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The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton, 2013<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In 2013, Catton became the youngest author to win the Man Booker Prize for this beautiful novel set in the gold fields of New Zealand in 1866. Central to the plot are several unsolved crimes (Murder! Attempted suicide! Theft! Opium abuse! Communing with spirits!) and mystery which ties them all together. This mystery is what makes The Luminaries <\/em>a quick read, despite its 800 pages.<\/p>\n http:\/\/pegasus.luc.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=2041386<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2666, Roberto Bolan\u0303o<\/strong><\/em> ; translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer, 2004<\/p>\n This five-part book was the last Bolan\u0303o wrote before his death in 2003, Its parts\u2014the part about the critics, the part about Amalfitano, the part about fate, the part about the crimes, and the part about Archimboldi\u2014are loosely connected by the murders of hundreds of women in a Mexican border town. Maybe one of the darker, more violent books you could read this summer, 2666 <\/em>is a gritty and labyrinthine epic that spans centuries and continents.<\/p>\n http:\/\/pegasus.luc.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=1167628<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1Q84, Haruki Murakami, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Part mystery, part love story, part dystopian novel, 1Q84 <\/em>is Murakami\u2019s longest novel. Aomame, a female assassin and Tengo, a writer pressured into plagiarism by an enigmatic high school student, inhabit \u201ca world that bears a question.\u201d Surreal, complex, and enthralling, this novel will have you speeding through to its dramatic conclusion.<\/p>\n http:\/\/pegasus.luc.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=1708969<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n East of Eden, John Steinbeck, 1952<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Steinbeck\u2019s allegorical novel details the lives and fates of two families\u2014the Trasks and the Hamiltons\u2014in early twentieth century California. Full of detail and biblical allusion, East of Eden<\/em> was an instant bestseller when it was first published and has endured as one of the greatest American novels.<\/p>\n http:\/\/pegasus.luc.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=456983<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace, 1996<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Clocking in at just over 1,000 pages, Wallace\u2019s best-known work is a challenge to carry, much less complete. The plot of the novel centers on a children\u2019s tennis academy, a drug and alcohol recovery center, and a group of French-Canadian wheelchair-bound assassins, but is mainly focused on the perils of addiction, entertainment, and corporate advertisement. It may take you a few attempts to finish, but Infinite Jest<\/em> is considered one of the best modern novels for a reason.<\/p>\n http:\/\/pegasus.luc.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=849673<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n