Fiction
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Balzac, Honore: LES ILLUSIONS PERDU [LOST ILLUSIONS]
                SCENES DE LA VIE D'UNE COURTISANE
                [SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A COURTISAN]
     Balzac's grand tales of passion and ambition in his HUMAN COMEDY series.

Burdick, Eugene: THE NINTH WAVE, Dell, 1957, $.50.
     A man discovers the secret behind selfish human behavior and uses it
     to build a political career.  A frightening and prophetic novel.
                
Clavell, James: SHOGUN, Dell, 1975, ISBN 0-440-17800-2, $3.50.
     English sailor shipwrecked in 17th Century Feudal Japan.  Epic historic
     tale of power and intrigue.

Dumas, Alexander: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
     One of the best revenge stories ever written.

Feuchtwanger, Lion: DER JšDISCHE KRIEG [THE JEWISH WAR]
     The story of Flavius Josephus and the Jewish uprising against the Romans
     in the First Century.  

Goethe: FAUST, Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag, 1972 printing, 
ISBN 3-423-05109-4, DM 3.80.
     Goethe's novel in verse about the unbounded passion for knowledge.

Hemingway, Ernest: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.
     Heroic tale of battle and love in the Spanish Civil War.

Hersey, John: THE WALL, Pocket Books, 1954, $.50 [out of print].
     A novel of the Jewish uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto.  Well written and
     inspiring.

Hesse, Hermann: DEMIAN
                NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND
                STEPPENWOLF
     The German mystic Hesse dispenses wisdom in well-told tales.

Lermontov: A HERO OF OUR TIMES
     Love and intrigue in 19th century Russia.

Mann, Thomas: JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS
     The biblical tale retold and expanded by a modern master.

Maugham, W. Somerset: OF HUMAN BONDAGE
     A story of growing up, obsession, and love.

Michener: James: [various historical novels]
     Long, but engrossing novels about land and settlers.

Steinbeck, John: EAST OF EDEN, Bantam, 1952, ISBN 0-553-08648-0, $1.95.
     Good and Evil and the meaning of Free Will in a fine and readable
     story.

Stendhal: SCARLET AND BLACK, Penguin Books, 1953, $2.95.
     Social climbing, intrigue, romance in 1830's France.  Marvelous
     portrayal of societal life and gripping story.

Trevanian: SHIBUMI, Ballantine Books, 1980, ISBN 0-345-28585-9, $2.95.
     On the most superficial level a well-crafted espionage novel, but
     actually a spoof of the entire genre and superb example of how to
     flesh out characters.  Funny and enjoyable.

Twain, Mark: LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, Bantam, 1963 edition, $.50.
     One of the lesser known Twain books, but one of the best.  Retelling
     of his learning to be a river pilot as a youth.

Wouk, Herman: MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR, Pocket Books, 1973, ISBN 0-671-81436-2,
$2.50.
     The coming of age of an aspiring actress in the Manhattan of the 1930's.
     A grand morality tale.