1384 titles · curated
All-time Classics
The shelf that everything else leans on.
Canon and counter-canon. Books that have survived being misread for a hundred years.
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Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee
3.3·2015·278p
Finzioni
Jorge Luis Borges
Finzioni
Jorge Luis Borges
4.4·1944·186p
Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen
Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen
4.0·1993·194p
Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh
Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh
4.1·1993·344p
Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding
Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding
3.8·1970·292p
Foucault's Pendulum
Umberto Eco
Foucault's Pendulum
Umberto Eco
3.9·1988·641p
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls
4.1·1961·276p
The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham
The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham
4.2·1949·640p
The Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
The Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
3.8·1959·286p
Franny and Zooey
J. D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey
J. D. Salinger
4.3·1957·201p
Devils
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Devils
Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.3·1871·694p
Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut
Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut
4.2·1961·268p
The Castle
Franz Kafka
The Castle
Franz Kafka
3.9·1922·328p
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield
4.0·2006·406p
The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
3.7·1984·110p
Letters to a Young Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke
4.3·1929·96p
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
3.9·2001·676p
Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine
Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine
4.0·1868·292p
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.3·2006·541p
A Thousand Ships
Natalie Haynes
A Thousand Ships
Natalie Haynes
4.0·2019·352p
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie
3.6·1988·568p
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy
4.5·10·128p
The prologue to the Canterbury tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
The prologue to the Canterbury tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
3.5·1372·80p
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
4.0·2000·521p
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
3.5·1920·320p
White Fang
Jack London
White Fang
Jack London
4.0·1903·274p
The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa
The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa
4.4·1961·909p
Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt
Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt
4.2·1996·0p
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. Caro
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. Caro
4.5·1974·1246p
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
3.8·1611·218p
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
3.7·1594·145p
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
4.0·1955·275p
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
3.7·1899·187p
The Carnivorous Carnival
Lemony Snicket
The Carnivorous Carnival
Lemony Snicket
3.8·2002·286p
The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis
The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis
4.2·1983·0p
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
4.2·1950·398p
Stone Blind: Medusa's Story
Natalie Haynes
Stone Blind: Medusa's Story
Natalie Haynes
3.8·2022·371p
Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson
Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson
3.9·1998·96p
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
4.2·1905·244p
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
4.0·1996·636p
