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Atonement
Ian McEwan
Anchor, 2007
My favorite book... ever.
+ Loved it!
+ A Writer Learns About Life
I first picked this book up about 6 or 7 years ago, read it over the course of 4 nights and immediately read it all over again. I laughed. I cried. I got excited/scared/happy/hopeful/devastated/etc. as the story went.
My favorite thing about Atonement is that the story is one I have never read ...
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The Secret History
Donna Tartt
Vintage, 2004
A Modern Greek Tragedy
+ Amazing Read
+ Good, weird, but a stretch of the imagination
+ A stunningly brilliant debut novel.
+ Engrossing
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PLPR6:Snow Falling on Cedars RLA
A Beautiful Story
+ "Let Fate, Coincidence and Accident Conspire; Human Beings Must Act on Reason..."
+ A Masterpiece
What amazed me about this book was the way the story was told. It's kind of a courtroom drama, kind of a romance, and very much a commentary on the state of a torn and divided nation after World War II. On the North end of Puget Sound there was a murder and the accused, Kabuo Miyamoto is a friend ...
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Possession: A Romance
A.S. Byatt
Random House, 1991
A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma
+ A bold conception in a literally dense narrative
+ stunning
+ A beautiful work
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The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
Dostoevsky's final major work...a masterpiece
+ Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind
+ What a messed up family!
+ Understanding the Russian
+ Absolutely Stunning!
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The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
Umberto Eco
Everyman's Library, 2006
murder mystery masterpiece
+ A Conundrum Wrapped In A Paradox!
+ "it seemed to me a joyous workshop of learning."
This story very much appealed to the role-playing game aficionado in me. The atmosphere felt both elaborate and decrepit with a tinge of ancient tradition. The period and location definitely played a major role in dressing the characters. As a consequence, they are left with no choice but to ...
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Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Pocket, 2004
A masterpiece from cover to cover
+ Crime and Punishment
+ Crime and Punishment ~ Kindle eBook
+ Dostoyevski at his best unfortunately this translation did him no favors.
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Gorky Park: A Novel (Mortalis.)
Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 2007
Best Martin Cruz Smith Work Ever
+ Arkady Renko is a Born Investigator
+ Quite simply
+ A Splendid Russian Protagonist: Arkady Renko
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Presumed Innocent
Scott Turow
Grand Central Publishing, 2000
Must read novel for any legal thriller freaks
+ Great Book - Thoroughly Enjoyed It
+ Better than your average beach/airport novel
+ A Top 10 Mystery Book
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Deep, but easy read
+ Couldn't stop listening to this audiobook.
+ Simply Astonishing
+ Khalled Hosseini
+ perfect
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The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2005
a great first novel by an incredibly talented author.
+ Excellent!!!
+ Moving and Touching!
+ Deeply moving
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Intuition
Allegra Goodman
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2007
Wonderful insight into character motivation and quirkiness
+ original and truthful novel about the world of science
This is a terrific book that deserves a higher rating than it currently has. Goodman's understanding of what makes people tick and how their strengths are also their weakness are amazing. In a delicious way the author illustrates how and why characters feed off each other to get their own emotional ...
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The Piano Tuner
Daniel Mason
Picador, 2004
Beautiful Storytelling
Mason tells the story of Edgar Drake, a piano tuner from London who is asked to journey deep into the jungles of Burma to tune the piano of an eccentric officer.
This is a story evocative of Conrads "Heart of Darkness" and the spin off movie "Apocalypse Now". However, in Conrad the journey up ...
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Madapple
Christina Meldrum
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
+ A unique novel which is brilliantly complex and thought-provoking, though the ending falters. Highly recommended
+ A Challenging Debut Novel
+ Exquisite, thought-provoking, and hauntingly beautiful
+ Couldn't put it down
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The Piano Tuner
Daniel Mason
Picador, 2004
Beautiful Storytelling
Mason tells the story of Edgar Drake, a piano tuner from London who is asked to journey deep into the jungles of Burma to tune the piano of an eccentric officer.
This is a story evocative of Conrads "Heart of Darkness" and the spin off movie "Apocalypse Now". However, in Conrad the journey up ...
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