1384 titles · curated
All-time Classics
The shelf that everything else leans on.
Canon and counter-canon. Books that have survived being misread for a hundred years.
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Every era of Classics
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Harry Potter: The Prequel
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter: The Prequel
J.K. Rowling
4.1·2008·4p
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
3.8·1980·219p
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Marjane Satrapi
4.2·2000·194p
Medea and Other Plays
Euripides
Medea and Other Plays
Euripides
4.0·432·256p
An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.8·1986·208p
The Rebel
Albert Camus
The Rebel
Albert Camus
4.1·1951·320p
My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk
My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk
3.9·1998·417p
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
2.5·1854·358p
How Do You Live?
Genzaburo Yoshino
How Do You Live?
Genzaburo Yoshino
4.0·1937·288p
Grendel
John Gardner
Grendel
John Gardner
3.7·1971·174p
Las venas abiertas de América Latina
Eduardo Galeano
Las venas abiertas de América Latina
Eduardo Galeano
4.3·1971·379p
Satantango
László Krasznahorkai
Satantango
László Krasznahorkai
4.1·1985·288p
The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
Thomas Ligotti
The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
Thomas Ligotti
4.0·2010·272p
The Aleph and Other Stories 1933-1969
Jorge Luis Borges
The Aleph and Other Stories 1933-1969
Jorge Luis Borges
4.3·1945·286p
The Hunger Games Trilogy
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games Trilogy
Suzanne Collins
4.5·2008·1187p
The Vampire Armand
Anne Rice
The Vampire Armand
Anne Rice
3.6·1998·387p
About a Boy
Nick Hornby
About a Boy
Nick Hornby
3.8·1998·307p
Silas Marner
George Eliot
Silas Marner
George Eliot
3.7·1861·364p
The Crossing
Cormac McCarthy
The Crossing
Cormac McCarthy
4.2·1994·432p
The Monk: A Romance
Matthew Gregory Lewis
The Monk: A Romance
Matthew Gregory Lewis
3.9·1794·431p
In Praise of Shadows
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
In Praise of Shadows
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
4.0·1933·88p
Planet of the Apes
Pierre Boulle
Planet of the Apes
Pierre Boulle
4.0·1963·128p
Чтец
Bernhard Schlink
Чтец
Bernhard Schlink
3.8·1995·221p
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley
4.5·1976·587p
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy
4.0·1895·534p
The Double
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Double
Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.3·1846·145p
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark
3.7·1961·164p
The Cyberiad
Stanisław Lem
The Cyberiad
Stanisław Lem
4.1·1965·244p
Sophie's Choice
William Styron
Sophie's Choice
William Styron
4.2·1979·632p
Devotions
Mary Oliver
Devotions
Mary Oliver
4.5·2017·480p
Last Chance to See
Mark Carwardine
Last Chance to See
Mark Carwardine
4.3·1990·256p
Agnes Grey
Anne Brontë
Agnes Grey
Anne Brontë
3.7·1847·320p
As You Like It
William Shakespeare
As You Like It
William Shakespeare
3.8·1599·288p
The Pale King
David Foster Wallace
The Pale King
David Foster Wallace
4.0·2011·548p
Se questo è un uomo
Primo Levi
Se questo è un uomo
Primo Levi
4.3·1947·198p
Glorious Exploits
Ferdia Lennon
Glorious Exploits
Ferdia Lennon
4.1·2024·289p
Whose Body?
Dorothy L. Sayers
Whose Body?
Dorothy L. Sayers
3.8·1923·0p
Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth
Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth
3.7·1969·296p
Germinal
Émile Zola
Germinal
Émile Zola
4.2·1885·448p
The Years
Annie Ernaux
The Years
Annie Ernaux
4.2·2008·256p
