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All-time Classics
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The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
Olga Tokarczuk
The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
Olga Tokarczuk
3.7·2022·302p
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Charles T. Munger
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Charles T. Munger
4.3·2005·512p
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
bell hooks
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
bell hooks
4.5·1981·205p
The Drowned World
J. G. Ballard
The Drowned World
J. G. Ballard
3.5·1962·198p
Bonjour Tristesse
Françoise Sagan
Bonjour Tristesse
Françoise Sagan
3.7·7·153p
Dangerous Liaisons
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Dangerous Liaisons
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
4.0·1782·418p
Austerlitz
W.G. Sebald
Austerlitz
W.G. Sebald
4.0·2001·414p
Pnin
Vladimir Nabokov
Pnin
Vladimir Nabokov
3.9·1957·193p
Dragon's Egg
Robert L. Forward
Dragon's Egg
Robert L. Forward
4.1·1980·352p
That Hideous Strength
C. S. Lewis
That Hideous Strength
C. S. Lewis
3.6·1945·252p
The October Country
Ray Bradbury
The October Country
Ray Bradbury
4.4·1955·239p
A Hero of Our Time
Mikhail Lermontov
A Hero of Our Time
Mikhail Lermontov
4.1·1839·210p
More Than Human
Theodore Sturgeon
More Than Human
Theodore Sturgeon
4.0·1953·193p
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
4.2·1955·956p
Time and Again
Jack Finney
Time and Again
Jack Finney
3.9·1970·399p
Crocodile on the Sandbank
Elizabeth Peters
Crocodile on the Sandbank
Elizabeth Peters
4.0·1975·337p
The Anubis Gates
Tim Powers
The Anubis Gates
Tim Powers
3.9·1983·0p
The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
4.1·1349·418p
A War of Gifts: An Ender Battle School Story
Orson Scott Card
A War of Gifts: An Ender Battle School Story
Orson Scott Card
3.6·2006·128p
The House of the Dead
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The House of the Dead
Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.0·1861·257p
My Struggle: Book 1
Karl Ove Knausgård
My Struggle: Book 1
Karl Ove Knausgård
4.1·2009·0p
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix
Gabe Cole Novoa
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix
Gabe Cole Novoa
3.9·2024·320p
The Library of Babel
Jorge Luis Borges
The Library of Babel
Jorge Luis Borges
4.3·1941·56p
The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois
4.3·1903·189p
Son of a Witch
Gregory Maguire
Son of a Witch
Gregory Maguire
3.4·2005·353p
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson
4.5·1979·574p
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare
4.0·1958·224p
Books of Blood: Volume I
Clive Barker
Books of Blood: Volume I
Clive Barker
4.2·1984·210p
The Tin Drum
Günter Grass
The Tin Drum
Günter Grass
4.0·1959·593p
Hard Rain Falling
Don Carpenter
Hard Rain Falling
Don Carpenter
4.1·1964·308p
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
Kurt Vonnegut
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
Kurt Vonnegut
4.3·1976·288p
The Interpretation of Dreams
Sigmund Freud
The Interpretation of Dreams
Sigmund Freud
3.8·1899·510p
City
Clifford D. Simak
City
Clifford D. Simak
4.1·1944·288p
Endless Night
Agatha Christie
Endless Night
Agatha Christie
3.8·1967·256p
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
Christopher W. Alexander
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
Christopher W. Alexander
4.4·1977·1171p
The Rings of Saturn
W.G. Sebald
The Rings of Saturn
W.G. Sebald
4.5·1995·316p
Lud-In-the-Mist
Hope Mirrlees
Lud-In-the-Mist
Hope Mirrlees
3.9·1926·288p
Dracul
Dacre Stoker
Dracul
Dacre Stoker
4.1·2018·493p
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
4.0·1958·223p
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks
4.0·2001·308p
