(B) The End of the Affair (Graham Greene, 1951) Grade: A
This novel has a great first sentence: A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look ahead. And with that begins this analysis into the intensity of human emotion in which one can feel both love and hate simultaneously toward another.

(B) Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami, 1987) Grade: A
The book that made Murakami a celebrity in Japan is like most of his other books: a deceptively easy read that actually offers a lot of depth. Titled after the Beatles’ song, Norwegian Wood is just as bittersweet.