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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

ByGail Honeyman

2017 • 973 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

ByJohn Steinbeck

1869 • 1,985 Readers • 162 pages • 3.8

Abaddon's Gate

#3 of 9 in The Expanse

ByJames S. A. Corey

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

#1 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

ByC. S. Lewis

1950 • 1,841 Readers • 146 pages • 4

London: The Biography

London: The Biography

ByPeter Ackroyd

Armageddon

ByMax Hastings

Jingo

#21 of 41 in Discworld

ByTerry Pratchett

The Picture of Dorian Grey

The Picture of Dorian Grey

ByOscar Wilde

1890 • 455 Readers • 186 pages • 4.1

The Book of the New Sun

#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun

The Book of the New Sun

ByGene Wolfe

1983 • 139 Readers • 950 pages • 4.9

The Trial

ByFranz Kafka

1925 • 797 Readers • 4

The Running Hare

The Running Hare

ByJohn Lewis-Stempel

Pride and Prejudice

Cozy Classics

Pride and Prejudice

ByJane Austen

1811 • 2,499 Readers • 342 pages • 4.2

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

#1 of 2 in Phaedrus

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

ByRobert M. Pirsig

1974 • 491 Readers • 417 pages • 3.8

Il Maestro e Margherita

The Master and Margarita

ByMikhail Bulgakov

Circe

ByMadeline Miller

2018 • 2,552 Readers • 409 pages • 4.3

North Woods

ByDaniel Mason

2023 • 184 Readers • 385 pages • 4.3

The Offing

ByBenjamin Myers

2019 • 23 Readers • 260 pages • 4.6

A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

ByEmma Southon

2023 • 17 Readers • 3

A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome

A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome

ByEmma Southon

2020 • 47 Readers • 3.9

Service Model

ByAdrian Tchaikovsky

2024 • 134 Readers • 342 pages • 3.9

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

ByTamim Ansary

2009 • 51 Readers • 4.5

Small Bomb at Dimperley

Small Bomb at Dimperley

ByLissa Evans

2024 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

ByMichael Finkel

2023 • 153 Readers • 249 pages • 4

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The Stopping Places

The Stopping Places

ByDamian Le Bas

2018 • 2 Readers

The Covenant of Water

The Covenant of Water

ByAbraham Verghese(author and Narrator)

2023 • 284 Readers • 4.4

Natives

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

ByAkala

2018 • 43 Readers • 342 pages • 4.3

God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State

God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State

ByLawrence Wright

2018 • 19 Readers • 368 pages • 4.5

Prophet Song

ByPaul Lynch

2023 • 235 Readers • 279 pages • 4.3

The Frozen River

The Frozen River

ByAriel Lawhon

2023 • 130 Readers • 432 pages • 4.6

The Story of Art without Men

The Story of Art without Men

ByKaty Hessel

2022 • 31 Readers • 352 pages

The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

ByStuart A. Reid

2023 • 6 Readers • 640 pages • 4

Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night

#5 of 5 in New Hercule Poirot Mysteries

Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night

BySophie Hannah

2023 • 25 Readers • 320 pages • 8h 58m • 3.7

England: A definitive natural history of England from 'Britain's finest living nature writer'

England: A definitive natural history of England from 'Britain's finest living nature writer'

ByJohn Lewis-Stempel

2024 • 1 Reader • 284 pages

The Mercy Chair

#6 of 6 in Washington Poe

The Mercy Chair

ByM.W. Craven

2024 • 4 Readers • 4

The Christmas Appeal

#1.5 of 1 in The Appeal

The Christmas Appeal

ByJanice Hallett

2023 • 61 Readers • 178 pages • 3.6

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The Killer’s Christmas List

The Killer’s Christmas List

ByChris Frost

4 Readers • 3

Henrietta Who?

ByCatherine Aird

Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I

Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I

ByMichael S. Neiberg

2011 • 1 Reader • 331 pages

Alien Clay

ByAdrian Tchaikovsky

2024 • 75 Readers • 400 pages • 4

The Library at Mount Char

The Library at Mount Char

ByScott Hawkins

2015 • 650 Readers • 390 pages • 4

There There

ByTommy Orange

2018 • 496 Readers • 292 pages • 3.9

The Gods Themselves

The Gods Themselves

ByIsaac Asimov

The Chosen and the Beautiful

The Chosen and the Beautiful

ByNghi Vo

2021 • 207 Readers • 260 pages • 3.5

The Religious Body

#1 of 14 in Inspector Sloan

The Religious Body

ByCatherine Aird

Crusaders: An Epic History Of The Wars For The Holy Lands

Crusaders: An Epic History Of The Wars For The Holy Lands

ByDan Jones

My Brilliant Friend

#1 of 4 in L'amica geniale

My Brilliant Friend

ByElena Ferrante,Ann Goldstein(Translator)

A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps

A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps

ByJonn Elledge

James

ByPercival Everett

The Fears of Henry IV

The Fears of Henry IV

ByIan Mortimer

2007 • 2 Readers • 352 pages

Madonna in a Fur Coat

Madonna in a Fur Coat

BySabahattin Ali

1943 • 45 Readers • 160 pages • 4

If Cats Disappeared from the World

If Cats Disappeared from the World

ByGenki Kawamura

2012 • 204 Readers • 4h 49m • 3.6

One Fine Day

ByMatthew Parker

Our Moon: A Human History

Our Moon: A Human History

ByRebecca Boyle

A Coffin for King Charles: The Trial and Execution of Charles I

#3 of 2 in The Great Rebellion

A Coffin for King Charles: The Trial and Execution of Charles I

ByC.V. Wedgwood

1964 • 3 Readers • 307 pages • 4

The Thirty Years War

The Thirty Years War

ByC.V. Wedgwood

1938 • 19 Readers • 540 pages • 4.3

A Brief History of Seven Killings

A Brief History of Seven Killings

ByMarlon James

2014 • 194 Readers • 688 pages • 4.1

A Mercy

ByToni Morrison

2008 • 52 Readers • 3.9

Bel Canto

ByAnn Patchett

2001 • 239 Readers • 318 pages • 3.8

Fun home

ByAlison Bechdel

2018 • 342 Readers • 240 pages • 4

When We Cease to Understand the World

When We Cease to Understand the World

ByBenjamín Labatut,Adrian Nathan West(Translator)

2020 • 261 Readers • 192 pages • 4

The Overstory

ByRichard Powers

2018 • 625 Readers • 502 pages • 4

Hurricane Season

Hurricane Season

ByFernanda Melchor

2017 • 140 Readers • 224 pages • 4.2

Lonesome Dove

#1 of 4 in Lonesome Dove

ByLarry McMurtry

1985 • 561 Readers • 858 pages • 4.6

All the Pretty Horses

#1 of 3 in The Border Trilogy

All the Pretty Horses

ByCormac McCarthy

1992 • 319 Readers • 322 pages • 4.1

The empire project

The empire project

ByJohn Darwin

1 Reader

Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World

Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World

ByTimothy Brook

3 Readers

Revolutionary Spring

Revolutionary Spring

ByChristopher Clark

2023 • 4 Readers • 897 pages

A Tale for the Time Being

A Tale for the Time Being

ByRuth Ozeki(Narrator)

2013 • 348 Readers • 14h 43m • 4

Powers and Thrones

Powers and Thrones

ByDan Jones

Snow Country & Thousand Cranes

ByYasunari Kawabata,Edward G. Seidensticker(Translator)

1977 • 143 Readers • 204 pages • 3.4

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

ByShokoofeh Azar,Adrien Kijek(Translator)

Dragon's Egg

#1 of 2 in Cheela

ByRobert L. Forward

1980 • 86 Readers • 4

The Woman in the Dunes

The Woman in the Dunes

ByKōbō Abe,E. Dale Saunders(Translator)

1962 • 163 Readers • 241 pages • 3.5

After Dark

ByHaruki Murakami

Trail of Lightning

#1 of 4 in The Sixth World

Trail of Lightning

ByRebecca Roanhorse

2018 • 307 Readers • 287 pages • 3.8

The Square of Sevens

The Square of Sevens

ByLaura Shepherd-Robinson

2023 • 51 Readers • 528 pages • 4

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

ByPatrick Süskind,John E. Woods(Translator)

The Garden of Evening Mists

The Garden of Evening Mists

ByTan Twan Eng

2011 • 54 Readers • 352 pages • 4.1

Tail of the Blue Bird

Tail of the Blue Bird

ByNii Ayikwei Parkes

2009 • 4 Readers • 197 pages

Womb City

ByTlotlo Tsamaase

2024 • 98 Readers • 416 pages • 3

City of Last Chances

#1 of 2 in The Tyrant Philosophers

City of Last Chances

ByAdrian Tchaikovsky

The Nightland

33 British Library Tales of the Weird

ByWilliam Hope Hodgson

1912 • 22 Readers • 406 pages

Redemption Ark

#2 of 4 in Revelation Space

ByAlastair Reynolds

2002 • 145 Readers • 708 pages • 4

The Gift of Rain

The Gift of Rain

ByTan Twan Eng

Thrill Switch

ByTim Hawken

2022 • 3 Readers • 3.5

Love and Longing in Bombay

Love and Longing in Bombay

ByVikram A. Chandra

1997 • 5 Readers • 296 pages • 3.3

Aetherchrist

ByKirk Jones

2018 • 3 Readers • 3

Nuclear War: A Scenario

Nuclear War: A Scenario

ByAnnie Jacobsen

The Strange

ByNathan Ballingrud

2023 • 56 Readers • 301 pages • 3.5

Foundation: The History of England Volume I

#1 of 5 in The History of England

Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (The History of England, #1)

ByPeter Ackroyd

The Cabinet

ByKim Un-su,Sean Lin Halbert(Translator)

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

ByErik Larson

2024 • 123 Readers • 593 pages • 4

In the Shadow of Their Dying

In the Shadow of Their Dying

ByMichael R. Fletcher,Anna Smith Spark

Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin

Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin

ByFrancis Spufford

2003 • 1 Reader • 252 pages

Electric Forest

Electric Forest

ByTanith Lee

1979 • 19 Readers • 160 pages • 4

Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year

Winters in the World: A Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year

ByEleanor Parker

2022 • 12 Readers • 267 pages • 4.3

Riddley Walker

ByRussell Hoban

1980 • 64 Readers • 220 pages • 3.3

Perhaps the Stars

#4 of 4 in Terra Ignota

Perhaps the Stars

ByAda Palmer

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Expedition

Expedition: Being an Account in Words and Artwork of the 2358 A.D. Voyage to Darwin IV

ByWayne Barlowe

1990 • 11 Readers • 5

The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

ByAnna Keay

2022 • 12 Readers • 334 pages • 4