My eclectic favorites
Discover an eclectic mix of must-read books, from Joanne Harris's *Chocolat* to literary classics like *The Catcher in the Rye* and *Gone with the Wind*. Explore curated favorites spanning fiction, poetry, and timeless storytelling.
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The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a lifelong love of books. "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caufield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days.
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Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
An exotic stranger arrives in the French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church. The priest is a firm believer in the virtues of self-denial and austerity.
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Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood : a novel
by Rebecca Wells
A NOVEL ABOUT THE COMPLEX BONDS BETWEEN A MOTHER AND A DAUGHTER.
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The Captain's Verses
by Pablo Neruda
Poems presented in Spanish and English record the Chilean author's love for his wife.