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Everything Is Illuminated 404 reviews
Jonathan Safran Foer
Harper Perennial, 2005
One of the best books ever written
+ everything you could wish and fear life to be
This is my second favorite book. The imagination and narration is simply fantastic. I have never experienced imagination as beautiful as the telling of TrachimBrod. Every chapter about this city is glowing with incredible anecdotes and interesting characters. In fact, Brod is by far the best ...
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The Secret History 536 reviews
Donna Tartt
Vintage, 2004
A Very Powerful Novel
+ This is a great book - a must read for the winter.
+ Well written page turner
+ The Heart of the History
+ A Modern Classical Tragedy
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Life A User's Manual: Revised Edition
Georges Perec
David R Godine, 2008
Over twenty years ago, Godine published the first English translation of Georges Perec's masterpiece, Life A User's Manual, hailed by the Times Literary Supplement, Boston Globe, and others as one of the great novels of the century. We are now proud to announce a newly revised twentieth anniversary edition of Life. Carefully prepared, with many corrections, this edition of Life A User's Manual ...
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Sarah: A Novel 133 reviews
J. T. LeRoy
Bloomsbury USA, 2001
In response to those who review the author and not the work
+ Resting transparently in the grace that gave us rise
+ An extraordinary book
There are now a number of reviews which, after it was revealed that JT LeRoy was a fictional persona, have taken to castigating the author rather than evaluating the merits of the work. This is a response to those who have taken this position.
Which part of novel, ahem ... fiction, don't you ...
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To Say Nothing of the Dog 241 reviews
Connie Willis
Bantam, 1998
Wonderfully funny sci-fi
+ Get the audio version!
+ Stumped By the Bishop's Bird Stump
+ Most excellent
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The Sparrow458 reviews
Mary Doria Russell
Ballantine Books, 1997
wonderful
+ The Sparrow
+ brillliant introspection in outer space
I have read thousands of books... This is THE best books I have ever read. I am not a religious person, I have no God, I have read the bible, the Koran and alot of other religious texts. This being said and stated above.
This is a story of love, discovery, and the search for faith in the most ...
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Fledgling69 reviews
Octavia E. Butler
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
perfect
+ Book purchase - Fledgling
+ Interesting
This book arrived well before the expected date and was a great buy. I will be buying from them again.
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel217 reviews
Joshua Ferris
Back Bay Books, 2008
I Laughed, I Cried - Three Thoughts
+ Adperson's anomie
+ Funny, fantastic, tragic book (and gorgeous dust jacket design!)
+ Funny, and a little bit of drama
+ One of the best you'll ever read!
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Choke471 reviews
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2008
Gutsy readers only--this is not for the faint-hearted
(First published in 2001, this book has been re-released because of the upcoming movie.)
Choke tells the tale of Victor Mancini, a recovering sex-addict and medical school dropout. A story filled with piercing social commentary accented by creative storytelling. Palahniuk presents the ...
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Slaughterhouse-Five708 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999
Like Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto.
+ A highly creative and simultaneously amusing and thought-provoking novel that hammers home its themes; "A-"
+ One of the best
+ Slaughterhouse-Five
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)291 reviews
Michael Chabon
Harper Perennial, 2008
Ghetto Mentality Retrogression
+ Chabon's best to date
+ Bittersweet like woodsmoke
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon: Ghetto Mentality Retrogression
Review by Arthur L. Finkle
Mr. Chabon writes a masterpiece of a "what-if" portion of history. In this case, what if the Jews lost their War on Independence on 1948?
The solution was one proffered at that time, ...
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The Dissertation: A Novel (Norton paperback fiction) 4 reviews
R. M. Koster
W W Norton & Co Inc, 1989
A masterful work of academic sabotage
+ In the Finest Tradition of the Surrealists
+ In the Finest Tradition of the Surrealists
+ Satiric history parodies Latin novels, academe, adventure.
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Never Let Me Go193 reviews
Kazuo Ishiguro
Vintage, 2006
Won't ever fade
+ Will stay with you for days
+ Sensitive, ultimately credible
"...complaining about how memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don't go along with that. The memories I value most, I don't see them ever fading. I lost Ruth, and I lost Tommy, but I won't lose my memories of them."
For a novel that packs so much broiling ...
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The Girls: A Novel111 reviews
Lori Lansens
Back Bay Books, 2007
Beautiful layered novel!
+ a sweet, heartwarming story
+ Loved this novel
As an English teacher and avid reader, I appreciate a standout novel when I read one. This is a beautifully written book and the plot is textured and reveals itself little by little all through the novel. It's a novel of sisterhood, family love and married love. I cannot find enough stars here to ...
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Odd Thomas476 reviews
Dean Koontz
Bantam, 2006
What an interesting protagonist Odd is!
+ Koontz' best character
+ Excellent as always
Book 1 is my favorite Odd Thomas book, to-date. Awesome story with a memorable character. I thought about Odd long after I put the book down, and it definitely made me want to read more. I started on Forever Odd (book 2) the same evening.
Dean Koontz has created a very interesting character and ...
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Geek Love: A Novel246 reviews
Katherine Dunn
Vintage, 2002
indescribable, amazing,my favorite book of all time. no contest
+ Absolutely Stunning Masterpiece
+ It IS Different, Thank God
+ Mesmerizing yet stomach-churning
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Cloud Atlas: A Novel169 reviews
David Mitchell
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004
Highly unique and worthwhile
+ When Humanity Consumes Itself
+ A Daring and Beautiful Novel
+ Rare Masterpiece
+ Interruptions and emancipations
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Watchers445 reviews
Dean Koontz
Berkley, 2003
A rollercoaster ride
+ WOW!!!!
+ Absolutely Awesome
+ I adore this book!! Dean Koontz Rocks!!!!
+ better than the movie!
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The Man in My Basement: A Novel68 reviews
Walter Mosley
Back Bay Books, 2005
This novel makes you think:
+ A quick, suspenseful, mind-provoking read
+ Mosely sets up shop inside the reader's head.. and then tweaks it.
"The Man In My Basement" by Walter Mosley is wonderful.
First of all Mosley writes in a style that just grabs you from the opening sentence and pulls you along until the final sentence. The rawness of his characters alone is interesting enough to keep you reading. Add in an intriguing story ...
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel728 reviews
Susanna Clarke
Tor Books, 2006
Instant Classic
+ Wonderfully Clever Book
+ The Line Between the Mystical and the Physical
This evocative tale of English magicians who become associates and eventual rivals/enemies is one of the most impressive literary debut-novels in any genre, ever. Every atmospheric detail is rich and crucial; there is nothing that is not essential to this mesmerizing, often frightening tale. ...
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