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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
In the midst of desolation and despair can good survive?
THE ROAD is a brutal examination of what awaits mankind when the ultimate disaster strikes. A man and his son try to survive in the desolate wasteland the Earth has become; no explanation is given for this apocalypse, but the only survivors of it appear to be human. As ...
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
I read this because a Scottish lady recommended "A Spot of Bother" on a flight from Scotland. It is great. A very unique perspectiv that has helped me to have more empathetic insight and "feel" for the world of autism/aspergers. I offered to my daughter,a 4th grade ...
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Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
Vintage, 1995
The invisibility of man
"The Invisible Man" is a classic novel which uses the first person narrator, the invisible man, to move the reader through various types of racism, dishonesty, and deceptiveness which a black man in the 1950's would encounter. The more the invisible man is used by ...
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What It Takes: The Way to the White House
Richard Ben Cramer
Vintage, 1993
"What it Takes" to write the perfect political book
No study of modern American politics is complete without reading this book. At the center of the political universe is the presidency. What kind of people seek this office, and all of the attendant scrutiny and hardship that even the most fortunate candidates endure? ...
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Beloved
Toni Morrison
Vintage, 2004
Brilliant novel
Beloved is a riveting story, a page-turner. It reminds me of The Turn of the Screw in that you are never certain what was real and what wasn't. Do you believe in the supernatural or is it mental distress? Awesome review of slavery every white American should read. ...
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The Stranger
Albert Camus
Vintage, 1989
Perfect
I think to say some one doesn't like some one because they can't REALLY grasp/understand it is one of the most arrogant things some one can do, usually; but in this case its necessary. The Stanger is nothing short of life-changing. Simple fact. People that don't ...
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage)
Barack Obama
Vintage, 2008
American Patriotism at Its Best
A must for anyone's library and a great read. Easy to follow, clear, and a concise and logical plan for rebuilding America into the nation it should be, the nation that was designed by our Constitution, with freedom and justice for all.
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson
Vintage, 2004
magical
not many books transport you to a time of great changes like this one does. for the too brief of period I have lived in the book I have lived the rise of a nation and the dawn of great evil and vision. wonderfull depictions, great people and amzing time.
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A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
Vintage, 2004
What Happens To A Dream Deferred?
Produced in 1959, A RAISIN IN THE SUN was the first Broadway play written by a black woman: Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965), a memorable author who based the central story on an incident that occurred in her own family and which eventually evolved into a landmark ...
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The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 1991
Hairs!!!
Hairs chapter is my favorite.....it's short and sweet.....as a latina, i can really appreciate having immediate family so rich in differences....that is the beauty of being latino, is that we are so unique!
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Grendel
John Gardner
Vintage, 1989
Civilization Ruins Everything
This is not the simple tale of what moves the monster to attack the mead hall. Yes, this is the classic Beowulf tale told from Grendel's perspective, but it's no easy narrative of me-against-him. There is an awful lot more going on here.
Grendel is the basic ...
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Bridge of Sighs: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
Richard Russo
Vintage, 2008
Nostalgic novel with literary ambitions
Richard Russo's first novel since EMPIRE FALLS lists heavily toward nostalgia. BRIDGE OF SIGHS is set in Thomaston, New York. There is a working class neighborhood, the West Side; a middle class neighborhood, the East Side; and the Borough where the owner of the ...
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Joseph J. Ellis
Vintage, 2002
I learned something new about a familiar subject
Even though I'd seen and heard multiple items about the founding generation, I was pleasantly surprised that I learned something new from this work...namely that the discussion of the location of the new capital was seriously sidetracked by an abolitionist delegation's ...
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Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky
Vintage, 2007
Put this at the top of your "To Read" list
"Suite Française" is one of the most amazing books I've read this year. The first part of the book, "Storm in June," depicts the lives of various characters as they struggle with the beginning of the Great War and the German invasion/occupation of Paris. All of the ...
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Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Michel Foucault
Vintage, 1995
Excellent and thought-provoking.
Other reviews have done a nice job of explaining the textual benefits of the book, so let me explain its practical benefit. I'll keep this short and sweet. This is an excellent text to trot out during a sociology or other social science class when you want to ...
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