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All-time Classics
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The Wisdom of Insecurity
Alan Watts
The Wisdom of Insecurity
Alan Watts
4.1·197·152p
The Lessons of History
Will Durant
The Lessons of History
Will Durant
4.0·1968·119p
My Man Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
My Man Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
4.0·1919·0p
I Am a Cat
Natsume Sōseki
I Am a Cat
Natsume Sōseki
3.7·1905·480p
The Dark is Rising
Susan Cooper
The Dark is Rising
Susan Cooper
4.0·1965·320p
The Art of Happiness
Dalai Lama XIV
The Art of Happiness
Dalai Lama XIV
4.2·1998·322p
Crush
Richard Siken
Crush
Richard Siken
4.3·2004·62p
Games People Play
Eric Berne
Games People Play
Eric Berne
3.7·0·0p
A Single Man
Christopher Isherwood
A Single Man
Christopher Isherwood
4.0·1964·158p
Code Complete
McConnell Steve
Code Complete
McConnell Steve
4.3·1993·964p
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
Flannery O’Connor
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
Flannery O’Connor
4.2·1949·252p
Madonna in a Fur Coat
Sabahattin Ali
Madonna in a Fur Coat
Sabahattin Ali
4.3·1943·168p
The third policeman
Flann O'Brien
The third policeman
Flann O'Brien
4.0·1967·207p
The Universe in a Nutshell
Stephen Hawking
The Universe in a Nutshell
Stephen Hawking
4.2·2000·228p
Kingdom Come
Mark Waid
Kingdom Come
Mark Waid
4.3·1996·231p
Snow Falling on Cedars
David Guterson
Snow Falling on Cedars
David Guterson
3.9·1976·432p
All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot
All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot
4.4·1970·560p
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Donald J. Robertson
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Donald J. Robertson
4.3·2019·304p
Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann
Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann
3.9·1966·480p
Existentialism is a Humanism
Jean-Paul Sartre
Existentialism is a Humanism
Jean-Paul Sartre
4.0·1945·123p
Rabbit, Run
John Updike
Rabbit, Run
John Updike
3.6·1960·264p
Odyssey
Stephen Fry
Odyssey
Stephen Fry
4.3·2024·400p
Howards End
E. M. Forster
Howards End
E. M. Forster
4.0·1910·286p
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales: A Selection
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales: A Selection
Hans Christian Andersen
4.1·19·388p
The Halloween Tree
Ray Bradbury
The Halloween Tree
Ray Bradbury
3.8·1972·52p
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1
Karl Marx
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1
Karl Marx
4.1·1867·1152p
The White Album
Joan Didion
The White Album
Joan Didion
4.0·1979·224p
She's Come Undone
Wally Lamb
She's Come Undone
Wally Lamb
3.9·1992·465p
The Last Samurai
Helen DeWitt
The Last Samurai
Helen DeWitt
4.1·2000·484p
The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3.8·1762·177p
Narcissus and Goldmund
Hermann Hesse
Narcissus and Goldmund
Hermann Hesse
4.2·1930·300p
Design Patterns
Erich Gamma
Design Patterns
Erich Gamma
4.2·1994·395p
Finite and Infinite Games
James P. Carse
Finite and Infinite Games
James P. Carse
3.7·1986·119p
Vineland
Thomas Pynchon
Vineland
Thomas Pynchon
3.7·1990·385p
Downbelow Station
C. J. Cherryh
Downbelow Station
C. J. Cherryh
3.9·1981·439p
Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín
Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín
3.8·2009·262p
Alas, Babylon
Pat Frank
Alas, Babylon
Pat Frank
4.1·1959·354p
Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood
Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood
4.0·1988·445p
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
3.9·1881·161p
I Know This Much Is True
Wally Lamb
I Know This Much Is True
Wally Lamb
4.2·1998·916p
