great books
 
 







  
The Catcher in the Rye2786 reviews
J.D. Salinger

Little, Brown and Company, 1991

review

+ If You Really Want to Hear About It...
+ Disillusion
+ Make a little time for a classic
  
  











  



  
Siddhartha463 reviews
Hermann Hesse

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1951

Samsara is nirvana

+ Great
+ Hari Om
+ A rambling spiritual adventure...
+ A must read for any spiritual seeker
  
  











  



  
The Man Who Planted Trees31 reviews
Jean Giono

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1985

A beautiful little book

+ A Seed of Imagination
+ The Man Who Planted Trees
+ plant trees
  
  











  



  
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead82 reviews
Tom Stoppard

Grove Press, 1994

Brilliant.

+ Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead
+ A grand aimlessness

No mean to be offensive or anything, but I honestly feel that if people do not find R&G Are Dead hysterically funny and/or wonderfully ingenious, they have probably missed Stoppard's point in this play. This play was during the age known as Theatre of the Absurd, when ridiculous plots and ...
  
  











  



  
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail21 reviews
Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee

Bantam Classics, 1983

An Enjoyable Night with Genius

+ The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail: A Play Review
+ Thoreau and non-violent protest against the government
+ Greatness "transcends" beyond words
+ A mind beyond bars
  
  











  



  
The Little Prince191 reviews
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Harcourt, 1968

Little Prince speaks to the child in me

+ Katherine Woods - The name to remember
+ a teacher
+ The Little Prince
  
  











  



  
Hatchet1162 reviews
Gary Paulsen

Scholastic Inc., 1999

An Exciting Survival Story

+ Fear Is Not An Option
+ One of the best I've ever read!

Hatchet is one of Gary Paulsen's finest works. I think his goal was to establish a great young adult novel that is easy to become immersed in. He looks to create a book that is enjoyable and also has a lot of useful information about life in the wilderness. Paulsen, a writer from Minneapolis, ...
  
  











  



  
The Stranger529 reviews
Albert Camus

Vintage, 1989

American translation brings out stylistic subtleties

+ interesting
+ Shocking in its Simplicity
+ One of the best books ever written.
+ Oh, the absurdity!
  
  











  



  
The Grapes of Wrath (20th Century Classics)592 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics, 1992

Get ready to relive these times soon!

+ Take in the magic of Steinbeck's writing
+ A handsome edition
+ A master storyteller
+ [Good] required reading
  
  











  



  
To Kill a Mockingbird1762 reviews
Harper Lee

Grand Central Publishing, 1988

Excelent Book!

+ There is a reason this book will be read for centuries and centuries...
+ Tequila Mockingbird
+ Great!!Love this book
+ LOVE THIS BOOK!
  
  











  



  
To Kill a Mockingbird1762 reviews
Harper Lee

Grand Central Publishing, 1988

Excelent Book!

+ There is a reason this book will be read for centuries and centuries...
+ Tequila Mockingbird
+ Great!!Love this book
+ LOVE THIS BOOK!
  
  











  



  
The Man Who Planted Trees31 reviews
Jean Giono

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1985

A beautiful little book

+ A Seed of Imagination
+ The Man Who Planted Trees
+ plant trees
  
  











  



  
Siddhartha463 reviews
Hermann Hesse

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1951

Samsara is nirvana

+ Great
+ Hari Om
+ A rambling spiritual adventure...
+ A must read for any spiritual seeker
  
  











  



  
The Stranger529 reviews
Albert Camus

Vintage, 1989

American translation brings out stylistic subtleties

+ interesting
+ Shocking in its Simplicity
+ One of the best books ever written.
+ Oh, the absurdity!
  
  











  



  
The Catcher in the Rye2786 reviews
J.D. Salinger

Little, Brown and Company, 1991

review

+ If You Really Want to Hear About It...
+ Disillusion
+ Make a little time for a classic
  
  











  



  
The Grapes of Wrath (20th Century Classics)592 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics, 1992

Get ready to relive these times soon!

+ Take in the magic of Steinbeck's writing
+ A handsome edition
+ A master storyteller
+ [Good] required reading
  
  











  



  
The Little Prince191 reviews
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Harcourt, 1968

Little Prince speaks to the child in me

+ Katherine Woods - The name to remember
+ a teacher
+ The Little Prince
  
  











  



  
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead82 reviews
Tom Stoppard

Grove Press, 1994

Brilliant.

+ Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead
+ A grand aimlessness

No mean to be offensive or anything, but I honestly feel that if people do not find R&G Are Dead hysterically funny and/or wonderfully ingenious, they have probably missed Stoppard's point in this play. This play was during the age known as Theatre of the Absurd, when ridiculous plots and ...
  
  











  



  
Hatchet1162 reviews
Gary Paulsen

Scholastic Inc., 1999

An Exciting Survival Story

+ Fear Is Not An Option
+ One of the best I've ever read!

Hatchet is one of Gary Paulsen's finest works. I think his goal was to establish a great young adult novel that is easy to become immersed in. He looks to create a book that is enjoyable and also has a lot of useful information about life in the wilderness. Paulsen, a writer from Minneapolis, ...
  
  











  



  
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail21 reviews
Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee

Bantam Classics, 1983

An Enjoyable Night with Genius

+ The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail: A Play Review
+ Thoreau and non-violent protest against the government
+ Greatness "transcends" beyond words
+ A mind beyond bars
  
  











  






   



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