The Catcher in the Rye cover

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger (1951)

The most banned book in American high schools is also the most honest portrait of what being sixteen actually feels like — because Holden Caulfield says what everyone thinks and nobody admits.

EraPostwar / Confessional
Pages214
Difficulty★★☆☆☆ Moderate
AP Appearances18