Help an English lit noob out - need some good fiction

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The Virgin Suicides won a bunch of prizes.

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I thought the movie was pretty sweet too, had to watch it for a Psych class. Might have to pick up the book as they're always better.

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On the Road.

My all time favorite book. It's a great view of America post WWII from outside the mainstream.

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Mega entertaining. This books is basically the chronicles of the freest spirit I've ever heard of, fictional or non.

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This is in my top 3 also, great read especially if you're on the road, planning on traveling, or starting any new branch of your life. Kerouac's writing is uncannily down to earth, and his descriptions of people and places are fantastic. It's like he nails down every little thing's exact being and energy - sorry hard to 'splain [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] The character descriptions were novel and vivid for me.