1384 titles · curated
All-time Classics
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The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
4.2·1843·25p
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Dee Brown
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Dee Brown
4.3·1970·516p
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
4.1·1953·184p
A Separate Peace
John Knowles
A Separate Peace
John Knowles
3.6·1959·208p
1776
David McCullough
1776
David McCullough
4.1·2005·400p
Out
Natsuo Kirino
Out
Natsuo Kirino
3.9·1997·528p
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
4.0·1975·322p
The Hellbound Heart
Clive Barker
The Hellbound Heart
Clive Barker
4.1·1986·176p
The Devil Wears Prada
Lauren Weisberger
The Devil Wears Prada
Lauren Weisberger
4.7·2003·444p
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Seth Grahame-Smith
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Seth Grahame-Smith
3.3·1999·362p
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
bell hooks
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
bell hooks
4.3·2003·224p
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
3.7·430·148p
Geek Love
Katherine Dunn
Geek Love
Katherine Dunn
4.0·1920·372p
The Red Tent
Anita Diamant
The Red Tent
Anita Diamant
4.2·1997·418p
Dance Dance Dance
Haruki Murakami
Dance Dance Dance
Haruki Murakami
3.5·1988·416p
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
4.0·1·336p
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout
3.9·2008·385p
2010: Odyssey Two
Arthur C. Clarke
2010: Odyssey Two
Arthur C. Clarke
4.0·1982·320p
The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga
The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga
3.8·2008·292p
1Q84: Book 1
Haruki Murakami
1Q84: Book 1
Haruki Murakami
4.0·2009·560p
Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold
Stephen Fry
Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold
Stephen Fry
4.3·2020·413p
Antigone
Sophocles
Antigone
Sophocles
3.7·451·117p
Ham on Rye
Charles Bukowski
Ham on Rye
Charles Bukowski
4.1·1982·360p
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
3.8·1596·0p
Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury
Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury
4.1·1946·239p
Orconomics
J. Zachary Pike
Orconomics
J. Zachary Pike
4.3·2014·340p
The Tao of Pooh
Benjamin Hoff
The Tao of Pooh
Benjamin Hoff
4.0·1982·158p
Rules of Civility
Amor Towles
Rules of Civility
Amor Towles
4.1·2011·368p
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William Zinsser
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William Zinsser
4.2·1976·321p
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
4.3·1940·368p
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
4.1·1933·213p
A Walk to Remember
Nicholas Sparks
A Walk to Remember
Nicholas Sparks
4.2·1999·215p
Maurice
E. M. Forster
Maurice
E. M. Forster
4.0·1971·264p
Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian
Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian
4.1·1969·428p
Like Water for Chocolate
Laura Esquivel
Like Water for Chocolate
Laura Esquivel
4.0·1989·287p
A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry
A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry
4.4·1995·818p
Homage To Catalonia
George Orwell
Homage To Catalonia
George Orwell
4.1·1938·196p
True Grit
Charles Portis
True Grit
Charles Portis
4.2·1968·224p
The Guns of August
Barbara W. Tuchman
The Guns of August
Barbara W. Tuchman
4.2·1962·658p
Castle in the Air
Diana Wynne Jones
Castle in the Air
Diana Wynne Jones
3.9·1990·285p
