Dion Tryban rated The Great Gatsby: 3 stars
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
THE GREAT GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of …
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Dion Tryban rated Waiting for Godot: 2 stars
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone—or something—named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, …
Dion Tryban rated In Cold Blood: 1 star
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered …
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis #1-2) by Marjane Satrapi
Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful …
Dion Tryban rated Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel: 4 stars
Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel by Mark Sullivan
513 pages ; 21 cm
Dion Tryban rated 1984: 5 stars
1984 by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist …
Dion Tryban rated The Assault: 5 stars
The Assault by Harry Mulisch (Pantheon modern writers)
It is the winter of 1945, the last dark days of World War II in occupied Holland. A Nazi collaborator, …
Dion Tryban rated Death of a Salesman: 2 stars
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
"By common consent, this is one of the finest dramas in the whole range of the American theater" is the …
Dion Tryban rated The crucible: 3 stars
The crucible by Arthur Miller
The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of …
Dion Tryban rated The color of water: 2 stars
Dion Tryban rated A thousand splendid suns: 4 stars
A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini
In his brilliant debut, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini mesmerized us with his evocative portraits and beautiful bittersweet story. Now …
Dion Tryban rated Animal Farm: 4 stars
Animal Farm by George Orwell
George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism.
“All animals are …
Dion Tryban rated The Killer Angels: 1 star
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
The Killer Angels (1974) is a historical novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in …
Dion Tryban rated The Secret Life of Bees: 3 stars
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Now in paperback comes the intoxicating debut novel of "one motherless daughter's discover of ... the strange and wondrous places …
Dion Tryban rated The Diary of a Young Girl: 2 stars
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of the writings …