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1	On the Road more books like this by Jack Kerouac Sal Paradise, a young writer, travels from New York to Los Angeles with his friend Dean Moriarty, and an assorted hodgepodge of women, bohemians, and others. Rich descriptions of characters, places and music show Kerouac's exuberance and his love of the freedom of the road. Revolutionary not only in subject matter but also in style, this book ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.62! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The bell jar more books like this by Sylvia Plath Plath's only novel, published shortly before her suicide, THE BELL JAR tells the story, based on the author's own experiences, about a young woman's descent into madness. Esther Greenwood spends a month in New York City as a guest magazine editor--just as Plath did as a Mademoiselle magazine intern--and gradually loses her grip on reality. THE ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	In Our Time more books like this by Ernest Hemingway Hemingway's first book--a collection of short stories and vignettes--was published in 1925 and includes his famous Nick Adams stories: "Indian Camp," "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife," "The Three Day Blow," and "The Battler." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	You Can't Go Home Again more books like this by Thomas Wolfe Thomas Wolfe's final novel before his death in 1938 follows his autobiographical character, George Webber, from the publication of his first novel in November of 1929 to a mid-1930s visit to Germany, a country he had once loved, in its most corrupt moment. In between there are sharply observed portraits of Wolfe's literary and social peers in an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.60! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Man in the Dark more books like this by Paul Auster Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his daughter's house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Sunroom more books like this by Beverly Lewis Based on diary entries from the author's childhood, The sunroom is the tender story of Becky Owens, a young girl who must face the terrifying possibility of losing the one she holds most dear. Her journey of faith is one readers will long remember. see all copies from $3.03! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Moral Disorder and Other Stories more books like this by Margaret Atwood In these ten interrelated stories, Atwood traces the course of a life and also the lives intertwined with it. By turns funny, tragic, earthy, and deeply personal, "Moral Disorder" displays Atwoods celebrated storytelling gifts and unmistakable style to their best advantage. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Visions of Cody more books like this by Jack Kerouac Written during 1951-52, this novel was an underground legend by the time it was finally published in 1972. Written in an experimental form, Kerouac created the ultimate account of his voyages with Neal Cassady, which he captured in a different form for On the Road. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.75! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Way of All Flesh more books like this by Samuel Butler THE WAY OF ALL FLESH is a thinly disguised account of Butler's own Victorian childhood. Butler began the work in 1872; it was finally published in 1903, a year after his death. With irony and wit, he savaged contemporary values and beliefs, turning the conventional family-history novel inside-out. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Desolation angels more books like this by Jack Kerouac The classic novel from the definitive voice of the Beat Generation, Desolation Angels is the story of Kerouac's life just before the publication of On the Road--as told through his fictional self--Jack Duluoz. As he hitches, walks, and talks his way across the world, Duluoz perceives the angel that is in everything. It is life as he sees it. see all copies from $2.70! new only from $8.82! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Big Sur more books like this by Jack Kerouac Duluoz, the protagonist previously of DOCTOR SAX, has written a book entitled ON THE ROAD. Suddenly, he's deified by young people who pursue him in search of wisdom. Overwhelmed, Duluoz runs to Big Sur, to revisit his own past. Alcoholic, alone in his cabin, he disintegrates--then goes back home. see all copies from $6.95! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Nick Adams stories more books like this by Ernest Hemingway Hemingway's famous Nick Adams stories include "Indian Camp," "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife," "The Three Day Blow," and "The Battler." see all copies from $2.00! new only from $8.43! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Guermantes way more books like this by Marcel Proust Living in Paris with his family, Marcel becomes infatuated with the Duchess of Guermantes and, through his friend St.-Loup, her nephew, he attempts to make her acquaintance. His initiation into aristocratic society includes an introduction not only to its splendors but to its vices, including the homosexuality of the Baron de Charlus and the anti ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Remembrance of things past more books like this by Marcel Proust This self-contained opening volume of Proust's seven-volume masterpiece REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST introduces the important themes of the novel: childhood, memory, love both idealized and unrequited, and the narrator's fascination with society and the aristocracy. The narrator's childhood memories include the famous madeleine scene, and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.21! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Martin Eden more books like this by Jack London In Jack London's classic novel, a young, ambitious, and idealistic sailor tries to make it as a writer. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Dream of the Red Chamber more books like this by Tsao Hsuen-Chin, Tsao Hsueh-Chin, Tsao Hsueh-Chin For more than a century and a half, Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the greatest of its novels, a Chinese Romeo-and-Juliet love story and a portrait of one of the worlds great civilizations. Chi-chen Wang's translation is skillful, accurate and fascinating. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.18! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Men Without Women more books like this by Ernest Hemingway This was Hemingway's second collection of short fiction, first published in 1927. These 14 stories include such classics as "The Killers", 'The Undefeated", and "Fifty Grand". see all copies from $2.00! new only from $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris/Goodbye to Berlin more books like this by Christopher Isherwood see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Look Homeward Angel more books like this by Thomas Wolfe LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL, Wolfe's first novel, was published on October 18, 1929 only a few days before the great stock market crash. It is the coming-of-age story of Eugene Gant, whose restlessness and yearning to experience life to the fullest take him from his rural home in North Carolina to Harvard. Through his rich, ornate prose and meticulous ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Wapshot Chronicle more books like this by John Cheever THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLE takes place in St. Botolph's, Massachusetts, a fishing village in which a storm causes ferry pilot Leander Wapshot's boat to be damaged. His wife Sarah turns the ferry into a Floating Gift Shoppe, to Leander's discomfort, even though the shop pays for his sons' college educations. This novel is heavily based on Cheever's own ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement more books like this by Anthony Powell Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic encompasses a four-volume panorama of twentieth century London. Hailed by "Time" as "brilliant literary comedy as well as a brilliant sketch of the times," "A Dance to the Music of Time" opens just after World War I. Amid the fever of the 1920s and the first chill of the 1930s, Nick Jenkins and his ... see all copies from $4.96! new only from $17.45! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Longest Journey more books like this by E M Forster Rickie Elliot, the sensitive orphaned hero, escapes his stunted suburban life and goes to Cambridge, where for the first time in his life he finds sympathetic friends. He makes a disastrous marriage to the petty-minded scheming Agnes, but finds his life unexpectedly enriched by the sudden appearance of a long-lost half-brother--only to meet a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Web & the Rock more books like this by Thomas Wolfe Thomas Wolfe contended that The Web and the Rock, the precursor to You Cant Go Home Again, was "not only a turning away from the books I have written in the past, but a genuine spiritual and artistic change." To demonstrate his commitment to a new literary direction, he transformed his protagonist Eugene Gant into the more mature and aware George ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $79.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Sodom and Gomorrah more books like this by Marcel Proust, Professor Christopher Prendergast (Editor), John Sturrock (Translator) In CITIES OF THE PLAIN (also known as SODOM AND GOMORRAH), Marcel continues his forays into the aristocratic society into which he has finally been admitted, finding satisfaction but a growing disillusionment as well, and is both fascinated and repelled by the world of the flamboyant homosexual Baron de Charlus, and reports on the intricate, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Friends at Thrush Green more books like this by Miss Read Ever since the publication of Village School 35 years ago, Miss Read's numerous novels set in Thrush Green and Fairacre have been bestsellers all over the world. The "new Miss Read" focuses on Thrush Green's two former schoolteachers, now retired, who return for a visit. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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