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How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised

How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

ByThomas C. Foster

2003 • 3 Readers

Breaking the Dark

#1 of 1 in Marvel Crime

Breaking the Dark

ByLisa Jewell

2024 • 41 Readers • 464 pages • 4.3

Frighten the Horses: A Memoir

Frighten the Horses: A Memoir

ByOliver Radclyffe

2024 • 4 Readers • 4

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Andrew H. MacAndrew(Translator)

19 • 1,252 Readers • 796 pages • 4.4

Bright Ruin

#3 of 3 in Dark Gifts

ByVic James

The History of a Town

The History of a Town

ByMikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin,I.P. Foote(Translator)

1870 • 1 Reader • 296 pages

The Thistle and The Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor

The Thistle and The Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor

ByLinda Porter

2024 • 1 Reader • 399 pages

The Other Valley

The Other Valley

ByScott Alexander Howard

2024 • 146 Readers • 10h 42m • 3.7

A Talent for Murder

#3 of 3 in Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner

A Talent for Murder

ByPeter Swanson

Colored Television

Colored Television

ByDanzy Senna

2024 • 44 Readers • 276 pages • 3.7

James

ByPercival Everett

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

ByHaruki Murakami,Philip Gabriel(Translator)

2023 • 104 Readers • 448 pages • 3.6

Worst Case Scenario

Worst Case Scenario

ByT. J. Newman

2024 • 33 Readers • 321 pages • 4.5

Those Who Walk Away

Those Who Walk Away

ByPatricia Highsmith

1967 • 3 Readers • 261 pages

One of Our Kind: A novel

One of Our Kind: A novel

ByNicola Yoon

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

ByAnna Akbari

Salvation of a Saint

#5 of 9 in Detective Galileo

Invisible Helix

ByKeigo Higashino

2008 • 52 Readers • 384 pages • 4

The Tremor of Forgery

The Tremor of Forgery

ByPatricia Highsmith

The Photo: A totally addictive and heart-pounding psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist

The Photo: A totally addictive and heart-pounding psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist

ByA.J. McDine

2024 • 1 Reader

Big Swiss

ByJen Beagin

The God of the Woods

The God of the Woods

ByLiz Moore

The Return of Ellie Black

The Return of Ellie Black

ByEmiko Jean

Sunburn

ByChloe Michelle Howarth

2023 • 88 Readers • 288 pages • 4.2

The Cry of the Owl

The Cry of the Owl

ByPatricia Highsmith

I Cheerfully Refuse

I Cheerfully Refuse

ByLeif Enger

2024 • 97 Readers • 336 pages • 4.6

The Good Part

BySophie Cousens

The Bookbinder

ByPip Williams

2023 • 12 Readers • 465 pages • 3.5

Nothing Special

Nothing Special

ByNicole Flattery

2023 • 16 Readers • 241 pages • 4

Long Time Gone

ByCharlie Donlea

2024 • 20 Readers • 353 pages • 4.2

Life in a Victorian Household

The Sutton Life series

Life in a Victorian Household

ByPamela Horn

2007 • 1 Reader • 96 pages

What Happened to Nina?

What Happened to Nina?

ByDervla McTiernan

The Blueprint: A Novel

ByRae Giana Rashad

2024 • 16 Readers • 304 pages • 3.8

The English Experience

#3 of 2 in Jason Fitger

The English Experience

ByJulie Schumacher

2023 • 6 Readers • 230 pages • 4

4 3 2 1

ByPaul Auster

2017 • 110 Readers • 995 pages • 4.3

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone

#1 of 3 in Ernest Cunningham

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone

ByBenjamin Stevenson

2022 • 549 Readers • 384 pages • 3.8

What Lies Between Us

What Lies Between Us

ByJohn Marrs

In a Dark, Dark Wood

In a Dark, Dark Wood

ByRuth Ware

2015 • 332 Readers • 354 pages • 3.4

Cruel Sacrifice

Cruel Sacrifice

ByAphrodite Jones

1994 • 4 Readers • 333 pages • 4

Captains of the Sands

Captains of the Sands

ByJorge Amado,Gregory Rabassa(Translator)

1937 • 1 Reader • 286 pages

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

BySofia Samatar

Eleven

ByPatricia Highsmith

2011 • 7 Readers • 191 pages

The Night Nanny

The Night Nanny

ByNelle Lamarr

2 Readers

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

ByEmily Nussbaum

2024 • 42 Readers • 360 pages • 3.7

Hum

ByHelen Phillips

2024 • 75 Readers • 272 pages • 3.3

I Hope This Finds You Well

I Hope This Finds You Well

ByNatalie Sue

2024 • 166 Readers • 337 pages • 4

Follow Her Down

Follow Her Down

ByVictoria Helen Stone

2024 • 10 Readers • 310 pages • 10h 28m • 4.5

All This and More

All This and More

ByPeng Shepherd

2024 • 43 Readers • 400 pages • 3.2

Going Zero

ByAnthony McCarten

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

ByDava Sobel

1995 • 220 Readers • 208 pages • 4.1

Shanghailanders

Shanghailanders

ByJuli Min

2024 • 31 Readers • 288 pages • 3

The Last Party

ByA.R. Torre

2024 • 29 Readers • 4.4

The Familiar

ByLeigh Bardugo

After Dark

ByHaruki Murakami

2004 • 448 Readers • 201 pages • 3.7

The Guest List

ByLucy Foley

Cinema Love

ByJiaming Tang

2024 • 13 Readers • 4

Only One Survives

Only One Survives

ByHannah Mary McKinnon

2024 • 22 Readers • 400 pages • 3.8

The Last Time She Saw Him

The Last Time She Saw Him

ByKate White

2024 • 3 Readers

The Gathering

ByC.J. Tudor

2024 • 78 Readers • 336 pages • 3.8

The Midnight Feast

The Midnight Feast

ByLucy Foley

2024 • 221 Readers • 320 pages • 3.4

#5 of 5 in Hawthorne & Horowitz

ByAnthony Horowitz

2024 • 40 Readers • 419 pages • 4.3

Elizabeth I

ByAnne Somerset

1991 • 6 Readers • 1,072 pages • 5

Miss Kim Knows: And Other Stories

Miss Kim Knows: And Other Stories

ByCho Nam-Joo,Jamie Chang(translator)

2021 • 2 Readers

The City We Became

#1 of 2 in Great Cities

The City We Became

ByN.K. Jemisin

2020 • 912 Readers • 16h 12m • 3.8

The Drowned World

The Drowned World

ByJ.G. Ballard

Love in the Time of Cholera

Love in the Time of Cholera

ByGabriel García Márquez,Edith Grossman(Translator)

1985 • 644 Readers • 3.7

Hot Springs Drive

Hot Springs Drive

ByLindsay Hunter

2023 • 11 Readers • 212 pages • 3.8

One Second After

#1 of 2 in John Matherson

One Second After

ByWilliam R. Forstchen

2009 • 148 Readers • 532 pages • 3.6

Men at Arms

#15 of 41 in Discworld

ByTerry Pratchett

1993 • 391 Readers • 432 pages • 4.4

The Vacancy in Room 10

The Vacancy in Room 10

BySeraphina Nova Glass

2024 • 46 Readers • 3.7

Guards! Guards!

#8 of 41 in Discworld

Guardas! Guardas!

ByTerry Pratchett

Real Americans

ByRachel Khong

Annie Bot

BySierra Greer

Eastbound

ByJessica Moore(Translator),Maylis de Kerangal

How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self

How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self

ByNicole LePera

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Cien años de soledad

ByGabriel García Márquez,Gregory Rabassa(Translator)

I Have Some Questions For You

I Have Some Questions For You

ByRebecca Makkai

2023 • 346 Readers • 449 pages • 3.7

Don't Forget Me

Don't Forget Me

ByRea Frey

2024 • 8 Readers • 5

House of Correction

House of Correction

ByNicci French

2020 • 15 Readers • 528 pages • 4

The Last Flight

The Last Flight

ByJulie Clark

2020 • 193 Readers • 269 pages • 3.9

Listen for the Lie

Listen for the Lie

ByAmy Tintera

2024 • 276 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1

Baby X

ByKira Peikoff

Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

ByBarbara Weisberg

2 Readers

I Let Her In

ByMaria Frankland

2024 • 1 Reader • 2

Elizabeth's Rival

Elizabeth's Rival

ByNicola Tallis

2018 • 3 Readers • 464 pages • 4.5

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

ByJanice Hallett

First Lie Wins

ByAshley Elston

2024 • 410 Readers • 340 pages • 4

The Killer's Daughter

#1 of 3 in Detective Margot Phalen Series

The Killer's Daughter

ByKate Wiley

2024 • 2 Readers • 332 pages • 3.5

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

ByMalinda Lo

2021 • 433 Readers • 418 pages • 4.4

The Girls in the Garden

The Girls in the Garden

ByLisa Jewell

Pretty Girls

ByKarin Slaughter

2001 • 511 Readers • 688 pages • 4

The Night She Disappeared

The Night She Disappeared

ByLisa Jewell

The Woman Who Lied: A Novel

The Woman Who Lied: A Novel

ByClaire Douglas

2023 • 2 Readers • 4

Then She Was Gone

Then She Was Gone

ByLisa Jewell

The Book of Doors

The Book of Doors

ByGareth Brown

One Perfect Couple

One Perfect Couple

ByRuth Ware

The Paris Apartment

The Paris Apartment

ByLucy Foley

2022 • 652 Readers • 368 pages • 3.4

Starling House

ByAlix E. Harrow

2023 • 585 Readers • 392 pages • 3.9

The List

ByYomi Adegoke

None of This Is True

None of This Is True

ByLisa Jewell

The Daughters of George III

The Daughters of George III

ByCatherine Curzon

2020 • 282 pages