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If Beale Street Could Talk
James Baldwin
If Beale Street Could Talk
James Baldwin
4.3·1974·197p
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
David Foster Wallace
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
David Foster Wallace
4.2·2005·352p
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Vincent Bugliosi
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Vincent Bugliosi
4.1·1974·618p
Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
4.0·1874·433p
White Oleander
Janet Fitch
White Oleander
Janet Fitch
4.0·1999·496p
Play it as it lays
Joan Didion
Play it as it lays
Joan Didion
3.9·1970·214p
Go Ask Alice
Beatrice Sparks
Go Ask Alice
Beatrice Sparks
3.7·1971·192p
And Another Thing...
Eoin Colfer
And Another Thing...
Eoin Colfer
3.6·2009·290p
Less Than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis
Less Than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis
3.6·1985·209p
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion
4.2·1968·207p
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
3.6·1934·256p
Native Son
Richard Wright
Native Son
Richard Wright
4.0·1940·624p
A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen
A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen
3.8·1879·68p
The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists
Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists
Neil Gaiman
4.5·1990·218p
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier
3.9·1999·240p
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
4.1·2001·272p
The tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
Beatrix Potter
The tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
Beatrix Potter
3.5·1892·80p
The Gulag Archipelago
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Gulag Archipelago
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
4.3·1970·544p
Women, Race & Class
Angela Y. Davis
Women, Race & Class
Angela Y. Davis
4.6·1981·290p
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Raymond Carver
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Raymond Carver
4.0·1981·146p
84, Charing Cross Road
Helene Hanff
84, Charing Cross Road
Helene Hanff
4.2·1970·114p
Dead Poets Society
N.H. Kleinbaum
Dead Poets Society
N.H. Kleinbaum
4.2·1988·105p
The Plot Against America
Philip Roth
The Plot Against America
Philip Roth
3.8·2004·391p
King Leopold's Ghost
Adam Hochschild
King Leopold's Ghost
Adam Hochschild
4.2·1998·400p
Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler
Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler
3.8·2001·320p
The Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle
The Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle
4.0·0·404p
The Other Boleyn Girl
Philippa Gregory
The Other Boleyn Girl
Philippa Gregory
3.8·2001·672p
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
3.9·1894·240p
The Red and the Black
Stendhal
The Red and the Black
Stendhal
3.9·1830·612p
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
3.8·1847·922p
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
4.1·1845·98p
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Judy Blume
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Judy Blume
4.0·1970·149p
The Great Divorce
C. S. Lewis
The Great Divorce
C. S. Lewis
4.3·1945·159p
The Chrysalids
John Wyndham
The Chrysalids
John Wyndham
3.7·1955·312p
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
4.1·1962·347p
Labyrinths
Jorge Luis Borges
Labyrinths
Jorge Luis Borges
4.4·2000·288p
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Audre Lorde
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Audre Lorde
4.5·1984·208p
The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolaño
The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolaño
4.2·1998·592p
Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
4.0·1936·306p
Nightfall
Isaac Asimov
Nightfall
Isaac Asimov
4.0·20·352p
