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Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics) 896 reviews
Jane Austen
Bantam Classics, 1983
Justifiably a Classic
+ Awesome of course
+ A Wonderful Read
This novel begins with one of the most recognizable lines in literary history: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." With that begins, perhaps, the most copied plot-line in human history. Sisters Elizabeth and Jane ...
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Tess of the Durbervilles (Wordsworth Hardback Library)
Thomas Hardy
Universal Sales Marketing, 1995
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The Bone People: A Novel 152 reviews
Keri Hulme
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1986
*Perfection!*
+ Shakespeare's "Tempest" Down Under
This book defies the constraints of the written word and captures a tri-soul: a devastating, miraculous, chameleon-like story that will reach out and grab your psyche, changing you forever. Deeply psycho-empathetic, alchemical, and rich beyond anything you've ever read. A gem hiding under the ...
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The Alienist: A Novel468 reviews
Caleb Carr
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
I shouldn't have waited so long...
+ Raging Roosevelt Meets Freud
+ The Alienist
+ A who's who of 1890's New York
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Day After Tomorrow, the200 reviews
Allan Folsom
Warner Books, 1995
Possibly the Greatest Thriller Ever
+ Best Author.
This thriller ranks among the best ever, including works by Ludlum, Follet, Forsythe, and Baldacci. Folsom never lets up on the pacing, and the action and twists are non-stop. As the hero races around the world, hints as to the conspiracy at hand are revealed, leading to a final revelation that ...
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The Longest Night8 reviews
Gregg Keizer
Signet, 2005
It's good
+ Meyer Lansky sends his regards
+ Good book.
+ Evocative WW2 Tale
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To Kill a Mockingbird1759 reviews
Harper Lee
Grand Central Publishing, 1988
American Classic
+ Great!!Love this book
+ LOVE THIS BOOK!
+ The reason one reads
+ Classic book
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Inheritance7 reviews
Natalie Danford
St. Martin's Press, 2007
Delightful journey
+ Fabulous in every way!
+ Very good, I agree with previous reviews
+ A Fabulous read by a new author
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The Testament of Yves Gundron14 reviews
Emily Barton, 1999
An imaginative, captivating first novel
+ Imaginative, Unique, Stellar
+ Reading Emily Barton is a joy
+ Didn't want to leave Yves
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Florence of Arabia: A Novel32 reviews
Christopher Buckley
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005
Superb Satire!
+ C. Buckley does It Again
+ A fun, funny read!
+ Funny and controversial
+ Wickedly funny
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Years 47 reviews
LaVyrle Spencer
Jove, 1986
Breathtaking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ 4 1/2 stars...
+ Lifetimeromancefan
+ Wonderful Book!
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Atonement: A Novel756 reviews
Ian McEwan
Anchor, 2003
Loved it!
+ Fascinating reading
+ Great Book - Preferred the movie
I almost gave this novel 4 stars, because there was a point at the near-end where I didn't like where the author was going. But in the last pages, he redeemed himself, and I see why it *had* to be told the way it was.
That being said, I loved Atonement. It is one of the best books I've read in ...
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The Time Traveler's Wife1664 reviews
Audrey Niffenegger
Harvest Books, 2004
wonderful
+ Dealing with loss, shame, and the imperfect
+ One of my favorites.
+ Melancholic Echo
+ Warning - I'm going to spoil the ending
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Matches: A Novel 6 reviews
Alan Kaufman
Back Bay Books, 2005
Extraordinary war writing
+ Passionate Writing and Gripping Insights
+ A Lesson in Both Peace and War
Stumbled across Matches at the library and think it's the best war writing I've read in years. Kaufman takes the reader into the IDF uniform in a way I've never encountered.
As a novel, it's not perfect but it resonates with truth, authenticity, ambivalence and complexity.
Suggest reading the ...
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Bel Canto (P.S.)580 reviews
Ann Patchett
Harper Perennial, 2005
Stunning and Emotional
+ Patchett Delivers Again
+ simply wonderful
+ Bel Canto
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Fortune's Rocks: A Novel251 reviews
Anita Shreve
Back Bay Books, 2001
Innocent Young Love with a Dirty Old Man
+ Annoying but compelling
+ Exciting Story and Well Written
+ Another Excellent Novel from Anita Shreve
+ My new Shreve favorite!
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Night (Oprah's Book Club)626 reviews
Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang, 2006
Elie, a brave boy and a survivor
+ Night, a real tragedy, from a young boy.
+ A Horrific Account of the Nightmare of the Holocaust
+ Eye opener
+ A new day for Night
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All Quiet on the Western Front455 reviews
Erich Maria Remarque
Ballantine Books, 1987
Murder on the Western Front
+ A must for any student or non-specialist general reader
+ Great BOOK!!!
+ Unusually packaged, but I got it!
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The Forsyte Saga (Oxford World's Classics)36 reviews
John Galsworthy
Oxford University Press, USA, 1999
The Best Book I have read in years
+ to let
+ Galsworthy masterpiece
+ Forsyte Saga DVD's
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The Wall17 reviews
John Hersey
Vintage, 1988
Huge, Haunting, and Heroic
+ THE GREAT WORLD WAR II NOVEL WAITING TO BE REDISCOVERED
+ Can we learn from history?
+ The Wailing Wall
+ An ambitious book
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