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Absalom, Absalom!

William Faulkner’s *Absalom, Absalom!* explores the ambitious, ultimately tragic story of Thomas Sutpen’s attempt to bui...

Classic American 20TH Century Southern

9.4 Excellent

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Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs Dalloway is a 1925 modernist novel by British author Virginia Woolf that details a single day in the life of Clariss...

Classic Drama Modernist 20TH Century

9.4 Excellent

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Beloved

Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' is a harrowing and profoundly moving exploration of slavery's enduring legacy on the lives of...

African American Fiction Award Winning Magical Realism

9.2 Excellent

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Bring Up the Bodies

Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by British author Hilary Mantel, published in 2012 as the second book in her a...

21ST Century Historical Political Literary

9.2 Excellent

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Light in August

William Faulkner’s *Light in August* explores complex themes within rural Mississippi during the 1930s. The novel examin...

Classic American 20TH Century Southern

9.1 Excellent

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2666

Roberto Bolaño’s *2666* is a complex and unsettling postmodern novel set primarily in the Chilean desert town of Santa T...

21ST Century Crime Postmodern Chilean

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Disgrace

J.M. Coetzee’s *Disgrace* explores profound moral questions within the context of post-apartheid South Africa. The novel...

Moral Literary South African Post Apartheid

8.8 Great

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Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest is a complex American novel exploring themes of entertainment, addiction, and commu...

American Satire Experimental Postmodern

8.7 Great

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The Mirror & the Light

The Mirror & the Light is a 2020 historical novel by English writer Hilary Mantel and the final volume of her Thomas Cro...

21ST Century Mantel Historical British

8.7 Great

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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

8.6 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

8.6 Great

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The Feast of the Goat

The Feast of the Goat is a historical novel by the Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, published in 2000. The na...

21ST Century Historical Political Peruvian

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Passing

Nella Larsen’s *Passing* explores the complexities of racial identity within the context of the Harlem Renaissance. The...

Classic American Race Harlem Renaissance

8.5 Great

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The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles is a 2011 historical fantasy novel by American author Madeline Miller that retells the events of th...

Fantasy Mythology 21ST Century Historical

8.5 Great

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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

8.5 Great

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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

8.4 Great

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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

7.8 Good

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A Mercy

A Mercy is a historical novel by Toni Morrison published in 2008. Set in the 1680s in colonial America before the formal...

American 21ST Century Historical Colonial

7.7 Good

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Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach is a 2017 historical novel by American writer Jennifer Egan. Set mainly in Brooklyn during World War II,...

American 21ST Century Historical Noir

7.3 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

7.1 Good