7 reviews 4 YES · 3 DEPENDS Who this is

• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Blindness José Saramago · 1995 Still, the book earned its length more often than it wasted it. When Nobody Is Left to Check the Count YES
• NONFICTION Roundtable Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer · 1997 Krakauer's greatest achievement is that he makes the disaster understandable without making it feel inevitable. The Mountain Does Not Sign the Delivery Note YES
• HISTORICAL FICTION Roundtable Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry · 1985 I would recommend it to someone willing to spend a long time watching a plan become a burden. A Long Drive With No Safe Destination DEPENDS
• HORROR Roundtable Swan Song Robert R. McCammon · 1987 It is also serious about the difference between surviving and rebuilding. The World Ends, Then the Work Starts YES
• HISTORICAL FICTION Roundtable The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco · 1980 Read it if you can tolerate long arguments, repeated theological disputes, and a mystery that keeps changing its paperwork. A Library Is Still a Workplace DEPENDS
• CLASSICS Roundtable The Razor's Edge W. Somerset Maugham · 1944 I am not ready to throw away the bank balance and become a taxi driver, but after finishing this book I was less certain that the person with the busiest schedule is necessarily the person living best. A Man Who Refused the Assigned Route YES
• NONFICTION Roundtable Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig · 1974 I would recommend the book to anyone who can tolerate long philosophical detours and who has some respect for repairing, building, writing, teaching, or maintaining anything. A Good Book That Does Not Know When to Stop DEPENDS

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