Which of the following books should I choose and why?

Question

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Empire of the Sun - J.G. Ballard
Paddy Clarke: Ha ha ha - Roddy Doyle
The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene
Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson
Crick Crack Monkey - Merle Hodge
The Bone People - Keri Hulme
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Short Stories - Alice Munro
Vernon God Little - D.B.C. Pierre
Brokeback Mountain - Annie Proux
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
Orange are Not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson

Answer 1

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The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood


Atwood rocks!

Then read Oryx and Crake, also by Atwood. That's one of my all-time favorites.

Answer 2

The Catcher in the Rye
or
Slaughterhouse 5

Both books are classics, and most schools will make you read both anyways, so you'll be ahead of everyone.
Best of luck!

Answer 3

Slaughterhouse-5, On the Road, and The Catcher in the Rye are my favorites from the list. They're all wonderful, original, and thought-provoking novels.

Answer 4

The Catcher in the Rye, definitley. so good/

Answer 5

The Catcher in the Rye :)

Why not all of them?! :)

Answer 6

I recommend "Snow Falling on Cedars," "The Catcher in the Rye," and "Slaughterhouse Five." I've read "Snow Falling on Cedars" (good movie too) and "The Catcher in the Rye" is in my top three novels all time! "Slaughterhouse Five" is on my must-read list, as well. You probably can't go wrong with any of these three!

Answer 7

Brokeback Mountain, by Annie Proux - It's set in the west and is about gay love, in a time when, being gay was almost a death sentence. Especially if your suspected.

Anyway, even though the ending was tragic, it still was very good, because you feel a lot of different emotions and can sympathize with the characters.

The Catcher In The Rye- Coming of age book, told from the views of a teen.