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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

9.6 Brilliant

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James

James is a 2024 novel by American author Percival Everett that retells Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from...

American Satire 21ST Century Revisionist

9.3 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

9.2 Excellent

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The Adventures of Augie March

Saul Bellow’s *The Adventures of Augie March* chronicles a young man's unconventional journey through early 20th-century...

Classic American 20TH Century Rogue

9.1 Excellent

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Jacques the Fatalist and His Master

Denis Diderot’s Jacques the Fatalist and His Master explores philosophical ideas through the meandering conversations of...

Travel 18TH Century Classic French

9.1 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

9.1 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

9.0 Excellent

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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

8.8 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

8.7 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

8.7 Great

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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

7.8 Good

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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

7.7 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

7.6 Good

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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

7.2 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

7.2 Good

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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

7.1 Good

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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

7.1 Good

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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

7.0 Good

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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

6.9 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

5.9 Mediocre