Glorious Bird's iconic melodrama + Superb Drama + Squalor, Poetry, and Remarkable Insight: An American Classic + A Streetcar Named ... Classic             Native Son (Perennial Classics)184 reviews Richard Wright Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 Unnerving + Terrific + A Predestined Path of Life + Wright is right + "Native Son": A Polemic On the Poverty of the Poor             The Great Gatsby1130 reviews F. Scott Fitzgerald Scribner, 1999 Classic romance and tale of a man who isn't exactly what he seems + Beautifully written, but I still don't particularly like the story + Classic + An American Classic and Great Read             The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)1419 reviews Barbara Kingsolver Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 A Gem of Postcolonial Literature + A book for the Colonialists, not the colonised: for Westerners, not Africans + The Poisonwood bible + A Retrospective + I loved it.             A Streetcar Named Desire.109 reviews Tennessee Williams Dramatists Play Service, 1998 The Glorious Bird's iconic melodrama + Superb Drama + Squalor, Poetry, and Remarkable Insight: An American Classic + A Streetcar Named ... Classic