Elisey Reads ~ The list

So, I settled on a list of 24 books! I got a lot of suggestions and they were all great! I ruled out any that I have read since high school and if I book was suggested more than twice it made the cut!

So far I have finished The Color Purple by Alice Walker and it was not at all what I expected it to be. But I really enjoyed reading it! Once you get used to the style of writing it is a quick read. It was incredibly powerful and you end it with a sense of sad hopefulness, if that makes any sense.

I'm now reading Pillars of the Earth by Ken Folett and I'm really enjoying it!!!

So, here is the list....

The Color Purple, Alice Walker

Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

East of Eden, John Steinbeck

Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut

1984, George Orwell

Animal Farm, George Orwell

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer

Lord of the Flies, William Golding

The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank

Devil in the White City, Erik Larson

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett

I Know This Much is True, Wally Lamb

Siddhartha, Herman Hesse

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald

Red Tent, Anita Diamant

The Cider House Rules, John Irving

Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan

Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck

Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dune, Frank Herbert

Beloved, Tony Morrison

The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien