Most of the books I've read were published 1980 onwards, and I'm looking for some good authors from the 1960s and earlier... not too early though, cos I know about the classic authors. Thanks in advance.
2007-01-06 15:56:39 · 11 answers · asked by xander 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Glass Menagerie- Tennessee Williams (1944), On the Road- Kerouac (1957), Death of a Salesman- Arthur Miller (1949), A Coney Island of the Mind- Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1958), Flowers For Algernon, Daniel Keyes (1959), The Fixer- Bernard Malamud (1966).
2007-01-06 18:59:32 · answer #1 · answered by Habt our quell 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My goodness. I guess it depends on how old you are, and what you have read before.And whether you are talking about fiction or non-fiction, history, drama, etc. But, just to start with the greatest Americans in this last century in fiction: try, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Harper Lee, (William Faulkner might be too heavy for a teenager, but OK for a young adult), Thornton Wilder,
The Modern Library has a list of the 100 Best Novels, as chosen by the experts, and a parallel list chosen by readers . You can just look down the lists and see something that might interest you. Remember, not all books are right for someone at one particular time in their lives; look around, read some reviews, check out lists and recommendations. If you are in class......ask a teacher !
randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html.
2007-01-06 18:34:23 · answer #2 · answered by JOHN B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the beats like Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Ken Kesey. Read Joseph Heller's "Catch-22", and Kurt Vonnegut's stuff.
2007-01-06 16:27:12 · answer #3 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read Truman Capote. He published Other Voices, Other Rooms when he was 21, in 1945. Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1958 and In Cold Blood in 1965. I love his writing. So light and nimble.
2007-01-06 16:09:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out Carson McCullers and Flannery O'Connor for some Southern local flavor from a woman's point of view. Good stuff.
2007-01-06 16:04:22 · answer #5 · answered by chris g 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Salinger and also Kerouac. Also Thomas Pynchon
2007-01-06 16:20:13 · answer #6 · answered by r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read all of Salinger's work (he only has four books).... its a cliche but he's still really good.
Also, the novel of one flew over the cuckoo's nest by Ken Kesey is good....
2007-01-06 16:05:14 · answer #7 · answered by sassback8 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I like Robert Heinlein and Harlan Ellison. Heinlein is science fiction and Ellison is fantasy fiction, and they're both quick and fascinating. Start with Ellison's short stories; that's where he excels.
2007-01-06 21:22:31 · answer #8 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definatly check out vonnegut and Salinger..... and my person favorite Joesph Heller... but not just Catch 22 all of his works are very good
2007-01-06 17:54:54 · answer #9 · answered by techchick0406 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont like the british accessory after awhile, yet, prostitute aside, i like Hugh furnish!!!! he's gorgeous and humorous! under 40?? hmmm, james blunt. he's cool and that i like his voice. He might desire to sing me to sleep any day!
2016-10-30 05:19:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋