4.20 avg rating — 5,374,051 ratings

"A man who was well ahed of his time. Dire consequences are about to befall America. This book correctly predicted them. Orwell was just a few years early in his estimate."

3.80 avg rating — 3,858,813 ratings

"A true "coming of age" story."

4.33 avg rating — 2,437,610 ratings

"One of the most elegant, l;yrical books I have ever read."

3.81 avg rating — 1,295,943 ratings

"The theme of this book is that a man may be destroyed, but not defeated. Through personal experience, I have found this to be true."

3.79 avg rating — 490,052 ratings

"Hemingway is likely the best writer of the 20th Century. this is one of his best."

3.99 avg rating — 315,970 ratings

"Another excellent work by Hemingway."

3.82 avg rating — 350,782 ratings

"Likely Hemingway's best novel."

4.15 avg rating — 215,128 ratings

"McCarthy is brilliant and this his most brilliant work."

3.92 avg rating — 325,655 ratings

"Heinlein. The Master philosopher."

4.23 avg rating — 326,282 ratings

"This little volume presents great truths."

4.41 avg rating — 210,382 ratings

"This story invaded my dreams. It is a book of warriors, for warriors. I passed it around a group of Navy SEALS I used to know and the reviews were all very positive. It also features a strong female character who is exceptional, to say the least."

3.92 avg rating — 293,488 ratings

"A tale of the corruption of a modern Spouthern city, a situation all too common and always very well hidden. It has the unmistakable ring of truth."

4.16 avg rating — 283,808 ratings

"Read it as a young man and it really hooked me on Bradbury.
a science fiction masterpiece."

3.86 avg rating — 270,793 ratings

"A theme for life, for anyone who seeks the extraordinary that most ignore and most are not even aware exists."

3.94 avg rating — 167,300 ratings

"Chandler is one of the great masters of the crime novel who many who have come later have attempted to emulate."

4.21 avg rating — 48,332 ratings

"The seminal work on the futility of war."

4.02 avg rating — 165,787 ratings

"The most poignant book about the American expats living in Paris post WW I ever written."

4.15 avg rating — 40,767 ratings

"Beryl Markham was one of the most remarkable women of the 20th Century. I was lucky enough to see her interviewed on a Nairobi TV station just prior to her death. She was utterly fascinating. Being a pilot with several trans Atlantic crossings, most done at night in modern, four-engined aircraft, I can only marvel at the level of skill and courage it took for her to accomplish her flight, west bound against the prevailing winds, at night, in a single engine aircraft. The rest of her life is no less fascinating. She is a truly heroic figure in East African and world history. And, from what my friends at the East African Aero Club at Wilson Field in nairobi related to me, she was quite a character, as well."

4.29 avg rating — 26,792 ratings

"Excellent story of incompetent leadership and its results."

3.61 avg rating — 32,850 ratings

"A classic novel of adventure and daring."

4.33 avg rating — 7,951 ratings

"This is well within the top five books I have ever read. It is a wonderful, wondrous story of one man's courage and fortitude against overwhelming odds."

4.12 avg rating — 20,905 ratings

"One of the most elegant aviation stories ever written."

4.23 avg rating — 75,224 ratings

"A novel of a man of great determination and courage."

4.31 avg rating — 58,563 ratings

"Fascinating story of the founding of Hong Kong by a man very familiar with his subject."

3.95 avg rating — 26,355 ratings

"One of the best novels to come out of WW II, bar none and Mailer's first notable work."

4.15 avg rating — 25,785 ratings

"This should be required reading for every American, for, unless something changes, we are all headed for serfdom to the elite."

4.22 avg rating — 21,881 ratings

"This defined the accidental colonization of South Africa. It was given to me about 1981 by a South African who had fought in the border wars and saw the disaster that is now the reality of South Africa in the making. Je got out in time. Many have not. They are buried there."

4.45 avg rating — 7,009 ratings

"Three masterpieces by McCarthy."

3.79 avg rating — 47,877 ratings

"Three of Hewmingway's short stories really stand out. Sonws, The Short Happy Life of Francis macomber, and A Clean Well Lighted Place. When life has hammered me into the ground again for the umpteenth time, I pick up something by Hemingway and always find it as fresh now as it was the day it was written."

4.22 avg rating — 21,539 ratings

"OPne of the very best books to come out of the Vietnam War, bar none."

4.08 avg rating — 7,919 ratings

"One of the greatest sea stories ever told. Period."

4.15 avg rating — 2,694 ratings

"Very likely the best book ever written on the European colonization of Africa."

4.19 avg rating — 68,100 ratings

"The seminal work on the creation of the Congo Free State by the ego-maniacal King Leopold of Belgium around the end of the 19th Century. It began as a slaughterhouse and has only gotten worse up to and including this very day. If there is a Hell, Leopold's soul is roasting in it. This is a fascinating story of how one little king's greed led to the enslavement of millions. The Congo, in all of its manifestations, has been and still is The Heart of Darkness. If you want an education on Central Africa, read this and the book, Africa's World War. Most Americans don't have a clue about the place."