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Nightwood
Djuna Barnes
Nightwood
Djuna Barnes
3.6·1936·319p
Sentimental Education
Gustave Flaubert
Sentimental Education
Gustave Flaubert
3.8·1869·548p
The Jungle Books
Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Books
Rudyard Kipling
4.0·1895·489p
Why I am not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
Bertrand Russell
Why I am not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
Bertrand Russell
4.0·1957·256p
Double Indemnity
James M. Cain
Double Indemnity
James M. Cain
4.0·1889·136p
Bright Lights, Big City
Jay McInerney
Bright Lights, Big City
Jay McInerney
3.8·1984·182p
March
Geraldine Brooks
March
Geraldine Brooks
3.8·2005·304p
Highfire
Eoin Colfer
Highfire
Eoin Colfer
3.7·2020·384p
The Periodic Table
Primo Levi
The Periodic Table
Primo Levi
4.1·1975·279p
Thérèse Raquin
Émile Zola
Thérèse Raquin
Émile Zola
3.7·1867·216p
Cyteen
C. J. Cherryh
Cyteen
C. J. Cherryh
4.0·1988·696p
Dangerous Visions
Harlan Ellison
Dangerous Visions
Harlan Ellison
4.1·1967·544p
Saturday
Ian McEwan
Saturday
Ian McEwan
3.6·2005·306p
The Good Soldier Švejk
Jaroslav Hašek
The Good Soldier Švejk
Jaroslav Hašek
4.1·1923·752p
The Hotel New Hampshire
John Irving
The Hotel New Hampshire
John Irving
3.9·1981·520p
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Henry David Thoreau
4.1·1849·99p
Dreamsnake
Vonda N. McIntyre
Dreamsnake
Vonda N. McIntyre
3.9·1978·313p
The collected dialogues of Plato, including the letters
Plato
The collected dialogues of Plato, including the letters
Plato
4.4·401·1743p
The Last Man
Mary Shelley
The Last Man
Mary Shelley
3.4·1826·514p
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Piers Paul Read
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Piers Paul Read
4.1·1974·320p
Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James
Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James
3.3·2011·291p
The Enchanted April
Elizabeth von Arnim
The Enchanted April
Elizabeth von Arnim
3.9·1922·265p
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Kate Wilhelm
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Kate Wilhelm
3.8·1976·251p
The Red Pony
John Steinbeck
The Red Pony
John Steinbeck
3.5·1933·100p
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Joseph Murphy
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Joseph Murphy
4.1·1963·279p
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
4.5·1915·268p
The Sublime Object of Ideology
Slavoj Žižek
The Sublime Object of Ideology
Slavoj Žižek
4.1·1989·240p
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tennessee Williams
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tennessee Williams
4.1·1955·127p
Are You My Mother?
P.D. Eastman
Are You My Mother?
P.D. Eastman
4.2·1960·64p
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Laura Hillenbrand
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Laura Hillenbrand
4.2·1999·560p
Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell
Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell
3.8·1853·257p
Philosophical investigations
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophical investigations
Ludwig Wittgenstein
4.3·1953·266p
Esperanza Rising
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising
Pam Muñoz Ryan
4.0·2000·312p
Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli
Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli
4.2·1983·0p
Dear Life
Alice Munro
Dear Life
Alice Munro
3.7·2000·319p
Right Ho, Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
Right Ho, Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
4.3·1934·304p
The Hearing Trumpet
Leonora Carrington
The Hearing Trumpet
Leonora Carrington
4.0·1974·230p
The Feast of the Goat
Mario Vargas Llosa
The Feast of the Goat
Mario Vargas Llosa
4.3·2000·480p
Business Adventures
John Brooks
Business Adventures
John Brooks
3.8·1969·408p
Fire from Heaven
Mary Renault
Fire from Heaven
Mary Renault
4.0·1969·427p
