4.44 avg rating — 631,285 ratings

"There's something so ambitious about this book, combining the personal family stories of the Hamiltons with the biblical stories of the Trasks. The story combines humor and sadness as well as the American mythology of potential and re-invention. Plus I love the Chinese Cook. Great character."

3.80 avg rating — 3,872,066 ratings

"Salinger has perfect recall of the angst of being and adolescent."

4.16 avg rating — 2,309,429 ratings

"You can read this book at 12 and see only the orphan's story; you can read it at 22 and fall in love with Rochester. You can see it as a meditation on the need for equal rights or you can meditate on the spiritual aspects of the book. There's only one thing you can't do with this book. You can't forget it."