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The novel’s goal isn’t entertainment, but persuasion. D. H. Lawrence put some great writing into Lady Chatterley, but it is a dumb, boring story. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
With bluff, guts, charm and other peoples’ money, he works his way to the ranks of multi-millionaires. Michener makes his fiction read like biography, leaving readers convinced that the way he tells it was the way it was — which is the highest tribute that can be paid to any storyteller. on My top pics from books reviewed this year, Resources for reading, listening, watching, My top pics from books reviewed this year. At over 900 pages, Hawaii is also an achievement. For 1929, my choice is All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. The great — and horrific — thing about The Ugly American is that it still feels real today. Robert Ruark’s Poor No More is head and shoulders above the rest of the 1959 bestsellers, with Hawaii by James A. Michener getting my vote for second place. James A. Michener’s novel Hawaii earns the adjective epic just for its length.
He’s a loner living in a fantasy world in which he is “Captain-Admiral of the Ocean Sea.”. Exodus by Leon Uris
Victorine by Frances Parkinson Keyes, 1959
The physican is, of course, Luke, widely believed to have penned the gospel that bears his name and the book of Acts. Find the top 100 most popular Amazon books. The heroine of Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris is a “char,” one of the army of self-employed London cleaning women. Clifford inherits his family’s country seat and takes up writing. From Here to Eternity by James Jones
Look elsewhere for entertainment or for better understanding of people. Published when he was just 25 and fresh off of World War II service himself, Norman Mailer's war classic The Naked and the Dead was the best-selling book in …
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, The Beast Master (Beast Master / Hosteen Storm, #1), The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood, The Elements of Style: With Revisions, an Introduction, and a Chapter on Writing, The Toff and the Runaway Bride (Toff, #41), Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatization, History as Romantic Art: Bancroft, Prescott, Motley, and Parkman, Onze voorouders : De gespleten burggraaf ~ De baron in de bomen ~ De ridder die niet bestond. It’s not a great book by any means, but after all those heavy-as-fruitcake novels, Paul Gallico’s lightweight offering makes a pleasant change. Blue Camellia by Frances Parkinson Keyes
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Drury doesn’t help himself by splitting the novel into five sections — especially since he has just one omniscient narrator. Eloise in Paris by Kay Thompson
The characters are dull, the story duller. Lord Vanity by Samuel Shellabarger
Each new wave of immigrants is regarded with suspicion and hostility by earlier ones.
All are strong stories with continuing appeal. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. From Here to Eternity by James Jones
Around the World with Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
The eroticism of those scenes is heightened by contrast to the dull, tweedy prose of the rest of the novel. It’s my dream to make a fortune selling these book reviews. Eloise by Kay Thompson
You have only to see newscasts of President George W. Bush shrugging off the Iraqi shoe-thrower to see that Americans still have no appreciation of the cultures in which they have troops stationed. In the end, even the readers see the man for the scumbag he is and blush to admit they ever found anything likable about the guy. Constance and Clifford Chatterley married in 1917 a month before he shipped out for France. It’s time to reflect on what’s the best reading today from the bestseller lists of those years. And as long as countries send young people from classrooms to front lines, it will continue to be timely. Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
Constance takes care of him.
Unfortunately, there is too broad a sweep in the novel. Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow
Star Money by Kathleen Winsor
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
None of the bestselling list of ’49 fits my definition of great reading for today. Mrs. ‘Arris is a sweetheart. Unfortunately, she is less successful at making Luke himself come alive. Beyond This Place by A. J. Cronin
That’s all the encouragement Constance needs. I haven’t located enough novels from 1919 or 1909 to be able to pick a top novel for those years. The View from Pompey's Head by Hamilton Basso
The twentieth century material seemed a bit pasted on. Ice Palace by Edna Ferber
The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Dear and Glorious Physician is worth reading for the setting and scenery. The Adventurer by Mika Waltari
Top Ten Best Sellers Main Page Top Ten Best Sellers for the Years 1950 to 1959 1950 The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson Joy Street by Frances Parkinson Keyes Across the River and into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway As Michener tells it, the Tahaitans flee Bora Bora for religious and political freedom. Descendants of the missionaries import Chinese and Japanese laborers to work the fields and businesses their parents had established. Not as a Stranger by Morton Thompson
Sometimes I have difficulty deciding which novel of a year’s bestsellers remains the best entertainment value, but not this week. The Tribe That Lost Its Head by Nicholas Monsarrat
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
People are shocked, not by the affair, but by her having an affair outside her class. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
You must have a goodreads account to vote. Only those who have the perseverance to defeat the sea have the character to shape the island’s destiny. The Houses in Between by Howard Spring, 1953
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