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Fanny Hill: Or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Penguin Classics) Fanny Hill Or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure

This is a graphic guide to many of the more popular LGBT novels. What's especially interesting is that it has a specific focus on Young Adult literature. It is very well represented, and very clear for any potential reader to consult. Wetta, M. (2013, August 6). A Guide to YA Novels with LGBTQ Characters. Retrieved January 26, 2015, from http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/08/06/a-guide-to-ya-novels-with-lgbtq-characters/

Guide to literature featuring LGBTQ characters.

If you loved A Separate Peace, you should read Donna Tartt's The Secret History.

A Separate Peace - Kindle edition by John Knowles

An Ode To Unaccelerated Reading. I am not a fan of AR or SRC (Scholastic Reading Counts). I love book club and authentic discussion v. reducing a book to a set of banal, multiple-choice questions that don't inspire kids to be passionate readers.. Glad someone else shares my opinion :)

10 Amazing Novels That Are Super Long, But Totally Worth It

Swann’s Way, Marcel Proust (Lydia Davis, translator)

2017 Booklist #3: A Little Life (by Hanya Yanagihara) *This is my all-time favorite book* A heartbreaking and passionate novel, it is a tale of how wonderful and agonizing life can be. The truth, beauty, and agelessness of the characters are the center of the novel; it is a story that makes the reader acutely aware of being alive. —Caroline Lezny

43 Books You Won't Be Able To Stop Talking About

This book branded me. It slaughtered me. Hanya Yanagihara is a master beast. (Jude and Willem forever)

9 Historical Novels that Offer New Perspectives of Our World

Looking for your next historical fiction novel to read? Try this list with new recommendations, including The Wonder by Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of The Room.

At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches by Susan Sontag http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312426712/ref=cm_sw_r_pi_dp_ypYGwb0F42MMB

At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches: Susan Sontag, Paolo Dilonardo, Anne Jump, David Rieff:

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Mirror Earth, Michael D.

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Books To Read, Libros

Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics)

In this personal book from the star of many beloved and classic film comedies -- from The Producers to Young Frankenstein, Blazing saddles to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -- Gene Wilder writes about a side of his life the public hasn't seen on the screen. Kiss Me Like a Stranger is not an autobiography in the usual sense of the word, and it's certainly not another celebrity "tell-all." Instead, Wilder has chosen to write about resonant moments in his life, events that led him to an…

A humour book recommendation: Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art by Gene Wilder

27. Got a surprise package in the mail today. A bit of unexpected book loveliness. Not much better than getting books in the mail, unless it's books in the mail that I didn't know I was getting. So lovely

In this chilling psychological thriller, one woman's dark past becomes another's deadly future In sixteen-year-old Rebecca Winter disappeared.

These Are the Books Everyone Was Talking About This Summer

A great book list for your summer 2017 reading list. Including new popular books and beach reads you don't want to miss. Some are already on my reading list as well as in my library

'Stella Bain' by Anita Shreve; April's Cover-to-Cover Book Club Selection

Stella Bain by Anita Shreve An epic story, set against the backdrop of World War I, from bestselling author Anita Shreve.

THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd -- From the celebrated author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, a magnificent novel about two unforgettable American women