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The Friend

BySigrid Nunez

The Young Man

ByAnnie Ernaux

2022 • 1 Reader • 35 pages

Asleep

ByBanana Yoshimoto,Michael Emmerich(Translator)

1989 • 65 Readers • 177 pages • 3.5

The Guest

ByEmma Cline

2023 • 213 Readers • 305 pages • 3.4

The Happy Couple

The Happy Couple

ByNaoise Dolan

2023 • 50 Readers • 240 pages • 3.8

The Flowers of Buffoonery

The Flowers of Buffoonery

ByOsamu Dazai,Sam Bett(Translator)

1935 • 53 Readers • 64 pages • 4

The Fragile Threads of Power

#1 of 3 in Threads of Power

ByV. E. Schwab

2022 • 377 Readers • 674 pages • 4.3

Old Goriot

#23 of 46 in La Comédie Humaine

ByHonoré de Balzac,Ellen Marriage(Translator)

1835 • 90 Readers • 237 pages • 3.7

Border Town Girl

Border Town Girl

ByJohn D. MacDonald

1956 • 3 Readers • 159 pages

Eight million ways to die

#5 of 17 in Matthew Scudder

Eight Million Ways to Die

ByLawrence Block

1982 • 21 Readers • 352 pages • 4.1

The Waterworks

ByE.L. Doctorow

1994 • 14 Readers • 272 pages

Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

ByJoan Druett

2007 • 32 Readers • 299 pages • 3.7

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

ByJulie Smith

225 Readers • 7h 16m • 3.7

Ordinary Monsters

#1 of 2 in The Talents Trilogy

Ordinary Monsters

ByJ.M. Miro

2022 • 348 Readers • 672 pages • 3.7

The Dictionary of Lost Words

The Dictionary of Lost Words

ByPip Williams

185 Readers • 4.1

Hard Luck and Heavy Rain: The Ecology of Stories in Southeast Texas

Hard Luck and Heavy Rain: The Ecology of Stories in Southeast Texas

ByJoseph C. Russo

2022 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

A Marvellous Light

#1 of 3 in The Last Binding

A Marvellous Light

ByFreya Marske

2021 • 403 Readers • 384 pages • 4

The Rage of Dragons

#1 of 3 in The Burning

The Rage of Dragons

ByEvan Winter

2017 • 658 Readers • 528 pages • 4.3

The green futures of Tycho

Green Futures of Tycho

ByWilliam Sleator

1 Reader

House of Stairs

House of Stairs

ByWilliam Sleator

1974 • 32 Readers • 176 pages • 3.4

All My Rage

BySabaa Tahir

2022 • 213 Readers • 385 pages • 4.4

The Stainless Steel Rat

#4 of 11 in Stainless Steel Rat

The Stainless Steel Rat

ByHarry Harrison

1961 • 73 Readers • 208 pages • 3.7

Ohio

ByStephen Markley

2018 • 54 Readers • 496 pages • 4.2

Wellness

ByNathan Hill

2023 • 149 Readers • 664 pages • 4.2

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

ByJames McBride

2023 • 404 Readers • 385 pages • 3.9

Blackbriar

ByWilliam Sleator

2 Readers

Solenoid

ByMircea Cărtărescu

2015 • 93 Readers • 840 pages • 4

Querelle of Brest.

Querelle of Brest

ByJean Genet,Gregory Streatham(Translator)

1947 • 10 Readers • 348 pages

Whale

ByMyeong-Kwan Cheoung

2023 • 7 Readers • 3.5

The Cloud Forest

The Cloud Forest

ByJoan North

1 Reader • 180 pages

So You Want to Be a Wizard

#1 of 10 in Young Wizards

So You Want to Be a Wizard

ByDiane Duane

1983 • 89 Readers • 226 pages • 3.9

4 3 2 1

ByPaul Auster

2017 • 110 Readers • 995 pages • 4.3

The Black Coast

#1 of 3 in The God-King Chronicles

The Black Coast

ByMike Brooks

2021 • 73 Readers • 672 pages • 4

Kraftwerk

ByUwe Schütte

2018 • 2 Readers • 336 pages • 2.5

Sweet Dreams

ByDylan Jones

2020 • 3 Readers • 688 pages

Disorientation

ByElaine Hsieh Chou

2022 • 170 Readers • 416 pages • 4.1

Sorrowland

ByRivers Solomon

2021 • 255 Readers • 12h 2m • 3.7

1982, Janine

ByAlasdair Gray

8 Readers

The Sympathizer

#1 of 2 in The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer

ByViet Thanh Nguyen

2015 • 443 Readers • 384 pages • 4

The Trick is to Keep Breathing

The Trick is to Keep Breathing

ByJanice Galloway

1989 • 15 Readers • 236 pages • 4

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

#1 of 2 in Amina al-Sirafi

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

ByS. A. Chakraborty

2010 • 664 Readers • 307 pages • 4.4

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Demonic

ByJeff Strand

16 Readers • 240 pages • 3.3

Crying in H Mart

Crying in H Mart

ByMichelle Zauner

2021 • 1,104 Readers • 239 pages • 4.3

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

ByPeter FitzSimons

2018 • 8 Readers • 720 pages • 5

Fatal North: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition

Fatal North: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition

ByBruce Henderson

2001 • 1 Reader • 264 pages

Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

ByR. F. Kuang

The Plot

#1 of 1 in The Book Series

ByJean Hanff Korelitz

2021 • 308 Readers • 336 pages • 3.5

Lila, Lila

ByMartin Suter

2004 • 5 Readers • 347 pages • 4.5

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

ByNoor Naga

2022 • 93 Readers • 186 pages • 3.5

Lucy

ByJamaica Kincaid

1990 • 34 Readers • 4

Medea

ByChrista Wolf

1996 • 9 Readers • 208 pages • 4.5

How to Loiter in a Turf War

How to Loiter in a Turf War

ByJessica (Coco Solid) Hansell

5 Readers • 176 pages • 2

I'm a Fan

BySheena Patel

2022 • 123 Readers • 231 pages • 3.1

A Disturbance in the Force: How and Why the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened

A Disturbance in the Force: How and Why the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened

BySteve Kozak

2023 • 1 Reader

Larrimah

ByCaroline Graham,Kylie Stevenson

2021 • 3 Readers • 392 pages

Frisk

#2 of 5 in George Miles Cycle

ByDennis Cooper,Giovanna Granato(Translator)

1991 • 29 Readers • 176 pages • 4.1

The Digital Departed

The Digital Departed

ByTimothy Recuber

2023 • 1 Reader • 288 pages

From ASCII Art to Comic Sans: Typography and Popular Culture in the Digital Age

From ASCII Art to Comic Sans: Typography and Popular Culture in the Digital Age

ByKarin Wagner

1 Reader

The Violent Bear It Away

The Violent Bear It Away

ByFlannery O'Connor

1960 • 51 Readers • 260 pages • 3.9

Lady Joker, Volume One

#1 of 2 in Lady Joker

Lady Joker, Volume One

ByKaoru Takamura

Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird

Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird

ByAndrew D. Blechman

2006 • 2 Readers

Tales from Earthsea

#5 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

Tales from Earthsea

ByUrsula K. Le Guin

Lenin Walked on the Moon: The Mad History of Russian Cosmism

Lenin Walked on the Moon: The Mad History of Russian Cosmism

ByMichel Eltchaninoff,Tina Kover(Translator)

2022 • 1 Reader • 188 pages

Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

ByWerner Herzog,Michael Hofmann(Translator)

How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity

How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity

ByJill Burke

2024 • 8 Readers • 259 pages • 4

The Company

ByRobert Littell

2002 • 7 Readers • 1,281 pages • 3.7

With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

ByKathryn Mannix

2017 • 26 Readers • 342 pages • 4.3

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Project 333

ByCourtney Carver

2020 • 12 Readers • 2.8

Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History

Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History

ByPhilippa Gregory

2023 • 12 Readers • 4.5

Ikebana: The Art of Arranging Flowers

Ikebana: The Art of Arranging Flowers

ByShozo Sato,Kasen Yoshimura

2008 • 1 Reader • 208 pages

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Feral Architecture

Feral Architecture: Ballardian Horrors

BySam Richard,Sara Century,+3 more

1 Reader

The Stranger's Child

The Stranger's Child

ByAlan Hollinghurst

2011 • 29 Readers • 564 pages • 3.2

Foundation

#1 of 7 in Foundation (Publication Order)

ByIsaac Asimov

1951 • 1,830 Readers • 255 pages • 4

Wear It Well: Reclaim Your Closet and Rediscover the Joy of Getting Dressed

Wear It Well: Reclaim Your Closet and Rediscover the Joy of Getting Dressed

ByAllison Bornstein

9 Readers • 224 pages • 3.5

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

ByGabrielle Zevin

2022 • 2,762 Readers • 482 pages • 4.1

Gone to Seed

ByJustin Lutz

1 Reader

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Wabi Sabi

Wabi Sabi: The Wisdom in Imperfection

ByNobuo Suzuki,Russell Calvert(Translator)

1 Reader

Cover 0

A Handbook of Saxon Sorcery & Magic

A Handbook of Saxon Sorcery & Magic: Wyrdworking, Rune Craft, Divination, and Wortcunning

ByAlaric Albertsson

1 Reader

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

ByRoland Allen

2023 • 22 Readers • 308 pages • 4.4

Cooked

ByMichael Pollan

2013 • 67 Readers • 468 pages • 4

A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages

ByAnthony Bale

2023 • 10 Readers • 448 pages • 3.3

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

BySamin Nosrat

2017 • 270 Readers • 478 pages • 4.6

The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained in More Than 100 Essential Recipes

The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained in More Than 100 Essential Recipes

ByNik Sharma

2020 • 10 Readers • 352 pages • 5

A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

ByHilary Mantel

2023 • 4 Readers • 386 pages

Tinker Belles and Evil Queens

Tinker Belles and Evil Queens

BySean Griffin

2000 • 3 Readers • 321 pages

The Doctor Who Fooled the World

The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield's War on Vaccines

ByBrian Deer

2020 • 15 Readers • 416 pages • 4.8

Women Talking

ByMiriam Toews

2018 • 175 Readers • 242 pages • 3.8

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

ByAlfred Lansing

1959 • 361 Readers • 270 pages • 4.5

Over the Edge of the World

Over the Edge of the World

ByLaurence Bergreen

2003 • 28 Readers • 500 pages

The Unlit Lamp

ByRadclyffe Hall

1924 • 2 Readers • 320 pages

The Madman's Gallery

The Madman's Gallery

ByEdward Brooke-Hitching

2022 • 2 Readers • 357 pages

The Dead Zone

ByStephen King

Twilight of the Godlings: The Shadowy Beginnings of Britain's Supernatural Beings

Twilight of the Godlings: The Shadowy Beginnings of Britain's Supernatural Beings

ByFrancis Young

2023 • 2 Readers • 385 pages

Quietly Hostile

Quietly Hostile: Essays

BySamantha Irby

2023 • 93 Readers • 277 pages • 3.6

The Navigating Fox

The Navigating Fox

ByChristopher Rowe

2023 • 11 Readers • 160 pages • 3.8

You Were Made for This

You Were Made for This

ByMichelle Sacks

2018 • 2 Readers • 341 pages

Fly by Night

#1 of 2 in Fly by Night

ByFrances Hardinge

2005 • 31 Readers • 487 pages • 3.8

Then She Was Gone

Then She Was Gone

ByLisa Jewell

2017 • 504 Readers • 384 pages • 3.7

Blood, Sweat & Chrome

Blood, Sweat & Chrome

ByKyle Buchanan

2022 • 34 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1

Hell's Half-Acre

Hell's Half-Acre

BySusan Jonusas

2022 • 12 Readers • 368 pages • 3.5