It's hard to imagine, at least for me, what these books would have been about. I suppose he probably wrote some things about the Glass family, those seemed to be really big hits when he wrote about them, even if none of them were considered classics like The Catcher in the Rye. Maybe he did something related to The Catcher itself, though. That sounds like something Salinger might do. That is exactly what he did with the Glass family when his short story about Seymour Glass was published in The New Yorker. But it's still hard to tell, not knowing Salinger personally. If I did know him personally, I'd probably ask him about those books.
Even though he didn't like his books being turned into movies, I wonder if he would have gotten over that by the time he got around to writing some of his later works. Obviously, he didn't want to ruin The Catcher, seeing as it was considered a classic. Still, maybe some of the other supposedly secret novels that he may or may not have written would have made good movies, or at least be easier to make into a movie. Salinger might have even made good screenplays, if he put his mind to it. The Catcher isn't exactly the best book I've ever read, but it's pretty good, and even if you don't like The Catcher, you'd probably be able to tell that Salinger is a talented writer.
It would be great if someone found these secret novels, assuming Salinger did write them. I'm assuming he did, though, because writing is something that Salinger does. He writes well, and I can't really imagine someone just not doing something they're good at, unless he had no doubt that The Catcher would eclipse everything else he would ever write. Who knows, though? Maybe someday someone will find these novels and they'll turn out even better than The Catcher. That would be an interesting day.
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