Adult Novels (books) By Themes

 

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A Person's Attitudes And Actions...

 

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer Mark Twain

The House Of The Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne

Amsterdam - Ian McEwan

Martin Dressler - Steven Millhauser 

 

First Love Can Have Profound Effects On Characters...

Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte

Daisy Miller Henry James

Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte

Villette Charlotte Bronte

The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall Anne Bronte

Lorna Doone R.D. Blackmore

 

Dystopia

Girlfriend in a Coma - Douglas Coupland

 

Male Angst

Catcher in the Rye  J. D. Salinger

Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

 

Hope

A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry  

Life of Pi - Yann Martel 

 

Preciption between Inner-self and the outside world (Does the world see me as going crazy ?)

Catcher in the Rye  J. D. Salinger

A perfect night to go to China : a novel / David Gilmour.

 

American Dream (is it worth it ?)

The Great Gatsby / by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Martin Dressler - Steven Millhauser

 

 

Parent Child Relationships Are...

Silas Marner George Eliot

Who Has Seen The Wind W.O. Mitchell

Unless - Carol Shields

 

Growing Up Is Hard To Do...

Catcher In The Rye J. D. Salinger

Franny And Zooey J. D. Salinger

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens

Great Expectations Charles Dickens

Hard Times Charles Dickens

Who Has Seen The Wind W.O. Mitchell

Jake and The Kid W.O. Mitchell

A Separate Peace John Knowles

 

Do Human Beings Have Free Wills?

A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess

The Book Of Job The Bible

1984 George Orwell

Brave New World Aldous Huxley

The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood

The Trial Franz Kafka

Cry The Beloved Country Alan Paton

Looking Back Edward Bellamy

Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury

 

Rebel Figures...

Catcher In The Rye J. D. Salinger

The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood

The Color Purple Alice Walker

Rebel Without A Cause Robert Linder

 

The Loss Of Innocence Is Inevitable...

The Power And The Glory Graham Greene

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne

Of Mice And Men John Steinbeck

Stranger In A Strange Land Robert Heinleim

Shipping News - Anne Proulx

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

 

Dark Family Relationships

Crow Lake - Mary Lawson

Fall on Your Knees - Anne Marie Macdonald

Clara Callan - Richard B. Wright

The Secret Life of Bees -Sue Monk Kidd

 

Madness May In Fact Be Sanity...

The Last Of The Crazy People Timothy Findley

The Wars Timothy Findley

The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath

Of Mice And Men John Steinbeck

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest John Kelsey

 

The Voice Of Women...

Pride And Prejudice Jane Austen

The French Lieutenant's Woman John Fowles

The Awakening Kate Chopin

Herland Charlotte Perkins Gilman Tess Of The D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy

Woman On The Edge Of Time Marge Piercy

Diviners - Margaret Laurence

Stone Diaries - Carol Shields 

Clara Callan - Richard B. Wright

 

 

War Is...

All Quiet On The Western Front E.M. Remarque

The Wars Timothy Findley

For Whom The Bell Tolls Earnest Hemingway

A Farewell To Arms Earnest Hemingway

The Red Badge Of Courage Stephen Crane

The Lilies Of The Field William Barrett

Slaughter House -5 Kurt Vonnegut

Catch 22 Joseph Heller

 

Male-Female Relationships...

Streetcar Named Desire Tennesee Williams (play)

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Tennesee Williams (play)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Edward Albee

 

 

12. The Nature Of Evil...

Heart Of Darkness Joseph Conrad

The Collector John Fowles

The Turn Of The Screw Henry James

Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde R. L. Stevenson

The Portrait Of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne

Typhon Joseph Conrad

Youth Joseph Conrad

 

13. Terror...

Dracula Bram Stoker

Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde R. L. Stevenson

Frankenstein Mary Shelly

The Raven Edgar Allen Poe

The Turn Of The Screw Henry James

 

14. Shakespeare...

The Tempest

A Winter's Tale

Measure For Measure

The Merchant Of Venice

 

15. Fantasy...

Lord Of The Rings Trilogy J.R. Tolkien

Alice In Wonderland Lewis Carroll

The Invisible Man H.G. Wells

The Time Machine H.G. Wells

The War Of The Worlds H.G. Wells

Peter Pan J. M. Barrie

The Wizard Of Oz Frank M. Baum

Chocky John Wyndham

 

16. Love Stories...

A Farewell To Arms Earnest Hemingway

Ethan Frome Edith Wharton

Narthanger Abby Jane Austen

Mansfield Park Jane Austen

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens

The Return Of The Native Thomas Hardy

McTeague Frank Norris

The Watch That Ends The Night Hugh MacLennan

Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson

My Antonia Willa Cathers

 

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17. Adventure...

The Coral Island R. M. Ballantyne

Watership Down Richard Adams

Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson

Robinson Crusoe Daniel Dafoe

To Build A Fire Jack London

Call Of The Wild Jack London

The Last Of The Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper

The Deer Slayer James Fenimore Cooper

John Dollar Marianne Higgins