Helena_Buchwelt rated Wuthering Heights: 4 stars
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (The World's classics -- 10)
A tale of passion set in the bleak Yorkshire moors in mid 19thC, far from the Victorian uprightness, Wuthering Heights …
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Helena_Buchwelt rated Metamorphosis: 5 stars
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Evan Robertson, Nichole Robertson
"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. …
Helena_Buchwelt rated The Odyssey (Penguin Classics): 5 stars
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer
The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, …
Helena_Buchwelt rated Siddhartha: 3 stars
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy …
Helena_Buchwelt rated Life of Pi: 5 stars
Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Martel Yann
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only …
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3) by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
Helena_Buchwelt rated The Wise Man’s Fear: 5 stars
The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day 2)
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger …
Helena_Buchwelt rated Der Name des Windes: 5 stars
Der Name des Windes by Patrick Rothfuss
In »Der Name des Windes« erzählt Patrick Rothfuss die Geschichte von Kvothe, dem berühmtesten Zauberer seiner Zeit. Damit ist ihm …
Helena_Buchwelt rated The Catcher in the Rye: 3 stars
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New …
Helena_Buchwelt rated Americanah: 4 stars
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a dazzling new novel: a story of love and race …
Helena_Buchwelt rated Speak: 5 stars
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
Helena_Buchwelt rated The Name of the Rose: 4 stars
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville’s investigation …
Helena_Buchwelt rated Gone with the Wind: 4 stars
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell's monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of …
Helena_Buchwelt rated Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne
The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later. Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne, …
Helena_Buchwelt rated The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: 4 stars
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini by Khaled Hosseini
1970s Afghanistan: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help …