People whose profile includes Catch-22
~ Joseph Heller
Jessicaannlynn
~ 21-year-old woman in Buford, GA
Catch-22
“not really my typical type of book...but good book .”
The Great Gatsby
“forced to read it in school. i fell in love.”
Keith9698
~ 50-year-old man in Elizabethtown, KY
Catch-22
“The best book I've ever read. It's in turn hilarious and astonishingly poignant and deeply angry. The gradual seething in this...”
The Catcher in the Rye
“The influence this book has had is astonishing. I don't know how many Holden Caufields I've run into over the years. Simply...”
daisypop
~ 30-year-old woman in Providence, RI
Catch-22
“hilarious.”
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
“i want to be a wizard.”
Nicola
~ 32-year-old woman in Ottawa, Canada
Catch-22
“I think I was in the perfect black-humour mood for this book. I need to reread it some day, and I still haven't seen the movie.”
Freakonomics
“It's just so much FUN. Why do gangsters live with their mothers? What does your child's name say about his potential for...”
Kathybobathy
~ 23-year-old woman in Culver City, CA
Catch-22
“Too real. I read this twice. Both times for school, but I loved every minute of it.”
Slaughterhouse-Five
“I loved the humor present in Slaughterhouse-Five. Also, I like any literature based in WWII.”
babyfishmouth
~ 49-year-old woman in Toronto, Canada
Catch-22
“Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?”
The Great Gatsby
“Perfect novel. Not one word wasted, not one word needed.”
JessicaRPCV
~ 28-year-old woman in Washington, DC
Catch-22
“I love the irony.”
The Great Gatsby
“When I read this in high school I was amazed by the story and style. I've since read all of Fitzgerald's work and this is still...”
historydork
~ 41-year-old man in Oxford, United Kingdom
Catch-22
“Hilarious if over-long. I went to a war once and they really do run them like that.”
Anna Karenina
“My favourite Tolstoy (though the the impassioned four page rants about modern agricultural methods aren't as exciting as the bits...”
ocelot88
~ 24-year-old woman in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Catch-22
“Absurdity is too often depressing. Here it isn't.”
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
“I literally could not put this book down. I was exhausted the next day at work because I could not go to bed until I had finished...”
devmae
~ 33-year-old woman in Louisville, KY
Catch-22
“You know that frustrating moment, the one where you've come up against a wall of red tape, bureaucracy, and dissembling that...”
A Farewell To Arms
“I'm not sure I've ever come across a more devastating ending to a book.”
