swap_horiz Suttree Alternatives

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Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West

Published in 1985, Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West follows a teenage runaway known a...

20TH Century Historical Violent Western

9.55 Brilliant

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In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way

Published in French in 1913, Swann's Way opens Marcel Proust's seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time. It moves betwe...

French Philosophical Modernist 20TH Century

9.51 Brilliant

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Beloved

In Toni Morrison's Beloved, the aftermath of slavery reaches into a household struggling to live with memories that cann...

African American Fiction Award Winning Magical Realism

9.47 Excellent

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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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Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies, published in 2012, follows Thomas Cromwell through the Tudor court as Anne Boleyn's...

21ST Century Historical Political Literary

9.18 Excellent

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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

8.82 Great

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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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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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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

7.94 Good

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Gilead

Gilead is a 2004 novel by American writer Marilynne Robinson, presented as a long letter from the elderly Congregational...

American 21ST Century Literary Faith

7.89 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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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

7.78 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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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

7.69 Good

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" is a complex, surreal novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, published in three parts be...

Japanese 20TH Century Literary Surreal

7.69 Good

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Sula

"Sula" is a 1973 novel by Toni Morrison that explores the complex friendship between two Black women, Sula Peace and Nel...

American 20TH Century Friendship Race

7.66 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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Angle of Repose

Angle of Repose is a historical novel written by Wallace Stegner and published in 1971. The narrative is framed by Lyman...

American 20TH Century Historical Western

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