Franny & Zooey (Lots and lots of words to get through but the reward is theology that makes it worth it.)
Nine Stories (A couple of these stories are rated as among the best of 20th century American literature.)
Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters and Seymour : An Introduction (Some say this is his best work. It's fictional biography of the author's mind.)
Hapworth 16, 1924 (Worse than Yoko Ono's singing.)
At
Home in the World (Forget the unkind reviews. This book is
fascinating
and well written.)
By Joyce Maynard
In
Search of J. D. Salinger (This will cure your desire to meet
him.)
By Ian Hamilton
Books about his fiction:
Holden Caulfield (Major Literary Characters)
J.D. Salinger (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers)
J.D.
Salinger (Modern Critical Views)
