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The Shack 1848 reviews
Windblown Media, 2008
Great
+ Full of God's Grace, Love and Forgiveness
I couldn't put it down. I loved it. It made everything so simple and the wonderful feeling you receive from reading this book stays with you forever. I suggest everyone read this book!!!
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The Historian 1422 reviews
Little, Brown and Company, 2005
Brilliant
+ The Historian
+ Angieville: THE HISTORIAN
+ This is how The Da Vinci Code should have been written
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao222 reviews
Riverhead, 2007
Not So Brief, But Just As Wondrous
+ One of the best bad novels or one of the worst good ones?
+ Joys, suffering, fears and passions
+ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Cold Streak 32 reviews
Megalodon Entertainment LLC., 2008
Wonderful
+ Fast paced, easy to read
+ I was not able to put this book down!
+ Demands To Be Read
+ Great Book
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The Pillars of the Earth1300 reviews
NAL, 2007
Great choice by Oprah
+ A must read
+ Simply Brilliant
+ A page-turner about cathedral construction? YES!
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Netherland: A Novel58 reviews
Pantheon, 2008
Amazingly sublime
+ Lyrical and flexible prose captures relationships and sports
+ Cricket in New York
Joe O'Neill captures the angst that pervaded the city post 9/11 by channeling a collection of fascinating characters and genres.
Even if you're not a cricket fan you'll get this!
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The Ruins 986 reviews
Knopf, 2006
Quality Horror
+ The Ruination of Sleep
+ A Good Read
With Scott Smith's first novel A SIMPLE PLAN he took the literary world by storm. The novel received raves from all critics, developed a huge cult following and was called by many the best suspense novel of the year. Here we have his follow-up, THE RUINS, many years after the first and it is in a ...
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir1136 reviews
Scribner, 2007
Best Book all year
+ Cant put it down!!!!
+ Read it against my better judgement ... and LOVED it!
+ Fantastic Story Teller! Page Turner!
+ One heckuva great book
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The Kite Runner2517 reviews
Riverhead, 2007
Ki
+ Wonderful
+ Fantastic
+ powerful and moving
+ Could Not Put it Down
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The Road1607 reviews
Knopf, 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 ...
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The Gathering128 reviews
Grove/Atlantic, 2007
Graceful & Imaginative
I'm not surprised that this book won the Booker Prize. Enright has a superior command of the language. She creates fluid yet surprising prose, moving between real and imagined events, past and present with astounding grace and skill. This book is a surreal meditation on family--mother love, sister ...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews
Riverhead, 2007
Enthralling...
+ Very touching
+ Very good BOOK
+ Excellent Story
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World Without End419 reviews
Dutton, 2007
Wonderful stand-alone sequel!
+ world without end
+ Fabulous Book
+ Good novel
+ Wonderful read!
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Atonement: A Novel762 reviews
Knopf Group E-Books, 2003
Beautifully written and engrossing.
+ Atonement is a work of art!
+ Not a quick read.
+ Reconciliation...Really?
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The Secret Life of Bees1434 reviews
Penguin, 2007
Excellent Read
+ Nostalgically Current
+ the secret life of bees
+ SECRET LIFE OF BEES
+ A Beautiful Story
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Water for Elephants: A Novel1502 reviews
Algonquin Books, 2007
wonderful and entertaining
+ Under the big top, under the bright light...
+ A SURPRISE READ
+ Gripping Story and Characters
+ great book
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Atonement: A Novel762 reviews
Knopf Group E-Books, 2003
Beautifully written and engrossing.
+ Atonement is a work of art!
+ Not a quick read.
+ Reconciliation...Really?
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The Pillars of the Earth1300 reviews
NAL, 2007
Great choice by Oprah
+ A must read
+ Simply Brilliant
+ A page-turner about cathedral construction? YES!
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The Secret Life of Bees1434 reviews
Penguin, 2007
Excellent Read
+ Nostalgically Current
+ the secret life of bees
+ SECRET LIFE OF BEES
+ A Beautiful Story
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The Ruins986 reviews
Knopf, 2006
Quality Horror
+ The Ruination of Sleep
+ A Good Read
With Scott Smith's first novel A SIMPLE PLAN he took the literary world by storm. The novel received raves from all critics, developed a huge cult following and was called by many the best suspense novel of the year. Here we have his follow-up, THE RUINS, many years after the first and it is in a ...
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