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All-time Classics
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A Little History of the World: Illustrated Edition
E.H. Gombrich
A Little History of the World: Illustrated Edition
E.H. Gombrich
4.1·1936·304p
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
David Wroblewski
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
David Wroblewski
3.7·2008·608p
Monday Starts on Saturday
Arkady Strugatsky
Monday Starts on Saturday
Arkady Strugatsky
4.1·1965·256p
The Broken Sword
Poul Anderson
The Broken Sword
Poul Anderson
3.9·1954·0p
Beware of Pity
Stefan Zweig
Beware of Pity
Stefan Zweig
4.3·1939·392p
Austenland
Shannon Hale
Austenland
Shannon Hale
3.6·2007·208p
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
4.1·1895·354p
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens
4.0·1800·932p
We, the Drowned
Carsten Jensen
We, the Drowned
Carsten Jensen
4.2·2006·678p
Queer
William S. Burroughs
Queer
William S. Burroughs
3.5·1985·144p
4.50 from Paddington / A Pocket Full of Rye: Two BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
Agatha Christie
4.50 from Paddington / A Pocket Full of Rye: Two BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
Agatha Christie
4.0·1957·261p
1Q84: Book 2
Haruki Murakami
1Q84: Book 2
Haruki Murakami
4.1·2009·512p
A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver
A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver
4.2·2012·96p
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology
William Gibson
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology
William Gibson
3.9·1986·239p
The High King
Lloyd Alexander
The High King
Lloyd Alexander
4.3·1968·0p
Esio Trot
Roald Dahl
Esio Trot
Roald Dahl
3.7·1990·68p
The Edible Woman
Margaret Atwood
The Edible Woman
Margaret Atwood
3.7·1969·368p
Purgatorio
Dante Alighieri
Purgatorio
Dante Alighieri
4.0·1320·600p
33 Strategies of War
Robert Greene
33 Strategies of War
Robert Greene
4.2·2015·0p
The Road Less Traveled
M. Scott Peck
The Road Less Traveled
M. Scott Peck
4.1·1978·320p
The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra: Applause First Folio Editions
William Shakespeare
The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra: Applause First Folio Editions
William Shakespeare
3.7·1606·348p
This Present Darkness
Frank E. Peretti
This Present Darkness
Frank E. Peretti
4.2·1986·532p
Cabal
Clive Barker
Cabal
Clive Barker
3.9·1988·0p
Shirley
Charlotte Brontë
Shirley
Charlotte Brontë
3.9·1800·684p
Beezus and Ramona
Beverly Cleary
Beezus and Ramona
Beverly Cleary
4.0·1955·183p
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle
4.1·199·404p
Skagboys
Irvine Welsh
Skagboys
Irvine Welsh
4.1·2012·548p
Longbourn
Jo Baker
Longbourn
Jo Baker
3.7·2013·304p
The First Men in the Moon
H. G. Wells
The First Men in the Moon
H. G. Wells
3.6·1901·168p
City of the Beasts
Isabel Allende
City of the Beasts
Isabel Allende
3.7·2002·408p
Nada
Carmen Laforet
Nada
Carmen Laforet
3.8·1944·0p
Bright Dead Things
Ada Limon
Bright Dead Things
Ada Limon
4.2·2015·105p
The Sheltering Sky / Let It Come Down / The Spider's House
Paul Bowles
The Sheltering Sky / Let It Come Down / The Spider's House
Paul Bowles
3.9·0·0p
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
3.8·1927·192p
Under The Tuscan Sun
Frances Mayes
Under The Tuscan Sun
Frances Mayes
3.8·1996·288p
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears
3.9·1997·704p
Dice Man
Luke Rhinehart
Dice Man
Luke Rhinehart
3.5·1971·355p
Life
Georges Perec
Life
Georges Perec
4.2·1978·581p
The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned
Anne Rice
The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned
Anne Rice
3.9·1989·484p
Relativity
Albert Einstein
Relativity
Albert Einstein
4.2·1916·184p
