STEP ONE: CHOOSE A NOVEL

Dear Class,

Please choose one novel from the reading list I provide at the bottom of this page. The only rules I place on your choice is that at least one other person must read the same novel, and there is a limit of five people per novel (I'm sorry - it will be first come first serve based on your blog entries.)

The list contains contemporary and classic novels from authors with varied backgrounds, histories and focuses. I tried my best to accommodate your interests while also considering the varied type of writing and analysis this project will require. Good luck and enjoy.

1. No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

2. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

3. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

5. The Celebrant by Eric Rolfe Greenberg

6. Midnight's Children by Salmon Rushdie

7. The Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

8. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

9. Beloved by Toni Morrison

10. Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes

11. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

12. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami