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Book |
Author |
Dewey Number |
Description |
American
Pastoral |
Roth,
Philip |
FIC ROT |
Roth
won the 1998 Pulitzer for his examination of the transitions of the 1960s and
what it means to be American. |
The
Blind Assassin |
Atwood,
Margaret |
FIC
ATW |
Atwood won the 2000 Booker Prize for her
novel within a novel: a science
fiction tale set within a tale of family tragedy. |
Beloved |
Morrison,
Toni |
FIC
MOR |
Morrison won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for her
chronicle of slavery and its aftermath. |
The
Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe |
Lewis,
C.S |
J
FIC LEW |
Classic
children’s story. Or is it? |
Are
You There God? It’s Me, Margaret |
Blume,
Judy |
J
FIC BLU |
Blume broke new ground with this children’s
book. |
Brideshead
Revisited |
Waugh,
Evelyn |
FIC
WAU |
Told in flashbacks from the dark days of
WWII, Brideshead is aglimmer with the guttering-candle glow of an
elegant age that was already passing away. |
The
Catcher in the Rye |
Salinger,
J.D. |
FIC
SAL |
No matter how many high school English
teachers try to domesticate The Catcher in the Rye in class, it will
never lose its satirical edge. |
Gone
With the Wind |
Mitchell,
Margaret |
FIC
MIT |
Gone with the Wind is a colossally readable romance novel —
love stories do not come more triangular—but it’s also the definitive telling
of one of the basic American mythologies: the passing away, in blood and
ashes, of the grand old South. |
Light
in August |
Faulkner,
William |
FIC
FAU |
This book, Faulkner’s grave meditation on
race, violence and all the fraught legacies of the South, is the first in
which he confronted head-on the poisons of racism. |
Housekeeping |
Robinson,
Marilynne |
FIC
ROB |
This is a book about women, making homes and
leaving them. |
A
Death in the Family |
Agee,
James |
FIC
AGE |
Agee’s forgiving embrace of the deeply
imperfect people he describes stays with you a long time in his 1958 Pulitzer
winner. |
Their
Eyes Were Watching God |
Hurston,
Nora Zeale |
FIC
HUR |
Don’t know this author? You should. |
Lolita |
Nubokov,
Vladimir |
FIC
NUB |
Yes, you are probably old enough to read it
now. |
Atonement |
McEwan,
Ian |
FIC
MCW |
Even as McEwan shows us the deadly force of
storytelling, he demonstrates its beguilements on every page. |
One
Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest |
Kesey,
Ken |
FIC
KES |
Both an allegory of individualism and a
heart-tearing psychological drama, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
manages to be uplifting without giving an inch to the seductions of
sentimentality. |
Invisible
Man |
Ellison,
Ralph |
FIC
ELL |
1953 National Book Award Winner has become an
American classic. |
The
Man Who Loved Children |
Stead,
Christina |
FIC
STE |
Though it was first published in 1940, it
wasn’t until a reissue 25 years later that Stead’s novel was recognized for
the masterpiece it is — the greatest picture ever of the lousiest family of
all time. |
The
Grapes of Wrath |
Steinbeck,
John |
FIC
STE |
Steinbeck’s classic is both a record of its
time and a permanent monument to human perseverance. |
American
Pastoral |
Roth,
Philip |
FIC ROT |
Roth
won the 1998 Pulitzer for his examination of the transitions of the 1960s and
what it means to be American. |
The
Blind Assassin |
Atwood,
Margaret |
FIC
ATW |
Atwood won the 2000 Booker Prize for her
novel within a novel: a science
fiction tale set within a tale of family tragedy. |
Beloved |
Morrison,
Toni |
FIC
MOR |
Morrison won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for her
chronicle of slavery and its aftermath. |
The
Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe |
Lewis,
C.S |
J
FIC LEW |
Classic
children’s story. Or is it? |
Are
You There God? It’s Me, Margaret |
Blume,
Judy |
J
FIC BLU |
Blume broke new ground with this children’s
book. |
Brideshead
Revisited |
Waugh,
Evelyn |
FIC
WAU |
Told in flashbacks from the dark days of
WWII, Brideshead is aglimmer with the guttering-candle glow of an
elegant age that was already passing away. |
The
Catcher in the Rye |
Salinger,
J.D. |
FIC
SAL |
No matter how many high school English
teachers try to domesticate The Catcher in the Rye in class, it will
never lose its satirical edge. |
Gone
With the Wind |
Mitchell,
Margaret |
FIC
MIT |
Gone with the Wind is a colossally readable romance novel —
love stories do not come more triangular—but it’s also the definitive telling
of one of the basic American mythologies: the passing away, in blood and
ashes, of the grand old South. |
Light
in August |
Faulkner,
William |
FIC
FAU |
This book, Faulkner’s grave meditation on
race, violence and all the fraught legacies of the South, is the first in
which he confronted head-on the poisons of racism. |
Housekeeping |
Robinson,
Marilynne |
FIC
ROB |
This is a book about women, making homes and
leaving them. |
A
Death in the Family |
Agee,
James |
FIC
AGE |
Agee’s forgiving embrace of the deeply
imperfect people he describes stays with you a long time in his 1958 Pulitzer
winner. |