1384 titles · curated
All-time Classics
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The Well of Loneliness
Radclyffe Hall
The Well of Loneliness
Radclyffe Hall
3.8·1928·0p
The Known World
Edward P. Jones
The Known World
Edward P. Jones
3.8·2003·388p
The Jane Austen Society
Natalie Jenner
The Jane Austen Society
Natalie Jenner
3.7·2020·320p
Microserfs
Douglas Coupland
Microserfs
Douglas Coupland
3.9·1995·404p
King Rat: The Fourth Novel of the Asian Saga
James Clavell
King Rat: The Fourth Novel of the Asian Saga
James Clavell
4.2·1962·464p
My Ántonia
Willa Cather
My Ántonia
Willa Cather
3.9·1918·95p
The Revenant
Michael Punke
The Revenant
Michael Punke
4.0·2002·272p
Under the Volcano
Malcolm Lowry
Under the Volcano
Malcolm Lowry
3.8·1947·363p
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
Robert Shea
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
Robert Shea
4.0·1975·805p
The Complete Stories
Flannery O’Connor
The Complete Stories
Flannery O’Connor
4.4·1971·721p
Hester
Laurie Lico Albanese
Hester
Laurie Lico Albanese
4.0·2022·0p
Ethics
Baruch Spinoza
Ethics
Baruch Spinoza
4.1·1677·0p
Chocolat
Joanne Harris
Chocolat
Joanne Harris
3.8·1999·320p
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth
4.1·1993·1785p
Always Coming Home: A Novel
Ursula K. Le Guin
Always Coming Home: A Novel
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.1·1985·640p
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
3.9·1792·390p
Apt Pupil
Stephen King
Apt Pupil
Stephen King
4.4·1982·256p
The Politics
Aristotle
The Politics
Aristotle
3.7·351·512p
The Essential Rumi
Coleman Barks
The Essential Rumi
Coleman Barks
4.4·1273·410p
Buddenbrooks
Thomas Mann
Buddenbrooks
Thomas Mann
4.2·1901·768p
Eleven Minutes
Paulo Coelho
Eleven Minutes
Paulo Coelho
3.7·2003·320p
The Women of Troy
Pat Barker
The Women of Troy
Pat Barker
3.8·2021·320p
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.3·1877·25p
The Makioka Sisters
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
The Makioka Sisters
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
4.0·1948·530p
The Thief of Always
Clive Barker
The Thief of Always
Clive Barker
4.2·1992·202p
Life and Fate
Vasily Grossman
Life and Fate
Vasily Grossman
4.5·1960·884p
Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud
Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud
3.4·1930·0p
Cathedral
Raymond Carver
Cathedral
Raymond Carver
4.2·1976·240p
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
Karl Marlantes
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
Karl Marlantes
4.3·2010·592p
The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg
The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg
4.3·1985·32p
Grass
Sheri S. Tepper
Grass
Sheri S. Tepper
4.0·1989·484p
A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift
4.0·1729·48p
The Uncommon Reader
Alan Bennett
The Uncommon Reader
Alan Bennett
4.0·2007·120p
Die 13½ Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär
Walter Moers
Die 13½ Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär
Walter Moers
4.3·1998·702p
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
Thomas Ligotti
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
Thomas Ligotti
4.0·2015·466p
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard
4.1·1974·271p
The Daughter of Time
Josephine Tey
The Daughter of Time
Josephine Tey
3.9·1951·226p
The Book
Alan Watts
The Book
Alan Watts
4.2·0·0p
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Robert K. Massie
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Robert K. Massie
3.9·2011·800p
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition
Randy Shilts
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition
Randy Shilts
4.4·1987·666p
