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All-time Classics
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Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Louis Sachar
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Louis Sachar
4.2·1978·139p
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Rebecca Wells
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Rebecca Wells
3.9·1996·358p
The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan
The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan
3.9·1963·587p
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore
Alvin Schwartz
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore
Alvin Schwartz
4.1·1981·111p
Swords and Deviltry
Fritz Leiber
Swords and Deviltry
Fritz Leiber
3.6·1970·152p
Le Morte D'Arthur
Thomas Malory
Le Morte D'Arthur
Thomas Malory
3.9·1485·643p
King Solomon's Mines
H. Rider Haggard
King Solomon's Mines
H. Rider Haggard
3.8·1885·354p
The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing
The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing
3.8·1962·676p
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Svetlana Alexievich
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Svetlana Alexievich
4.4·2013·496p
A Pale View of Hills
Kazuo Ishiguro
A Pale View of Hills
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.8·1982·183p
All the President's Men
Carl Bernstein
All the President's Men
Carl Bernstein
4.2·1974·352p
Have Space Suit—Will Travel
Robert A. Heinlein
Have Space Suit—Will Travel
Robert A. Heinlein
3.6·1958·255p
The Problems of Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
The Problems of Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
3.9·1900·107p
Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Neil Gaiman
Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Neil Gaiman
4.3·1986·199p
Danny, The Champion of the World
Roald Dahl
Danny, The Champion of the World
Roald Dahl
4.1·1959·224p
A Man Without a Country
Kurt Vonnegut
A Man Without a Country
Kurt Vonnegut
4.1·2005·160p
Assata: An Autobiography
Assata Shakur
Assata: An Autobiography
Assata Shakur
4.6·1987·416p
Mason & Dixon
Thomas Pynchon
Mason & Dixon
Thomas Pynchon
4.2·1997·788p
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee
3.5·1962·258p
Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith
Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith
3.7·1950·273p
On Chesil Beach
Ian McEwan
On Chesil Beach
Ian McEwan
3.6·2007·203p
Empire Falls
Richard Russo
Empire Falls
Richard Russo
4.0·2001·560p
Tortilla Flat
John Steinbeck
Tortilla Flat
John Steinbeck
3.8·1935·209p
Noughts & Crosses
Malorie Blackman
Noughts & Crosses
Malorie Blackman
4.2·2001·132p
Augustus
John Williams
Augustus
John Williams
4.3·1972·336p
The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch
The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch
4.0·1978·528p
Peter and the Starcatchers
Dave Barry
Peter and the Starcatchers
Dave Barry
4.0·2004·480p
Wise Blood
Flannery O’Connor
Wise Blood
Flannery O’Connor
3.8·1952·248p
The Four Loves
C. S. Lewis
The Four Loves
C. S. Lewis
4.2·1960·192p
Black Skin, White Masks
Frantz Fanon
Black Skin, White Masks
Frantz Fanon
4.3·1952·206p
Pastoralia
George Saunders
Pastoralia
George Saunders
4.1·2000·225p
Darkness at Noon
Arthur Koestler
Darkness at Noon
Arthur Koestler
4.1·1940·272p
A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia Nasar
A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia Nasar
4.1·1998·461p
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Hubert Selby, Jr.
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Hubert Selby, Jr.
4.0·1964·290p
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Audre Lorde
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Audre Lorde
4.4·1982·265p
The Conquest of Bread
Pyotr Kropotkin
The Conquest of Bread
Pyotr Kropotkin
4.1·1892·206p
The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain
The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain
3.8·1934·128p
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mohsin Hamid
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mohsin Hamid
3.7·2007·228p
Jitterbug Perfume
Tom Robbins
Jitterbug Perfume
Tom Robbins
4.2·1984·342p
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Green Knight Poet
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Green Knight Poet
3.8·1350·185p
