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Lixi rated The Road (Oprah's Book Club): 4 stars
The Road (Oprah's Book Club) by Cormac McCarthy (Oprah's Book Club (57))
Cormac McCarthy's tenth novel, The Road, is his most harrowing yet deeply personal work. Some unnamed catastrophe has scourged the …
Lixi rated Native Son: 5 stars
Native Son by Richard Wright, Caryl Phillips
Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger …
Lixi rated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 5 stars
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures …
Lixi rated Murder on the Orient Express: 5 stars
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
While en route from Syria to Paris, in the middle of a freezing winter's night, the Orient Express is stopped …
Lixi rated As I lay dying: 5 stars
As I lay dying by William Faulkner
This novel depicts a family's struggle to get their mother properly buried, while they encounter catastrophes of flood, fire, and …
Lixi rated PERDIDA: (Gone Girl: Spanish-language) (Spanish Edition): 5 stars
PERDIDA: (Gone Girl: Spanish-language) (Spanish Edition) by Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl is a 2012 crime thriller novel by American writer Gillian Flynn. It was published by Crown Publishing Group …
Lixi rated 1984 by George Orwell: 5 stars
1984 by George Orwell by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist …
Lixi rated The Fellowship of the Ring: 5 stars
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
Lixi rated Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath: 5 stars
Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath during an astonishing burst of activity between June and October of 1938. Throughout …
Lixi rated The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: 5 stars
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, Hiawyn Oram, Tudor Humphries (The Chronicles of Narnia)
This book in The Chronicles of Narnia series is produced to celebrate the original first edition published in 1950. The …
Dune by Frank Herbert
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
Lixi rated Ralph Ellison's Invisible man: 5 stars
Ralph Ellison's Invisible man by Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man is the story of a young black man from the South who does not fully understand racism in …
Lixi rated Joy of cooking: 5 stars
Joy of cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Ethan Becker, Marion Rombauer Becker, and 3 others
Privately published in 1931 by Irma S. Rombauer of St Louis, Missouri. (Just 3000 copies) First printed in 1936. Now …
Lixi rated A Game of Thrones: 5 stars
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
In A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin has created a genuine masterpiece, bringing together the best the genre has …