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AUTHOR
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COMMENTS| Adams, Richard | Watership Down | Fantasy Long, but good |
| Alexander, Lloyd | The Book of Three (5 Sequels) | Long before Harry Potter… |
| Annonymous | Go Ask Alice | Peer presure can be deadly… |
| Bach, Richard | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Jonathan does his own thing… |
| Benchley, Peter | Jaws | Not a good beach book… |
| Blatty, William Peter | The Exorcist | Scarier than Scary… |
| Braithwaite, Edward R. | To Sir, With Love | African-American teacher charms British hooligans |
| Capote, Truman | In Cold Blood | True grisly murder story… |
| Childress, Alice | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Tale of drugs and Harlem |
| Clarke, Arthur C. | Childhood's End | Science Fiction classic |
| Cormier, Robert | The Chocolate War | An individualist takes a stand…… |
| Craven, Margaret | Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones | Two teens and a baby… |
| Crichton, Michael | The Andromeda Strain | The ultimate bioterrorism risk… |
| Danziger, Paula | The Cat Ate My Gymsuit | Adolescent pains |
| DuMaurier, Daphne | Jamaica Inn | Gothic mystery, love story |
| Fowles, John | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Mysterious love story |
| Fowles, John | The Collector | Tale of kidnapping |
| Gallico, Paul | The Snow Goose | Tale of friendship & heroism |
| Greenberg, Rose | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Battle with mental illness | |
| Griffen, John Howard | Black Like Me | An anglo journalist assumes a black identity… |
| Hailey, Arthur | Airport | Expose and adventure |
| Haley, Alex | Roots | Saga of African-American family (1976) |
| Hammett, Dashiell | The Novels of Dashiell Hammett | 3 mysteries in one |
| Head, Ann | Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones | Two teens and a baby… |
| Heller, Joseph | Catch-22, a Novel | Two women and one jerk… |
| Herbert, Frank | Dune | Science Fiction thriller…Long, but intriguing. Has sequels. |
| Hesse, Herman | Siddhartha | Like to meditate? |
| Hinton, S.E. | The Outsiders | A clash between the classes |
| Hinton, S.E. | That Was Then, This Is Now | Drugs change everything. |
| Holt, Victoria | The Bride of Pendorric | Gothic thriller |
| Holt, Victoria | The House of a Thousand Lanterns | Gothic thriller |
| Holt, Victoria | Lord of the Far Island | Gothic thriller |
| Howatch, Susan | Jamaica Inn | Gothic mystery, love story |
| Hunter, Evan | Blackboard Jungle | A teacher's nightmare… |
| Jackson, Shirley | The Haunting of Hill House | Science Fiction adventure |
| Kaufman, Bel | Up the Down Staircase | Idealistic teacher in metropolitan high school |
| Kerouac, Jack | On the Road | Jack hits the road with his crazy buddies. |
| Keyes, Daniel | Flowers for Algernon | A mentally impaired boy becomes a genius… |
| King, Stephen | The Dead Zone | Stephen King calls this his best work. |
| Krantz, Judith | Princess Daisy | A riches to rags story |
| LeGuin, Ursula | The Left Hand of Darkness | Science Fiction Hugo & Nebula winner about a winter world |
| MacLean, Alistair | The Guns of Navarone | World War II novel |
| MacLean, Alistair | Bear Mountain | Mystery, adventure |
| Miller, Walter | A Canticle for Leibowitz | Science Fiction classic |
| Mitchell, Margaret | Gone with the Wind | Classic Civil War novel. Much better than the movie |
| Parkman, Francis | The Oregon Trail | Historical fiction Long… |
| Plaidy, Jean | The Italian Woman | Historical fiction about Catherine de Medici |
| Plaidy, Jean | Madonna of the Seven Hills | Historical fiction about Lucrezia Borgia |
| Plath, Sylvia | The Bell Jar | A gloomy tale which forshadows the author's own suicide... |
| Powers, John | Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? | Comedy about growing up Catholic |
| Puzo, Mario | The Godfather | The Don calls the shots… Long, but good |
| Rand, Ayn | Atlas Shrugged | Powerful character development & theme of objectivism |
| Robbins, Harrold | The Betsy | Shrewd businessman and his dream car |
| Robbins, Tom | Still Life with Woodpecker | A love story that takes place inside of a pack of Camel Cigarettes... |
| Robinson, Henry Morton | The Cardinal | Powerful story of rise of priest in Catholic Church |
| Seton, Anya | The Winthrop Women | Strong female characters in historical fiction |
| Seton, Anya | Dragonwyck | Gothic novel set in New York |
| Seton, Anya | Avalon | Historical fiction about King Arthur |
| Seton, Anya | Katherine | Historical fiction about the 15th century |
| Sheldon, Sidney | The Other Side of Midnight | Two women and one jerk… |
| Stewart, Mary | The Hollow Hills | Fictionalization of Arthurian legend & Merlin |
| Stewart, Mary | The Crystal Cave | Fictionalization of Arthurian legend & Merlin |
| Stewart, Mary | The Last Enchantment | Fictionalization of Arthurian legend & Merlin |
| Styron, William | Sophie's Choice | A victim of the Nazis must choose the unthinkable. Long;worth it |
| Susann, Jacqueline | Valley of the Dolls | Classic trash |
| Thompson, Hunter S. | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Lots of drugs: a challenge to follow the story line |
| Tolkein, J.R.R. | The Lord of the Rings | Much better than the movie |
| Tolkein, J.R.R. | The Hobbit | The real Middle Earth and Bilbo Baggins |
| Vonnegut, Kurt | Cat's Cradle | A wild tale of G-men and a new invention |
| Vonnegut, Kurt | Breakfast of Champions | Satiric tale of Vonnegut's alter-ego Kilgore Trout in 1970's |
| Vonnegut, Kurt | Player Piano | Science Fiction adventure |
| Vonnegut, Kurt | Slaughterhouse Five | Billy Pilgrim travels back & forth in time in Bombed-out Dresden |
| Whitney, Phyllis | Black Amber | Gothic thriller |
| Whitney, Phyllis | Turquoise Mask | Gothic thriller |
| Wolfe, Tom | The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test | Drug induced adventure (non-fiction) |
| Wouk, Herman | The Caine Mutiny | World War II novel |
| Wouk, Herman | Marjorie Morningstar | Young love and growing up |
| Zindel, Paul | My Darling, My Hamburger | 70's love story… |
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