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The Great (And Not So Great) Books I Read Summer 2009
By an Amazon.com customer
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $1.37
I enjoyed this book, its well written and interesting.
Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $5.00
A scifi classic that probably gets better as you read more of the series.
I, Robot (The Robot)I, Robot (The Robot) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $7.27
A classic that feels a little dated but still interesting
ChokeChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.49
If you've read/seen Fight Club you've heard it all before.. Entertaining
The Fountainhead (Centennial Edition Hardcover)The Fountainhead (Centennial Edition Hardcover) by Ayn Rand
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $21.33
Slow, although some insightful individualistic theories.
On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $5.95
A classic, I found it slow
The Master and MargaritaThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $17.95
I enjoyed it
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oxford World's Classics)The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oxford World's Classics) by Oscar Wilde
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $3.43
Witty even if slow
Collected FictionsCollected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
Buy new: $14.28 / Used from: $8.82
Some great short stories
The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected TextThe Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text by William Faulkner
Buy new: $9.23 / Used from: $1.99
You have to be a literary detective to enjoy this one
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A NovelExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $4.77
In the process of reading it, enjoying it so far
The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays (Everyman's Library)The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays (Everyman's Library) by Albert Camus
Buy new: $16.32 / Used from: $13.79
Is on my list, haven't read it yet.
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a RaftKon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft by Thor Heyerdahl
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $17.75
Also on my list.