Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers80 reviews
Will Durant

Pocket, 1991

This book should be in every library

+ superb
+ Durant likes his women young--and his philosophers old...
+ The good, the bad, and the categorical imperative...
+ Compilation of great philosophers
  
  











  



  
An American Tragedy (Signet Classics)102 reviews
Theodore Dreiser

Signet Classics, 2000

great book

+ Welcome To The Machine
+ classic American epic, tragic and compelling
+ American Society, Dissected
  
  











  



  
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson)9 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Belknap Press, 2006

Ralph Waldo Emersom: an appreciation

+ The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
+ One of America's most influential voices
+ Inspite of it is super old,yet wonderful
+ Food for the Soul
  
  











  



  
Death in Venice6 reviews
Thomas Mann

Harper Perennial, 2005

Superb Translation of a Novella That Seamlessly Blends Obsession With Artistic Integrity

+ My first time reading it at 23....
+ Art versus Life
+ A Timeless Masterwork
+ Beautiful prose
  
  











  



  
The Great Gatsby1130 reviews
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Scribner, 1999

Classic romance and tale of a man who isn't exactly what he seems

+ Beautifully written, but I still don't particularly like the story
+ Classic
+ An American Classic and Great Read
  
  











  



  
The Fountainhead966 reviews
Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff

Signet, 1996

"But I don't think of you"

+ Fountainhead
+ Why Was This Book Written?
+ Fairy Tale
  
  











  



  
The Razor's Edge139 reviews
W. Somerset Maugham

Vintage, 2003

Full with the colors of the 1920's flamboyance

+ Doesn't Cut Deep Enough
+ Amazon product
+ Making Our Way In the World
  
  











  



  
Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics)499 reviews
Emily Brontė

Bantam Classics, 1983

very intense

+ Gothic romance
+ Love doesn't always make us happy.

The outdated writing style takes a little getting used to, but once you do, it's good. It's incredible to me how the author, with her unusually limited experience of the outside world, who probably never had a boyfriend or lover in her life and lived a secluded life in a remote part of Yorkshire ...
  
  











  



  
Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers80 reviews
Will Durant

Pocket, 1991

This book should be in every library

+ superb
+ Durant likes his women young--and his philosophers old...
+ The good, the bad, and the categorical imperative...
+ Compilation of great philosophers
  
  











  



  
The Razor's Edge139 reviews
W. Somerset Maugham

Vintage, 2003

Full with the colors of the 1920's flamboyance

+ Doesn't Cut Deep Enough
+ Amazon product
+ Making Our Way In the World
  
  











  



  
An American Tragedy (Signet Classics)102 reviews
Theodore Dreiser

Signet Classics, 2000

great book

+ Welcome To The Machine
+ classic American epic, tragic and compelling
+ American Society, Dissected
  
  











  



  
Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics)499 reviews
Emily Brontė

Bantam Classics, 1983

very intense

+ Gothic romance
+ Love doesn't always make us happy.

The outdated writing style takes a little getting used to, but once you do, it's good. It's incredible to me how the author, with her unusually limited experience of the outside world, who probably never had a boyfriend or lover in her life and lived a secluded life in a remote part of Yorkshire ...
  
  











  



  
The Fountainhead966 reviews
Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff

Signet, 1996

"But I don't think of you"

+ Fountainhead
+ Why Was This Book Written?
+ Fairy Tale
  
  











  



  
The Great Gatsby1130 reviews
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Scribner, 1999

Classic romance and tale of a man who isn't exactly what he seems

+ Beautifully written, but I still don't particularly like the story
+ Classic
+ An American Classic and Great Read
  
  











  



  
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson)9 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Belknap Press, 2006

Ralph Waldo Emersom: an appreciation

+ The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
+ One of America's most influential voices
+ Inspite of it is super old,yet wonderful
+ Food for the Soul
  
  











  



  
Death in Venice6 reviews
Thomas Mann

Harper Perennial, 2005

Superb Translation of a Novella That Seamlessly Blends Obsession With Artistic Integrity

+ My first time reading it at 23....
+ Art versus Life
+ A Timeless Masterwork
+ Beautiful prose