Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust37 reviews
Nathanael West

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1969

Reader beware

+ Great service
+ Gritty, sordid and hopeless, but still worth reading
+ No need to look for "deeper meanings"
  
  











  



  
As I Lay Dying191 reviews
William Faulkner

Vintage, 1991

Homegoing

+ Worth the effort!
+ A Grim, Morbid, and Compelling Tale
+ Now I can get them teeth...
  
  











  



  
Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)127 reviews
Leslie Marmon Silko

Penguin Books, 2006

A MASTERPIECE

+ Breath-taking
+ Ceremonies can heal
+ Surprising read
+ Ceremony
  
  











  



  
The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1607 reviews
Cormac McCarthy

Vintage Books, 2007

A Road To Treasure

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 ...
  
  











  



  
White Noise (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)272 reviews
Don DeLillo

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

Timeless

+ Hmmm....

There's a reference in "White Noise" to an Instamatic camera. There's a reference to station wagons. There are one or two other commercial product artifacts in "White Noise" but this is a book that could have been published today with very few edits. (And perhaps one addition--the J.A.K. Gladney ...
  
  











  



  
Invisible Man278 reviews
Ralph Ellison

Vintage, 1995

The invisibility of man

+ A classic..
+ Completely Unique
+ Underappreciated work of genius
  
  











  



  
Lolita449 reviews
Vladimir Nabokov

Vintage, 1989

A road movie of the mind

+ Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece
+ Upends your preconceptions and prejudices
+ Which book did you read?
+ The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written
  
  











  



  
The Awakening353 reviews
Kate Chopin

Avon, 1982

How long have I been asleep?

+ A Statement on Non-Traditional Sensibilities
+ Lovely
+ not so simple, not so obvious
  
  











  



  
A Handbook to Literature (Handbook to Literature)17 reviews
William Harmon, Hugh Holman

Prentice Hall, 2008

A Handbook to Literature (10th edition)

+ A fine and useful book
+ Indespensible
+ Revision of Holman's classic Handbook
  
  











  



  
The Great Gatsby1119 reviews
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Scribner, 1999

As American as apple pie...

+ The Summer of '22
+ The Great Gatsby
+ An intimate, touching story that deserves its praise while still being thoroughly relevant despite its age; a solid "A"
+ Gatsby Believed in the Green Light
  
  











  



  
Lolita449 reviews
Vladimir Nabokov

Vintage, 1989

A road movie of the mind

+ Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece
+ Upends your preconceptions and prejudices
+ Which book did you read?
+ The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written
  
  











  



  
Invisible Man278 reviews
Ralph Ellison

Vintage, 1995

The invisibility of man

+ A classic..
+ Completely Unique
+ Underappreciated work of genius
  
  











  



  
Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)127 reviews
Leslie Marmon Silko

Penguin Books, 2006

A MASTERPIECE

+ Breath-taking
+ Ceremonies can heal
+ Surprising read
+ Ceremony
  
  











  



  
As I Lay Dying191 reviews
William Faulkner

Vintage, 1991

Homegoing

+ Worth the effort!
+ A Grim, Morbid, and Compelling Tale
+ Now I can get them teeth...
  
  











  



  
A Handbook to Literature (Handbook to Literature)17 reviews
William Harmon, Hugh Holman

Prentice Hall, 2008

A Handbook to Literature (10th edition)

+ A fine and useful book
+ Indespensible
+ Revision of Holman's classic Handbook
  
  











  



  
Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust37 reviews
Nathanael West

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1969

Reader beware

+ Great service
+ Gritty, sordid and hopeless, but still worth reading
+ No need to look for "deeper meanings"
  
  











  



  
The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1607 reviews
Cormac McCarthy

Vintage Books, 2007

A Road To Treasure

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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Awakening353 reviews
Kate Chopin

Avon, 1982

How long have I been asleep?

+ A Statement on Non-Traditional Sensibilities
+ Lovely
+ not so simple, not so obvious
  
  











  



  
The Great Gatsby1119 reviews
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Scribner, 1999

As American as apple pie...

+ The Summer of '22
+ The Great Gatsby
+ An intimate, touching story that deserves its praise while still being thoroughly relevant despite its age; a solid "A"
+ Gatsby Believed in the Green Light
  
  











  



  
White Noise (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)272 reviews
Don DeLillo

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

Timeless

+ Hmmm....

There's a reference in "White Noise" to an Instamatic camera. There's a reference to station wagons. There are one or two other commercial product artifacts in "White Noise" but this is a book that could have been published today with very few edits. (And perhaps one addition--the J.A.K. Gladney ...