[wareagle69]

Creole Belle by James Lee Burke
 

 

[mechgamer123]

Anybody have any recommendations for mid 20th century and newer American literature? I need to read 2 books for school pretty quickly...

 

[jjinh]

 

[M-13]

For you Harry Potter fans.
 
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008OAFMZ6

 

[Xaverian]

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Anybody have any recommendations for mid 20th century and newer American literature? I need to read 2 books for school pretty quickly...

Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
Catch-22 -Joseph Heller
Slaughterhouse-Five -Kurt Vonnegut

These are some of my favourites that I've read recently from that time period. They're not necessarily literature, but they should count and are all fun to read as well. 

 

[Mad Dude]

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Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
Catch-22 -Joseph Heller
Slaughterhouse-Five -Kurt Vonnegut

 
Excellent recommendations. All three are important books, though Catch 22 is the best of the bunch in my opinion.

 

[Hi-Finthen]

Karl Marlantes captures :
 
"What It Is Like to Go to War"
 
Interview seen here with Bill Moyers :
 
http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-what-its-like-to-go-to-war/

 

[SavageRehab]

Currently reading 
 
 
 I'm an avid Basketball fan. I can rarely make it through a fictional book. Non-ficiton is just what I like.

 

[Xaverian]

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Excellent recommendations. All three are important books, though Catch 22 is the best of the bunch in my opinion.

Despite the humour used in it, I found it the most difficult to finish of the three. For whatever reason I had a hard time getting through it. 

 So maybe for a class it might not be a good choice.

 

[billybob_jcv]

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Anybody have any recommendations for mid 20th century and newer American literature? I need to read 2 books for school pretty quickly...

 
To Kill A Mocking Bird - Harper Lee
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein

 

[Xaverian]

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Anybody have any recommendations for mid 20th century and newer American literature? I need to read 2 books for school pretty quickly...

 
I just realized I forgot my favourite author of all time! Hemingway! Some of his later books fall into that category. Check out For Whom the Bell Tolls or The Old Man and the Sea.
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To Kill A Mocking Bird - Harper Lee

Ah I can't believe I forgot that one!

 

 

[DLeeWebb]

 
 
"Our Divided Political Heart" - E.J. Dionne

 

[Kirosia]

 

[TrollDragon]

Well I just finished it...
Excellent Read! (or listen in my case.)
 
I seriously can't imagine having to go through that...
I was pondering renting the movie, but after finishing the book I just don't know.
 

 

[fatcat28037]