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James

Percival Everett's 2024 novel James revisits Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through the perspective of Jim,...

American Satire 21ST Century Revisionist

9.34 Excellent

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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 novel by Michael Chabon about Josef Kavalier, a Jewish refugee from...

American 21ST Century Historical Picaresque

9.18 Excellent

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Moscow to the End of the Line

"Moscow to the End of the Line" (Moskva-Petushki) is a Russian prose poem written by Venedikt Erofeev in 1969. The narra...

Travel Russian Satire 20TH Century

9.05 Excellent

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True History of the Kelly Gang

True History of the Kelly Gang is a 2000 novel by Australian writer Peter Carey that won the 2001 Booker Prize. It prese...

Australian 21ST Century Historical Outlaw

9.04 Excellent

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Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an 1876 novel by American writer Mark Twain. Set in the fictional Mississippi River town...

American 19TH Century Episodic Mark Twain

8.89 Great

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Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man

Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man is an unfinished novel by German writer Thomas Mann, published in 1954. Its n...

German 20TH Century Comedy Con Man

8.89 Great

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of a young boy and an enslaved man navigating the Mississipp...

Classic American 19TH Century Rogue

8.85 Great

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Erasure

Erasure is a 2001 satirical novel by American author Percival Everett. The narrative follows Thelonious "Monk" Ellison,...

American Satire Publishing 21ST Century

8.84 Great

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz’s *The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao* explores the complex experiences of an isolated Dominican-American m...

American Satire 21ST Century Diaspora

8.70 Great

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Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex explores themes of identity and family through the life of Cal Stephanides, an American man...

American Satire 21ST Century Identity

8.04 Great

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The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu is a 2021 debut novel by author Tom Lin that blends the traditional western genre with m...

Quest American 21ST Century Western

7.67 Good

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Gentleman of the Road

Michael Chabon's Gentlemen of the Road, published in 2007, is a historical adventure novel set in the medieval Khazar Em...

Adventure American Medieval 21ST Century

7.58 Good

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Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

*Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl* is a picaresque novel written by Andrea Lawlor and published in 2017. Set in the...

American 21ST Century Picaresque Queer

7.14 Good

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Ports of Call

Ports of Call is a 1998 science-fiction adventure novel by American writer Jack Vance and part of his Gaean Reach series...

Travel American Comic Science Fiction

6.66 Fair

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The Last Witchfinder

The Last Witchfinder is a 2006 historical fiction novel by the American writer James Morrow. Its protagonist, Jennet, is...

Quest American Satire 21ST Century

6.61 Fair

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The Algerine Captive

The Algerine Captive is a 1797 American novel by Royall Tyler, presented as the fictional memoir of Doctor Updike Underh...

Travel 18TH Century American Satire

6.51 Fair

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Pym

Pym is a 2011 novel by the American writer Mat Johnson. It uses Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of...

Quest American Satire 21ST Century

6.51 Fair

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Lurulu

Lurulu is a 2004 science fiction adventure novel by the American writer Jack Vance. It is described as his last novel an...

Travel American Comic Science Fiction

6.47 Fair

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Valencia

Valencia is a 2000 autobiographical novel by American writer Michelle Tea. Set in San Francisco, it follows a young quee...

American 21ST Century Urban Picaresque

6.36 Fair

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Father Bombo's Pilgrimage to Mecca

Father Bombo's Pilgrimage to Mecca is an early American prose satire attributed to Philip Freneau and Hugh Henry Bracken...

Travel 18TH Century American Comic

5.41 Mediocre