1384 titles · curated
All-time Classics
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Tinkers
Paul Harding
Tinkers
Paul Harding
3.4·2008·94p
Mythago Wood
Robert Holdstock
Mythago Wood
Robert Holdstock
3.8·1984·288p
Still Life with Woodpecker
Tom Robbins
Still Life with Woodpecker
Tom Robbins
4.0·1980·292p
Richard III
William Shakespeare
Richard III
William Shakespeare
3.9·1593·448p
The Indian in the Cupboard
Lynne Reid Banks
The Indian in the Cupboard
Lynne Reid Banks
3.9·1980·192p
The Steerswoman
Rosemary Kirstein
The Steerswoman
Rosemary Kirstein
4.0·1989·262p
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Agatha Christie
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Agatha Christie
4.0·1957·11p
Inverted World
Christopher Priest
Inverted World
Christopher Priest
4.0·1974·251p
Simple Passion
Annie Ernaux
Simple Passion
Annie Ernaux
3.9·1991·82p
Kane & Abel
Jeffrey Archer
Kane & Abel
Jeffrey Archer
4.3·1971·477p
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
Kiersten White
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
Kiersten White
3.9·2015·304p
Tarzan of the Apes
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes
Edgar Rice Burroughs
3.9·1912·0p
The Moviegoer
Walker Percy
The Moviegoer
Walker Percy
3.6·1961·242p
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster
3.6·2002·336p
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
James M. McPherson
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
James M. McPherson
4.4·1984·867p
Pompeii
Robert Harris
Pompeii
Robert Harris
3.9·2003·274p
Letter to a Christian Nation
Sam Harris
Letter to a Christian Nation
Sam Harris
4.0·2006·0p
Smiley's People
John le Carré
Smiley's People
John le Carré
4.3·1979·395p
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Pablo Neruda
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Pablo Neruda
4.2·1924·80p
Love Is a Dog from Hell
Charles Bukowski
Love Is a Dog from Hell
Charles Bukowski
3.9·2002·312p
The Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett
The Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett
4.3·1933·172p
Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff
Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff
4.1·1980·292p
Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan
Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan
4.2·1977·289p
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding
David Hume
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding
David Hume
4.0·1748·96p
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Vladimir Lenin
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Vladimir Lenin
4.3·1900·128p
Ducks, Newburyport
Lucy Ellmann
Ducks, Newburyport
Lucy Ellmann
4.0·2019·1020p
Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers
Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers
4.5·0·0p
Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
Vladimir Nabokov
Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
Vladimir Nabokov
4.1·1969·606p
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
4.0·1592·2346p
Zeno's Conscience
Italo Svevo
Zeno's Conscience
Italo Svevo
3.8·1923·466p
The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell
The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell
3.8·1936·215p
The Blind Owl
Sadegh Hedayat
The Blind Owl
Sadegh Hedayat
4.0·1936·108p
Silk
Alessandro Baricco
Silk
Alessandro Baricco
3.9·1920·110p
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Milan Kundera
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Milan Kundera
3.9·1979·324p
The Story of Art
E.H. Gombrich
The Story of Art
E.H. Gombrich
4.0·1950·688p
Libra
Don DeLillo
Libra
Don DeLillo
4.1·1985·464p
No One Writes to the Colonel
Gabriel García Márquez
No One Writes to the Colonel
Gabriel García Márquez
3.8·1961·80p
The Mezzanine
Nicholson Baker
The Mezzanine
Nicholson Baker
3.8·1988·135p
One, No One and One Hundred Thousand
Luigi Pirandello
One, No One and One Hundred Thousand
Luigi Pirandello
4.0·1925·160p
The Broom of the System
David Foster Wallace
The Broom of the System
David Foster Wallace
3.9·1987·17p
