4.20 avg rating — 4,163,351 ratings

"a young girl hiding from genocide and growing up through a war - there are many war books but this isn't fiction it's the actual thing (if you don't consider the many translation issues there might be)."

4.13 avg rating — 1,859,235 ratings

"wilde could dive into men's nature and this takes us from morally secure to this great 'what if' and 'is it worth it?'"

4.12 avg rating — 1,097,799 ratings

"it seems like this big family story full of sex, rage and fantastic ordinary events. once you peel that away you have politics and sociology. literary master piece."

4.03 avg rating — 1,384,154 ratings

"strangement. this book will take you there. will show you what you feel or make you feel what you have never known. "

4.14 avg rating — 394,055 ratings

"take an intellectual man like umberto eco and get him to write a detective story. there you go. "