1950
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
1951
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (British)
1952
Giant by Edna Ferber (American)
East of Eden by John Steinbeck (maybe, he's not my favorite author)
1953
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
1954
Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter
1957
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
1952
Giant by Edna Ferber (American)
East of Eden by John Steinbeck (maybe, he's not my favorite author)
1953
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
1954
Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan (French)
1955
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson (American)
1956
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz (Egyptian)
1955
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson (American)
1956
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz (Egyptian)
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (American)
1957
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz (Egyptian)
Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz (Egyptian)
1958
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (American)
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (American)
From the Terrace by John O'Hara
A Summer Place by Sloan Wilson
1959
To Sir, with Love by E. R. Braithwaite (British)
1958
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (American)
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (American)
From the Terrace by John O'Hara
A Summer Place by Sloan Wilson
1959
To Sir, with Love by E. R. Braithwaite (British)
4 comments:
Some excellent choices - I look forward to seeing what you think!
LOVED East of Eden, but I'm a big Steinbeck fan.
Also a huge Truman Capote fan, though I like quite a few of his stories more than "Breakfast'. The short story 'A christmas memory' which I have in the same volume as 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is my favourite short story EVER. (Can you feel my excitement?)
'Lolita' - Tick, excellent, ditto 'On the road'. I was in love with Jack Kerouac for a long time! In fact many of my favourite authors are American.
I too look forward to reading your thoughts about these amazing works of art.
Thanks Siobhan and Hariklia!
I re-read 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' last week and am about half way through 'The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.' I am going to discuss on FB, but will wait and post blog comments when I can present the "reviews" in order of the year published.
Please read along with me!
I'd pick Lolita, before Kerouac's On the Road. The language is so wonderful, it's amazing to think Nabokov could write this way and English wasn't his native tongue.
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