Siddhartha463 reviews Hermann Hesse Bantam Classics, 1982 Samsara is nirvana + Great + Hari Om + A rambling spiritual adventure... + A must read for any spiritual seeker             The Tartar Steppe22 reviews Dino Buzzati; Stuart Clink Hood David R Godine, 2005 A classic + Heartbreaking tale of the Everyman and Nobody + A brillant and haunting existentialist fable The Tartar Steppe is classic existentialism and a fierce criticism of military life. Dino Buzzati is a major Italian author and the Tartar Steppe his masterpiece. So I am amazed at how little known he is in the English speaking world. The book is certainly worth reading. The writing is beautiful ...             Notes from Underground136 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky Vintage, 1994 Superb character development + hard read + Brilliant + Notes From Underground + "I AM A SICK MAN...I am a wicked man."             The Dispossessed94 reviews Ursula K. Le Guin Eos, 1994 Outstanding Utopian Work of Freedom and Liberty + But which is the better world? + Overall, solid + Anarchy In Outerspace             The Black Book58 reviews Orhan Pamuk Vintage, 2006 Labyrinthian inquiry into the Turkish identity + Maybe I just dreamed that I read this novel.... + Devastating poetry + A review by Philip Spires, author of Mission             The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream1289 reviews Paulo Coelho HarperSanFrancisco, 1995 Inspiring + Actually life-changing + Overall, a good read Anyone unsure of what they want to do after high school should read this book.             Oblomov21 reviews Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov Bunim & Bannigan Ltd, 2006 Oblomov is Goncharov's Masterpiece of a lethargic Russian couch potato! + Good, but not as good as they say + A memorable player in the Human Comedy + The Best Translation + Eats shoots and translates             Survivor: A Novel385 reviews Chuck Palahniuk Anchor, 2000 Survivor: A Novel + Great + amazing imagination Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk ***** Survivor is the story of where it all went wrong. The point in our lives where we have all had choices to make. The choices that affect the rest of our lives. Survivor is the search for something far and something big, maybe something bigger than all of us, it ...             Animal Farm (Signet Classics)1156 reviews George Orwell Signet Classics, 1996 Animal Farm is instructive for our presidential election. + All Classic Books Are Good But Some Are More Good Than Others + Some Books are More Equal than Others + Subtle Message + Animal Farm Review             Epépé Ferenc Karinthy, Judith Karinthy, ... Denoël, 1999             Beneath the Wheel25 reviews Hermann Hesse Picador, 2003 1906 is not far from 2008 + Novel pick - simple, ironic, and touching. + say what??! + A damning indictment of the Prussian Education System + Not a German "Catcher in the Rye"             1984 (Signet Classics)1380 reviews George Orwell New American Library, 1961 A Warning, A Prediction...A Terrifying Truth + Ninteen-Eighty-Four: Still a Classic + Perfectly Horrific + Still Relevant + Timeless classic on the dangers of communism/big government             Martin Eden (Penguin American Library)46 reviews Jack London Penguin Classics, 1994 London highlights ridiculous "celebrity" worship + Martin Eden: A struggling author;s rise from Edenic innocence to the tragedy of death as a jaded skeptic + A study of youthful naivete, aspiration, and utter disillusionment..... + Inspiration for the struggling author... + A Neglected Classic             Perfume: The Story of a Murderer407 reviews Patrick Suskind Vintage, 2001 A scentillating examination of a murderer's mind! + Totally creepy - in a completely absorbing way . . . + Thank you may I have another? Humans that are deprived of one or more of the senses naturally compensate by focusing and overdeveloping the remaining senses. Suskind brilliantly chose to deprive Grenouille of something other than senses, the ability to be recognized. I don't believe any human in history had a complete absence ...             2001: A Space Odyssey256 reviews Arthur C. Clarke Roc, 2000 2001: A Space Odyssey + The book that started it all + space nerds unite + Much Better Than the Movie             Survivor: A Novel385 reviews Chuck Palahniuk Anchor, 2000 Survivor: A Novel + Great + amazing imagination Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk ***** Survivor is the story of where it all went wrong. The point in our lives where we have all had choices to make. The choices that affect the rest of our lives. Survivor is the search for something far and something big, maybe something bigger than all of us, it ...             Notes from Underground136 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky Vintage, 1994 Superb character development + hard read + Brilliant + Notes From Underground + "I AM A SICK MAN...I am a wicked man."             The Tartar Steppe22 reviews Dino Buzzati; Stuart Clink Hood David R Godine, 2005 A classic + Heartbreaking tale of the Everyman and Nobody + A brillant and haunting existentialist fable The Tartar Steppe is classic existentialism and a fierce criticism of military life. Dino Buzzati is a major Italian author and the Tartar Steppe his masterpiece. So I am amazed at how little known he is in the English speaking world. The book is certainly worth reading. The writing is beautiful ...             Martin Eden (Penguin American Library)46 reviews Jack London Penguin Classics, 1994 London highlights ridiculous "celebrity" worship + Martin Eden: A struggling author;s rise from Edenic innocence to the tragedy of death as a jaded skeptic + A study of youthful naivete, aspiration, and utter disillusionment..... + Inspiration for the struggling author... + A Neglected Classic             Perfume: The Story of a Murderer407 reviews Patrick Suskind Vintage, 2001 A scentillating examination of a murderer's mind! + Totally creepy - in a completely absorbing way . . . + Thank you may I have another? Humans that are deprived of one or more of the senses naturally compensate by focusing and overdeveloping the remaining senses. Suskind brilliantly chose to deprive Grenouille of something other than senses, the ability to be recognized. I don't believe any human in history had a complete absence ...