Other fiction arranged alphabetically by author, then by title.
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Richard Adams
Jane Austen
Lee R. Bowker
Charlotte Bronte
Erskine Caldwell
Michael Chrichton
Tom Clancy
This is my favorite of his; don't really know why. I've read lots more of his. Give me time to get 'em entered here! Robin Cook
11/05 Vital Signs 1991 Bruce Courtney
11/05 The Power of One 1989 James Oliver Curwood
(1923) Sort of a cross between an adventure book and a romance. The surprisingly modern theme of environmental exploitation of Alaska's resources kept me reading, and the romance doesn't get too sloppy.Clive Cussler
(1978) In 1954 a plane carrying a deadly biological weapon crashes. When it is located in 1988 with several of the canisters missing, Cussler's hero, Dirk Pitt, is on the job to figure it all out. A parallel plot of revolution in Africa seems extraneous, but it all comes together in the end.John Grisham
Adam Hall, born Alan Cayhall, but ripped from his family's history by a guilt-ridden father, confronts his past and his future as he struggles to stay the execution of his grandfather. A look at the complex and grim skeletons in society's closet with pin-and-needle suspense till the very end. Grisham captures the moods and atmosphere with gripping reality. Probably Grisham's best known work. A brilliant young lawyer, Mitch McDeere accepts an incredible offer from a huge, prestigious law firm. Perhaps he shouldn't have. This one has more twist and turns than a pretzel, and wanders from Grisham's normal southern scenes to South America. Patrick, partner in a law firm, dies and burns in a horrible car wreck. Six weeks later a huge fortune disappears from the firm's account. Patrick is found alive and well in Brazil-- what really did happen? The book will take you on a roller-coaster ride of intrigue, legal mysteries and violence. Don't judge the book by the movie. If you haven't seen the movie, read the book first to preserve the suspense. The movie had to leave out so much to keep it within the time limit that it ends up being not very believable. The story begins with two Supreme Court justices being murdered. Darby Shaw, a law student prepares a brief containing an outlandish but possible cause. She is about to learn that her amazing brief is too true for her own good. Carl Lee Hailey, a black man, avenges the rape of his daughter by killing the two white men who committed the crime at the very opening of the book. What follows is a tortuous and gripping tale as Jake Brigance, the young lawyer, battles for justice. Grisham's first novel and admittedly somewhat autobiographical. The movie follows the book well.Stephen Hunter
11/05 The Second Saladin 1982 Victor Hugo
Don't think that you know this work if you've only seen Les Miz. This is one of my all-time favorites. Jean ValJean's struggle for dignity in the face of continual despair seems a lesson to us all.Jeff Long
11/05 The Descent 1999 Steve Martini
Wilson Rawls
This is a delightful book for young readers about a boy in Oklahoma around 1900. A whole carload of monkeys has escaped from the circus and Jay Berry Lee, his dog Rowdy and his grandpa are determined to recapture them and claim the reward money. Jay Berry wants to buy a rifle and a pony, but his twin sister has a crippled leg which might be fixed by surgury. And those monkeys have no intention of being caught. c. 1976, 283 p. The movie changes the plot quite a bit. It was an OK story on its own, but it didn't carry the strong themes of family and growth that the book did. James Siegel
11/05 Derailed 2003 Dalton Traub
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