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Point Counter Point

Point Counter Point

ByAldous Huxley,Mîna Urgan(Translator)

1928 • 46 Readers • 452 pages • 4.2

The Dream of the Red Chamber

#1 of 5 in The Story of the Stone

The Dream of the Red Chamber

ByTsao Hsueh-Chin

1958 • 60 Readers • 356 pages • 4.3

Cloudsplitter

ByRussell Banks

1998 • 13 Readers • 758 pages • 2.7

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Mortal Sins

Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal

ByMichael D'Antonio

1 Reader

The best mysteries of Isaac Asimov

The best mysteries of Isaac Asimov

ByIsaac Asimov

1986 • 1 Reader • 345 pages

Underworld

ByDon DeLillo

1997 • 173 Readers • 832 pages • 3.4

The Cunning Man

#2 of 2 in Toronto Trilogy

The Cunning Man

ByRobertson Davies

1994 • 6 Readers • 4

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

ByMohsin Hamid

2013 • 71 Readers • 3.8

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The Berlin Stories

The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr Norris/Goodbye to Berlin

ByChristopher Isherwood

1 Reader

The Stranger

ByAlbert Camus,Matthew Ward(Translator)

1942 • 2,164 Readers • 134 pages • 3.9

Swamplandia!

ByKaren Russell

2011 • 107 Readers • 3.4

Damnation Alley

Damnation Alley

ByRoger Zelazny

1968 • 30 Readers • 157 pages • 3.1

Matter

#8 of 10 in Culture

ByIain M. Banks,Toby Longworth

2008 • 31 Readers • 3.7

Deliverance

ByJames Dickey

1972 • 73 Readers • 240 pages • 4.1

Bomb

BySteve Sheinkin

2012 • 14 Readers • 266 pages • 4.4

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter

ByKatherine Anne Porter

1965 • 11 Readers • 495 pages • 4

The Dog Stars

ByPeter Heller

2012 • 201 Readers • 381 pages • 3.9

The Mysteries of Udolpho

The Mysteries of Udolpho

ByAnn Radcliffe

1794 • 81 Readers • 773 pages • 3.4

Tinkers

ByPaul Harding

2009 • 88 Readers • 206 pages • 3.6

The Town

#3 of 3 in The Awakening Land

ByConrad Richter

1950 • 18 Readers • 309 pages • 3

Humboldt's Gift

Humboldt's Gift

BySaul Bellow

1975 • 44 Readers • 468 pages • 4.2

Years of Grace

ByMargaret Ayer Barnes

1930 • 10 Readers • 592 pages

Elbow Room

ByJames Alan McPherson

1977 • 23 Readers • 288 pages • 4

I Am Legend

ByRichard Matheson

1954 • 767 Readers • 312 pages • 3.9

Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story

Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story

ByOliver La Farge

1929 • 13 Readers • 193 pages

The Plague of Doves

The Plague of Doves

ByLouise Erdrich

2008 • 35 Readers • 352 pages • 3.7

The Years of Rice and Salt

The Years of Rice and Salt

ByKim Stanley Robinson

2002 • 134 Readers • 3.5

The Reivers

ByWilliam Faulkner

1962 • 22 Readers • 416 pages • 3.8

Guard Of Honor: A Pulitzer Prize Winner

Guard Of Honor: A Pulitzer Prize Winner

ByJames Gould Cozzens

1948 • 1 Reader

The Store

#2 of 2 in The Vaiden Trilogy

ByT.S. Stribling

1932 • 10 Readers • 592 pages

Empire Falls

ByRichard Russo

2001 • 125 Readers • 496 pages • 4.1

A Summons to Memphis

A Summons to Memphis

ByPeter Taylor

1986 • 21 Readers • 209 pages • 2

Honey in the Horn

Honey in the Horn

ByH.L. Davis

1935 • 11 Readers • 408 pages

The Way West

#2 of 2 in The Big Sky

ByA.B. Guthrie Jr.

1949 • 23 Readers • 352 pages • 5

Collected Stories

The Stories of John Cheever

ByJohn Cheever

1990 • 50 Readers • 912 pages • 4.1

Of Love and Hunger

Of Love and Hunger

ByJulian Maclaren-Ross

1947 • 3 Readers • 204 pages

Tropic of Cancer

#1 of 3 in Tropic

Tropic of Cancer

ByHenry Miller

1934 • 192 Readers • 318 pages • 3.2

In This Our Life

In This Our Life

ByEllen Glasgow

1941 • 11 Readers • 588 pages

The Able McLaughlins

The Able McLaughlins

ByMargaret Wilson

2007 • 14 Readers • 268 pages

Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady

Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady

ByLouis Bromfield

1926 • 12 Readers • 303 pages

Alice Adams

ByBooth Tarkington

1921 • 13 Readers • 268 pages • 3.8

The Other Child

The Other Child

ByCharlotte Link

2 Readers

His Family

ByErnest Poole

1917 • 13 Readers • 240 pages

Ubik

ByPhilip K. Dick

1969 • 576 Readers • 241 pages • 4

Scarlet Sister Mary

Scarlet Sister Mary

ByJulia Peterkin

1928 • 10 Readers • 376 pages

Have Space Suit—Will Travel

Have Space Suit—Will Travel

ByRobert A. Heinlein

1958 • 65 Readers • 255 pages • 3.5

Breathing Lessons

Breathing Lessons

ByAnne Tyler

1988 • 44 Readers • 327 pages • 3.8

The Keepers of the House

The Keepers of the House

ByShirley Ann Grau

1964 • 34 Readers • 320 pages • 4.2

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

ByRobert Olen Butler

1992 • 47 Readers • 269 pages • 3.7

Goodbye to Berlin

#2 of 2 in The Berlin Novels

Goodbye to Berlin

ByChristopher Isherwood,Christoph Isherwood

1939 • 47 Readers • 206 pages • 3.6

The Fixer

ByBernard Malamud

2004 • 43 Readers • 356 pages • 4.5

Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence

Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence

ByJoseph J. Ellis

2013 • 7 Readers • 240 pages • 4

A Fable

ByWilliam Faulkner

1954 • 25 Readers • 384 pages • 2

The Late George Apley

The Late George Apley

ByJohn P. Marquand

1937 • 10 Readers • 513 pages

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

#1 of 1 in Mambo Kings

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

ByOscar Hijuelos

1989 • 28 Readers • 416 pages • 4

Now in November

Now in November

ByJosephine Winslow Johnson

1934 • 19 Readers • 193 pages • 3

Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

ByJoseph Conrad

1899 • 998 Readers • 132 pages • 3.3

Dragon's Teeth

#3 of 7 in The Lanny Budd Novels

ByUpton Sinclair

1942 • 14 Readers • 328 pages • 5

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Z

ByVassilis Vassilikos

3 Readers

The Man Who Loved Children

The Man Who Loved Children

ByChristina Stead

1940 • 22 Readers • 527 pages • 5

One Lonely Night

#4 of 22 in Mike Hammer

One Lonely Night

ByMickey Spillane

1951 • 6 Readers • 224 pages • 2

In the Shadow of the Banyan

In the Shadow of the Banyan

ByVaddey Ratner

2012 • 23 Readers • 322 pages • 4.1

Stranger in a Strange Land

#1 of 1 in Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land

ByRobert A. Heinlein

1961 • 872 Readers • 422 pages • 3.7

The Silent Wife

The Silent Wife

ByA.S.A. Harrison

2013 • 87 Readers • 336 pages • 3.2

Dwelling in Possibility: Searching for the Soul of Shelter

Dwelling in Possibility: Searching for the Soul of Shelter

ByHoward Mansfield

2013 • 1 Reader • 238 pages

The Crying of Lot 49

The Crying of Lot 49

ByThomas Pynchon

1965 • 369 Readers • 288 pages • 3.8

Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields

Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields

ByWendy Lower

2013 • 13 Readers • 288 pages • 3.3

I, Claudius

#1 of 2 in Claudius

ByRobert Graves,Stephen Alcorn

1934 • 212 Readers • 432 pages • 4.1

Ghost Story

ByPeter Straub

1979 • 184 Readers • 530 pages • 3.7

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Lamb in His Bosom

Lamb in His Bosom

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

ByVladimir Nabokov

1969 • 103 Readers • 606 pages • 4

Only Forward

ByMichael Marshall Smith

1994 • 55 Readers • 325 pages • 4.4

Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State

Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State

ByT.D. Allman

2013 • 1 Reader • 578 pages

Her smoke rose up forever

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever

ByJames Tiptree Jr.

1990 • 68 Readers • 508 pages • 4.3

The Good Earth

#1 of 3 in House of Earth

ByPearl S. Buck

1931 • 240 Readers • 385 pages • 3.8

Waiting for the Mahatma

Waiting for the Mahatma

ByR.K. Narayan

1955 • 5 Readers • 260 pages • 4

Father and Son

ByLarry Brown

1996 • 4 Readers • 362 pages

Picture Me Gone

Picture Me Gone

ByMeg Rosoff

2013 • 6 Readers • 256 pages • 5

Varanger

#4 of 3 in The Life and Times of Corban Loosestrife

ByCecelia Holland

2008 • 1 Reader

The Sirens of Titan

The Sirens of Titan

ByKurt Vonnegut

1959 • 528 Readers • 322 pages • 4

The Castle of Otranto

The Castle of Otranto

ByHorace Walpole

1764 • 117 Readers • 125 pages • 3

Radetzkymarch

#1 of 2 in Von Trotta Family

The Radetzky March

ByJoseph Roth,Soffy Topsøe(Translator)

1932 • 44 Readers • 334 pages • 3.7

Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands

Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands

ByCharles Moore

2013 • 1 Reader • 859 pages

Davy

#1 of 1 in Tales of a Darkening World

ByEdgar Pangborn

1964 • 7 Readers • 265 pages

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

ByMilan Kundera,Michael Henry Heim(Translator)

1980 • 797 Readers • 305 pages • 3.9

To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care

To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care

ByCris Beam

2013 • 4 Readers • 4

A Visit from the Goon Squad

#1 of 3 in Goon Squad

A Visit from the Goon Squad

ByJennifer Egan

2010 • 501 Readers • 289 pages • 3.8

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

ByErnest Hemingway

1952 • 1,508 Readers • 127 pages • 3.7

Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change

Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change

ByElizabeth Kolbert

2006 • 24 Readers • 225 pages • 4.3

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

#0 in Oprah's

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

ByCheryl Strayed

2012 • 514 Readers • 338 pages • 3.8

Jazz

2 Beloved Trilogy

ByToni Morrison

1992 • 108 Readers • 258 pages • 3.9

Sea of Hooks

ByLindsay Hill

2013 • 2 Readers • 352 pages

The Good Lord Bird

The Good Lord Bird

ByJames McBride

2013 • 89 Readers • 480 pages • 4.1

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Last Exit to Brooklyn

ByHubert Selby Jr.

1964 • 112 Readers • 290 pages • 3.4

Welcome to Fifth Grade!

BySteven Banks

2005 • 1 Reader

Gilead

#1 of 4 in Gilead

ByMarilynne Robinson

2004 • 290 Readers • 289 pages • 3.9

Rolling Thunder

#3 of 2 in Thunder and Lightning

Rolling thunder

ByJohn Varley

2008 • 3 Readers • 352 pages • 4

Doll bones

ByHolly Black

2013 • 64 Readers • 228 pages • 3.6

Le Voyeur

ByAlain Robbe-Grillet

1955 • 2 Readers • 256 pages

The Gods Themselves

The Gods Themselves

ByIsaac Asimov

1972 • 259 Readers • 288 pages • 3.9