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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Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Richard Bach
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Richard Bach
4.2·1977·196p
The Crimson Petal and the White
Michel Faber
The Crimson Petal and the White
Michel Faber
3.9·2002·901p
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rita Mae Brown
Rubyfruit Jungle
Rita Mae Brown
3.9·1973·193p
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Douglas Coupland
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Douglas Coupland
3.7·1991·211p
The Intuitionist
Colson Whitehead
The Intuitionist
Colson Whitehead
3.6·1999·273p
Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War
Sebastian Faulks
Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War
Sebastian Faulks
3.8·1993·483p
The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories
Edgar Allan Poe
The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories
Edgar Allan Poe
4.0·1842·164p
Kim
Rudyard Kipling
Kim
Rudyard Kipling
3.7·1901·312p
Collected Poems
Sylvia Plath
Collected Poems
Sylvia Plath
4.3·1975·351p
The Mammoth Hunters
Jean M. Auel
The Mammoth Hunters
Jean M. Auel
3.5·1985·688p
Friday
Robert A. Heinlein
Friday
Robert A. Heinlein
3.5·1982·370p
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
Sue Townsend
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
Sue Townsend
3.9·1982·259p
The Crow Road
Iain Banks
The Crow Road
Iain Banks
4.1·1992·501p
The Robber Bride
Margaret Atwood
The Robber Bride
Margaret Atwood
3.8·1993·564p
Woman on the Edge of Time
Marge Piercy
Woman on the Edge of Time
Marge Piercy
3.9·1976·434p
Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis
Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis
3.8·1954·276p
The Minds of Billy Milligan
Daniel Keyes
The Minds of Billy Milligan
Daniel Keyes
4.3·1981·448p
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1
Karl Marx
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1
Karl Marx
4.3·1974·1152p
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Eric Hoffer
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Eric Hoffer
4.2·1951·192p
The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson
The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson
3.9·1952·244p
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Betty Edwards
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Betty Edwards
3.9·1979·534p
The Space Merchants
Frederik Pohl
The Space Merchants
Frederik Pohl
3.8·1952·216p
Em defesa de Cristo
Lee Strobel
Em defesa de Cristo
Lee Strobel
4.2·1998·357p
The Moon is Down
John Steinbeck
The Moon is Down
John Steinbeck
4.0·1942·175p
Jailbird
Kurt Vonnegut
Jailbird
Kurt Vonnegut
3.8·1979·320p
Empire Of The Sun
J. G. Ballard
Empire Of The Sun
J. G. Ballard
4.0·1984·351p
Wives and Daughters
Elizabeth Gaskell
Wives and Daughters
Elizabeth Gaskell
4.1·1866·724p
The Mustache
Emmanuel Carrère
The Mustache
Emmanuel Carrère
3.7·1986·146p
The Cherry Orchard
Антон Павлович Чехов
The Cherry Orchard
Антон Павлович Чехов
3.4·1903·176p
Molloy
Samuel Beckett
Molloy
Samuel Beckett
4.0·1951·241p
The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen
The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen
4.1·1978·368p
For One More Day
Mitch Albom
For One More Day
Mitch Albom
4.1·2006·179p
The War With The Newts
Karel Čapek
The War With The Newts
Karel Čapek
4.2·1935·246p
Mind of My Mind
Octavia E. Butler
Mind of My Mind
Octavia E. Butler
4.2·1973·237p
The Poetics of Space
Gaston Bachelard
The Poetics of Space
Gaston Bachelard
4.2·1957·282p
Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens
2.6·1865·322p
The Game of Kings
Dorothy Dunnett
The Game of Kings
Dorothy Dunnett
4.1·1961·512p
On Food and Cooking
Harold McGee
On Food and Cooking
Harold McGee
4.5·1984·0p
Drugie berega
Vladimir Nabokov
Drugie berega
Vladimir Nabokov
3.8·1941·461p
L.A. Confidential
James Ellroy
L.A. Confidential
James Ellroy
4.2·1990·439p
