Crichton has written many novels and he as a similar theme or style in all. Yet what is unique with his novels is his topics. He has done everything from rampaging dinosaurs to a sexual harassment novel. They are of such quality that many of them have been made into movies.
JURASSIC PARK is my favorite Crichton novel because of it's originality and ingenuity. It takes place on an island 90 miles off the coast of Costa Rica where a new theme park featuring real, live dinosaurs is awaiting it's grand opening. Although during it's final inspection something goes horribly wrong and the prehistoric animals escape. This novel is nonstop excitement!
THE LOST WORLD is the sequal to JURASSIC PARK. It continues the story by telling of the discovery of a second island now overrun by dinosaurs. A team must go out and document what has happened.
Another great Crichton book is THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN. The story is about how a team of scientists has to figure out how to stop a lethal virus while also battling time.
SPHERE tells the story of an ancient alien spaceship that is 300 years old but still sending out a beacon. Then a group goes down to study it only to find something very different.
Finally there is DISCLOSURE which is based on a true story. It tells of Tom Sanders a director of production at Digicom who is accused of sexual harrassment. He must fight these allegations while also taking his own case to court.
CATCHER IN THE RYE written by J.D. Salinger is written in the first person accounting a boys struggle to fit in while in adolescence.
FAHRENHEIT 451 was written by Ray Bradbury and tell the horrific tale of a future where books are abolished and firemen burn all the houuses in which books are hidden. But when people began to question the authority things changed.
A SEPARATE PEACE written by John Knowles is the story of boys in a boarding school in the backround of WWII. It is about a young boys' struggle to find his public and private self.
LORD OF THE FLIESwritten by William Golding is about the breakdown of a society after a group of boys become stranded on a tropical island. This novel contains great examples of symbolism!
MEG is a novel about a man trying to warn others that he saw cachradon megladon- a great shark supposed to have been extinct for thousands of years, only one has survived!
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD written by Harper Lee is a very touching story about predudice and many other things.
THE CRUCIBLE written by Arthur Miller this play takes place during the 1690's and demonstrates the hysteria that can snowball over a very short period of time
MY NAME IS ASHER LEV written by Chaim Potok, this novel follows a young Hasidic Jew through his painful journey to success.
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN written by Mark Twain, this novel follows the pals Huck and Tom through their travels on the Mississippi River.
JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN written by Dalton Trumbo, this war novel explores the mind of a war veteran who has absolutely no connections with the outside world.
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT written by Erich Remarque, this is the definitive novel on how war turns innocence into anger.
THE JOY LUCK CLUB written by Amy Tan, explains the secret bond between mother and daughter by visiting the past relationships of each character. A very feminine book!
WORK IN PROGRESS is the autobiography of Michael Eisner, Chaiman of the Walt Disney Company. This book explains how he started out and then eventually rebuilt the Disney empire.
OEDIPUS REX was written by Sophocles and is one of the greatest tragedies ever written! This novel is a very interesting one, and one that should be read by anyone who wants a well-rounded reading background.
JULIUS CAESAR which is written by Shakespeare, shows how easily the human mind can be manipulated.
THE HOBBIT is written by J.R.R. Tolkien. The novel follows Bilbo Baggins on his quest to kill the dragon and reclaim what it stole.
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