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All-time Classics
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My Life in France
Julia Child
My Life in France
Julia Child
4.2·2006·336p
A Sand County Almanac
Aldo Leopold
A Sand County Almanac
Aldo Leopold
4.3·1949·226p
The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.3·2022·352p
The Star Diaries
Stanisław Lem
The Star Diaries
Stanisław Lem
4.2·1957·275p
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Ernest Hemingway
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Ernest Hemingway
3.8·196·146p
Nights at the Circus
Angela Carter
Nights at the Circus
Angela Carter
3.9·1984·0p
Dead Man's Walk
Larry McMurtry
Dead Man's Walk
Larry McMurtry
4.1·1995·464p
Going Solo
Roald Dahl
Going Solo
Roald Dahl
4.1·1986·210p
Glamorama
Bret Easton Ellis
Glamorama
Bret Easton Ellis
3.5·1998·482p
Poison for Breakfast
Lemony Snicket
Poison for Breakfast
Lemony Snicket
4.1·2018·176p
The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne
3.4·19·484p
Nova
Samuel R. Delany
Nova
Samuel R. Delany
3.8·1968·0p
Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
Michael Moorcock
Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
Michael Moorcock
3.9·1976·352p
Little Town on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little Town on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
3.9·1941·307p
Half Way Home
Hugh Howey
Half Way Home
Hugh Howey
3.7·2010·368p
The Dead
James Joyce
The Dead
James Joyce
4.0·1914·248p
Against Nature
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Against Nature
Joris-Karl Huysmans
3.8·1884·226p
The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
3.8·1953·586p
Indian Horse
Richard Wagamese
Indian Horse
Richard Wagamese
4.4·2012·220p
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jack Finney
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jack Finney
3.9·1955·228p
Sometimes a Great Notion
Ken Kesey
Sometimes a Great Notion
Ken Kesey
4.3·1964·736p
The End of Loneliness
Benedict Wells
The End of Loneliness
Benedict Wells
4.4·2016·240p
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume
4.1·1972·0p
The Call of the Wild and White Fang
Jack London
The Call of the Wild and White Fang
Jack London
3.9·1903·278p
Lysistrata and Other Plays
Aristophanes
Lysistrata and Other Plays
Aristophanes
3.9·424·241p
The Ruby in the Smoke
Philip Pullman
The Ruby in the Smoke
Philip Pullman
3.8·1985·230p
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
William Blake
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
William Blake
4.1·1794·56p
Incidents in the life of a slave girl
Harriet Ann Jacobs
Incidents in the life of a slave girl
Harriet Ann Jacobs
3.9·1861·108p
The House of Bernarda Alba
Federico García Lorca
The House of Bernarda Alba
Federico García Lorca
3.9·1930·208p
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness
Epictetus
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness
Epictetus
4.2·125·126p
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Gregory Maguire
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Gregory Maguire
3.5·1999·372p
Drown
Junot Díaz
Drown
Junot Díaz
4.0·1995·208p
Wonder Boys
Michael Chabon
Wonder Boys
Michael Chabon
3.9·1995·386p
A Hunger Artist
Franz Kafka
A Hunger Artist
Franz Kafka
4.1·1924·85p
The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Fowles
The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Fowles
3.9·1969·399p
The Book of Tea
Kakuzō Okakura
The Book of Tea
Kakuzō Okakura
4.3·1900·128p
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Julian Jaynes
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Julian Jaynes
4.3·1976·472p
The 120 Days of Sodom
Marquis de Sade
The 120 Days of Sodom
Marquis de Sade
3.0·1785·376p
Three Comrades
Erich Maria Remarque
Three Comrades
Erich Maria Remarque
4.5·1936·497p
Surprised By Joy: The Shape Of My Early Life
C. S. Lewis
Surprised By Joy: The Shape Of My Early Life
C. S. Lewis
4.1·1955·304p
