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The Lost Language of Cranes

The lost language of cranes

ByDavid Leavitt

2014 • 19 Readers • 321 pages • 4.3

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Mrs. Ted Bliss

ByStanley Elkin

2 Readers

Fortune Smiles: Stories

Fortune Smiles: Stories

ByAdam Johnson

2015 • 1 Reader

The Round House

The Round House

ByLouise Erdrich

2012 • 118 Readers • 368 pages • 4.2

A lesson before dying

A Lesson Before Dying

ByErnest J. Gaines

1993 • 64 Readers • 337 pages • 4.2

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Cigarettes

ByHarry Mathews

6 Readers

All Grown Up

ByJami Attenberg

2017 • 42 Readers • 224 pages • 3.4

Elbow Room

ByJames Alan McPherson

1977 • 15 Readers • 288 pages • 4

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

ByHannah Tinti

2017 • 47 Readers • 399 pages • 3.6

Double or Nothing

Double or Nothing

ByRaymond Federman

1971 • 6 Readers • 268 pages

Plainsong

#1 of 3 in Plainsong

ByKent Haruf

1999 • 60 Readers • 301 pages • 4.3

A Patchwork Planet

A Patchwork Planet

ByAnne Tyler

1998 • 11 Readers • 320 pages • 3.3

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

BySherman Alexie

2007 • 304 Readers • 301 pages • 4

Martin Dressler the Tale of an American

Martin Dressler the Tale of an American

BySteven Millhauser

1996 • 5 Readers • 287 pages

The Women's Room

The Women's Room

ByMarilyn French

1977 • 18 Readers • 497 pages • 4

Airships

ByBarry Hannah

1978 • 11 Readers • 232 pages • 4

In Watermelon Sugar

In Watermelon Sugar

ByRichard Brautigan

1960 • 82 Readers • 156 pages • 3.6

The Big Sky

#1 of 2 in The Big Sky

ByA.B. Guthrie Jr.

1947 • 23 Readers • 15 pages • 3.8

Lookout Cartridge

Lookout Cartridge

ByJoseph McElroy

7 Readers

Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club

Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club

ByBenjamin Alire Sáenz

2012 • 8 Readers • 226 pages • 4

The Time of Our Singing

The Time of Our Singing

ByRichard Powers

2002 • 17 Readers • 631 pages • 4.5

How German Is It

How German Is It

ByWalter Abish

1980 • 8 Readers • 262 pages

Europe Central

ByWilliam T. Vollmann

2005 • 33 Readers • 832 pages • 4

The Franchiser

ByStanley Elkin

1976 • 1 Reader

Dangerous Laughter

Dangerous Laughter

BySteven Millhauser

2008 • 12 Readers • 256 pages • 3

A Frolic of His Own

A Frolic of His Own

ByWilliam Gaddis

1994 • 19 Readers • 512 pages

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

ByOcean Vuong

2019 • 966 Readers • 242 pages • 4

Pigs in Heaven

#2 of 2 in Greer Family

ByBarbara Kingsolver

1993 • 32 Readers • 343 pages • 3.8

The Bean Trees

#1 of 2 in Greer Family

ByBarbara Kingsolver

1988 • 107 Readers • 340 pages • 3.9

Blue highways

#1 of 3 in The Travel Trilogy

ByWilliam Least Heat-Moon

1982 • 34 Readers • 448 pages • 4

White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation

White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation

ByNaa Oyo A. Kwate

2023 • 3 Readers

The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club

ByAmy Tan

1989 • 402 Readers • 120 pages • 3.8

Self-Help

ByLorrie Moore

1985 • 74 Readers • 176 pages • 4.2

Round the bend

ByNevil Shute

1951 • 4 Readers • 435 pages • 3.5

Hollywood Babilonia

#1 of 2 in Hollywood Babylon

Hollywood Babylon

ByKenneth Anger,Ida Omboni(Translator)

1959 • 33 Readers • 292 pages • 3.5

Raintree County

Raintree County

ByRoss Lockridge Jr.

4 Readers • 5

Who Censored Roger Rabbit?

#1 of 4 in Roger Rabbit

Who Censored Roger Rabbit?

ByGary K. Wolf

1981 • 30 Readers • 214 pages • 3.5

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

ByDee Brown

253 Readers • 4.1

Humboldt's Gift

Humboldt's Gift

BySaul Bellow

1975 • 37 Readers • 468 pages • 4.1

War with the Newts

War with the Newts

ByKarel Čapek,Ewald Osers

1936 • 57 Readers • 246 pages • 4.1

Alberta and Freedom

#2 of 3 in The Alberta Trilogy

Alberta and Freedom

ByCora Sandel

1931 • 2 Readers

Arctic Dreams

ByBarry Lopez

2014 • 4 Readers • 512 pages • 5

New Grub Street

New Grub Street

ByGeorge Gissing

1891 • 24 Readers • 576 pages • 4

Other Men's Daughters

Other Men's Daughters

ByRichard Stern

1973 • 2 Readers • 253 pages

Havoc

ByTom Kristensen,Carl Malmberg(Translator)

1930 • 9 Readers • 4.5

Transit : Roman.

ByAnna Seghers

1944 • 15 Readers • 186 pages • 3

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

ByKathleen Rooney

2017 • 42 Readers • 4.1

I Should Have Stayed Home

I Should Have Stayed Home

ByHorace McCoy

1938 • 2 Readers • 183 pages

The Life and Death of Sophie Stark

The Life and Death of Sophie Stark

ByAnna North

2015 • 30 Readers • 289 pages • 3.6

The Invention of Morel

The Invention of Morel

ByAdolfo Bioy Casares,Ruth L.C. Simms(Translator)

1940 • 135 Readers • 122 pages • 3.8

A Way of Life, Like Any Other

A Way of Life, Like Any Other

ByDarcy O'Brien

7 Readers

Leaven of Malice

#2 of 3 in The Salterton Trilogy

Leaven of Malice

ByRobertson Davies

1954 • 7 Readers • 276 pages • 3.8

A Mixture of Frailties

#3 of 3 in The Salterton Trilogy

A Mixture of Frailties

ByRobertson Davies

1958 • 8 Readers • 384 pages • 4

#3 of 3 in The African Trilogy

ByChinua Achebe

1964 • 43 Readers • 230 pages • 3.3

The Spiders House

The Spiders House

ByPaul Bowles

1955 • 1 Reader

The Passion According to G.H.

The Passion According to G.H.

ByClarice Lispector,Ronald W. Sousa(Translator)

1964 • 64 Readers • 182 pages • 4.5

Absalom, Absalom!

Absalom, Absalom!

ByWilliam Faulkner

1936 • 195 Readers • 305 pages • 4

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The Rose Tattoo and Other Plays

The Rose Tattoo and Other Plays

ByTennessee Williams

1957 • 1 Reader • 346 pages

Runaway Horses

#2 of 2 in The Sea of Fertility

ByYukio Mishima

1969 • 68 Readers • 423 pages • 4.4

No Longer at Ease

#2 of 3 in The African Trilogy

No Longer at Ease

ByChinua Achebe

1960 • 12 Readers • 208 pages • 3.5

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Baby Doll and Other Plays

Baby Doll and Other Plays

ByTennessee Williams

1958 • 1 Reader

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

ByJames Weldon Johnson

1990 • 7 Readers • 192 pages • 4.3

Under a Glass Bell

Under a Glass Bell

ByAnaïs Nin

1944 • 2 Readers • 112 pages • 5

Studs Lonigan Trilogy: Young Lonigan/The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan/Judgment Day

#1 of 1 in Studs Lonigan

ByJames T. Farrell

1935 • 11 Readers • 486 pages • 5

The Demon

ByHubert Selby

2011 • 1 Reader • 399 pages

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays

ByTennessee Williams

1955 • 2 Readers • 329 pages

The Sea of Fertility

#1-4 of 2 in The Sea of Fertility

The Sea of Fertility

ByYukio Mishima,Michael Gallagher(Translator),+3 more

1970 • 7 Readers • 824 pages

A Sport and a Pastime

A Sport and a Pastime

ByJames Salter

1967 • 44 Readers • 256 pages • 4

The Chandelier

ByClarice Lispector

1946 • 11 Readers • 320 pages

Half a Lifelong Romance

Half a Lifelong Romance

ByEileen Chang,Karen S. Kingsbury(Translator)

1948 • 12 Readers • 379 pages

Martin Eden

ByJack London

80 Readers • 4.6

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty

ByEudora Welty

1980 • 24 Readers • 652 pages • 4.5

Life for Sale

ByYukio Mishima

1968 • 45 Readers • 166 pages • 4

Omensetter's Luck

Omensetter's Luck

ByWilliam H. Gass

1966 • 23 Readers • 315 pages • 4

Modern Classics The Merry Go Round In The Sea

Modern Classics The Merry Go Round In The Sea

ByRandolph Stow

1965 • 1 Reader • 408 pages

The Decay of the Angel

The Decay of the Angel

ByYukio Mishima

2013 • 29 Readers • 256 pages • 4.3

Spring Snow

#1 of 2 in The Sea of Fertility

ByYukio Mishima,Michael Gallagher(Translator)

1968 • 175 Readers • 402 pages • 4

The Man Who Loved Children

The Man Who Loved Children

ByChristina Stead

1940 • 22 Readers • 527 pages • 5

The Sound of the Mountain Yasunari Kawabata

The Sound of the Mountain Yasunari Kawabata

ByYasunari Kawabata

3 Readers • 5

All Souls

ByJavier Marías

2012 • 6 Readers • 240 pages • 3

The Man of Feeling

The Man of Feeling

ByJavier Marías,Margaret Jull Costa(Translator)

1986 • 1 Reader • 183 pages

Poet in New York

Poet in New York

ByFederico García Lorca

1940 • 7 Readers • 275 pages • 5

Little Man, What Now?

Little Man, What Now?

ByHans Fallada,Susan Bennett

1932 • 25 Readers • 352 pages • 3.9

Extinction

ByThomas Bernhard,David McLintock(Translator)

1986 • 14 Readers • 335 pages

Collected Stories

Collected Stories

ByWallace Stegner

1990 • 3 Readers • 576 pages

The Experience of Pain

The Experience of Pain

ByCarlo Emilio Gadda

2017 • 1 Reader • 256 pages

The Devil in the Flesh

The Devil in the Flesh

ByRaymond Radiguet,A.M. Sheridan Smith(Translator)

1923 • 23 Readers • 139 pages • 3.7

The Vagabond

ByColette,Enid McLeod(Translator)

1910 • 8 Readers • 252 pages • 4.5

The Claudine Novels

#1-4 of 5 in Claudine

The Claudine Novels

ByColette,Antonia White(Translator)

1903 • 1 Reader

The Collected Stories

The Collected Stories

ByWilliam Trevor

1992 • 8 Readers • 1,262 pages

The Midwich Cuckoos

The Midwich Cuckoos

ByJohn Wyndham

1957 • 97 Readers • 52 pages • 4

Mr Norris Changes Trains

#1 of 2 in The Berlin Novels

Mr Norris Changes Trains

ByChristopher Isherwood

1935 • 19 Readers • 230 pages • 4

A Single Man

ByChristopher Isherwood

133 Readers • 4.2

Prater Violet

ByChristopher Isherwood

1945 • 7 Readers • 4

Um dieser Tränen Willen

Collected Short Stories: Volume 2

ByW. Somerset Maugham

1900 • 4 Readers • 201 pages • 5

Parade's End

#1-4 of 4 in Parade's End

ByFord Madox Ford

1928 • 25 Readers • 845 pages • 3.5

The Forsyte Saga

#1-3 of 8 in The Forsyte Chronicles

The Forsyte Saga

ByJohn Galsworthy

1922 • 58 Readers • 953 pages • 4

Howards End

ByE.M. Forster

1910 • 83 Readers • 352 pages • 3.5

Cane

ByJean Toomer,George Hutchinson

1923 • 24 Readers • 160 pages • 3.8

The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil

ByW. Somerset Maugham

1925 • 60 Readers • 3.6