1384 titles · curated
All-time Classics
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Canon and counter-canon. Books that have survived being misread for a hundred years.
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The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James
The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James
4.0·1881·666p
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Tom Stoppard
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Tom Stoppard
4.0·1956·128p
The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
4.3·1890·337p
Fear and Trembling
Soren Kierkegaard
Fear and Trembling
Soren Kierkegaard
4.0·1843·180p
3001: The Final Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke
3001: The Final Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke
3.6·1997·0p
Eaters of the Dead
Michael Crichton
Eaters of the Dead
Michael Crichton
3.0·1976·222p
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
3.9·1791·208p
Blood Music
Greg Bear
Blood Music
Greg Bear
3.8·1985·232p
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
3.8·1958·162p
Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
4.2·1915·618p
The Summer Tree
Guy Gavriel Kay
The Summer Tree
Guy Gavriel Kay
4.0·1984·400p
A Grief Observed
C. S. Lewis
A Grief Observed
C. S. Lewis
4.2·1961·116p
Erasure
Percival Everett
Erasure
Percival Everett
4.2·2001·265p
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
4.1·2000·192p
The Quiet American
Graham Greene
The Quiet American
Graham Greene
4.0·1955·272p
In the Hand of the Goddess
Tamora Pierce
In the Hand of the Goddess
Tamora Pierce
4.2·1984·232p
The Honjin Murders
Seishi Yokomizo
The Honjin Murders
Seishi Yokomizo
3.6·1946·193p
Simulacra and Simulation
Jean Baudrillard
Simulacra and Simulation
Jean Baudrillard
4.0·1981·174p
Little, Big
John Crowley
Little, Big
John Crowley
3.8·1981·612p
The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.7·1922·428p
Being and Time
Martin Heidegger
Being and Time
Martin Heidegger
4.1·1927·590p
How to Lie with Statistics
Darrell Huff
How to Lie with Statistics
Darrell Huff
4.0·1954·144p
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Walter Rodney
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Walter Rodney
4.4·1971·432p
Curse of the Mistwraith
Janny Wurts
Curse of the Mistwraith
Janny Wurts
3.8·1993·708p
The Shipping News
Annie Proulx
The Shipping News
Annie Proulx
3.9·1993·360p
Light In August
William Faulkner
Light In August
William Faulkner
3.9·1932·480p
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
4.0·1902·28p
The Days of Abandonment
Elena Ferrante
The Days of Abandonment
Elena Ferrante
3.9·2002·188p
Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier
Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier
3.9·1997·438p
The Tartar Steppe
Dino Buzzati
The Tartar Steppe
Dino Buzzati
4.2·1940·290p
Suttree
Cormac McCarthy
Suttree
Cormac McCarthy
4.2·1979·471p
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
Natalie Haynes
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
Natalie Haynes
4.2·2020·320p
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
3.5·1000·1360p
The Amityville Horror
Jay Anson
The Amityville Horror
Jay Anson
3.8·1977·0p
Howl, and Other Poems
Allen Ginsberg
Howl, and Other Poems
Allen Ginsberg
4.1·1956·57p
Six Easy Pieces
Richard P. Feynman
Six Easy Pieces
Richard P. Feynman
4.2·1994·144p
Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
bell hooks
Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
bell hooks
4.2·2000·140p
Upstream: Selected Essays
Mary Oliver
Upstream: Selected Essays
Mary Oliver
4.2·2016·192p
Gates of Fire
Steven Pressfield
Gates of Fire
Steven Pressfield
4.4·1998·386p
The Razor's Edge
W. Somerset Maugham
The Razor's Edge
W. Somerset Maugham
4.0·1944·314p
