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I'm quite certain that the 2nd one is: Island of the blue dolphin by Scott O'Dell

Only from the one's I've read: (And as authors, not as philosophers) John Steinbeck Aldous Huxley - Early work Harper Lee Joseph Heller William Golding Ray Bradbury George Orwell Aldous Huxley - Later work J.D. Salinger

Hey, I just read Candide this week. I don't know about a rolling grade of laughter, but its certainly chuckly-worthy even (or especially) in the first couple of pages. The style is so naive, so (well obviously) candid, and the situations so obviously... well it sort of the kind of funny where...

East of Eden I found to be his best written. Grapes of Wrath: most powerful. Cannery Row: most endearing. Of Mice and Men/The Pearl: most over rated. (The latter is a nice-fable-story, but nothing special in the context of his other work.) (For Steinbeckian humour, I would also recommend...