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Hi Stasia- I saw Plainsong and The Things That They Carried listed above and immediately knew I was in the "right" place! Very homey!

Thanks for reminding me; I've got The Things They Carried to read this month too.

I keep losing track of this thread! I would really like to read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. This collection of short stories about Viet Nam sounds intriguing. I would like to recommend Plum Island by Nelson DeMille. I think it is one of his best. A great thriller with plenty ...

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien And where were you Adam by Heinrich Boll 1. Male Authors 2. War 3. Told from the perspective of soldiers who have no control and whose deaths are senseless and meaningless. 4. Lots of guts; very little glory. 5. Insightful, depressing, ...

The Things That They Carried is one of my desert island books. I also heartily recommend In the Lake of the Woods. It approaches the Vietnam theme from the effects the war had on the survivors.

It looks like a good array of books to give you an overview of the politics of the sixties. I'm going to be reading The Things They Carried over the next couple of weeks too. Oh how different my life might have been if my new husband's number had been called the year he finished school (1970-197 ...

... the middle ages onwards and in the end you remember nothing. We're going to read and study Libra , The Book of Daniel , The Things They Carried and The Crying of Lot 49. I'm very excited!

... Heller (an all-time fave) The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Going after Cacciato and as a side The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien was also a good read, too. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (The Foundation series are just as amazing, ...

... novel via BBC Radio 7. What a wonderful example of the human spirit overcoming the most atrocious circumstances. 36) The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien - this was a read back in the Summer that I forgot to record.

... (Chile); Pantaleon y las visitadoras (Peru); Fires on the plain (Philippines); Lord of the Flies (Unknown island); The Things they Carried (Vietnam); Going after Cacciato (Vietnam); TBR possibilities: need to find some! March - Caribbean April - Ottoman Empire May - Mexico ...

... >Damien Lewis 5- No Man's Land - William Fairchild 6- The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien 7- Dispatches - Michael Herr 8- Jarhead - msf59 in 50 Book Challenge : bonniebook's Best of Your Best, 2009 (Oct 14, 2009, 7:58pm)

I would love to join The Bonnie Book Club!! That is an incredible batch of books you have from the library. The Things They Carried is a stunner! I have not read What I Loved but have heard great things. You sound like you will be very busy and also very happy! Good luck friend!

... me: The Hummingbird's Daughter, Inkheart, It's All Too Much, The Lost City of Z, Small Island, Still Alice, The Things They Carried, and What I Loved. Can you believe that list? And all recommended by you! Big Thanks! :-))

Madeline, we haven't been reading the same books lately, but I've got The Things They Carried a long with a lot of other great books waiting for me at the library. :-)

... #124. Thanks for your excellent review of Going After Cacciato. I gave it a hearty thumbs up! Like you, I really loved The things They Carried. I also liked In the Lake of the Woods. Have you read this one? I'm adding Going After Cacciato to my list.

... aiting 3. Prize Winners: The Known World 4. Another by a favourite author: The Painted Veil 5. 1001 Books: The Things They Carried 6. More 1001 Books: Dangerous Liaisons 7. Dystopian lit: The Things We Didn't See Coming by Stephen Amsterdam 8. Just for Fun: On Writin ...

#124: I loved The Things They Carried when I read it earlier this year, so Going After Cacciato is definitely going on Planet TBR! Thanks for the review and recommendation, Madeline.

I actually have my former copy of The Things They Carried travelling now as one of my Bookcrossing bookrays, although it's been quite a while since I've heard from the person who supposedly has the book now. :(

We're studying The Things They Carried during one of my classes this year. Needless to say, I am SO excited after having heard only great things about it on LT. Can't wait!

... reflects the terrible consequences of war as well as the gamut of emotions felt by its soldiers. I loved Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, and I'm equally impressed with Going After Cacciatio. Here's my full review. ...

--> 11 I've read (and loved) The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. I just had the good fortune to see and hear him in person at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC, a week ago. I was truly impressed. That's why I'm reading Looking for Cacciato now and have pulled out two ...

... read it several years ago. O'Brien is well known and respected as one of the best chronicalers of the Vietnam war. His The THings THey Carried is a modern classic and Caciotto is absurdly funny.

... after another because of book festivals and such. They're doing a One City, One Read program, and the current selection is The Things They Carried; Tim O'Brien is coming to town at the end of the month. A girl just can't keep up! As for Red Stick Men, I'll be curious to see just what ...

... is a form of lying. "If you don't care for obscenity, you don't care for the truth." ~ Tim O'Brien, from The Things They Carried

... by Geoffrey Abbott 10) A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla 11) Heaven's Eyes by David Almond 12) The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 13) The Summer Sherman Loved Me by Jane St. Anthony 14) Grief by Andrew Holleran 15) Matilda by Roald Dahl ...

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien a gut-wrenchingly good book.

Book #74 The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien *** It wasn't quite what I expected after reading the glowing reviews and recommendations, but it was a solid book about one man's experiences during Vietnam. "Stories are for joining the past to the future. Stories are for those hours late ...

But they MADE me read it: 1. Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (cousin recommended) 2. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (brother recommended) 3. City of Thieves by David Benioff (library patron recommended) 4. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (friend recommended) ...

Have you ever read The Things They Carried, Richard?

The Things they Carried by Tim OʻBrien

... anything that incorporates part of the song tears me up. My daughter has a similar reaction to "Lemon Tree" after reading The Things They Carried. Sometimes, it's just the association.... And thanks for the heads up on the Remarque book. I will look for it.

... New York Trilogy Kitchen Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency Focault's Pendulum Like Water for Chocolate The Things They Carried Memoirs of a Geisha Tipping the Velvet Sputnik Sweetheart The Hound of the Baskervilles The Immoralist Rashomon Siddhartha Gon ...

A few more from the Bargain Shelves (why oh why can't I build a resistance to the Half Price Books?): The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Big Mouth & Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates The Misalliance by Anita Brookner Watchers of Time by Charles Todd I also got my ...

... and shotguns. Alive and well in a single body". This also describes the book pretty well too! And if you have not read The Things That They Carried, do yourself a big favor! Funny, I just picked up In the Lake of the Woods from a library sale. Boy, I'm looking forward to opening that one.

... summers of rivers and old trees and trains, of distant voices." If you are a fan of Tim O'Brien's work, particularly The Things That They Carried, you should also love this book!

... by Allison Brennan *** Book #72 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson **** Book #73 The Reader Book #74 The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien *** Book #75 The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson **** Book #76

#242 Fatal Light sounds pretty interesting. I loved The Things They Carried. I'm just past the halfway point of The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips, also an ER book. I love it.

... 20th anniversary reissue. It is a Vietnam novel and just over 60 pages in, I'm sold. His prose is wonderful, reminiscent of The Things That They Carried.

Have you started reading The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien? Do you plan on reading it? What are your first impressions of the subject matter?

42. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Although depressing (as war stories probably should be) it was an engrossing work. Although it's touted as fiction, I still was left wondering how much was actually fictitious and how much was just a slightly exaggerated truth. But that's the beauty of ...

Dispatches The Things They Carried

the things they carried by tim o'brien an gut-wrenching and scrupulously honest book about combat in vietnam by a man who was there.

Tim O'Brien is a fabulous Yank author who wrote THE THINGS THEY CARRIED, GOING AFTER CACCIATO, TOMCAT IN LOVE, etc. Fought in Viet Nam and wrote brilliantly on that subject but has since morphed into a fine literary writer PERIOD.

To return once more to the "sound" question. It appears, looking back through this thread, that the two sides to the debate are using the word "sound" in a different way. One is using it to mean the whole sequence from the cause of frequencies & oscillations right through to the hearing of those ...

blackdog, Thanks for stopping by. I actually read The Things They Carried years ago and thought it was remarkable, so it is somewhat inexplicable that I never read In the Lake of the Woods until now,

... with you more about O'Brien's In the Lake of the Woods. As Ms. Acre suggested, you can find a bunch of great reviews of The Things They Carried with a quick look at the book's page. That one made it through quite a few 75'ers last year. Thanks for the review on Berlin Alexanderplatz. I ...

#122: Wow, that one looks good. I read O'Brien's The Things They Carried earlier this year and liked it, so I will definitely be looking for this one by him as well. Thanks for the recommendation, Rebecca!

... - totally agree - just went through 3 of Tim O'Brien's VM novels/memories and from the older Going After Cacciato to the things they carried to the lake in the woods, they were all marvelous books. Perhaps my favorite was "Going After Cacciato" as the surreal becomes all too real, but ...

131, 132: Hmm..I didn't know that Lake of the Woods was supposed to be the better one. I mooched The Things They Carried sometime last month I think. Still looking forward to reading it but now I know I will have to start looking for another one when I'm done with that. Oh dear, my poor TBR.

Katie I agree with you that In the Lake of the Woods was more compelling. I did like The Things They Carried, but not as much as his other works. It is worth the read though and was one of my top January 2009 books.

#32. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien - Stories from the authors time in Vietnam during the War. Can't say that this was my favorite by him because In the Lake of the Woods was definitely hard to beat. I had a hard time not knowing what was real and what wasn't. But I did ...

I think both The Things They Carried and In the Lake of the Woods are great books, but found the other of O'Brien's books I've read, July, July and Tomcat in Love, to be mediocre at best.

the things they carried felt pretty amazing to me; as someone who'll probably never be involved in a war it's interesting that some of my favorite books - All Quiet on the Western Front, Catch-22, etc. - are all war books. house of leaves really intrigued me when I was in high school. It ...

both the lake in the woods and the things they carried are based in O'Brien's experiences and the things he heard, while in Vietnam. the lake in the woods delineates the effect the unenthusiastic participation in a My Lai type massacre has on a marriage, a life and a political career. It's ...

both the lake in the woods and the things they carried are based in O'Brien's experiences and the things he heard, while in Vietnam. the lake in the woods delineates the effect the unenthusiastic participation in a My Lai type massacre has on a marriage, a life and a political career. It's ...

I'm a big fan of The Things They Carried and was very disappointed with July, July, which I found somewhat formulaic and obvious. But I definitely should read In the Lake of the Woods.

... to pick up In the Lake in the Woods now, and would love to hear what you think about July, July. I absolutely loved The Things They Carried - there were so many small things that would get stuck rolling around in my head for days. I read Going After Cacciato in a class about odysseys ...

rereading in the lake of the woods, having just read the things they carried last week. We were watching out for snakes - but haven't seen any here yet - though Mike had a copperhead in his yard back in Chapel Hill the day before we came up. Watching the eagles underneath us, from the top ...

finished the terrific memoir/meditations on being in war, the things they carried by tim o'brien. drop books off @ the library and look for a couple of new ones to take along for a short trek into the mountains of SW Virginia today. (http://web.mac.com/laurelpoint/Site/Welcome.html) right off ...

and just finished the things they carried, Tim O'Briens memories of memories of his service as a grunt in Vietnam. The book is as much about the creation of one's most intimate personal history as it is a memoir about being surrounded/drowned by war. Very, very well done.

#31 - right, of course. I'd read in the lake of the woods a while back, but somehow managed to miss the things they carried until just now. I'm sorry (a little) our son didn't graduate a year later than he did, as O'Brien was the commencement speaker at Macalester the following year. Probably ...

... it took a good while for the very best books about Vietnam (from the US soldier POV) to come out - Tim O'Brien, wrote the things they carried a couple of decades after his experiences although he'd earlier written the v. good, but not AS good, going after cacciato much early. So far ...

... Need to Talk About Kevin Short History of Nearly Everything and then all of Bill Bryson's books. World War Z Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien I'm sure there are many more, but these come to mind. I would probably never have read any of these books without the strong ...

... Lee 18.Cat and Mouse by Gunter Grass 19.The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 20.Watchmen by Alan Moore 21.The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 22.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon According to the formula I need to read about 16 books a ...

... Short story? Yellow Woman, I think by Leslie Marmon Silko, or any of the stand alone stories that comprise Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. 28) Work of nonfiction? Ava's Man by Rick Bragg. 29) Who is your favorite writer? Hands down--Neil Gaiman 30) Who is the most ...

"Yes. Pretty bad." The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

... to you very soon. I have added some more information and will write my review tomorrow - promise! Book 15 completed The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Again - I will let this one settle before I review it! Just started The Cellist of Sarajevo.

... experience it. Write about setting beyond sight. Be as sensory as possible, including sounds, smells, and tastes. Read The Things They Carried for great examples of this approach.

... Fatal Light on the heels of Loon: A Marine's Story which I thought was great. --> 37 juliette, I thought that The Things They Carried was also great book! It's kind of interesting reading war books back to back - just to see the different perspective of each writer. I'm looking ...

... notification that I have received Fatal Light Fatal Light by Richard Currey. Really pleased as my next read will be The Things They Carried aslo set in Vietnam.

... "> review here Hi whisper1 - just to say that, apart from our Newbery interest I notice you have The Things They Carried - I will be reading it soon.

... of two novellas. I really liked the first one "The Vietnam Project' as it related to the other book I finished this month The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, another excellent 1001 book.

Getting ready to go on a business trip and have selected the books I want to take with me... The Things They Carried - a book my daughter selected for me. Where Angels Fear to Tread - for Kicked off the 1001 list. Applying Use Cases - for work. Will I ever finish this book??? User Stor ...

Is it The Things They Carried?

I liked Catch 22 around that age, and at 18 I read The Things They Carried for a University English class which was pretty good too.

... - tormented writer spawns alter-ego The Dark Tower VII by King - he actually appears as a secondary character himself The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien - a writer of the same name relays tales of the Vietnam War, but it's unclear if O'Brien intends for the character to be himself ...

... a long time to get into it; I'm not sure if there's really an easy way to write in I.P. You just have to practice it! 5. The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien historical meta-fiction, Vietnam War, 246 pgs This one's pretty brilliantly crafted, but it's not your typical war novel. It ...

... for starting this thread. I highly recommend the following books, both by Tim O'Brien In the Lake of the Woods and The Things They Carried. Both books have characters who were Viet Nam veterans and both are equally engaging.

I finished The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and then followed it with In the Lake of The Woods..Both very powerful books re. the Viet Nam war.

... favorites this month have been: The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith, and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Love the idea of this thread! Not that my TBR pile needs the help, though...

Thanks guys -- it seems I had understood the nature of The Things They Carried after all. Just needed to be sure.

#202, suslyn, The Things They Carried is linked short stories about the Vietnam war.

Whisper--I'm so glad you liked In the Lake of the Woods. It's a book that stays with you, though quite different from The Things They Carried. Your review is excellent.

Message 201: Hi girlunderglass...Your name is very creative! I hope you like The Things They Carried. Message 202: Suslyn...The things They Carried isn't about emotional instability, but it isn't a light read either. Actually, I finished the book with a debt of gratitude for all those ...

I don't think I could handle In the Lake of the Woods right now... Is The Things They Carried also about mental instability?

>200 Just mooched The Things They Carried, influenced by all the positive reviews of it I've come across on LT lately. I really hope it's as good as everyone says! >198 Thanks for the wonderful review, Whisper! If I find that I enjoy his writing after I read The Things They Carried I will ...

... Ernest Thompson Seton 5. Strangers in the Land of Egypt by Stephen March 6. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell 7. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 8. Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki 9. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris 10. If I Am Missing Or Dead: A Sister's Story of ...

#198: I just finished The Things They Carried by O'Brien last week and based on the excellence of that book, I am certainly up for more of his work. Thanks for the recommendation of In the Lake of the Woods!

... and sentimental yet detached and depressed. Perhaps most surprising is how similar in tone and theme I found it to The Things They Carried; decades separated the wars, but the experiences seemed to remain the same (at least for Remarque and Tim O'Brien).

I too enjoyed Spoken Here so am glad to find others who have read it. And I second everything you say about The Things They Carried and Maus.

... the second volume for her birthday, so I am borrowing it as soon as she is finished with it. Thanks for the review of The Things They Carried. I read about it on someone else's thread (Whisper's I think), and plan to read it too. Oryx and Crake goes on the TBR list as well! Thanks ...

... who are trying to keep them alive; recommended, especially for those with an interest in languages and linguistics 45. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien - this book was shelved at my library in the young adult section, where in my mind it clearly does not belong - this is a book ...

... Bradbury Tethered by Amy MacKinnon Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Forever War by Joe Haldeman The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Maus by Art Spiegelman I do not call them 'best' reads since 'best' is so subjective, but rather 'memorable' because I ...

Thanks for starting this thread Deebee! I like your idea! My favorites for January were 1) The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 2) Kipling's Choice by Geert Spillebeen 3) Matilda by Roald Dahl

... Bradbury Tethered by Amy MacKinnon Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Forever War by Joe Haldeman The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Maus by Art Spiegelman In looking at the list for thus far in the year, I am struck by the fact that the nonfiction ...

... while it won't be on the top ten reads of 2009, I can recommend it. Linda (alaska) Thanks for your recommendation of The Things They Carried, this one will be one of the top ten of 2009. Flossie/Rachael...a "psychotic grandmother-in-law.." Yikes.... Aren't families interesting? (I'm ...

I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed The Things They Carried. I thought it was excellent too.

#67: I have added that one to Continent TBR as well. I will be interested in seeing your thoughts on The Things They Carried when you get a chance to read it. I just finished it last night - it will be one of my memorable reads for this year.

... through the book again since finishing it, and took so much more from it the second time. I've seen a lot of love for The Things They Carried in a number of threads recently, and look forward to reading this in February so I can draw my own comparisons. I will keep your thoughts in mind as ...

... if there had been some reference to the trauma she underwent at the beginning of the war earlier in the novel. I read The Things They Carried so many years ago my recollection of that book might not be accurate, but The Things They Carried was a book that moved me more deeply than The So ...

... all the posts, but I do pop in your thread to take a peak. I'll be interested in learning your impressions when you read The Things They Carried.

I remember The Things They Carried being recommended to me awhile ago. I had totally forgotten about it so thanks for your review. Can't wait to get it now.

... to read more of his/her books. Tim O'Brien is an author in that category. message #33, Alynnk. I recently finished the Things They Carried and appreciate your well-written, thought-provoking review. Thanks!

I just finished reading The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and while The Sorrow of War is on my list of books to read for my study of the Vietnam War this year, I think I will wait a bit on it. Thanks, though, for the review.

... novels on the conflict, next to Novel without a Name by Duong Thu Huong, and is often compared to and studied alongside The Things They Carried in terms of thematic and stylistic elements. Originally published (and initially banned) in Vietnam in 1991 as Thân phận của tình yêu

Linda - Thanks for your review of The Things They Carried. This sounds like a difficult, but incrediby worthwhile read.

... "http://www.deffler.com/lt/number_2.bmp"> The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien An exceedingly well written and haunting book written in novel form by a Viet Nam veteran. This is an incredibly powerful ...

... love your numbers! Wow, ever so creative. Ella Minnow Pea is next up on my list after I finish my current read The Things They Carried Thanks for your comments regarding the Mark Dunn book.

... was literally spat upon -- by the very liberals who protested the war, when he re-entered the US! I'm currently reading The things They Carried....It is powerfully written and I highly recommend reading this book.

... where I am in Pennsylvania... I went to the library today and obtained more YA books... I was surprised to find the book The Things They Carried in this section. Take good care, Linda

... War (Blackwell Companions to American History) edited by Marilyn Blatt Young and Robert Buzzanco (in progress) The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War by Ed Rasimus Chickenhawk by Robert Mason Ending the Vietnam War : ...

Oh I read The Things They Carried for university. I was absolutely enthralled. In fact, I can credit that as being one of the books that initiated my love for literary fiction... So, yes, I recommend it also.

I read The Things They Carried last year, and really liked it. It has some very unusual, memorable qualities.

... Laura Esquivel, 1990 263. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, 1990 264. Possession by A.S. Byatt, 2005 265. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, 1994 266. American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis, 1993 267. Wild Swans by Jung Chang, 1993 268. The Butcher Boy by Pat ...

... Laura Esquivel, 1990 263. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, 1990 264. Possession by A.S. Byatt, 2005 265. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, 1994 266. American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis, 1993 267. Wild Swans by Jung Chang, 1993 268. The Butcher Boy by Pat ...

>82 I noticed that you have The Things They Carried on your to-be-read list, and having just finished it, I can wholeheartedly recommend it. Over on my thread, there are several other recommendations for war-type novels... several of which I've added to my wishlist already. :)

The Things They Carried is often compared to, and studied alongside, The Sorrow of War by Vietnamese author Bao Ninh. I'm currently finishing off the later and plan on reading the former in the near future. Thanks for the review.

I'm glad to hear that you liked The Things They Carried. As I said before, it is a book that will stay with me forever, and is in my pile of books to be reread. I also highly recommend In the Lake of the Woods if you liked The Things They Carried. It's thought-provoking and contemplative ...

In The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien writes, "In a true war story, if there's a moral at all, it's like the thread that makes the cloth. You can't tease it out. You can't extract the meaning without unraveling the deeper meaning. And in the end, really, there's nothing much ...

And the things they carried, I had read a review of this one in a magazine, so I'm going to try my local library. Usually, I buy my suspense fiction, but for biography and more "high brow" fiction (lol so to speak) I try the library first. Am I the only one to do that?

... what has become the benchmark to which all war memoirs are judged. In front of me, I have The Sorrow of War, Somme Mud, The Things They Carried and A Rumor of War - they have all been compared to Remarque's magnum opus. What is common to each, are the themes of alienation a soldier ...

The Things They Carried is one of my 5 star books. I've been intending to reread it again. I did not particularly like Going After Cacciato another Vietnam book by O'Brien. More recently, O'Brien wrote In the Lake of the Woods, a novel about the lingering trauma experienced by a present ...

... though. Next up: Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

... Luther College, as the letters were sent by former Luther College students to a LC publication called "Scuttlebutt". The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien is a Vietnam era memoir, and if you're unfamiliar with his work it is somewhat similar to Hemingway's short, terse prose.

Another rec for Things They Carried... I need to read this book.

I preferred O'Brien's THE THINGS THEY CARRIED to CACCIATO. Thom Jones has written wonderful short stories about Viet Nam, some of which appear in his collection THE PUGILIST AT REST (great boxing stories in there too). And lemme plug one of my all time fave authors, James Crumley, who wrote a ...

... struck me as thrown in for p.c.-goodness/shock/etc as opposed to narrative. But it wasn't awful. Just eh. Book 93: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien A lot of my high schoolers read this for class these days. That's why I picked this up from the free book bin. Wow. It's ...

... is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Others at the top o' the pile: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The Things they Carried by Tim O'Brien Duma Key by Stephen King Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Timbuktu by Paul Auster The Bear Went Over ...

... the edge of excellence. I liked Water for Elephants, but not quite on that level. Please let me know your opinion of The Things They Carried. My husband didn't like it at all. On your 2009 list, I can highly recommend The Proud Tower, Snowflower and the Secret Fan, and A Prayer ...

... so I'll be looking for the hard copy of it. By the way, if you like to read about the Viet Nam War, have you read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien? It's excellent! Here's what readers of my copy (that's travelling the world via Bookcrossing) juliette07 in 999 Challenge : juliette07's 999 challenge (Dec 26, 2008, 5:07pm)

... Michael Morpurgo completed France 5 A Little Piece of Ground by Elizabeth Laird completed Ramallah Palestine 6 The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien read Vietnam 7 8 9 9.Book Awards - nine award winning books from the prize lists continuing the challenge I began in 2008. ...

#13 Severn: I have The Things They Carried home from the library right now, so I will be reading it after the beginning of the year. Thanks for the recommendation!

... take a look at the essays about books and reading and language in Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman. Outstanding! I also have The Things They Carried in my 999 challenge. I look forward to your impressions. I love Lost! (more so in the early seasons than lately, but still...) Where will ...

Hm, did you want fiction for the Vietnam War as well? No doubt you've already read this one, but The Things They Carried blew me away...

alcottacre, I know this is the nonfiction thread, but you can't beat The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien for fiction; Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson is also excellent. For nonfiction, I haven't read it since it came out (contemporaneously with the war), but I was very impressed by F ...

... by Ernest Thompson Seton 5. Strangers in the Land of Egypt by Stephen March 6. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell 7. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 8. Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki 9. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris 10. If I Am Missing Or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love ...

Ohh, I forgot about The Things they Carried thats a good one.

... May 30. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 31. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 32. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 33. Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris 34. The House at Riverton by Kate Morton 35. Partners in Crime by Agatha C ...

73. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 74. The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean Recommended. 75. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld YA. Very enjoyable. 76. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke I didn't enjoy this one as much as Inkheart. 77. My Place by Sally Morgan ...

Things they carried by Tim O'Brien is an amazing audio. The writing is so eloquent. The reader, Tom Stechshulte is magnificent. This is a -truly moving psueo-memoir of a Vietnam veteran. It reminds of M.A.S.H. without the humor. Brutal but beautiful in it s own way. I know now why it is ...

... some exams)--he's "studying" but he takes breaks to visit his favorite web sites! I guess I'll have to find my copy of The Things They Carried--I've never gotten around to reading it and I know I really should.

#177 MusicMom41, Yes I read In the Lake in the woods and The Things The Carried by O'Brien. I liked The Things They Carried a lot, hes a beautiful writer .. and about war of all things! His books are always lovely and sad to read. I hope this one is just as good! Unfortunately its finals ...

Thank you for mentioning The Things They carried. I agree that it is a profoundly moving story and one of the best from the Vietnam era. Your description and assessment of it is right on. I'm Douglas W. Jacobson, author of Night of Flames a historical novel set in World War Two. If any of ...

No one has mentioned The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien--truly, truly one of the greatest war novels and an American classic. An incredibly moving and profound look at Viet Nam. From an artistic/craft viewpoint, aspiring writers can learn tons by studying how O'Brien crafted this book of ...

This month I started off with my book club book, The Things They Carried, which was a memorable read, though really difficult at times. I recently read The Handmaid and the Carpenter (it was a quick read-took less than a day) and liked it. I'm also in the middle of The People of the Book and ...

#27 whymaggiemay, I loved The Things They Carried, #43 torontoc, Ditto for The Secret River and #51 Teresa40, ditto for The Blind Assassin. #67 cameling Thanks for the recommendation of The Elegance of the Hedgehog -- it's been on my TBR pile for a while now. #75 Booksloth, As I ...

... has enjoyed or is reading school. * girlbomb by Janice Erlbaum. Finished 01/13/09 (also Rainy Day Reads) * The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Finished 03/22/09 (also 1001) - The Taming of the Shrew - Her second pick. She really enjoys Shakespeare and I'm not sure I ...

... the Wind? I'll grant you it's written from the civilian's POV, but it's definitely a Confederate view. I finished The Things They Carried for book club and started A Town Like Alice for the November Global Group Read. I'm also 1/3 through Flyboys, a True Tale of Courage by James ...

Recently I purchased The Things They Carried for book club and Lord of the Flies. I also will be making an Amazon purchase soon and want to buy Click and One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Partially in Vietnam in the 1960s with The Things They Carried and partially in medieval England with The Mists of Avalon.

... out loud and kept me turning pages until it was done. It's not often a book keeps me up until it's finished. I started The Things They Carried for book club. A re-read for me, and one I'm happy to be re-reading because it was so good the first time.

... Female writer: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See I would also have picked The Kite Runner and The Things They Carried, but you have already done those. Have you ever taught graphic novels as a literary form? Are you willing to do so? If so, I'd suggest Maus ...

Next up: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and then The Things They Carried for book club, which is a re-read for me.

The Things they Carried is definitely worth reading.

(sorry going off track here) >178 MusicMom41 I've read The Things They Carried for an English class in my first year of Uni. I had never heard of it before then and only read it 'because I had to'. However after reading it I realised what a good book it was. I was 18/19 when I read it and I ...

... jplawne Going After Cacciato is the best book about the Viet Nam war I've read--I hightly recommend it. I haven't read The Things They Carried yet, though, and I under stand that one is also excellent.

... these three: The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down by Alice Walker The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien And I picked up this on the library swap shelf: Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl Note: Don't you just hate it ...

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Dispatches by Michael Herr The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out and The Character of Physical Law by Richard Feynman. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace Any introduction to Lit Theory (Eagleton's ...

... love the books where she revisits her childhoods in Japan. I have indeed read all her books. 2) Tim O'Brien: after The Things They Carried Not too long afterwards I read Going After Cacciato and If I Die in a Combat Zone and I hope to read some of this other books. 3) Yasushi Ino ...

... love the books where she revisits her childhoods in Japan. I have indeed read all her books. 2) Tim O'Brien: after The Things They Carried Not too long afterwards I read Going After Cacciato and If I Die in a Combat Zone and I hope to read some of this other books. 3) Yasushi Ino ...

ahhhhhh....another book added to the pile.....The Things They Carried sounds really good. Thanks... (I think)

... pulled In the Lake of the Woods down to make sure it was the book I read and not the one you described. your review of The Things They Carried could easily be exchanged for In the Lake of the Woods. It had the same kind of narrative thread, weaving back and forth between history and ...

Have you read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien? I just finished it for book club and found it brilliant. I find myself recommending it to total strangers.

71. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. This is the first of O'Brien's books that I've ever read. A friend recommended it a couple years ago. It is the September selection for the book club I facilitate. In any case, wow, it was fantastic! Not at all what I expected. About Vietnam, ...

... 5:00 pm.....has to travel from the Southwest but hope it gets there soon. You can do it! Interested in your comments on The Things They Carried. Read In the Lake of the Woods by the same author a couple of years ago and found it an unusual but interesting book.

Thank you. Wow, such support. I'm sucking very very badly at the math part. Ah well. Meanwhile, I'm currently reading The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Should finish it tonight.

... Coca Lord Wise Children Get Shorty Amongst Women Vineland Vertigo Stone Junction The Music of Chance The Things They Carried A Home at the End of the World Like Life Possession The Buddha of Suburbia The Midnight Examiner A Disaffection Sexing the Cherry ...

remembrance of things past marcel proust things fall apart chinua achebe (deja vu, n'est pas?) the things they carried tim o'brien if ducks carried guns mick stevens wild ducks flying backward tom robbins

I'm thinking maybe Tim O'Brien? If I Die in a Combat Zone? Or The Things They Carried?

... by Kate Chopin 8. No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark 9. If On A Winter's Night A Traveler by Italo Calvino 10. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 11. A Step From Heaven by An Na 12. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 13. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer 14. The Book Thief ...

I had to read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien for school. It has become one of my favorite books. Most all the other students who read it, loved it as well. I also had to read Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton one year. I didn't run into many people who liked it, but I ...

... be done! It gives me great hope that you are having a more pleasant experience the second time around. I just finished The Things They Carried which I though was one of the best books I have ever read. Next on my list is Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. If you haven't read The T ...

Oliver Twist *** by Charles Dickens 08/03/08 Three Lives **½ by Gertrude Stein 08/04/08 The Things They Carried **** by Tim O'Brien 08/05/08 Survivor (#180) *½ by Chuck Palahiuk 08/06/08 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running ***½ by Haruki Murakami 08/06/08 ...

OC: Oliver Twist, Three Lives, The Things They Carried, Survivor, Of Mice and Men EX: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

13. Queen of Babble Gets Hitched by Meg Cabot (no review) 14. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien The review for that is here.

... by The Green Apple's free book bin and hit the motherlode! Scored, all for free: Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence, Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon ...

... good news is it makes it easier to pick a favorite from such a small selection! Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brian was a close second.

I'm afraid I'm being quite strict and only reading WWI books. However The Things they Carried is suitable for my 1,001 category so I might add it to that- thanks for the tip !

I'm not a big fan of war books, but have you read The Things They Carried? We had to read it for my contemporary award winners class in college and I highly recommend it. It's a look at the Vietnam War from several different viewpoints.

... it down to less than three: Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien They were all very different (although the 2nd and 3rd certainly had some connections) and I'm so glad I found them!

... my reading resolution for 2009, and it will definitely involve a set number of re-reads. I'd love to go back and read The Things They Carried again...so good.

... to get an ARC...oh how amazing that would be. SeanLong: I, too, love Tim O'Brien and was astonished by the power of The Things They Carried when I read it a few months ago. Wow! richardderus: you're right--the flaws make it that much better. Mr. Booklady is now very excited that you' ...

Over the past week I've had the time to read Tim O'Brien's classic and enduring, The Things They Carried, Larry McMurtry's new memoir,Books, and my favorite nonfiction writer of all-time, Joseph Mitchell's, The Bottom of the Harbor, which Pantheon just reissued last week. And if you ...

During the past week I've read Tim O'Brien's classic and enduring, The Things They Carried, Larry McMurtry's new memoir, Books and my favorite nonfiction writer of all-time, Joseph Mitchell's, The Bottom of the Harbor, which Pantheon just reissued last week. Mitchell had an ...

I'm finishing up Sight Hound by Pam Houston and am about halfway through The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Both are very good. I'm shocked by how much I'm enjoying Tim O'Brien's book. It's not something I would normally pick up but it's listed as an option on my son's HS summer reading ...

... ) 28. Naked, David Sedaris (1997) 29. Bel Canto, Anne Patchett (2001) 30. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (2004) 31. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien (1990) 32. Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch (1988) 33. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion (2005) 34. The Lovely Bones, ...

... access to me, and I was helpless to do anything about it," she wrote. "In my stories, I have created new monsters. They rise above the horror of the real life monsters. Somehow, making these monsters so much worse makes me feel better, and makes my life seem more bearable. "I may ...

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19. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Man, what a tough book to read. What a haunting book. What a perfectly told story. 4 stars.

Well, in that case: The Things They Carried!

... future. Currently I'm alternating between The Adventure of English by Melvyn Bragg (kinda dry and slow going), and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien - which is also a tough listen, but not at all slow going.

... of the Rings, The Hobbit hmmm...old school The Giving Tree ! Hard Boiled wonderland and the end of the world ... The Things they carried, The princess bride, Narnia, Little Women, The Shinning (only because I STILL visually remember things from that book.. talk about a lasting ...

... The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Gardner, John: Grendel McBride, James: The Color of Water O'Brien, Tim: The Things They Carried Pollan, Michael: The Botany of Desire Straight, Susan: Highwire Moon Tan, Amy: The Joy Luck Club Wideman, John Edgar: Brothers and Keepers ...

I've read The Things They Carried! I'll stay on a war theme -- All Quiet on the Western Front, anyone?

I've read that - now let's see if I can suggest something that doesn't stall out the process! What about The Things They Carried?

... s 23) Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy 24) Jane Eyre 2 lists 25) My Antonia 2 lists 25) Stepphenwolf 2 lists 26) The things they carried 2 lists 27) The magic mountain 2 lists 28) Midnight's children 2 lists 29) In search of lost time 2 lists 30) Franny and Zooey 2 lists 3 ...

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... insects 10) Midnight's children 11) Life of Pi 12) The poisonwood bible 13) The sea 14) Sophies choice 15) The things they carried 16) Vanishing Point 17) War and Peace 18) Catcher in the rye 19) I know this much is true 20) The hitchhilers guide to the galaxy 21) ...

... The Outstation" 13. Jhumpa Lahiri - Interpreter of Maladies 14. Gertrude Stein - Three Lives 15. Tim O' Brien - The Things They Carried 16. Fyodor Dostoevsky - "Notes From the Underground; White Nights"

... Chaucer 18) Iliad and Odyssey -- packaged together 19) By the Light of My Father's Smile Alice Walker 20) The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien 21) A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines 22) Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley 23) Time Enough for Love by Robert C. Hei ...

If you start it they will come. I just picked up Last Night I dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram and The Things they Carried has been on my TBR list for too long. The war is still a delicate subject, but I think there's plenty of interest.

... Duong Thu Huong. It a tough and depressing read, but beautiful in its way. As an American in Vietnam, I'd also recommend The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.

... School The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles Guests of the Ayatollah and for free (from a 3 for the price of 2 table): The Things They Carried I also picked up Hiroshima Diary from the library. A good haul. But, of course, I need more books like another hole in my head.

Yes it was The Things They Carried so I think its frogbellys turn :)

oh! Is it The Things They Carried? I've been lurking for a long time and hoping someone would post a familiar quote.... :) I'm heading out for the evening, so here's the next one (I don't think it should be too difficult): "Here are presented the results of the enquiry carried out by xx ...

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien is also classic -- particularly the title story (it's a collection). Like you two, it's been many years since I read these books.

... soldiers. I'd certainly say I enjoyed it as much as other fine military reads such as All Quiet on the Western Front and The Things They Carried. It's a much more contemporary novel in the way it's written. I felt a personal involvement in this novel as I'd lived in the town of Qiryat Shemon ...

... few years are Ghost Map by Steven Johnson, Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett, A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr, and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.

... disturbed. Maybe the version in my old college book was abridged (it was about 10 pages? I know they only had a chapter of The Things they Carried, but made it seem like it was a short story and not a novel) I was sorely disappointed, as I usually love Flannery's stuff. 1/5

... McCarthy Heat by Bill Buford Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan The Gardener's Year by Karel Capek The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

... the quotes author. The only war novel I have ever read which I could think of comparing with it would be Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. I read half of Remarque's novel in one sitting, and I will be finishing it today. It is a novel I had never heard of before this list, and is the ...

... and the Pentagon Papers David H. Hackworth's About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried and Going After Cacciato To name a few...

... October 1st. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Haven't read for 10 years; Emma is still my favorite, though. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien: Took me by surprise as I don't like war themes at all, but I like what he does with the language and the idea of story vs. truth. ...

... for a $1!!!! I got the following: We Were the Mulvaneys Mrs. Dalloway The Shipping News Walden Middlesex The Things They Carried Rock Star Brave New World Revisited Wuthering Heights A Widow for One Year Little Women and The Great Gatsby Funny how all ...

... the story of climber Greg Mortenson's work to build schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. I'm presently absorbed in The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. It's a sparse yet insightful series of Vietnam war vignettes. It's a fast read so tomorrow I'll probably start They Were the M ...

After The Yacoubian Building I'm planning to get into The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and then get my hands on Three Cups of Tea and Luminous Cities, both presently in-progress reads on a faraway nightstand!

I finished The Things they Carried by Tim O'Brien yesterday -- not sure I thought it was worthy of the hype. Doesn't come close to touching All Quiet on the Western Front in terms of great war novels. I just started Lonesome Dove last night.

The Things They Carried is an excellent book about the Viet Nam War. At the end of the book, I was wondering if I'd just read fiction or non-fiction. The way it was written led me to buy another book by this author (which I haven't read yet). I've not read the other books you listed.

... what to look forward to. Here are the books we are using: Steven Hall, The Raw Shark Texts Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried Louise Erdrich, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Douglas Coupland, Jpod Robert Shapard and James Thomas, ...

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... my genre of choice. :) Les Miserables Victor Hugo Blindness Jose Saramago Portrait in Sepia Isabel Allende The Things they Carried Tim O'Brien Les racines du ciel Romain Gary Le fusil de chasse and Shirobamba Yasushi Inoue Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden On ne s'en ...

The 2007 Big Read last spring featured Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. The 2008 Big Read will be Doug Marlette's novel The Bridge. Details are available at www.thebigread.net. Lenoir-Rhyne College is partnered with the Catawba County Library System, the Hickory Public Library ...

... 23. 6/9/2007 Caputo, Philip Horn of Africa 24. 6/16/2007 O'Brien, Tim Going After Cacciato 25. 6/21/2007 O'Brien, Tim The Things They Carried 26. 7/6/2007 Caputo, Philip A Rumor of War 27. 7/14/2007 Del Vecchio, John For The Sake of All Living Things 28. 7/15/2007 O'Brien, Tim If I ...

... 23. 6/9/2007 Caputo, Philip Horn of Africa 24. 6/16/2007 O'Brien, Tim Going After Cacciato 25. 6/21/2007 O'Brien, Tim The Things They Carried 26. 7/6/2007 Caputo, Philip A Rumor of War 27. 7/14/2007 Del Vecchio, John For The Sake of All Living Things 28. 7/15/2007 O'Brien, Tim If I ...

... 23. 6/9/2007 Caputo, Philip Horn of Africa 24. 6/16/2007 O'Brien, Tim Going After Cacciato 25. 6/21/2007 O'Brien, Tim The Things They Carried 26. 7/6/2007 Caputo, Philip A Rumor of War 27. 7/14/2007 Del Vecchio, John For The Sake of All Living Things 28. 7/15/2007 O'Brien, Tim If I ...

I finished The Old Man and The Sea earlier this morning and now im halfway through Horace McCoy's They Shoot Horses, Dont They? which is one of the most savage books ive ever read.

The things they Carried The Light as they Found it They Call me Naughty Lola We're Right, They're Wrong You and Your Cat

... ALL of the following: 1. Counterfeit Unrealities 2. Three Roads to Quantum Gravity 3. The Far Pavilions 4. The Things They Carried 5. Jane Eyre 6. The Fountainhead 7. Rebecca 8. This Side of Paradise 9. Johnny Got His Gun 10. Fast Food Nation

... travels is easily done by registering the book at BookCrossing. In a book of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, I found a folder indicating that the book was summer reading for an incoming class of freshman at James Madison University (from ...

... stories published in The New Yorker and so have started reading his recent work. #22 and #35 cabegley Glad you enjoyed The Things They Carried -- I thought it was terrific. I've been busy with real life and haven't had much time for reading, but I've almost finished The Omnivore's Dilem ...

... Maybe I missed something but I thought it was terrible and nearly wanted to kill myself when it was over. #22 I thought The Things They Carried was absolutely fabulous. It really stayed with me after I was finished. I have put it aside for my oldest son to read someday. He is a little bit ...

I finished Tim O'Brien's devastating, breathtaking The Things They Carried today. I I loved the structure--how he broke from the "fiction" to talk from the author's perspective. Now I'm starting The Bounty by Caroline Alexander. A few years ago, I read and really enjoyed the Mutiny ...

I am in Vietnam with some American soldiers in The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.

... WWII but with a much broader perspective on the war, its causes, and its effects. I third Squeaky Chu and Cestovatela on The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien The March by E. L. Doctorow on the Civil War, particularly Sherman's march Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie ...

I second the recommendation for The Things They Carried. It's a painful book to read at times, but I found it very insightful as to why people fight wars even when they don't want to. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is good too. As the memoir of a child soldier in Sierra Leone's ...

... The Cellar by Richard Laymon 31. The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan 32. Time's Arrow by Martin Amis 33. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 34. The Road by Cormac McCarthy

I want to read The Life of Pi as soon as possible. I also want to read Memoirs of a Geisha and The Things they Carried. The Color Purple has been on my wish list for a couple years now (maybe I should go buy it myself?) I tried reading A Clockwork Orange when I was 11... I should try ...

Finished Time's Arrow last Friday, will finish Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried today, which is a re-read for me, having read it when first published in 1990. Next I will read Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which would probably have made the list if it had been published in time.

I'm now in Vietnam and back home in the United States with Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. Re-reading it for the first time since its initial publication in 1990.

... tes) Sold by Patricia McCormick Cupcake by Rachel Cohn July, July by Tim O'Brien (not YA lit but I read The Things They Carried for school and absolutely loved it. however, I don't like this one as much and will probably end up not finishing it, much to my dismay)

I think my Fav's have already been mentioned, Life and Fate, The things they Carried, Catch-22, All Quiet on the Western Front (which I read every year) but I think a short story worth mentioning is For Esme with Love and Squalor by J. D. Salinger It's in the Nine Stories collection ...

... ex Oedipus the King Antigone Rebecca The Great Gatsby A Farewell to Arms Lost Horizon Brave New World The Things They Carried O Pioneers The Picture of Dorian Gray Lost Horizon Amphigorey Bloody Chamber--to be honest, we only read one of the short stories, ...

KromesTomes mentioned Tim O'Brien and Vietnam -- his classic on Vietnam and war in general is the short story The Things They Carried (the touchstone refers to a collection).

... Atwood fan; One for the Money (Stephanie Plum) and Two for the Dough for my other sister, who needed some brain candy; The Things They Carried for the guy who will probably soon be my brother-in-law, and a writer's thesaurus (Oxford, of course) for the guy who is already my brother-in-law. ...

Wait. Unless it's O'Brien's The Things They Carried which I left off my original list of too many times to count and for which crime I'll have to flog myself. Meow, meow.

... That Is: A Natural History of Zero by Robert Kaplan Leaves of Grass Whitman A Brief History of Time Hawking The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien Waiting for Godot Beckett A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn

... nlightening? I'll offer up Morrison's Song of Solomon as best ending for a book for being all three. Also O'Brien's The Things They Carried which even though it's not exactly a novel functions in many ways like one. The last section is called "The Lives of the Dead" and is both touching ...

... Explorabook (except I don't have the magnet, and my agar's probably expired by now). And from your list I wish I had the Things They Carried, The Left Hand of Darkness, and the Martian Chronicles. And I positively covet the Annotated Alice; I read it a while ago and I wish it was on my ...