World Literature Books


The Plague of Doves: A NovelThe Plague of Doves: A Novel
Best Price: $12.95
I consider Louise Erdrich the finest writer there is. Having read all of her novels, I seem to...
The Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being Earnest
Best Price: $3.50
this is a novel always on fashion. hte dialogs are simply brilliant. oscar wilde picture a great...
Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $4.59
935 page book with no index. Come on, you don't need one. You can remember that part about...
Invisible MonstersInvisible Monsters
Best Price: $8.08
I'm studying to be a Secondary English teacher and hope to use this book along with the first...
SulaSula
Best Price: $6.99
I was extremely disappointed in SULA, I had to force myself to read the entire book. I found it...


East of EdenEast of Eden
Best Price: $3.75
This is one of those books you must read some time during your life-- probably twice (once in...
Frankenstein (Norton Critical Editions)Frankenstein (Norton Critical Editions)
Best Price: $10.50
It is a classic and, therefore, deserves a close reading. Norton editions are great. The text...
The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics)The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.56
The life lessons present in this book are invaluable. I highly recommend reading it.
ChokeChoke
Best Price: $7.99
The author of fight club, Chuck Palahniuk's novel Choke is my personal favorite. Its about a...
I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Best Price: $2.95
We are the members of the South Mill Young Readers Book Club located in Conyers, Georgia. We...


Say You're One of ThemSay You're One of Them
Best Price: $13.33
Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian Jesuit priest and writing teacher living in Zimbabwe, and his stories...
The Last Jihad (Political Thrillers Series #1)The Last Jihad (Political Thrillers Series #1)
Best Price: $8.29
Rosenberg's first novel is a pretty good thriller. His action scenes are fast paced and...
A Small PlaceA Small Place
Best Price: $6.02
Ignore the reviews laden with the white liberal guilt or the white liberal defensiveness. This...
The Norton Anthology of African American LiteratureThe Norton Anthology of African American Literature
Best Price: $57.48
I had to purchase the book for school, and I was very displeased and how dull the book was and...
The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $2.05
I think the many readers who were forced to partake of this classic were angry at their English...

The ChosenThe Chosen
Best Price: $2.99
my book came today, and it looked perfect EXCEPT the top right corner had signs of wear and...
Till We Have Faces: A Myth RetoldTill We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
Best Price: $8.33
I went into this book not knowing what to expect; I'd never even heard of it before. The first...
LolitaLolita
Best Price: $6.99
Lolita is a beautifully-written book about a man and his sexual relationship with a young girl....
The House at Riverton: A NovelThe House at Riverton: A Novel
Best Price: $12.05
I rarely begin a book without finishing it. This one went back to the library within a day. I...
The Power of MythThe Power of Myth
Best Price: $5.50
I have lost track of just how many times I have listened to this set of conversations, but they...

Mrs. DallowayMrs. Dalloway
Best Price: $3.55
In my opinion, this is a perfect book. Woolf captures the characters flawlessly and depicts...
The PlagueThe Plague
Best Price: $6.85
The development of the characters during the months of plague is rich and well-explored. The...
Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition)Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition)
Best Price: $0.87
He loved everything he saw about life and he truly loved his fellow man and woman - and most...
For Whom the Bell TollsFor Whom the Bell Tolls
Best Price: $5.49
This story is moderately good. Rather than weaving eloquent statements extolling the author,...
The Celestine ProphecyThe Celestine Prophecy
Best Price: $4.34
When I think about this book, I can say only one word: Inspiration. The characters, setting and...

Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature (7th Edition)Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature (7th Edition)
Best Price: $86.40
I have to agree with another review, this is a boring book; however, there is a lot of...
The Best American Essays 2007 (The Best American Series (TM))The Best American Essays 2007 (The Best American Series (TM))
Best Price: $8.37
I don't hate to be the voice of dissent in this case. I'm not a fan of Wallace, so I suppose I...
To the LighthouseTo the Lighthouse
Best Price: $3.90
I almost put this book down after the first 100 pages. The writing was difficult to get into and...
Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics)Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics)
Best Price: $1.86
Anyone who is a frequent reader of this blog knows of my aversion to classics. I don't...
Mister PipMister Pip
Best Price: $6.50
If there's one thing this book did for me it was a desire to read Great Expectations just...

A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $3.16
Some honest disclosures. My strongest academic credentials relevant to literary criticism are...
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Best Price: $4.89
If you like the dry wit of David Sedaris you will love this book. Even if you don't know who he...
The PearlThe Pearl
Best Price: $3.64
Walking through middle school corridors, I'd spy kids in the grade above mine carrying John...
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (10th Edition) (Kennedy/Gioia Literature Series)Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (10th Edition) (Kennedy/Gioia Literature Series)
Best Price: $63.44
I picked this book up for a class, expecting to be perfectly bored. Instead, this book woke up...
Invisible CitiesInvisible Cities
Best Price: $7.85
A ruler of an empire so vast he has never seen most of it, and a foreign traveler who describes...

Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics)Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics)
Best Price: $4.05
What can I say, it is the script to Our Town. I have found a couple of places where it differes...
The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Best Price: $2.25
I clicked on the "Kindle Version" link from the paperback "The Merchant of Venice...
The AmericansThe Americans
Best Price: $23.96
We're lucky to have this edition. Robert Frank is an old man with health issues now. That he is...
The White Tiger: A NovelThe White Tiger: A Novel
Best Price: $14.74
A Man-Booker Prize nominated book by Aravind Adiga. They remain slaves because they can't see...
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman (Vintage)I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman (Vintage)
Best Price: $6.47
Excellent book! I got the book and the audio. I started to read the book and it seemed a little...

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister: A NovelConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister: A Novel
Best Price: $3.85
There is little constructive information I can add to the abundance of reviews, other than this:...
No Exit and Three Other PlaysNo Exit and Three Other Plays
Best Price: $5.00
Legendary French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre invites his readers to truly get in...
American PastoralAmerican Pastoral
Best Price: $5.95
Roth is still a great prose stylist. And the passages on Newark were brilliant. But for a...
Heart of Darkness (Dover Thrift Editions)Heart of Darkness (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $0.14
Probably the dampest book I've ever read--humidity drips off the end of each line like a light...
The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)
Best Price: $7.34
The Bluest Eye is about race relations and, as such, can never be completely understandable to a...

A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club)A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club)
Best Price: $4.49
From its first page to its last, AFB is a marvel. RH paints a world in meticulous and...
The Gunslinger Born (The Dark Tower Graphic Novel)The Gunslinger Born (The Dark Tower Graphic Novel)
Best Price: $5.61
This comic book version of Stephen King overall has been an entertaining experience. It...
Persuasion (Penguin Classics)Persuasion (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $2.20
This novel, written by the mature Jane Austen and published after her death, reveals the...
The Master and MargaritaThe Master and Margarita
Best Price: $7.33
Over the years I've heard numerous people call "The Master and Margarita" their...
Women Who Run with the WolvesWomen Who Run with the Wolves
Best Price: $4.16
If you need to find yourself... you may want to give this book a try, you will definitelly see...

Shopaholic & BabyShopaholic & Baby
Best Price: $7.45
This book has to be the best out of her series, its witty and fun. It is a great summer read if...
Animal Farm and 1984Animal Farm and 1984
Best Price: $14.90
For me the edition is so cool, besides the special content and masterpiece by George Orwell. So...
Holidays on Ice: StoriesHolidays on Ice: Stories
Best Price: $3.59
Holidays On Ice is a terrific compilation and should be given as a gift to anyone who is less...
A MercyA Mercy
Best Price: $16.29
A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize–winning...
The Tao of PoohThe Tao of Pooh
Best Price: $4.98
I gave this book 3 stars because it reads easily enough, there are some insightful moments, and...

Prep: A NovelPrep: A Novel
Best Price: $2.40
Curtis Sittenfeld has proven herself as a master of characterization. She has managed to get...
Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics)Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $6.22
John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is one of the all-time classics of English literature. ...
The Best American Short Stories 2007 (The Best American Series (TM))The Best American Short Stories 2007 (The Best American Series (TM))
Best Price: $3.51
There were three maybe four solid stories in this lengthy anthology, but one again wonders in...
The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Single-Volume 8th Edition)The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Single-Volume 8th Edition)
Best Price: $42.71
If you really love English literature or you just like reading, this book is great for just that...
 
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