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Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West

Published in 1985, Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West follows a teenage runaway known a...

20TH Century Historical Violent Western

9.55 Brilliant

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In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way

Published in French in 1913, Swann's Way opens Marcel Proust's seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time. It moves betwe...

French Philosophical Modernist 20TH Century

9.51 Brilliant

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Beloved

In Toni Morrison's Beloved, the aftermath of slavery reaches into a household struggling to live with memories that cann...

African American Fiction Award Winning Magical Realism

9.47 Excellent

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Mrs. Dalloway

A single day in post-First World War London frames Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, published in 1925. Clarissa Dalloway...

Classic Drama Modernist 20TH Century

9.35 Excellent

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Hyperion

Published in 1989, Dan Simmons's space opera follows seven pilgrims traveling toward the Time Tombs on the planet Hyperi...

Space Opera Classic Literary Pilgrimage

9.28 Excellent

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Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies, published in 2012, follows Thomas Cromwell through the Tudor court as Anne Boleyn's...

21ST Century Historical Political Literary

9.18 Excellent

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Dune

Frank Herbert's 'Dune' remains a cornerstone of science fiction, lauded for its intricate world-building, complex charac...

Military Sci Fi Space Opera Classic

9.16 Excellent

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen's beloved novel follows the spirited Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates the complexities of love, class, and...

Classic Character Driven 19TH Century Romance

9.16 Excellent

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The Count of Monte Cristo

This epic tale of betrayal, imprisonment, and ultimate revenge remains a literary powerhouse. Edmond Dantès is unjustly...

Adventure Classic Epic Long Form

9.06 Excellent

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Silas Marner

Silas Marner is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, published in 1861. Its central character is a s...

Classic 19TH Century Literary Redemption

8.47 Great

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Cry, the Beloved Country

Alan Paton’s *Cry, the Beloved Country* explores profound themes of race and justice in rural South Africa during the pr...

Classic Social South African Race

8.32 Great

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New Grub Street

George Gissing’s New Grub Street portrays the struggles of aspiring writers in late nineteenth-century London. The novel...

Classic Literary English Realist

8.02 Great

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A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance is a historical novel by Indian-Canadian author Rohinton Mistry, published in 1995. Set in India during t...

Indian 20TH Century Historical Literary

7.94 Good

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Suttree

"Suttree" is a novel written by American author Cormac McCarthy, first published in 1979. Set in the early 1950s, the na...

American 20TH Century Literary Southern

7.93 Good

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Gilead

Gilead is a 2004 novel by American writer Marilynne Robinson, presented as a long letter from the elderly Congregational...

American 21ST Century Literary Faith

7.89 Good

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The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1851. It foll...

Classic 19TH Century Literary Gothic

7.86 Good

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

"Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" is a 2022 novel by Gabrielle Zevin that centers on two video game designers, Sam...

Gaming American Literary Friendship

7.78 Good

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Housekeeping

"Housekeeping" is the 1980 debut novel by American author Marilynne Robinson, set in the isolated, fictional town of Fin...

American Family 20TH Century Literary

7.69 Good

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" is a complex, surreal novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, published in three parts be...

Japanese 20TH Century Literary Surreal

7.69 Good

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The Buried Giant

The Buried Giant is a 2015 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro set in a post-Arthurian Britain inhabited by Britons, Saxons, and rem...

Fantasy 21ST Century British Literary

6.51 Fair