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Native Son by Richard Wright (Modern-1940)

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Native Son by Richard Wright (Modern-1940)

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Summary:Native Son. Native Son (1940) is a novel written by African-American author Richard Wright. The novel tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, an African-American youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Son)
Opinion: I think this book is very interesting because it talks about the minority rather than the majority. I think it helps you realize the real problems in life and relate it to your own life.

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The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Postmodern-1989)

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The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Postmodern-1989)

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Summary:The Joy Luck Club consists of sixteen interlocking stories about the lives of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their four American-born daughters.[1] In 1949, the four mothers meet at the First Chinese Baptist Church in San Francisco and agree to continue to meet to play mah jong. They call their mah jong group the Joy Luck Club. The stories told in this novel revolve around the Joy Luck Club women and their daughters. Structurally, the novel is divided into four major sections, with two sections focusing on the stories of the mothers and two sections on the stories of the daughters.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joy_Luck_Club_(novel))
Opinion: I found this book to be the most interesting of all of the ORBs because I am chinese and I can relate to this topic. I am myself a chinese american and my mom is an immigrant similar to the mothers in this story. I want to read this book because it accurately depicts my life.

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The Handmaid`s Tale by  Margaret Atwood [Canadian] (Postmodern-1986)

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The Handmaid`s Tale by  Margaret Atwood [Canadian] (Postmodern-1986)

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Summary:The Handmaid's Tale (1985) is a work of speculative fiction by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Set in a near-future New England, in a totalitarian theocracy which has overthrown the United States government, the dystopian novel explores themes of women in subjugation and the various means by which they gain agency.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid's_Tale)
Opinion: In my opinion I think this novel will bored me because it is about theocracy which is a very unknown concept to me. Also, I think exploring women could be very interesting, but very controversial.

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Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Postmodern-2001)

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Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Postmodern-2001)

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Summary:
et in the small, decaying, nearly bankrupt town of Empire Falls, Maine, this is the story of the unassuming manager of the Empire Grill, Miles Roby, who has spent his life in the town. The town, and Miles' life to a large degree, are controlled by the Whitings, a rich family that owns the local factories and much property.

Miles is separated and later divorced from Janine, who has become a cocky, selfish person after losing weight and exercising rigorously. This is partly due to encouragement from Walt Comeau, the antagonistic owner of a local fitness center who visits the Empire Grill daily and has moved into Roby's old house.

Roby is protective of his loving teenage daughter, nicknamed "Tick", who loves art. Tick is dealing with Zack Minty, her ex-boyfriend who continues to pursue her, and struggles with her mother's relationship with Walt whom Tick cannot stand. In addition, Tick has a complicated friendship with John Voss, an emotionally disturbed boy at school. The obnoxious jock Zack and his friends constantly bully John.

Other important people in Miles' life include his grubby, ne'er-do-well father, a rascal who can't resist a handout when it comes his way; Miles' reformed, marijuana smoking brother, who is a talented Empire Grill cook; Miles' good-hearted ex-mother-in-law, who owns a bar; the town's wealthiest woman, Francine Whiting, a condescending matron who owns the Empire Grill; Whiting's daughter, who has loved Miles for many years; an attractive waitress; a retiring police chief; and a dimwitted police officer, who is Zack's father and has known Miles since childhood.

Miles is plagued by flashbacks of his family when he was a child; these include memories of a mysterious affair between his mother and a suitor, the details of which might answer some questions Miles has had his entire life.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Falls)
Opinion: I think this story is interesting because it is relatable and very out of the box. I especially adore that Miles has many flashbacks of his past, which is very interesting. This is one of the book I would like to read on the list.

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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Postmodern-2002)

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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Postmodern-2002)

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Summary:
Primarily a coming-of-age story (Bildungsroman) and family saga, the novel chronicles the effect of a mutated gene on three generations of a Greek family, causing momentous changes in the protagonist's life. According to scholars, the novel's main themes are nature versus nurture, rebirth, and the differing experiences of what society constructs as polar opposites—such as those found between men and women. It discusses the pursuit of the American Dream and explores gender identity. The novel contains many allusions to Greek mythology, including creatures such as the Minotaur, half-man and half-bull, and the Chimera, a monster composed of various animal parts.

Narrator and protagonist Cal Stephanides (initially called "Callie") is an intersex man of Greek descent with a condition known as 5-alpha-reductase deficiency, which causes him to have certain feminine traits. The first half of the novel is about Cal's family and depicts his grandparents' migration from Bursa, a city in Asia Minor, to the United States in 1922. It follows their assimilation into American society in Detroit, Michigan, then a booming industrial city. The latter half of the novel, set in the late 20th century, focuses on Cal's experiences in his hometown of Detroit and his escape to San Francisco, where he comes to terms with his modified gender identity.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_(novel))
Opinion: I think this plot is very interesting because it deals with Greek mythology, but in my eyes I do not find greek subjects very interesting to read about because it is not very relatable. I think this book would be good to read another time, when there is more free time.

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Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle (Postmodern-1995)

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Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle (Postmodern-1995)

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Summary:The Tortilla Curtain (1995) is a novel by U.S. author T.C. Boyle about middle-class values, illegal immigration, xenophobia, poverty, and environmental destruction.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tortilla_Curtain)
Opinion: I think this book is not of interest to me because I am not really interested in economics or statistics that regard out global economy and sociology. It is a somewhat interesting topic, but it just does not fit for me.

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In Cold Blood By Truman Capote (Postmodern-1965)

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In Cold Blood By Truman Capote (Postmodern-1965)

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Summary:In Cold Blood tells the true story of the murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, in 1959. The book is written as if it were a novel, complete with dialog, and is what Truman Capote referred to as "New Journalism" — the nonfiction novel.
(https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/i/in-cold-blood/book-summary)
Opinion:I think this story seems very riveting. I just find mysteries very abstract and out of the box. This book makes me want to read it because it seems to have a plot that could be taken anywhere.

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This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Modern-1920

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This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Modern-1920

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Summary:This Side of Paradise is the debut novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published in 1920 and taking its title from a line of Rupert Brooke's poem Tiare Tahiti, the book examines the lives and morality of post–World War I youth.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise)
Opinion: I think this book is very similar to the Gatsby, which I kind of find semi boring. This reason is because I already read a novel similar to this story plot, but I think it will bring a new aspect of war to my eyes.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Postmodern--1969)

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Postmodern--1969)

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Summary: When Maya Angelou was three years old and her brother was four, they were sent from their father in California to their paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Their grandmother runs a store there, which is the center of life in the Negro community of the town.
(www.gradesaver.com/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings/study-guide/summary)
Opinion: I think this story is semi interesting because it easily understandable, but it does lack any plot twists seen from the summary. The plot seems very generic to the novels I have already read, but I think the surprise placement of her and her brother is somewhat interesting.

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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (Postmodern-1967)

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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (Postmodern-1967)

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Summary: The Bell Jar. Sylvia Plath's shocking, realistic, and intensely emotional novel about a woman falling into the grip of insanity. Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time.
(www.goodreads.com/book/show/6514.The_Bell_Jar)
Opinion: I thought this is book is very interesting and sparked my interest because I think everyone in this world is close to the rim of insanity. It is very interesting to see a first person point of view in a novel of Esther Greenwood undergoing that process.

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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (Modern-1937)

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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (Modern-1937)

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Summary:Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best known work by African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The novel narrates main character Janie Crawford's "ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny."
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Their_Eyes_Were_Watching_God)
Opinion: I found this book to be very interesting because I think it is relatable to my own life. A teenage girl who wants to find her destiny is semi alike what I want in life. I am a voiceless teenager that is striving for her own destiny and to full fill her goal in life.

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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Modern-1926)

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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Modern-1926)

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Summary:The Sun Also Rises is a 1926 novel written by American authorErnest Hemingway about a group of American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_Also_Rises)
Opinion: In my opinion, I do not find this novel as compelling as the other novels because I am not very interested in bulls and bullfights. I think it is interesting that he writes about traveling from Paris to San Fermin, but other than that I feel this book will not spark my interest.