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The Inimitable Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
The Inimitable Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
4.2·1923·240p
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Ursula K. Le Guin
3.9·1975·324p
The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren
The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren
4.0·2002·128p
The Cement Garden
Ian McEwan
The Cement Garden
Ian McEwan
3.5·1978·154p
Die Physiker
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Die Physiker
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
3.9·1937·73p
The Poems Revised
W.B. Yeats
The Poems Revised
W.B. Yeats
4.2·1989·751p
El Aleph
Jorge Luis Borges
El Aleph
Jorge Luis Borges
4.3·1945·113p
Why I Write
George Orwell
Why I Write
George Orwell
4.0·1946·32p
The Consolations Of Philosophy
Alain de Botton
The Consolations Of Philosophy
Alain de Botton
4.0·2000·272p
Out of Africa
Isak Dinesen
Out of Africa
Isak Dinesen
4.2·1937·401p
How the Irish Saved Civilization
Thomas Cahill
How the Irish Saved Civilization
Thomas Cahill
3.8·1995·274p
Sarum
Edward Rutherfurd
Sarum
Edward Rutherfurd
4.1·0·0p
A Year in Provence
Peter Mayle
A Year in Provence
Peter Mayle
4.0·1989·210p
Taran Wanderer
Lloyd Alexander
Taran Wanderer
Lloyd Alexander
4.1·1967·260p
Runaway: Stories
Alice Munro
Runaway: Stories
Alice Munro
4.0·2003·335p
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Laura Ingalls Wilder
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Laura Ingalls Wilder
3.7·1939·309p
Gai-Jin
James Clavell
Gai-Jin
James Clavell
3.7·1993·1106p
The Conquest of Happiness
Bertrand Russell
The Conquest of Happiness
Bertrand Russell
4.0·1930·249p
Waiting for the Barbarians
J.M. Coetzee
Waiting for the Barbarians
J.M. Coetzee
3.9·1980·165p
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Alison Weir
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Alison Weir
4.1·1992·672p
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
George Orwell
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
George Orwell
3.9·1936·277p
Blue Nights
Joan Didion
Blue Nights
Joan Didion
4.0·2011·0p
Woman at Point Zero
Nawal El Saadawi
Woman at Point Zero
Nawal El Saadawi
4.2·1975·0p
The Bridge on the Drina
Ivo Andrić
The Bridge on the Drina
Ivo Andrić
4.3·1945·324p
Prodigal Son
Dean Koontz
Prodigal Son
Dean Koontz
4.0·2005·498p
The Adventures of Pinocchio: Story of a Puppet
Carlo Collodi
The Adventures of Pinocchio: Story of a Puppet
Carlo Collodi
3.9·1883·228p
Old Yeller
Fred Gipson
Old Yeller
Fred Gipson
4.1·1920·117p
Runaway Horses
Yukio Mishima
Runaway Horses
Yukio Mishima
4.2·1969·423p
Lolly Willowes
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Lolly Willowes
Sylvia Townsend Warner
3.7·1926·264p
The Anti-Christ
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Anti-Christ
Friedrich Nietzsche
3.9·0·0p
O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
3.8·1913·230p
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
William Styron
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
William Styron
4.0·1990·96p
Clay's Ark
Octavia E. Butler
Clay's Ark
Octavia E. Butler
3.8·1984·340p
The Plains of Passage
Jean M. Auel
The Plains of Passage
Jean M. Auel
3.5·1990·786p
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Immanuel Kant
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Immanuel Kant
3.8·1785·82p
The Monkey Wrench Gang
Edward Abbey
The Monkey Wrench Gang
Edward Abbey
4.1·1975·421p
The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848
Eric Hobsbawm
The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848
Eric Hobsbawm
4.2·1962·413p
Bonhoeffer
Eric Metaxas
Bonhoeffer
Eric Metaxas
4.2·2009·624p
Fate of the Fallen
Kel Kade
Fate of the Fallen
Kel Kade
3.9·2019·348p
Awakenings
Oliver Sacks
Awakenings
Oliver Sacks
4.1·0·0p
