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1	Lord of the Flies: Great Books Edition more books like this by Sir William Golding add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| SVS
2	The Old Man and the Boy more books like this by Robert Ruark add to wishlist A moving story of warmth and wisdom, love and understanding from his own life-the details of his early relationship with his amazing grandfather. see all copies from $5.98! new only from $11.17! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Brothers K more books like this by David James Duncan add to wishlist A coming-of-age story about young Kincaid Chance, who lives with his religious and baseball-mad family in a small Washington mill town in the early 1960s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.51! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	This Side of Paradise more books like this by F Scott Fitzgerald add to wishlist THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, the novel that established F. Scott Fitzgerald as the voice of his generation, was written while he was in the army, extensively revised, and finally published in 1920 when he was only 23 years old. The young "romantic egoist" Amory Blaine--vain, shallow, and self-absorbed--whose progress from prep school to Princeton ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Paradise of the Blind more books like this by Duong Thu Huong, Thu Hng Dng add to wishlist Written by one of Vietnam's most beloved writers, this is an exquisite portrait of three Vietnamese women struggling to survive in a society where subservience to men is expected and Communist corruption crushes every dream. "Astonishingly powerful . . . a beautifully told story of a civil war within a family".--The Los Angeles Times Book Review. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.88! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Magic Mountain more books like this by Thomas Mann add to wishlist Hans Castorp visits his tubercular cousin Joachim at a sanitarium in Switzerland. While there, he too is diagnosed with the disease, and his brief visit stretches to a stay of seven years. He leaves only when World War I is declared and he returns to Germany to fight. The novel is a classic Bildüngsroman: Hans evolves from a confused and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Run W/The Horseman more books like this by Fe Sams add to wishlist A boy's account of growing up in the South during the depression era. Both a rare first novel and a new American classic, Sams novel has been compared to Tom Sawyer and To Kill a Mockingbird. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
8	Seven for a Secret more books like this by Victoria Holt add to wishlist This is a Gothick romance of incest, passion, bigamy, mystery and murder. "Seven for a secret never to be told" is part of the magpie rhyme and the solution to the mystery contained in this book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Red Pony more books like this by John Steinbeck add to wishlist THE RED PONY, based on Steinbeck's own experiences in his youth, was a best-seller, and remains a great American classic--a series of coming-of-age stories about a young boy who must learn for himself about death and loss.. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Nicholas Nickleby more books like this by Charles Dickens add to wishlist Dickens's huge, rambling novel tells the story of the Nickleby family after the death of the father, when the family is tyrannized by their nefarious Uncle Ralph. Nicholas becomes a schoolmaster at a brutal Yorkshire school run by the evil-hearted Wackford Squeers, who treats his young charges with neglectful brutality. Nicholas and the orphan boy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.60! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	So Big more books like this by Edna Ferber add to wishlist Selina Peake, a young Illinois school teacher, never forgot that beauty was as important as the practical things in life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Reading in the dark more books like this by Deane add to wishlist An Irish Bildüngsroman about a working-class Catholic boy in Derry, a depressed Northern Ireland town, from his childhood to the day he graduates from university. This novel was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1996. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Last Picture Show more books like this by Larry McMurtry add to wishlist This novel combines a coming-of-age story with an affectionate but unsentimental look at a small Western town: Thalia, Texas. A stand-in for McMurtry's own home town, Thalia is revealed in all its damaging hypocrisy and repression. The story follows Sonny and his friend Duane, teenagers who both lust after Jacy Farrow, the town beauty. Sam the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The infinite plan more books like this by Isabel Allende add to wishlist Isabel Allende's powerful tale of one boy's escape from the slums of Los Angeles. This magnificent novel tells the story of Gregory Reeves, the son of Charles, an itinerant preacher. As a boy, Gregory accepts the endless journeying and poverty which is his family's lot, never questioning the validity of his father's homespun philosophy of life -- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Tommo & Hawk more books like this by Bryce Courtenay add to wishlist Evoking a time of struggle and triumph in the young Australian colonies, this is the tale of the enduring bond between two brothers, Tommo and Hawk Solomon. The second book in an epic trilogy from Bryce Courtenay. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Water and the Blood more books like this by Nancy E Turner add to wishlist A novel of race, faith and secrets is set in the years of World War II as a young East Texas woman must confront not only rejection but the memory of a crime that has seared her heart for years. see all copies from $5.50! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Winds of Autumn more books like this by Janette Oke add to wishlist Josh struggles to grow up and tries to understand the nature of love and life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha more books like this by Roddy Doyle add to wishlist In Roddy Doyle's novel witty and poignant novel of working-class life in Dublin, 10-year-old Paddy copes with his parents' fights, his earthy neighborhood, and the trials of his little brother Sinbad. PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA was the winner of the Booker Prize in 1993. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Who Will Run the Frog Hospital more books like this by Lorrie Moore add to wishlist This short novel recounts an important childhood friendship between two girls. The narrator, a middle-aged American photography curator living in Paris, recounts her past with humor: a summer job at an amusement park, smoking cigarettes, sneaking liquor, and her friendship with a 'bad girl' whom she leaves behind for boarding school and college. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Firebird more books like this by Mercedes Lackey add to wishlist This reworking of a traditional Russian fairy tale tells the story of the Firebird, a young woman with beautiful plumage who steals cherries from the orchards of a Russian family and befriends Ilya, the tormented middle-son. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Saint Maybe more books like this by Anne Tyler add to wishlist Ian Bedloe is a 17-year-old who comes from a lower-middle-class background in Baltimore. He believes he caused the suicide of his brother Dan because of a conversation they had shortly before Dan's death. Dan's wife also dies soon after her husband, and Ian, feeling intense guilt, atones by caring for their three orphaned children. On the advice ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Flyy Girl more books like this by Omar Tyree add to wishlist Will this Material Girl Ever Understand the Important Things in Life?; From the author of the New York Times best-seller for the Love of Money comes the fabulous mass-market priced reprint of this best-selling urban classic about a young woman coming of age amidst the greed of the late 1980s. Tracy Ellison, a young knockout with plenty of attitude ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23	The Forester Girl more books like this by Catherine Cookson add to wishlist Set in the northern countryside of Victorian-era England, this spellbinding novel of good and evil, wealth and want, and the profound power of love is another major achievement in the career of one of the world's most widely read and beloved authors. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.75! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel more books like this by Professor George Santayana add to wishlist Published in 1935, George Santayana's "The Last Puritan" was the American philosopher's only novel and it became an instant bestseller, immediately linked in its painful voyage of self-discovery to "The Education of Henry Adams". It is essentially a novel of ideas expressed in the birth, life, and early death of Oliver Alden. In Oliver's case, the ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Red and the Black more books like this by Stendhal add to wishlist In this early masterpiece of psychological realism, Stendahl creates the character of Julien Sorel, who despite his difficulties in fitting into a society he sees as decadent, rises to the top by joining in its corruption--then falls tragically in the end. Stendahl's 1830 novel--a classic study of the outsider--anticipates Dostoevsky, Zola, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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