 | The World According to Garp (Modern Library) by John Irving
Buy new: $16.32 / Used from: $14.12 Its nice to read about the coming-of-age of a male for a change. I'm not a huge fan of Irving's but this book is one of the greatest.
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 | Summer (Thrift Edition) by Edith Wharton
Buy new: $3.50 / Used from: $1.49 Sure it was written over a hundred years ago. But the plot is enduring..girl meets boy, girl loves boy, girl gives up virginity for boy, finds out its not enough.
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 | Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $3.73 This is the story of a young man unhappily married to a sickly, hypochondriatic, overbearing woman. His world is changed forever when her pretty cousin comes to visit.
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 | Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $2.31 An absolutely enthralling novel. Dickens invokes empathy for his characters like no other writer can.
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 | Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $3.50 / Used from: $0.90 |
 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $3.24 If you liked the movie and you like to read give the book a try. You won't be sorry.Its quite different from the movie. Very funny and engaging.
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 | Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Buy new: $12.96 / Used from: $7.50 I had never seen the movie when a friend recommended I read this book.I absolutely loved it. Although Scarlet O'Hara's character is thoroughly unlikeable, the plot is unexpectedly exciting. I loved learning about the civil war. Mitchell is an incredible writer.
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 | Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics) by Charlotte Bronte
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $4.42 This is my favorite classic of all time. The classic story of the young, plain Jane who captured the heart of her moody, mysterious employer. Written by a woman who never married but apparently understood the workings of the heart.
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 | Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy new: $10.37 / Used from: $6.60 |
 | A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $4.85 |
 | LADY CHATTERLY'S LOVER by D.H. Lawrence
Buy used from: $10.79 |
 | Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) by Leo Tolstoy
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $1.70 |
 | Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $2.25 |
 | Smart Women by Judy Blume
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.70 |
 | Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 The perfect beach read. If you like coming-of-age themed books you'll love this one. Judy Blume has such a great wit.
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 | Wifey by Judy Blume
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $1.68 |
 | Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $0.01 Very funny story of a young Irish woman living in New York City who suddenly finds herself being checked in to a "posh" drug rehab after one silly old "accidental" overdose.Its great the way the author tells the story from the point of view of Rachel, who is total denial of her situation/
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 | Fiona Range by Mary McGarry Morris
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | The Double Bind (Vintage Contemporaries) by Chris Bohjalian
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Trans-Sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 |
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