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Invisible Monsters
Chuck Palahniuk
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
This book is ca-razy!
+ My Unexpected Favorite
+ GREAT
+ a slow start, followed by a headlong rush. This book stayed in my head for a long time afterward!
+ A Good One
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The World According to Garp A Novel
John Irving
E.P. Dutton, 1978
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Alive
Piers Paul Read
Harper Perennial, 2005
I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS...
+ FAVORITE BOOK EVER
+ A horrifyingly true story of triumph and tragedy
+ Alive
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American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
Vintage, 1991
This Is NOT An Exit
+ Not for the queasy readers
'American Psycho' is a satire of the 1980's (among other subjects) centered around narrator Patrick Bateman who is the yuppie-to-end-all-yuppies. Though the humor is as dark as possible, it's true to Ellis and true to the story. I cannot find any failure whatsoever with this book. For readers who ...
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
Picador, 2001
The Most Super of All Powers
+ Comic history in the making
+ Masterful
A beautiful book about Sammy and Joe, two cousins who end up writing and drawing comic books together, the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a staggering tale of dedication, commitment, human frailty, perseverance, loyalty, and the many faces of the most powerful of all super powers, love. ...
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction)
Gregory Maguire
Harper, 2007
My new favorite
+ Are People born wicked, or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?
I love, love, LOVED this book. It was so much more dark and twisty than I had expected, as I'm familiar with the musical version (nothing alike) and I was so pleasantly surprised. I had anticipated this book to be somewhat juvenile, but it really surpassed my expectations -- it was incredibly ...
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The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Little, Brown and Company, 1991
The place where the youth novel was born
+ Will stick with you
Because this is one of the most heavily reviewed books on Amazon, I will not at this late date attempt to do a comprehensive review. I'll merely focus on one reason this is such an important book and then comment on one odd yet persistent misreading of the novel.
First, this is the first novel ...
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Catch-22: A Novel (Simon & Schuster Classics)
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1999
Best Book I Ever Read
+ Most Brilliant Satire
+ Stubborn, heroic innocence in a mad world
Catch-22 is a jarring, thrilling, hysterical exposition of the oppression and dominance which pervades lives and lifestyles in the modern era. Full of classic dialogue, superb characters, wonderfully narrated, Catch-22 may be the best book ever written. A heartbreaking achievement of staggering ...
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
Randy Shilts
Stonewall Inn Editions, 2000
How the fight against AIDS was initially lost....
+ And the Band Played On
+ Amazing!
+ A Classic
+ Review of And The Band Played On
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Empire Falls
Richard Russo
Vintage, 2002
Thoughtful
On the surface this is a book about an average guy who is stuck in a rut in an average small town. But when you delve deeper, you see that the book is about how pivotal choices and events shape who we are and where we end up in life. The characters in this book are memorable, realistic, and well ...
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Invisible Monsters
Chuck Palahniuk
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
This book is ca-razy!
+ My Unexpected Favorite
+ GREAT
+ a slow start, followed by a headlong rush. This book stayed in my head for a long time afterward!
+ A Good One
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American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
Vintage, 1991
This Is NOT An Exit
+ Not for the queasy readers
'American Psycho' is a satire of the 1980's (among other subjects) centered around narrator Patrick Bateman who is the yuppie-to-end-all-yuppies. Though the humor is as dark as possible, it's true to Ellis and true to the story. I cannot find any failure whatsoever with this book. For readers who ...
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Empire Falls
Richard Russo
Vintage, 2002
Thoughtful
On the surface this is a book about an average guy who is stuck in a rut in an average small town. But when you delve deeper, you see that the book is about how pivotal choices and events shape who we are and where we end up in life. The characters in this book are memorable, realistic, and well ...
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The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Little, Brown and Company, 1991
The place where the youth novel was born
+ Will stick with you
Because this is one of the most heavily reviewed books on Amazon, I will not at this late date attempt to do a comprehensive review. I'll merely focus on one reason this is such an important book and then comment on one odd yet persistent misreading of the novel.
First, this is the first novel ...
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
Picador, 2001
The Most Super of All Powers
+ Comic history in the making
+ Masterful
A beautiful book about Sammy and Joe, two cousins who end up writing and drawing comic books together, the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a staggering tale of dedication, commitment, human frailty, perseverance, loyalty, and the many faces of the most powerful of all super powers, love. ...
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