The End of Baseball: A Novel6 reviews Peter Schilling Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2008 A rip-snorting baseball yarn + When Baseball was America's Pastime + Excellent Baseball Novel + Great Fiction that happens to be about baseball + Excellent novel, whether you're a baseball fan or not             The Gate House65 reviews Nelson DeMille Grand Central Publishing, 2008 hilarious I'm surprised so many people disliked it after saying they were DeMille fans. Of course it dragged on. A lot of scenes in his books do; the tour of Plum Island, or the boat chase in the same book. But this one was hilarious. I laughed out loud several times and once, at the flaming bananas around ...             The Legend of Mickey Tussler22 reviews Frank Nappi St. Martin's Press, 2008 Fabulous Baseball Yarn + Mickey Tussler Will Touch Your Heart + Simply The Best! + Great Book + Baseball like it used to be             A Million Little Pieces1833 reviews James Frey Anchor, 2005 Read it and make your own opinion. + Great Read! Fiction or not, this book was beautifully written, insightful and hopeful. Do not let the controversy stray you away from giving it a chance - it is an amazing, touching story.             The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time1455 reviews Mark Haddon Vintage, 2004 Fun and engaging + Not your usual read . . . + An unusual and striking first novel + Very Likeable Book             Bang the Drum Slowly (Second Edition)14 reviews Bison Books, 2003 This book and the movie are special + Life Changing + When Baseball Was Still a Game + Fantastic Book. For baseball fans, and those who aren't + Bang The Drum Slowly by Joe             No Country For Old Men431 reviews Cormac McCarthy Knopf, 2005 One hell of a book + A Great Read Despite Its Problems + No Man's Land + Well written with disturbingly unique character             The Natural100 reviews Bernard Malamud Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003 A must for any literate baseball fan + Not so sugary sweet + The Defining Work My father was an English teacher who also happened to be a baseball fanatic, and I still have his marked-up copy of "The Natural" somewhere in the basement. He actually built an entire English class around baseball fiction, with this book as its centerpiece. You can't help but appreciate the ...             Killer Instinct122 reviews Joseph Finder St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007 A wonderful read + White Collar Intrigue + Great twist + Corporate chaos             A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father123 reviews Augusten Burroughs St. Martin's Press, 2008 All The Better To Break Your Spirit, Son + Sinister and Menacing We've read much about the dysfunction of Augusten Burroughs's life, starting with his 2002 memoir "Running With Scissors" in which he described the bizarre experience of living with his mother's psychiatrist during the tumult of his adolescence. Though he briefly touched upon his parents' broken ...             Paranoia180 reviews Joseph Finder St. Martin's Press, 2004 Paranoia + ... a must read for cubicle dwellers. Thought this storyline was exceptional. The characters were a little different from the norm, along with a personality, as well as a sense of humor. It had so many twists and turns that you wondered how it could possibly end favorably...but the ending is a "gotcha"!             Fight Club: A Novel643 reviews Chuck Palahniuk W. W. Norton, 2005 a thought-provoking book + A sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness. + Every teenager needs to read this novel! + Fight Club - Palahnuik can do no wrong + This book is still a beautiful and unique snowflake.             The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62)651 reviews David Wroblewski Ecco, 2008 From the inside out ... The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a rare and stunning rebuke to the ordinariness of many a lesser novel. Over nearly 600 pages, Wroblewski traces the slow arc of a boy and dog story, fairly reinventing the genre in the process. Countless passages ring with a heartbrearking purity and clarity, ...             When You Are Engulfed in Flames254 reviews David Sedaris Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Sedaris's best yet + Self-Absorption Driven to Laughter + Amazing + Not his best, but still fantastic + If you like Sedaris, you like Sedaris             Paranoia180 reviews Joseph Finder St. Martin's Press, 2004 Paranoia + ... a must read for cubicle dwellers. Thought this storyline was exceptional. The characters were a little different from the norm, along with a personality, as well as a sense of humor. It had so many twists and turns that you wondered how it could possibly end favorably...but the ending is a "gotcha"!             The End of Baseball: A Novel6 reviews Peter Schilling Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2008 A rip-snorting baseball yarn + When Baseball was America's Pastime + Excellent Baseball Novel + Great Fiction that happens to be about baseball + Excellent novel, whether you're a baseball fan or not             No Country For Old Men431 reviews Cormac McCarthy Knopf, 2005 One hell of a book + A Great Read Despite Its Problems + No Man's Land + Well written with disturbingly unique character             The Natural100 reviews Bernard Malamud Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003 A must for any literate baseball fan + Not so sugary sweet + The Defining Work My father was an English teacher who also happened to be a baseball fanatic, and I still have his marked-up copy of "The Natural" somewhere in the basement. He actually built an entire English class around baseball fiction, with this book as its centerpiece. You can't help but appreciate the ...             Bang the Drum Slowly (Second Edition)14 reviews Bison Books, 2003 This book and the movie are special + Life Changing + When Baseball Was Still a Game + Fantastic Book. For baseball fans, and those who aren't + Bang The Drum Slowly by Joe             A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father123 reviews Augusten Burroughs St. Martin's Press, 2008 All The Better To Break Your Spirit, Son + Sinister and Menacing We've read much about the dysfunction of Augusten Burroughs's life, starting with his 2002 memoir "Running With Scissors" in which he described the bizarre experience of living with his mother's psychiatrist during the tumult of his adolescence. Though he briefly touched upon his parents' broken ...