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All-time Classics
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Sophie's World
Jostein Gaarder
Sophie's World
Jostein Gaarder
3.4·1905·435p
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Mary Shelley
3.9·1818·399p
The Last Unicorn
Peter S. Beagle
The Last Unicorn
Peter S. Beagle
4.2·1968·292p
The fountainhead
Ayn Rand
The fountainhead
Ayn Rand
3.9·1943·694p
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer
3.9·2005·400p
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
4.2·1961·268p
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Miguel Ruiz
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Miguel Ruiz
4.2·1997·150p
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
4.0·1981·674p
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
4.1·1883·356p
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
3.9·2007·360p
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
4.1·2015·384p
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
3.8·1951·109p
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
3.7·1930·292p
Mansfield Park
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park
Jane Austen
3.8·1814·507p
Dubliners
James Joyce
Dubliners
James Joyce
3.8·1914·204p
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu
4.3·0·156p
White Noise
Don DeLillo
White Noise
Don DeLillo
3.9·1985·337p
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
4.0·1909·211p
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
3.6·1916·384p
Foundation Series
Isaac Asimov
Foundation Series
Isaac Asimov
4.4·1950·679p
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
3.9·1939·251p
2666
Roberto Bolaño
2666
Roberto Bolaño
4.2·2004·898p
Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis
Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis
4.4·1942·256p
Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre
Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre
3.9·1938·196p
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Truman Capote
3.7·1958·157p
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Edwin A. Abbott
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Edwin A. Abbott
3.8·1884·96p
Swann's Way
Marcel Proust
Swann's Way
Marcel Proust
4.2·1913·465p
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
4.1·1919·333p
The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks
The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks
4.2·1996·213p
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
3.7·1965·152p
Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino
Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino
4.1·1972·174p
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
4.2·1945·282p
The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
3.8·1984·244p
The Fall
Albert Camus
The Fall
Albert Camus
4.0·1956·147p
The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau
The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau
4.0·2003·270p
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
4.0·1831·510p
Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
3.9·1775·526p
A Prayer For Owen Meany
John Irving
A Prayer For Owen Meany
John Irving
4.2·1989·720p
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy
4.0·1992·322p
The King in Yellow
Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow
Robert W. Chambers
3.5·1895·203p
