Summer 2009
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“Romance at Sea,” a photo uploaded to the 6S Social Network by Australia’s Scarlett Rose.
Thanks to everyone who mentioned their favorite books from Rob McEvily
Hey Gang! It’s been a while since the 6S Newsletter has safely arrived in everyone’s InBox, so as I continue to work out the kinks, it’s time for you to check out and enjoy the First Ever Official 6S Summer Reading List! It’s a collection of over 140 suggestions from the readers, writers, fans and friends of Six Sentences! Enjoy!
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Explore something new
Read for pleasure
Learn about yourself
Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut
The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Alan Sillitoe
Found Margaret Peterson Haddix
Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll
Too Deep for Tears Kathryn Lynn Davis
West of Jesus Steven Kotler
Two Lives William Trevor
Teaching Yourself to Dream David Fontana
The Snow Goose Paul Gallico
The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery
The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas
The Pursuit of Happiness Douglas Kennedy
A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving
The Zookeeper's Wife Diane Ackerman
Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien
Narcissus and Goldmund Hermann Hesse
Come Nineveh, Come Tyre Allen Drury
A Brief History of Time Shaindel Beers
Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West Daniel Ladinsky
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
The Witches of Karres James H. Schmitz
Oracle Night Paul Auster
Kiss Me in the Temple of Heaven Susan Gilman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr The World According to Garp John Irving
1984 George Orwell Dreams of Longlasting Mark Medoff CandyFreak Steve Almond
New and Selected Poems, Volume 2 Mary Oliver Notes From the Universe: New Perspectives from an Old Friend Mike Dooley One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison
An Unquiet Mind Kay Redfield Jamison
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas
Being Normal Stephen Shieber
Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver
The Suffrage of Elvira V.S. Naipaul
The Road Cormac McCarthy
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Light and Its Shadow Douglas Adams Shelley Berc Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert Desert Traveller Katherine Sim
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy Eva Luna Isabel Allende
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Visit old friends
You know it’s a good book when you're thumbing through the pages for the seventh time.
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
After the eighth time, the binding is worn and broken.
Beijing Doll Chun Sue
The corners are crinkled from marking your place while reading for the ninth time.
The House of Sand and Fog Andre Dubois
I could probably recite every word from memory during the tenth time.
Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
I know what will happen even before I open it for the eleventh time.
Brooklyn Follies Paul Auster
I still can't put it down for the twelfth time.
David Copperfield Charles Dickens
Rachel Winter 6S Social Network Member (Visit her profile here.)
Storm Front Jim Butcher Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami The Autobiography of Malcolm X (as told to) Alex Haley The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald The Mistress of the Art of Death Ariana Franklin Smiling Hill Farm Miriam Mason
The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls Tailchaser's Song Tad Williams She's Come Undone Wally Lamb The Bodies Left Behind Jeffery Deaver Practical Magic Alice Hoffmann Dead Babies Martin Amis
Read for inspiration Giovanni's Room James Baldwin Cathedral Raymond Carver Time Enough for Love Robert Heinlein Shaindel Beers Contributor to Six Sentences, Volume 1, and author of A Brief History of Time.
The Gift of Rain Tan Twan Eng The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera
Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Cory Doctorow The Journey Brandon Bays One for the Money Janet Evanovich Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver The Secret Rhonda Byrne
Elleander Morning Jerry Yulsman Three Junes Julia Glass A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway Ahab's Wife Sena Jeter Naslund The Hours Michael Cunningham The Princess Bride William Goldman
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“halfheimer's glasses,” uploaded by Quin Browne, and “Kev and I,” uploaded by Erica. 6S Photos
Adjust your reading glasses If on a Winter's Night, a Traveler Italo Calvino
The Help Kathryn Stockett
The Abortion: A Historical Romance Richard Brautigan
Tomato Girl Jayne Pupek
Girlfriend in a Coma Douglas Coupland
The Gastronomical Me M.F.K. Fisher
Jaws Peter Benchley
The Element Sir Ken Robinson
The Chosen Chaim Potok
Twilight Stephenie Meyer
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert Pirsig
Mr. Nice Howard Marks
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Have a wonderful summertime! Beautiful Losers Leonard Cohen
The Stream of Life Clarice Lispector
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
Wise Blood Flannery O'Connor
The Golden Bowl Henry James
An Ungodly Child Rachel Green
Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami
The Pilot’s Wife Anita Shreve
White Oleander Janet Fitch
Ethan Frome Edith Wharton
The Bonesetter's Daughter Amy Tan
The Last Child John Hart
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England Brock Clarke
Bird by Bird Anne Lamott
Jury of Her Peers Elaine Showalter Ask the Dust John Fante Land of Laughs Jonathan Carroll Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt South by Java Head Alistair MacLean Burning Chrome William Gibson Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell The Great Wall of China Franz Kafka White Tiger Aravind Adiga Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath The Chocolate War Robert Cormier Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein Rhinegold Stephen Grundy The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Anne Fadiman The Bone People Keri Hulme Pattern Recognition William Gibson The Stand Stephen King Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Stout Patient Zero Jonathan Maberry Strut Bruce & Carol Hart
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