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Month: August 2018

Recent Prize Winner

How to Be Both (Ali Smith)

26th August 2018 jng 0

How to Be Both Author: Ali Smith List: Recent Prize Winner Year of publication: 2014 Pages: 376 Goodreads: How to Be Both            

Modern Classic

The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)

25th August 2018 jng 0

The Age of Innocence Author: Edith Wharton List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1920 Pages: 304 Goodreads: The Age of Innocence          

Modern Classic

The Color Purple (Alice Walker)

25th August 2018 jng 0

The Color Purple Author: Alice Walker List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1982 Pages: 295 Goodreads: The Color Purple          

Modern Classic

The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)

24th August 2018 jng 0

The Grapes of Wrath Author: John Steinbeck List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1939 Pages: 464 Goodreads: The Grapes of Wrath            

Modern Classic

Midnight’s Children (Salman Rushdie)

19th August 2018 jng 0

Midnight’s Children Author: Salman Rusdhie List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1995 Pages: 647 Goodreads: Midnight’s Children            

Orpheus

The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

19th August 2018 jng 0

The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1925 Pages: 180 Goodreads: The Great Gatsby Project: Orpheus [download]          

Modern Classic

Wild Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)

19th August 2018 jng 0

Wild Sargasso Sea Author: Jean Rhys List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1966 Pages: 166 [ ½ ] Goodreads: Wild Sargasso Sea            

Modern Classic

The Chosen (Chaim Potok)

19th August 2018 jng 0

The Chosen Author: Chaim Potok List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1967 Pages: 304 Goodreads: The Chosen            

Modern Classic

The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)

18th August 2018 jng 0

The Bell Jar Author: Sylvia Plath List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1963 Pages: 244 Goodreads: The Bell Jar          

Modern Classic

On Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Ken Kesey)

18th August 2018 jng 0

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Author: Ken Kesey List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1962 Pages: 320 Goodreads: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest          

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