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All-time Classics
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As a Man Thinketh
James Allen
As a Man Thinketh
James Allen
4.2·1902·0p
Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans
4.3·1939·44p
The Houseguest and Other Stories
Amparo Dávila
The Houseguest and Other Stories
Amparo Dávila
3.6·2018·144p
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson
4.8·2005·492p
The Winter of Our Discontent
John Steinbeck
The Winter of Our Discontent
John Steinbeck
4.0·1961·282p
The Just City
Jo Walton
The Just City
Jo Walton
3.8·2015·368p
Regarding the Pain of Others
Susan Sontag
Regarding the Pain of Others
Susan Sontag
4.1·2002·117p
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
4.2·1580·914p
Hear the Wind Sing
Haruki Murakami
Hear the Wind Sing
Haruki Murakami
3.5·1979·165p
When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro
When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.5·2000·313p
The Shadow over Innsmouth
H.P. Lovecraft
The Shadow over Innsmouth
H.P. Lovecraft
4.1·1971·158p
Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow
Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow
3.9·1974·369p
The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndham
The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndham
3.8·1957·52p
Oblomov
Ivan Goncharov
Oblomov
Ivan Goncharov
4.1·1859·586p
Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Common Sense
Thomas Paine
4.5·1776·72p
Princess Academy
Shannon Hale
Princess Academy
Shannon Hale
4.0·2005·314p
Zorba the Greek
Nikos Kazantzakis
Zorba the Greek
Nikos Kazantzakis
4.0·1946·336p
Outer Dark
Cormac McCarthy
Outer Dark
Cormac McCarthy
3.9·1968·257p
Heartburn
Nora Ephron
Heartburn
Nora Ephron
3.6·1983·0p
The Blue Castle
Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Blue Castle
Lucy Maud Montgomery
3.8·1926·278p
The Unwomanly Face of War
Svetlana Alexievich
The Unwomanly Face of War
Svetlana Alexievich
4.4·1983·386p
The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
Michael Shaara
The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
Michael Shaara
4.3·1974·369p
The Absolute Sandman, Volume One
Neil Gaiman
The Absolute Sandman, Volume One
Neil Gaiman
4.6·1990·616p
Diary of an Oxygen Thief
Anonymous Anonymous
Diary of an Oxygen Thief
Anonymous Anonymous
2.7·2006·160p
Snow, Glass, Apples
Neil Gaiman
Snow, Glass, Apples
Neil Gaiman
4.0·1995·25p
The Road to Serfdom
Friedrich A. Hayek
The Road to Serfdom
Friedrich A. Hayek
4.2·1944·83p
Hocus Pocus
Kurt Vonnegut
Hocus Pocus
Kurt Vonnegut
3.8·1990·268p
The Black Cat
Edgar Allan Poe
The Black Cat
Edgar Allan Poe
4.2·1843·15p
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe Numeroff
4.3·1985·46p
Our Man in Havana
Graham Greene
Our Man in Havana
Graham Greene
3.9·1958·256p
Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence
4.5·1864·493p
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Carl Gustav Jung
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Carl Gustav Jung
4.2·1962·448p
Cities of the Plain
Cormac McCarthy
Cities of the Plain
Cormac McCarthy
4.1·1998·308p
Borrowers
Mary Norton
Borrowers
Mary Norton
4.0·1952·191p
Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier
Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier
3.9·1936·302p
Near to the Wild Heart
Clarice Lispector
Near to the Wild Heart
Clarice Lispector
4.0·1943·209p
Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell's 1984
Sandra Newman
Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell's 1984
Sandra Newman
3.7·2023·256p
Zen in the Art of Writing
Ray Bradbury
Zen in the Art of Writing
Ray Bradbury
4.0·1973·0p
The Thirteen Problems
Agatha Christie
The Thirteen Problems
Agatha Christie
3.9·1932·250p
Be Here Now
Ram Dass
Be Here Now
Ram Dass
4.3·1971·419p
