Sunday, April 6, 2008

mmm: Ravin' faves

Highlights, but just my opinion...

Some of these are pretty intense (Song of the Exile, Birdsong, Cold Mountain, to name a few)

1776 — McCullough
Suite Francaise — Nemirovsky
Under the banner of heaven — Krakauer

The Toughest Indian in the World — Alexie
Saturday — McEwan
The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Children — Edith Wharton
The Kite Runner — Hosseini
Birdsong — Sebastian Faulks

A Prayer for Owen Meany — John Irving
Empire Falls — Richard Russo
How to be good — Nick Hornby

Ghost Soldiers — Hampton Sides
John Adams — David McCullough
Tennis Partner — Abraham Verghese

Song of the Exile — Kiana Davenport
Seabiscuit — Laura Hillenbrand
Cold Mountain — Charles Frazier

House of Mirth — Edith Wharton
Persuasion — Jane Austen
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay — Michael Chabon

Song of the Lark — Willa Cather
Century's Son — Robert Boswell

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