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The Cider House Rules
John Irving
The Cider House Rules
John Irving
4.2·1985·86p
Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.2·2003·400p
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
David Foster Wallace
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
David Foster Wallace
4.1·1996·368p
Earth Abides
George R. Stewart
Earth Abides
George R. Stewart
3.7·1949·345p
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Carl Sagan
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Carl Sagan
4.3·1994·386p
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
Clayton M. Christensen
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
Clayton M. Christensen
4.0·1997·324p
Johnny Got His Gun
Dalton Trumbo
Johnny Got His Gun
Dalton Trumbo
4.2·1939·243p
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
3.7·2001·244p
Disgrace
J.M. Coetzee
Disgrace
J.M. Coetzee
3.9·1999·220p
The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker
The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker
4.0·1973·239p
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn
4.0·1962·263p
The Lottery and Other Stories
Shirley Jackson
The Lottery and Other Stories
Shirley Jackson
4.0·1948·306p
Voices from Chernobyl
Svetlana Alexievich
Voices from Chernobyl
Svetlana Alexievich
4.4·1989·236p
Harry Potter: The Complete Collection
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter: The Complete Collection
J.K. Rowling
4.7·1999·225p
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson
3.7·1985·192p
Another Country
James Baldwin
Another Country
James Baldwin
4.3·1962·580p
A Guide to the Good Life
William B. Irvine
A Guide to the Good Life
William B. Irvine
4.2·2008·328p
The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams Bianco
The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams Bianco
4.3·1900·96p
Call for the Dead
John le Carré
Call for the Dead
John le Carré
3.8·1961·164p
The Flowers of Evil
Charles Baudelaire
The Flowers of Evil
Charles Baudelaire
3.9·1857·79p
The Magus
John Fowles
The Magus
John Fowles
4.0·1965·0p
The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End
Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End
Neil Gaiman
4.5·1991·168p
A History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
A History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
4.1·1945·842p
The sixty-minute Shakespeare--Twelfth night
Cass Foster
The sixty-minute Shakespeare--Twelfth night
Cass Foster
3.9·1601·75p
No Exit
Jean-Paul Sartre
No Exit
Jean-Paul Sartre
4.1·1944·57p
Veronika Decides to Die
Paulo Coelho
Veronika Decides to Die
Paulo Coelho
3.7·1998·210p
Inherent Vice
Thomas Pynchon
Inherent Vice
Thomas Pynchon
3.8·2009·387p
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
4.3·0·0p
Boy's Life
Robert R. McCammon
Boy's Life
Robert R. McCammon
4.4·1991·840p
The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster
The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster
3.9·0·0p
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery
3.0·2006·325p
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
3.9·1935·272p
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis
4.5·2003·0p
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
3.8·1820·24p
John Adams
David McCullough
John Adams
David McCullough
3.5·2001·751p
Lady Macbeth
Ava Reid
Lady Macbeth
Ava Reid
3.5·2024·295p
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton
3.2·1911·178p
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Jung Chang
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Jung Chang
4.3·1991·724p
Ring
Kōji Suzuki
Ring
Kōji Suzuki
3.8·1991·283p
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
4.0·1862·234p
