Book Haul!

A while back, I bought yet another bunch of books :) 

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

This book tells the story of the author who, when she feels she has nothing left to lose, goes on a hike - the Pacific Crest Trail. This has been made into a film with Reese Witherspoon which will come out in America in December.

Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Ham on Rye is Bukowski's most autobiographical work. It follows Henry Chineski - a boy bullied through high school and growing up into alcoholism. 

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Marquez

The main character, Florentino Ariza falls in love with a beautiful woman, but she rejects him and marries a rich doctor. 50 Years later, the doctor dies, and Florentino tries to woo her again. 

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Celie, a young black woman with a though childhood - being raped by her father as well as being forced to marry an awful man. This story follows her in her journey to finding joy in life. 

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

The War of the Worlds is about an alien invasion set in London. 

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

A plane with a bunch of schoolboys crashes on an Island. At first the children are excited - living without parents, nobody telling them what to do. But then life out there turns out to be a lot harder than they expected it to be.

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Fifteen-year-old Alex robs, rapes, tortures, and murders people. He is then jailed and the State tries to reform him. 

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Sixteen-year-old Holden talks about a couple of days in his life after he's been expelled from school.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

In the world in which this is set, Firemen start fires, and literature is on the brink of extinction. 

Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut

This is an anti-war novel, centred around the bombing of Dresden. 

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

In this post-apocalyptic novel, a man and his son walk alone through America, trying to survive. 

Woah, writing those summaries made me realise even more how depressing all these novels are. However, I'm excited for all of those! I feel like all these books - except for Wild - are modern classics everyone should have read and I feel horrible for not having read them yet, so I'll try and read these as soon as possible!