The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

Hardcover, 1951

Status

Available

Call number

PS3537.A426

Genres

Publication

Little, Brown and Company (1951), 277 pages

Description

Story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.

Subjects

Awards

National Book Award (Finalist — Fiction — 1952)
Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (59 — 2010)
Rant Lifestyle's 25 Greatest Books of All Time (6)
ALA Most Frequently Challenged Books (1990-2005, 2009, 2011)
The Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read
38 more
501 Must-Read Books (Emma Beare, 2006)
ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (2005)
Notable Books List (1951)
100 Essential New England Books (61)
The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: The Readers' List (19)
Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (2)
Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits (60)
The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: The Board's List (64)
The Great American Read (30)
Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection
Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century (2)
ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999 (10)
Waterstones Books of the Century (6 — 1997)
UC Berkeley Summer Reading List (2002)
Library of Congress Books that Shaped America
ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 (13)
ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2000-2009 (19)
The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (6)
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List (15 — 2009)
The Observer's 100 Best Novels (72)
The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (61)
From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books
The Essential Man's Library: 100 Must-Read Books
Daily Telegraph's 100 Books of the Century, 1900-1999
The Great American Novels (1951)
The Telegraph's 100 novels everyone should read (52)
Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World (1)
Boston Public Library's 100 Most Influential Books of the Century
Daniel S. Burt's Novel 100 (94)
The 100 books every school-leaver ought to have read
40 best books to read before you die
Die 100 Lieblingsbücher der Wiener
Genome of the Russian soul (18)
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (88)
Hungarian Big Read (42)
Best Books Listed for High School Students
The Greatest 20th Century Novels
A Century of Reading by LitHub

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

1951

Physical description

277 p.; 8.25 inches

ISBN

0316769533 / 9780316769532

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PS3537.A426

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