COMING-OF-AGE NOVELS

Drawn together by the theme of isolation, three classics - Emma by Jane Austen, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, and My Name is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok - present unique versions of the rights of passage.

What's better than giving the gift of knowledge? A comprehensive list of wonderful book ideas for graduation gifts.

A teenage boy and his peculiar reading habits.

A review of Stephen Chbosky's hit coming-of-age novel, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

In comparison of the two novels Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the theme of appearance versus reality in their coming of age experiences are brought forth and made evident through the picaresque novel technique.

The Dune series is one of the most influential series in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. While the middle books struggle to maintain the significance of the original Dune, the entire series should be considered required reading for any genre fan.

Three years ago, I made a list of the best books I had read in my lifetime. Here are twenty more, each one highly recommended.

We still need the mystic prophets of the absolute.

This is a research article about children's literature, mythology and popular culture. It tries to understand the important role that the very different religious sensibilities of authors like C.S. Lewis and Philip Pullman are playing in our culture.

The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks is an epic fantasy that began the long series of Shannara novels that still continues today.

I have read a lot in my almost twenty years of life. I consider myself well-read. Here is a list of the twenty books I have read that I am here defining as the best. I highly suggest them all.

Books are wonderful and can give you wings to fly into another world. There has certainly been a lot of good books published over the decade, these are just a small few of the best ever written. The top five best novels of the decade.

Edgar Sawtelle has to be one of the most controversial books I've ever read. Here is why.

An exploration of one of the hottest graphic novels on the market

Jeff Gerke of Marcher Lord Press, a unique concept in Christian publishing, discusses his experiences and motivations for founding MLP.

Although no movie ever really surpasses its literary source, these are the 10 best movies based on popular works of fiction (or fictionalized fact, in one case).

A study of three movies directed by Robert Redford. This is also a history of the man himself. Robert Redford is a man passionate about recording the history of the old west and passionate about preserving what we have taken for granted.

Marjane Satrapi, illustrator, writer and capturer of childhood's truths, displays her talent in her comic-book style novels, Persepolis and Persepolis 2. The autobiographical story begins in 1980 Iran, the beginning of the Muslim Revolution.