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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo
4.4·2006·228p
The King of Elfland's Daughter
Lord Dunsany
The King of Elfland's Daughter
Lord Dunsany
3.8·1924·242p
A Murder of Quality
John le Carré
A Murder of Quality
John le Carré
3.6·1962·164p
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
James McBride
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
James McBride
4.2·1995·346p
The Black Cauldron
Lloyd Alexander
The Black Cauldron
Lloyd Alexander
4.1·0·0p
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Ilan Pappé
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Ilan Pappé
4.5·2006·320p
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
Naomi Wolf
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
Naomi Wolf
3.9·1990·368p
The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot
4.3·1800·510p
Fever 1793
Laurie Halse Anderson
Fever 1793
Laurie Halse Anderson
3.9·2000·260p
Pinball, 1973
Haruki Murakami
Pinball, 1973
Haruki Murakami
3.5·1980·215p
Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle
4.5·20·90p
Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book II
Thucydides
Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book II
Thucydides
4.0·412·261p
The Snow Queen
Joan D. Vinge
The Snow Queen
Joan D. Vinge
3.4·1980·414p
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
4.0·1927·227p
Dragondrums
Anne McCaffrey
Dragondrums
Anne McCaffrey
3.7·1979·240p
In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez
In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez
4.2·1991·352p
The Sword in the Stone
T. H. White
The Sword in the Stone
T. H. White
3.9·1938·288p
Gormenghast
Mervyn Peake
Gormenghast
Mervyn Peake
4.0·1950·620p
Poetics
Aristotle
Poetics
Aristotle
3.8·351·148p
Against the Day
Thomas Pynchon
Against the Day
Thomas Pynchon
4.1·2006·1085p
Dom Casmurro
Machado de Assis
Dom Casmurro
Machado de Assis
4.3·2·210p
The Way of Zen
Alan Watts
The Way of Zen
Alan Watts
4.2·1957·236p
In the Penal Colony
Michael Hofmann
In the Penal Colony
Michael Hofmann
3.9·1912·40p
The Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight Dragonquest The White Dragon
Anne McCaffrey
The Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight Dragonquest The White Dragon
Anne McCaffrey
4.3·1978·834p
The C Programming Language
Brian W. Kernighan
The C Programming Language
Brian W. Kernighan
4.4·1978·288p
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
4.4·1903·496p
The Great and Secret Show
Clive Barker
The Great and Secret Show
Clive Barker
4.1·1989·672p
When Nietzsche Wept
Irvin D. Yalom
When Nietzsche Wept
Irvin D. Yalom
4.4·1992·350p
In Watermelon Sugar
Richard Brautigan
In Watermelon Sugar
Richard Brautigan
3.8·1960·156p
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Natalie Goldberg
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Natalie Goldberg
4.2·1986·286p
Pride and Premeditation
Tirzah Price
Pride and Premeditation
Tirzah Price
2.5·2020·368p
The Sandman: Book of Dreams
Colin Greenland
The Sandman: Book of Dreams
Colin Greenland
4.3·1988·416p
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Robert D. Putnam
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Robert D. Putnam
3.9·2000·550p
The Puppet Masters
Robert A. Heinlein
The Puppet Masters
Robert A. Heinlein
3.9·1951·220p
Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup
Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup
4.2·1853·363p
The Miracle Of Mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh
The Miracle Of Mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh
4.2·1975·160p
At Bertram's Hotel
Agatha Christie
At Bertram's Hotel
Agatha Christie
3.7·1940·223p
Women & Power: A Manifesto
Mary Beard
Women & Power: A Manifesto
Mary Beard
4.0·2017·115p
The Hero and the Crown
Robin McKinley
The Hero and the Crown
Robin McKinley
4.2·1984·219p
Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Gilles Deleuze
Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Gilles Deleuze
4.2·1972·400p
