The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger

Banned in the US for many years because of its profanity and liberal portrayal of teenage angst and sexuality, The Cather in the Rye was eventually chosen as one of the world's 100 best novels by Time magazine.

The Road Less Traveled Changes Lives

The Road Less Traveled is a book that can literally change your life. Published in 1978, this book was written by a psychiatrist M. Scott Peck who had finally come to recognize what people needed in order to be happy.

Midnight Express by Billy Hayes

Here's a book that doesn't look like much when you glance at the cover and read the summary. I was lucky enough to have a friend who insisted I read it because, he said, “You are going to feel great about your life when you are done.”

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Long live Alexander Supertramp! Here's a book that may look like a boring mountain hiking tale or a story about “nature” but take a second look. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a bestselling non-fiction book about the true life adventures of Christopher McCandless who did the unimaginable.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull Steals the Day

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a short fable that is presented in the form of a novella. Just the mere presentation of this book attracts the reader almost instantly and two hours can literally slip out of existence if you find a copy sitting on a coffee table and don’t

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

A seeming nobody professor, Charles Frazier, from North Carolina State University sat down and began writing his first novel in the early 1990's. By 1997, he had a major bestseller that would soon become a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Jude Law and Renee Zellwegger. To make matter

Replay by Ken Grimwood

Replay is a novel by Ken Grimwood that won the 1988 World Fantasy Award and often gets misjudged by its cover.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton “Stays Gold”

The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton was first published in 1967 and the author was only 15 when she began writing it. She published at 18 and the rest is history.

Alive! by Piers Paul Read

Here's a true life story, written by Piers Paul Read who interviewed the survivors of the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in October of 1972.

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