Have you read any Salinger books besides Catcher in The Rye?

I've only read Franny and Zooey and I thought it was fantastic. I'm nervous about the quality of Catcher so I think Nine Stories will be the next work I tackle of his.

>>8992551
You think you won't watch Catcher in The Rye? The book changed my perspective on people.

Read For Esme (Nine stories) and it's very good.

>>8992540
why dont you read it chronologicly?

>>8992582
I don't know. I never really thought to do that.

>>8992540
No one should ever write Salinger off after only reading Catcher. He's not some Harper Lee one-trick pony.

>>8992540
Franny and Zooey>Catcher<Nine Stories<Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction

>>8992540
I've read all his stuff.

Honestly Catcher is so shit so when I was worried about reading Franny and Zooey, but it was pretty good. I really liked Zooey's character. Not sure it sold me on Salinger enough to read that much more of his work

Franny and Zooey is a bit too preachy and melodramatic at times in my opinion.

His short stories are fantastic, he is great at dialogue and he has a very comfortable aesthetic.

you've gotta read seymour: an introduction

really, you've gotta read the whole glass family cycle, but i especially love seymour

franny and zooey is gr8 too

The people who hate on Catcher hate on Holden Caulfield and dont appreciate the book for what it is. I read Catcher too late to identify with Holden but I could still recognize the talent that went into it.

Also, Ive read nine stories and loved it. Its a shame he quit as Salinger could have been a monster in the book industry

You've read the good ones. No need to continue