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Paying for it

ByChester Brown

2011 • 18 Readers • 292 pages • 3.6

Inherent Vice

ByThomas Pynchon

2009 • 172 Readers • 369 pages • 3.9

The Lies of Locke Lamora

#1 of 7 in Gentleman Bastard

The Lies of Locke Lamora

ByScott Lynch

2006 • 1,935 Readers • 745 pages • 4.3

Incomplete nature

Incomplete nature

ByTerrence William Deacon

2012 • 1 Reader • 602 pages

The Sparrow

#1 of 2 in The Sparrow

ByMary Doria Russell

1996 • 559 Readers • 515 pages • 4

Redefining Realness

Redefining Realness

ByJanet Mock

2014 • 41 Readers • 263 pages • 4.3

Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits

Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits

ByKevin Roose

2014 • 15 Readers • 336 pages • 3.8

The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University

The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University

ByKevin Roose

2009 • 23 Readers • 324 pages • 3.7

The Reappearing Act

The Reappearing Act

ByKate Fagan

2014 • 1 Reader • 200 pages

Does Jesus Really Love Me?

Does Jesus Really Love Me?

ByJeff Chu

2013 • 3 Readers • 368 pages

Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life

Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life

ByUlli Lust,Kim Thompson(Translator)

2009 • 5 Readers • 464 pages • 3.5

The Girl Who Owned a City: The Graphic Novel

The Girl Who Owned a City: The Graphic Novel

ByO.T. Nelson

2012 • 6 Readers • 125 pages • 3

The Riverman

#1 of 2 in The Riverman Trilogy

ByAaron Starmer

2014 • 12 Readers • 320 pages • 4

Friends and Other Signs of the Apocalypse

Friends and Other Signs of the Apocalypse

ByA.P. Menzies

2012 • 1 Reader • 88 pages

The James Tiptree Award Anthology 4: Subversive Stories about Sex and Gender

#4 of 1 in The James Tiptree Award Anthology

The James Tiptree Award Anthology 4: Subversive Stories about Sex and Gender

ByPat Murphy,Debbie Notkin

2008 • 1 Reader • 304 pages

The Arctic

#1 of 1 in The ends of the earth

ByElizabeth Kolbert(Editor),H. Rink(Contributor)

2007 • 1 Reader • 448 pages

Song Yet Sung

ByJames McBride,Leslie Uggams

2008 • 12 Readers • 4

The Wire and Philosophy: This America, Man

#73 of 42 in Popular Culture and Philosophy

The Wire and Philosophy: This America, Man

ByDavid Bzdak(Editor),Joanna Crosby(Editor)

2013 • 2 Readers • 314 pages

Coming Up Short

Coming Up Short

ByJennifer M. Silva

2013 • 1 Reader

Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work

Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work

ByMelissa Gira Grant

2014 • 16 Readers • 136 pages • 3.5

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The Fall

ByEd Brubaker

2001 • 1 Reader

Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb

Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb

ByJonathan Fetter-Vorm

2012 • 13 Readers • 154 pages • 4.5

Green River Killer: A True Detective Story

Green River Killer: A True Detective Story

ByJeff Jensen

2011 • 25 Readers • 243 pages • 3.8

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Punk Rock and Trailer Parks

Punk Rock and Trailer Parks

ByDerf Backderf

2008 • 7 Readers • 144 pages • 3.7

Sailor Twain

ByMark Siegel

2011 • 8 Readers • 399 pages • 3.7

Engraved on the Eye

Engraved on the Eye

BySaladin Ahmed

2012 • 17 Readers • 110 pages • 4.1

Night Film

ByMarisha Pessl

2013 • 389 Readers • 602 pages • 3.8

Tales from Fish Camp

Tales from Fish Camp

ByDanielle Henderson

2004 • 1 Reader • 128 pages

Hotel Iris

ByYōko Ogawa,Ornella Civardi(Translator)

1996 • 43 Readers • 160 pages • 3

Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo

Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo

ByAnjan Sundaram

2013 • 6 Readers • 288 pages • 3

Racing to Justice

Racing to Justice

ByJohn A. Powell

2012 • 1 Reader • 336 pages

Galveston

ByNic Pizzolatto

2010 • 47 Readers • 258 pages • 3.6

The Unsayable: The Hidden Language of Trauma

The Unsayable: The Hidden Language of Trauma

ByAnnie G. Rogers

2006 • 2 Readers • 320 pages

On such a full sea

On such a full sea

ByChang-rae Lee

2014 • 27 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8

The Violent Century

The Violent Century

ByLavie Tidhar

2013 • 16 Readers • 352 pages • 3.7

Osama

ByLavie Tidhar

2011 • 18 Readers • 302 pages • 3.2

The Girl in the Road

The Girl in the Road

ByMonica Byrne

2014 • 30 Readers • 323 pages • 3

The Unwinding

ByGeorge Packer

2013 • 34 Readers • 448 pages • 3.9

Battling Boy

#1 of 1 in Battling Boy

ByPaul Pope

2013 • 11 Readers • 202 pages • 4

White Teeth

ByZadie Smith

2001 • 358 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8

Among the Believers : An Islamic Journey

Among the Believers : An Islamic Journey

ByV.S. Naipaul

1981 • 2 Readers • 495 pages

Saturn's Children

#1 of 2 in Freyaverse

Saturn's Children

ByCharles Stross

2008 • 67 Readers • 323 pages • 3.4

See a little light the trail of rage and melody

See a little light the trail of rage and melody

ByBob Mould

2011 • 1 Reader • 416 pages

The Forever War

#1 of 2 in The Forever War

The Forever War

ByJoe Haldeman

1974 • 835 Readers • 203 pages • 4

Americanah

ByChimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2013 • 689 Readers • 608 pages • 4.2

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

ByReza Aslan

2013 • 147 Readers • 336 pages • 3.9

Mr. Fox

ByHelen Oyeyemi

2011 • 66 Readers • 3.6

The Malay Archipelago

#1 of 1 in The Malay Archipelago

The Malay Archipelago

ByAlfred Russel Wallace

1869 • 6 Readers • 736 pages

Prose and Lore

#1 of 2 in Prose and Lore: Memoir Stories About Sex Work

ByMelissa Petro(Editor),Aimee Herman(Contributor)

2012 • 1 Reader • 110 pages

A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story

A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story

ByElaine Brown

2021 • 10 Readers • 480 pages • 4

Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese

Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese

ByStephanie Stiavetti,Garrett McCord

2013 • 1 Reader • 224 pages

How to Be a Woman

How to Be a Woman

ByCaitlin Moran

2011 • 133 Readers • 322 pages • 3.5

Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry

Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry

ByLaura María Agustín

2007 • 1 Reader • 248 pages

Six-Gun Snow White

Six-Gun Snow White

ByCatherynne M. Valente

2013 • 58 Readers • 160 pages • 3.6

Palimpsest

ByCatherynne M. Valente

2009 • 74 Readers • 367 pages • 3.6

Finding the Dragon Lady

Finding the Dragon Lady

ByMonique Brinson Demery

2013 • 4 Readers • 280 pages • 3

Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools

ByDiane Ravitch

2013 • 9 Readers • 417 pages • 3.7

Johns, Marks, Tricks, and Chickenhawks: Professionals and Their Clients Writing about Each Other

Johns, Marks, Tricks, and Chickenhawks: Professionals and Their Clients Writing about Each Other

ByDavid Henry Sterry(Editor),Jodi Sh. Doff(Contributor)

2013 • 1 Reader • 220 pages

Sciences from Below

Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies

Sciences from Below

BySandra G. Harding

2008 • 1 Reader • 296 pages

The Concept Of Self

The Concept Of Self

ByKenneth J. Gergen

1971 • 1 Reader • 110 pages

Relational Being

Relational Being

ByKenneth J. Gergen

2009 • 2 Readers • 448 pages

The Lives of Tao

#1 of 3 in Tao

The Lives of Tao

ByWesley Chu

2013 • 121 Readers • 464 pages • 3.7

Eclipse 2

#2 of 4 in Eclipse

ByJonathan Strahan(Editor)

2008 • 8 Readers • 305 pages • 3.5

TransAtlantic

ByColum McCann

2013 • 30 Readers • 304 pages • 4.2

The Best of Subterranean

Subterranean Magazine

The Best of Subterranean

ByWilliam Schafer(Editor),Lewis Shiner(Contributor)

2017 • 13 Readers • 747 pages • 3.8

The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate

The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate

ByTed Chiang

2007 • 46 Readers • 60 pages • 4.4

The Carpet Makers

Carpet Makers Universe

The Carpet Makers

ByAndreas Eschbach,Doryl Jensen(Translator)

1995 • 42 Readers • 297 pages • 4.3

Peace

ByJune Eding

2013 • 1 Reader • 128 pages

Do Not Go Quietly

Do Not Go Quietly

ByGeorge A. Cappannelli,Sedena C. Cappannelli

2013 • 1 Reader • 286 pages

The Wisdom of No Escape

The Wisdom of No Escape

ByPema Chödrön

1991 • 13 Readers • 208 pages • 4

The Map and the Territory

The Map and the Territory

ByAlan Greenspan

2013 • 1 Reader

Poe

ByJ. Lincoln Fenn

2013 • 10 Readers • 4

Autopilot

ByAndrew Smart

2013 • 1 Reader • 148 pages

Einstein Must Die!

#1 of 1 in Fate Of Nations

Einstein Must Die!

ByChris Kohout

2013 • 4 Readers • 359 pages

We Band of Angels

We Band of Angels

ByElizabeth M. Norman

1999 • 9 Readers • 384 pages • 3.8

Bees Make the Best Pets

Bees Make the Best Pets

ByJack Mingo

2013 • 1 Reader • 176 pages

The Tell

ByMatthew Hertenstein

2013 • 5 Readers • 288 pages • 3.5

Pink Sari Revolution

Pink Sari Revolution

ByAmana Fontanella-Khan

2013 • 1 Reader • 304 pages

Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven

1 Known Space

Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven

ByLarry Niven

1975 • 13 Readers • 240 pages • 3.7

Slavery Inc.

ByLydia Cacho,Elizabeth Boburg(Translator)

2010 • 2 Readers • 320 pages

The Center of Winter

The Center of Winter

ByMarya Hornbacher

2005 • 2 Readers • 326 pages

Homegrown

Bybell hooks,Amalia Mesa-Bains

2006 • 2 Readers • 175 pages

The hunger angel

The hunger angel

ByHerta Müller

2012 • 9 Readers

Double Double

ByKen Grimes,Martha Grimes

2013 • 1 Reader • 240 pages

July's People

ByNadine Gordimer

1981 • 27 Readers • 210 pages • 3.2

Disidentifications

Disidentifications

ByJosé Esteban Muñoz

1999 • 8 Readers • 227 pages • 4.5

Leave the Light On

Leave the Light On

ByJennifer Storm

2010 • 1 Reader • 224 pages

Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts: Seventy Poems by Wislawa Szymborska

Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts: Seventy Poems by Wislawa Szymborska

ByWisława Szymborska

1981 • 4 Readers • 232 pages

Trans Liberation

Trans Liberation

ByLeslie Feinberg

1998 • 12 Readers • 160 pages • 5

Runaway: Stories

Runaway: Stories

ByAlice Munro

2003 • 79 Readers • 335 pages • 3.9

Beloved

#1 of 2 in Beloved Trilogy

ByToni Morrison

1987 • 914 Readers • 362 pages • 3.9

The Grass Is Singing

The Grass Is Singing

ByDoris Lessing

1950 • 27 Readers • 217 pages • 3.5

Collected Poems I

Collected Poems I

ByNelly Sachs

2007 • 2 Readers • 312 pages

The Luminaries

ByEleanor Catton

2013 • 266 Readers • 848 pages • 3.8

The Fall of Hyperion

#2 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

The Fall of Hyperion

ByDan Simmons

1990 • 597 Readers • 595 pages • 4.1

Winter's Tale

ByMark Helprin

1983 • 95 Readers • 708 pages • 3.8

Tampa

ByAlissa Nutting,Maira Parula(Translator)

2013 • 175 Readers • 320 pages • 3.3

The Summer We Got Free

The Summer We Got Free

ByMia McKenzie

2012 • 8 Readers • 242 pages • 4

The Daylight Gate

The Daylight Gate

ByJeanette Winterson

2012 • 17 Readers • 240 pages • 4

The Wild Shore

#1 of 3 in Three Californias Triptych

ByKim Stanley Robinson

1984 • 37 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8