swap_horiz Laurence Sterne Alternatives

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Leo Tolstoy

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Russian Classic Realism Epic

9.4 Excellent

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Jane Austen

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Classic 19TH Century Romance British

9.2 Excellent

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was a prominent English novelist writing during the Victorian period (1812-1870). His influential works,...

Classic 19TH Century British Victorian

9.1 Excellent

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Jonathan Swift

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18TH Century Classic Satire Political

8.8 Great

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Terry Pratchett

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Fantasy Comic 20TH Century British

8.8 Great

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Lewis Carroll

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Fantasy Classic 19TH Century British

8.7 Great

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V.S. Naipaul

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Classic 20TH Century British Literary

8.6 Great

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P.G. Wodehouse

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Classic Comic Satire 20TH Century

8.3 Great

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Evelyn Waugh

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Social Comic Satire 20TH Century

8.3 Great

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Arthur C. Clarke

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Sci Fi Classic 20TH Century British

8.3 Great

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David Mitchell

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Contemporary Experimental British Literary

8.2 Great

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Daniel Defoe

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Adventure 18TH Century Classic Realism

8.0 Great

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John le Carré

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Classic 20TH Century British Thriller

8.0 Great

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Henry Fielding

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18TH Century Classic Social Comic

7.8 Good

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Rudyard Kipling

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Adventure Classic 19TH Century British

7.8 Good

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W. Somerset Maugham

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Classic Realism 20TH Century British

7.8 Good

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Wilkie Collins

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Classic 19TH Century Mystery British

7.6 Good

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Ian Fleming

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Classic 20TH Century British Thriller

7.5 Good

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Daphne du Maurier

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Classic 20TH Century Suspense British

7.5 Good

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Samuel Richardson

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18TH Century Classic British Epistolary

7.3 Good