Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury - I hate to say it, considering it was the book I read for my summer English project, but it was quite enjoyable.� I dislike how phony some of the characters were, but hey, it was set in 1928.� People generally were phony back then.
East of Eden by John Steinbeck - I loved this book so much.� It was amazing.� From the characters to the literary aspets of it, to just the fact that it was a great story, all around wonderful book.� I highly recommend it.� Be prepared though, some editions of it range from 650 to 700 pages.
No Exit by Sartre - Actually not a "book" per se, it's a 50 page play.� It has a nice twist to the end, and it was quite amusing.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - Another great Steinbeck novel.� Even the movie of this was good.� I absolutely loved this book.� It's a definite tear jerker, though, and one must get past Steinbeck's trend of letting the reader now of the characters' "hillbilly-ness" through the words they use.
Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut - This I read recently, in June I believe.� A very interesting book, to say the least, but a quick and fun read.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - I could rave on about this book for days.� It's sort of an autobiography of Plath's, similar to Dickens' David Copperfield. The reader might face a little boredom in the beginning, but it picks up.� Such a hauntingly beautiful book.� This one I also recommend.
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - I'm sure all of you out there in computer land have read this book, so I don't have to explain why or how it's so great.� But it is.� And if you haven't read it, I think you ought to.
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding - Oh wow. This book was really really really good. A definite recommendation.
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (Or Prison, I don't remember) by Robert E. Lee - An interesting play written about Henry David Thoreau.� If you are an idiot, like I, and do not know who Thoreau is before you read it, it is mildly confusing.� Especially when you discover that one of the characters' full name is Ralph Waldo Emmerson and begin to think the writer lacks creativity.�
The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinksi - This book was absolutely amazing.� It's about this boy growing up in Russia and just how he moves from place to place, living with different people, and the strange atrocities he witnesses.� Great read.� I recommend it.
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare - For those of you movie watchers, yes, it is what 10 Things I Hate About You was adapted from.� This is pretty much my favorite Shakespeare piece.
The Stranger by Albert Camus - Some may describe it as boring and weird (my mother), but I love it.� I've read it about three times.�