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Forrest Gump
Winston Groom
Forrest Gump
Winston Groom
4.0·1986·280p
The Hunter
Richard Stark
The Hunter
Richard Stark
4.0·1962·208p
The history of sexuality
Michel Foucault
The history of sexuality
Michel Foucault
4.1·1976·116p
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
Maxine Hong Kingston
3.7·198·209p
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
4.2·1971·482p
Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1
Frank Herbert
Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1
Frank Herbert
3.9·1965·160p
A Hero Born
Jin Yong
A Hero Born
Jin Yong
4.0·1957·398p
Prozac Nation: Young & Depressed In America: A Memoir
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Prozac Nation: Young & Depressed In America: A Memoir
Elizabeth Wurtzel
3.6·1994·336p
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
Friedrich Engels
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
Friedrich Engels
4.3·1880·67p
Dearly: New Poems
Margaret Atwood
Dearly: New Poems
Margaret Atwood
3.7·2020·124p
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
Natalie Haynes
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
Natalie Haynes
3.9·2023·255p
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad
3.8·1899·400p
The Fortress of Solitude
Jonathan Lethem
The Fortress of Solitude
Jonathan Lethem
3.8·2003·896p
Tales of the City
Armistead Maupin
Tales of the City
Armistead Maupin
4.0·1978·268p
Money
Martin Amis
Money
Martin Amis
3.7·1984·0p
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Louis de Bernières
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Louis de Bernières
4.0·1994·436p
Ask the Dust
John Fante
Ask the Dust
John Fante
4.1·1939·209p
Amsterdam
Ian McEwan
Amsterdam
Ian McEwan
3.5·1998·178p
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
Carl Gustav Jung
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
Carl Gustav Jung
4.2·1931·265p
Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
3.8·1919·257p
Devil in a Blue Dress
Walter Mosley
Devil in a Blue Dress
Walter Mosley
3.9·1985·240p
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
4.2·1925·666p
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 2
Luo Guanzhong
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 2
Luo Guanzhong
4.0·1322·680p
The Songs of Distant Earth
Arthur C. Clarke
The Songs of Distant Earth
Arthur C. Clarke
3.9·1986·340p
The Princess and the Goblin
George MacDonald
The Princess and the Goblin
George MacDonald
3.5·1872·364p
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy
3.7·1800·472p
The Bone People
Keri Hulme
The Bone People
Keri Hulme
4.0·1984·450p
Understanding power
Noam Chomsky
Understanding power
Noam Chomsky
4.4·2002·435p
Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban
Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban
4.0·1980·256p
Persepolis, Volume 1
Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis, Volume 1
Marjane Satrapi
4.4·2000·76p
The Human Condition
Hannah Arendt
The Human Condition
Hannah Arendt
3.8·1958·348p
Snow
Unknown
Snow
Unknown
3.6·2002·726p
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser
4.0·1900·502p
Resurrection
Leo Tolstoy
Resurrection
Leo Tolstoy
4.2·1899·466p
The Analects
Confucius
The Analects
Confucius
3.8·476·257p
Herzog
Saul Bellow
Herzog
Saul Bellow
3.8·1964·401p
The Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allan Poe
The Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allan Poe
4.0·2008·176p
Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh
Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh
4.0·1964·298p
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giordano
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giordano
3.6·2008·271p
Bunnicula
Deborah Howe
Bunnicula
Deborah Howe
3.9·1979·128p
