 | Handling Sin by Malone
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.99 Lovable characters, superb dialogue, and some lessons for a happy life make this a novel well worth reading more than once. (5)
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 | The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $6.99 The best animal story of all time. I still cry in the final chapter. (4)
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 | The Stranger by Albert Camus
Buy new: $8.64 / Used from: $0.61 I taught this short novel in French for many years. It yields more meaning every time I read it. (15)
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 | Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Buy new: $15.75 / Used from: $8.35 Despite the length of this novel, I've read it all the way through three times. I'm less impressionable now than on my first time through, but it still speaks to my sense of fair play and my faith in a capitalistic system. (3)
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 | Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Buy new: $12.96 / Used from: $4.50 The movie is fabulous, the book is even better. It wasn't until the third reading that I finally understood that I didn't have to feel sorry for Scarlett at the end. (3)
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 | The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Buy used from: $8.00 King Arthur's story, beautifully told. The opening chapters about Wart and the closing ones as Camelot falls are my favorites. (2)
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 | Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $0.17 OK on the first reading, absolutely riveting the second time around. (2)
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 | Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald
Buy used from: $149.05 Delightful story of orphaned sisters, their mistreatment at the hands of Mrs. Monday, and their eventual "rescue". As a pre-teen, I read this book over and over. (12)
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 | Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 A very human protagonist who learns a lot during the course of the novel. Loved it both times I read it. (2)
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 | Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Buy new: $12.47 / Used from: $4.97 I've always wondered why this book doesn't attract more attention. It gets better with every reading. (4)
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