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Fahrenheit 451 1267 reviews Ray Bradbury
Del Rey, 1987
Ominous reading
+ Fahrenheit 451: A Novel + a very good book + Timely, thought-provoking, and still hopeful + A must experience
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Novel 168 reviews Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005
only one day in the gulag
+ Five Star Book of Five Star Books + Icy, Enduring, Classic ... + An important book + Frightening Insight Into the Dark Side of Mankind
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The Invisible Man (Signet Classics) 44 reviews H.G. Wells
New American Library/Penguin Books, 2002
Short and great!
+ One of the Great Sci-Fi Classics + Excellent book, though not Well's most exciting. + A rousing good story!
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Dover Thrift Editions) 15 reviews James Weldon Johnson
Dover Publications, 1995
Johnson's Classic Novel of "Passing"
+ Useful for HS coursework & for real life + worth the read + Wonderfully woven plot that holds your interest + Fantastic!
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines 62 reviews Thomas C. Foster
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
It may ruin literature for you unless you can both appreciate your opinion and the authors.
+ Elementary way to read professionally + Well descript and open-minded book + How to Read Literature like a Professor is a popular introduction to critical reading skills for students, teachers and readers + makes you look at the novels you read in a different way
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The Collector 82 reviews John Fowles
Vintage, 2004
an engrossing haunting book.
+ Amazing Work Of Literature + The Collector is superb!!! + fascinating + YOU WON'T DARE OPEN YOUR MOUTH ... BUT YOU'LL BE SCREAMING FOR HER TO ESCAPE!
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 2112 reviews Mitch Albom
Anchor, 2005
A heartfelt reminder of the important things in life.
+ I very confidently recommend
After reading so many spectacular reviews, I decided to give this book a whirl myself, and I'm so thankful I did. First of all, I hate to read. Well, let me rephrase that. I USED to hate to read. Doing so much reading in college leaves me with little energy outside of schoolwork to read, but I ...
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Plume Contemporary Fiction) 152 reviews Julia Alvarez
Plume, 1992
Great Novel
+ LOVED THIS BOOK! + good for immigrants + How the Garcia Girls Lost Thier Accent
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Black Boy (The Restored Text Established by The Library of America) (Perennial Classics) 156 reviews Richard A. Wright
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1998
Very good insight into that time period, early 1900's
+ Come check out this FANTASTIC Event for BLACK BOY! + Fantastic + Surprisingly good + incredible intelligence that can't be stopped.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Penguin Modern Classics) Truman Capote
Penguin Classics, 2000
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The Old Man and the Sea 6 reviews Ernest Hemingway
Simon & Schuster Audio, 2006
throw away your self-help books, it's all right here
+ Very descriptive and compelling. A must-read!!
call me a throwback, but this slender novel contains more wisdom than entire libraries of self-help books. hemingway tells the story of an old cuban fisherman on his most memorable trip with characteristic simplicity. the man's respect for the fish, courage and inner battle are a fitting finale to ...
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The Stranger 528 reviews Albert Camus
Vintage, 1989
American translation brings out stylistic subtleties
+ One of the best books ever written. + Oh, the absurdity! + Perfect
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The Virgin Suicides 394 reviews Jeffrey Eugenides
Grand Central Publishing, 1994
Time in a Bottle
+ Jorie's Reads on The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides + this is a true story
"... they were bound for college, husbands, child-rearing, unhappiness only dimly perceived -- bound, in other words, for life."
The Virgin Suicides is not just a story of the loneliness of being female. It is also a story of the loneliness of life and understanding what it is to be female; the ...
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Finding Manana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus 3 reviews Mirta Ojito
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Finding Manana
+ Finding Manana: A Memoir Of A Cuban Exodus + I loved this book!
I chose to read Finding Manana: A memoir of a Cuban Exodus. My father fled communist Cuba and its history has always fascinated me. I enjoyed every page of this book and it was hard for me to put it down because I loved the author's natural style and interesting topics. Although I have a special ...
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 2112 reviews Mitch Albom
Anchor, 2005
A heartfelt reminder of the important things in life.
+ I very confidently recommend
After reading so many spectacular reviews, I decided to give this book a whirl myself, and I'm so thankful I did. First of all, I hate to read. Well, let me rephrase that. I USED to hate to read. Doing so much reading in college leaves me with little energy outside of schoolwork to read, but I ...
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Fahrenheit 451 1267 reviews Ray Bradbury
Del Rey, 1987
Ominous reading
+ Fahrenheit 451: A Novel + a very good book + Timely, thought-provoking, and still hopeful + A must experience
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Finding Manana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus 3 reviews Mirta Ojito
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Finding Manana
+ Finding Manana: A Memoir Of A Cuban Exodus + I loved this book!
I chose to read Finding Manana: A memoir of a Cuban Exodus. My father fled communist Cuba and its history has always fascinated me. I enjoyed every page of this book and it was hard for me to put it down because I loved the author's natural style and interesting topics. Although I have a special ...
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Plume Contemporary Fiction) 152 reviews Julia Alvarez
Plume, 1992
Great Novel
+ LOVED THIS BOOK! + good for immigrants + How the Garcia Girls Lost Thier Accent
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Black Boy (The Restored Text Established by The Library of America) (Perennial Classics) 156 reviews Richard A. Wright
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1998
Very good insight into that time period, early 1900's
+ Come check out this FANTASTIC Event for BLACK BOY! + Fantastic + Surprisingly good + incredible intelligence that can't be stopped.
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Novel 168 reviews Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005
only one day in the gulag
+ Five Star Book of Five Star Books + Icy, Enduring, Classic ... + An important book + Frightening Insight Into the Dark Side of Mankind
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