Just before graduation last May my literary capstone class met to discuss books they would recommend to each other. This is that list. Though I have read only a few of the books below I am sure most of them are worth reading. There was at least one screwball in the class, though. She recommended "Two Weeks with my Brother."
- Bless Me, Ultima / Rudolfo Anaya
- Cat's Cradle / Kurt Vonnegut
- Exodus (& Mila 18) / Leon Uris
- The Count of Monte Cristo / Alexandre Dumas
- Shogun / James Clavell
- V. / Thomas Pynchon
- Two Weeks with My Brother / Nick Sparks
- Fall On Your Knees / Anne Marie MacDonald
- The poetry and short stories of Dorothy Parker
- Cat's Eye / Margaret Atwood
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance / Robert M. Pirsig
- Burning Chrome / William Gibson
- Into the Wild / Jon Krakauer
- Owning It All / William Kittredge
- Anansi Boys / Neil Gaiman
- All the Pretty Horses / Cormac McArthy
- The Far Pavilions / M. M. Kaye
- Cloud Atlas / David Mitchell
- Cry, the Beloved Country / Alan Paton
- White Teeth / Zadie Smith
- The Harvester / Gene Stratton Porter
- Mind Gym / Gary Maek
- Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle / Shirley Jackson
- Sonny's Blues / James Baldwin
- Nicholas and Alexandra / Robert K. Massie
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