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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Death and the King's Horseman
Wole Soyinka
Death and the King's Horseman
Wole Soyinka
3.8·1975·84p
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote
3.7·1958·64p
The Baron in the Trees
Italo Calvino
The Baron in the Trees
Italo Calvino
4.3·1957·382p
Samskara
U.R. Ananthamurthy
Samskara
U.R. Ananthamurthy
3.9·1965·116p
Babette's Feast
Isak Dinesen
Babette's Feast
Isak Dinesen
3.8·1958·54p
The Hobbit
Wayne G. Hammond
The Hobbit
Wayne G. Hammond
4.5·1937·144p
The Lord of the Rings
Wayne G. Hammond
The Lord of the Rings
Wayne G. Hammond
4.6·1954·239p
The Conformist
Alberto Moravia
The Conformist
Alberto Moravia
4.0·1951·323p
Anna of the Five Towns
Arnold Bennett
Anna of the Five Towns
Arnold Bennett
2.4·1902·224p
The Poems of John Keats
John Keats
The Poems of John Keats
John Keats
4.1·1820·1377p
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
3.9·1930·969p
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
3.9·1870·396p
The Pillow Book
Sei Shōnagon
The Pillow Book
Sei Shōnagon
4.0·1002·127p
Dream of the Red Chamber
Cao Xueqin
Dream of the Red Chamber
Cao Xueqin
3.5·1791·2119p
Neuromancer
William Gibson
Neuromancer
William Gibson
4.1·1984·271p
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
3.4·2011·256p
The Phantom Ship
Frederick Marryat
The Phantom Ship
Frederick Marryat
3.5·1839·382p
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
4.3·1962·182p
Suite Française
Irène Némirovsky
Suite Française
Irène Némirovsky
3.9·2004·448p
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Dracula
Bram Stoker
4.0·1897·478p
Foundation
Isaac Asimov
Foundation
Isaac Asimov
4.2·1951·244p
Beloved Returns
Thomas Mann
Beloved Returns
Thomas Mann
3.6·1939·458p
The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
4.2·1967·208p
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
5.0·1818·376p
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Yukio Mishima
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Yukio Mishima
5.0·1956·262p
The Colour of Magic
Terry Pratchett
The Colour of Magic
Terry Pratchett
4.0·1983·256p
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
4.3·2017·490p
Medea
Euripides
Medea
Euripides
4.0·0·79p
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.1·1969·304p
The Republic
Plato
The Republic
Plato
4.1·0·416p
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
José Saramago
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
José Saramago
4.2·1984·357p
Beowulf
Anonymous
Beowulf
Anonymous
3.5·1000·213p
Jacques the Fatalist
Denis Diderot
Jacques the Fatalist
Denis Diderot
3.8·1796·258p
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy
4.1·1886·86p
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
3.8·1891·735p
The Bacchae
Euripides
The Bacchae
Euripides
4.2·0·313p
Doctor Faustus
Thomas Mann
Doctor Faustus
Thomas Mann
4.1·1947·522p
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
3.9·1605·1877p
The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov
The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov
3.4·1904·84p
The Oresteia
Aeschylus
The Oresteia
Aeschylus
4.0·0·126p
