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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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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

8.68 Great

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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

8.46 Great

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The Recognitions

William Gaddis’s *The Recognitions* explores themes of art, faith, and deception through a highly experimental narrative...

Classic American Postmodern Art

8.44 Great

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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

8.34 Great

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The Ambassadors

Henry James’ *The Ambassadors* explores the complexities of cultural adjustment and disillusionment through the experien...

Classic American Realist Society

8.28 Great

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Babbitt

Sinclair Lewis’s *Babbitt* portrays George F. Babbitt, a suburban realtor in Zenith City, Illinois. The novel is notable...

Business Classic American Satire

8.28 Great

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Wise Blood

Flannery O’Connor’s *Wise Blood* explores themes of disillusionment and spiritual searching through the character of Haz...

Classic American Southern Gothic Religious

8.18 Great

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The Awakening

Kate Chopin’s *The Awakening* explores the restrictive nature of marriage and societal expectations for women in late ni...

Classic American Feminist Marriage

8.12 Great

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Main Street

Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street examines the stifling effects of conformity within a struggling Midwestern community. The n...

Classic American Satire Small Town

8.08 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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Ethan Frome

Ethan Frome is a 1911 novella by American writer Edith Wharton, set in the fictional rural town of Starkfield, Massachus...

Classic American Rural Tragic

7.88 Good

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The Chocolate War

The Chocolate War is a 1974 young adult novel by American writer Robert Cormier. Set at a Catholic boys' school, it foll...

American School Young Adult Realist

7.86 Good

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The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth is a 1905 novel by American author Edith Wharton. The narrative follows Lily Bart, a beautiful but im...

Classic American Wharton 20TH Century

7.80 Good

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Giovanni's Room

Giovanni's Room is a 1956 novel by James Baldwin, published by Dial Press and set largely in Paris. It follows David, a...

Classic American 20TH Century Lgbtq+

7.76 Good

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Go Tell It on the Mountain

"Go Tell It on the Mountain" is a semi-autobiographical novel by American writer James Baldwin, originally published in...

Classic American 20TH Century Race

7.70 Good

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Tender Is the Night

Tender Is the Night is a modernist novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, first published in 1934. Set primarily in Europe on the...

Classic American Modernist 20TH Century

7.65 Good

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Sister Carrie

Sister Carrie is a novel by Theodore Dreiser, first published in 1900, and an important work of American literary natura...

Classic American Naturalist 20TH Century

7.53 Good

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Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Cancer is a modernist novel by American author Henry Miller, first published in Paris by Obelisk Press in 1934...

Classic American Controversial Modernist

7.42 Good

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe, first published in book form in 185...

Classic American 19TH Century Slavery

6.83 Fair