Summer reading counts for WV Reads 150
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Books with 150 or More Pages
It's our sesquicentennial year, so celebrate by reading a book with at least 150 pages.
Atlas Shrugged
This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world - and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators?
search Novelist® PlusEast of Eden
Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
search Novelist® PlusGai-Jin
Diplomatic intrigue, arms dealing, opium addiction and a riveting power struggle among Japanese warlords give additional weight to this sometimes implausible but unceasingly satisfying epic-length tome.
search Novelist® PlusInfinite Jest: A Novel
A spoof on our culture, featuring a drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation house near Boston. The center becomes a hotbed of revolutionary activity by Quebec separatists in revolt against the Organization of North American Nations which now rules the continent.
search Novelist® PlusThe Lord of the Rings
This epic, 10 years in the making, recounts the Great War of the Ring and the closing of Middle-Earth's Third Age, a time when magic begins to fade from the world and men rise to dominance.
search Novelist® PlusMoby-Dick
Set sail with Captain Ahab as he deftly maneuvers the Pequod across the ocean, hunting his prey. He is a man bent on revenge against the ever-elusive white whale that took his leg.
search Novelist® PlusParallel Stories
The agendas of three European men with dubious political histories converge in the aftermath of a 1989 death linked to the fates of myriad Hungarians, Jews, Germans and Gypsies across the treacherous years of the mid-20th century.
search Novelist® PlusA Suitable Boy: A Novel
Opening and closing with a wedding, this novel is ostensibly the story of a Hindu family trying to find a suitable husband for their younger daughter, Lata. Who will the suitable boy turn out to be?
search Novelist® PlusUnder the Dome: A Novel
The small town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is faced with a big dilemma when it is mysteriously sealed off by an invisible and completely impenetrable force field.
search Novelist® PlusWar and Peace
Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleons invasion of Russia, War and Peace is often considered the greatest novel ever written.
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