1384 titles · curated
All-time Classics
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Canon and counter-canon. Books that have survived being misread for a hundred years.
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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
4.3·2000·767p
Memoirs of Hadrian
Marguerite Yourcenar
Memoirs of Hadrian
Marguerite Yourcenar
4.2·1951·288p
The Rum Diary
Hunter S. Thompson
The Rum Diary
Hunter S. Thompson
3.9·1998·225p
Água Viva
Clarice Lispector
Água Viva
Clarice Lispector
4.3·1973·224p
The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry
4.1·1905·40p
Père Goriot
Honoré de Balzac
Père Goriot
Honoré de Balzac
3.9·1835·336p
The Goose Girl
Shannon Hale
The Goose Girl
Shannon Hale
4.2·2003·432p
Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold
Margaret Atwood
Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold
Margaret Atwood
3.8·2016·322p
The Waste Land
T.S. Eliot
The Waste Land
T.S. Eliot
4.1·1922·28p
Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All the Agents...
Alan Moore
Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All the Agents...
Alan Moore
4.3·1986·32p
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
4.0·2013·465p
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Stephen Greenblatt
3.9·1997·356p
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Ludwig Wittgenstein
4.1·1921·146p
The Red Badge of Courage: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism
Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism
Stephen Crane
3.3·1895·364p
Boy
Roald Dahl
Boy
Roald Dahl
4.1·1984·219p
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
Peter F. Drucker
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
Peter F. Drucker
4.1·1966·208p
Hard to Be a God
Arkady Strugatsky
Hard to Be a God
Arkady Strugatsky
4.3·1964·256p
The power and the glory
Graham Greene
The power and the glory
Graham Greene
4.0·1940·213p
Apology
Plato
Apology
Plato
4.2·400·62p
Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.: Tales
Eve Babitz
Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.: Tales
Eve Babitz
4.1·1977·178p
The Pilgrim's Progress in Modern English
John Bunyan
The Pilgrim's Progress in Modern English
John Bunyan
4.1·1678·522p
Either/Or
Soren Kierkegaard
Either/Or
Soren Kierkegaard
4.2·1843·640p
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Edward R. Tufte
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Edward R. Tufte
4.4·1983·197p
Left Behind
Tim LaHaye
Left Behind
Tim LaHaye
4.2·1995·497p
The Abolition of Man
C. S. Lewis
The Abolition of Man
C. S. Lewis
4.1·1943·132p
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
3.7·1981·434p
Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin
Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin
4.4·1955·209p
Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice
Curtis Sittenfeld
Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice
Curtis Sittenfeld
3.6·2016·492p
The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell
The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell
3.9·1924·41p
Seventh Son
Orson Scott Card
Seventh Son
Orson Scott Card
3.9·1987·256p
Solenoid
Mircea Cărtărescu
Solenoid
Mircea Cărtărescu
4.3·2015·840p
Jazz
Toni Morrison
Jazz
Toni Morrison
3.9·1992·229p
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby
4.0·1997·139p
Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech
Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech
3.9·1994·280p
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Zora Neale Hurston
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Zora Neale Hurston
4.0·1976·100p
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Laurence Sterne
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Laurence Sterne
3.7·1759·308p
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
Edward Abbey
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
Edward Abbey
4.2·1968·269p
Annie on My Mind
Nancy Garden
Annie on My Mind
Nancy Garden
4.0·1982·234p
Independent People
Halldór Laxness
Independent People
Halldór Laxness
4.2·1934·544p
Farewell, My Lovely
Raymond Chandler
Farewell, My Lovely
Raymond Chandler
4.0·1940·230p
