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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Michel Foucault
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Michel Foucault
4.2·1975·354p
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams
3.7·1945·104p
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg
4.2·1967·178p
Man and His Symbols
Joseph L. Henderson
Man and His Symbols
Joseph L. Henderson
4.2·1964·415p
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
3.7·1651·624p
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
Machado de Assis
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
Machado de Assis
4.3·2·370p
La dalia negra
James Ellroy
La dalia negra
James Ellroy
3.8·1987·531p
The Man Who Was Thursday
G.K. Chesterton
The Man Who Was Thursday
G.K. Chesterton
3.8·1908·205p
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs
4.3·1961·458p
On the Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich Nietzsche
On the Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich Nietzsche
4.1·1887·207p
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
3.9·1987·753p
The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde
The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde
3.9·1887·64p
Weaveworld
Clive Barker
Weaveworld
Clive Barker
4.1·1987·721p
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Dale Carnegie
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Dale Carnegie
4.2·1944·389p
Underworld
Don DeLillo
Underworld
Don DeLillo
4.0·1997·832p
The Body
Stephen King
The Body
Stephen King
4.0·1982·320p
This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.6·1920·160p
The Sleeper and the Spindle
Neil Gaiman
The Sleeper and the Spindle
Neil Gaiman
3.9·2013·72p
Crash
J. G. Ballard
Crash
J. G. Ballard
3.6·1901·224p
The Field Guide
Tony DiTerlizzi
The Field Guide
Tony DiTerlizzi
3.9·2003·144p
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Tom Holland
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Tom Holland
4.2·2003·464p
Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts
George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts
George Bernard Shaw
3.9·1912·150p
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
3.7·1928·628p
V.
Thomas Pynchon
V.
Thomas Pynchon
4.0·1963·492p
Long Walk To Freedom
Nelson Mandela
Long Walk To Freedom
Nelson Mandela
4.5·1994·0p
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
Edgar Allan Poe
4.2·1843·429p
The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
4.2·1979·448p
The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
Aldous Huxley
The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
Aldous Huxley
3.9·1954·135p
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emmuska Orczy
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emmuska Orczy
4.1·1905·200p
The Woman Destroyed
Simone de Beauvoir
The Woman Destroyed
Simone de Beauvoir
4.0·1967·262p
Factotum
Charles Bukowski
Factotum
Charles Bukowski
3.8·1975·156p
Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally
Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally
4.3·1982·429p
Being and Nothingness
Jean-Paul Sartre
Being and Nothingness
Jean-Paul Sartre
4.0·1943·659p
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
4.2·1946·660p
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Cary Elwes
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Cary Elwes
4.2·2014·272p
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie ten Boom
4.5·1971·276p
Reading Lolita In Tehran
Azar Nafisi
Reading Lolita In Tehran
Azar Nafisi
3.7·2003·347p
The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke
The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke
3.4·2000·0p
The Prince of Tides
Pat Conroy
The Prince of Tides
Pat Conroy
4.3·1986·686p
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
4.3·1977·467p
