fiction files redux discussion

The Island of the Day Before -- Umberto Eco

The remains of the day, Kazuo Ishiguro

The Day of the Triffids -- John Wyndham

the day of the locust - nathanael west

The Day of the Jackal--Frederick Forsyth

This Perfect Day - Ira Levin

The Perfect Storm - Sebastian Junger

Red Storm Rising -- Tom Clancy

where the red fern grows - wilson rawls

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn -- Betty Smith

The Brooklyn Follies, Paul Auster

The Follies of the King - Jean Plaidy

The Return of the King--J.R.R. Tolkien

The King Must Die -- Mary Renault

The Beast Must Die - Nicholas Blake

Everything that rises must converge, Flannery O'Conner

The Sun Also Rises -- Ernest Hemmingway

Empire of the Sun — J.G. Ballard.

Don't Bite the Sun - Tanith Lee

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Mo Willems

(I'm not sure if this one really works, it's practically a picture book, but I love it, so I'm posting it.)

Let It Come Down - Paul Bowles

Live and Let Die -- Ian Fleming

Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist

Right Ho, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse

carry on, jeeves - p.g. wodehouse

Go Tell It on the Mountain — James Baldwin

I hope prepositions count . . .

The Big Rock Candy Mountain, Wallace Stegner

(of course they do, R.A.!)

The Hot Rock - Donald Westlake

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof- grand master T. Williams

the iron will of shoeshine cats - hesh kestin

Jonathan wrote: "the iron will of shoeshine cats - hesh kestin"

Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut

cat in the hat (it's come to this!)

Jonathan wrote: "cat in the hat (it's come to this!)"

The Hat on the Bed - John O'Hara

Adrian wrote: "Jonathan wrote: "cat in the hat (it's come to this!)"

The Hat on the Bed - John O'Hara"

the bed book - sylvia plath

hi adrian! :)

Um....Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed! My niece LOVES that book! Sorry, I don't know the author.

:P

The Joy of Sex.

Wait.

Sorry.

The Bed of Procrustes, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen

-David Sax

(Someone else have a better reference to Procrustes?At least it is crusty.)

Alternatively (by Taleb):
The Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

mmmm, crusty rye....

Black Beauty, Anna Sewall

Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin

Les wrote: "Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin"

Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So - Mark Vonnegut

Without Feathers, Woody Allen

Pigeon Feathers-John Updike

don't let the pigeon drive the bus! - mo williams

The Old Bus
Richard Brautigan

Trying to redeem myself here. . .

old joy- jonathan raymond

A Life of Joy by Amy Clipston from the Kaufmann Amish Bakery Series

Somebody should come up with another book that has a Greyhound AND a wagon on the cover.

Elizabeth wrote: "

A Life of Joy by Amy Clipston from the Kaufmann Amish Bakery Series

Somebody should come up with another book that has a Greyhound AND a wagon on the cover."

The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan

Here is the limited edition with a Greyhound wagon on the cover.

Wow, Adrian. A lot less 'curves' than your last cover design.

Adrian, are you capable of not being da coolest or hilarious?

Mockingbird Wish Me Luck by Charles Bukowski

I Wish That I Had Duck Feet - Dr. Seuss under a pseudonym, I think. I haven't read the book since I was five, but I'd probably read it again if anybody has a spare copy.