AUGUST by Judith Rossner A patient’s relationship with her analyst. MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS by Truman Capote Intelligently observed short fiction and...

THE BOXCAR CHILDREN by Gertrude Chandler Warner Book One of the series. Four homeless, orphaned siblings discover they have a grandfather,...

GO ASK ALICE A diary about a teenager’s terrifying addiction to drugs–written by “ANONYMOUS.” THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott...

DON’T FALL OFF THE MOUNTAIN By Shirley MacLaine The Actress’s 1970 debut book about her growing up years in Virginia,...

GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell Considered the Great American Novel, it was the author’s only major work. The...

FIRST, YOU CRY by Betty Rollin The 1976 memoir by the NBC news reporter who was unexpectedly diagnosed with breast...

SKYWRITING: A LIFE OUT OF THE BLUE By Jane Pauley The former anchorwoman’s sudden diagnosis of manic-depressive illness, and successful...

ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET. by Judy Blume The difficulties tolerating female adolescence. FROM THE MIXED UP FILES...

ON REFLECTION by Helen Hayes The First Lady of the American Theatre “speaks.” AN UNFINISHED WOMAN by Lillian Hellman The...

LUST FOR LIFE by Irving Stone A “biographical” novel of Vincent Van Gogh. First published in 1934. ONE WRITER’S BEGINNINGS...

BLACKBERRY WINTER by Margaret Mead The anthropologist’s autobiography. WE THE LIVING by Ayn Rand In this, the author’s debut 1936...

FOREVER AMBER by Kathleen Winsor When the book appeared in 1944, the public immediately began to talk about Amber St....