swap_horiz The Manticore Alternatives

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Stoner

John Williams's Stoner follows William Stoner, a Missouri farm boy who enters the University of Missouri to study agricu...

1960S Literary Fiction Tragic Professorial

8.65 Great

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Possession: A Romance

A. S. Byatt's Possession: A Romance links modern literary research with a hidden relationship between fictional Victoria...

Romance 1990S Literary Fiction UK University

8.10 Great

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Villette

Villette is an 1853 novel by Charlotte Brontë that draws heavily on her own experiences teaching at a boarding school in...

Coming Of Age Victorian Literary Fiction Bronte

7.91 Good

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Sanshiro

Sanshiro is a 1908 novel by Japanese author Natsume Soseki that chronicles the intellectual and emotional coming-of-age...

Coming Of Age Literary Fiction Meiji Era Japanese University

7.91 Good

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The History Man

"The History Man" is a campus novel written by Malcolm Bradbury, published in 1975. The book centers on Howard Kirk, a m...

1970S Literary Fiction Academic Satire UK University

7.64 Good

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The Rebel Angels

"The Rebel Angels" is a 1981 campus novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies that serves as the first installment of hi...

1980S Literary Fiction Academic Satire Toronto University

7.54 Good

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The Lyre of Orpheus

The Lyre of Orpheus is a 1988 novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies and the final volume of the Cornish Trilogy. Its...

1980S Literary Fiction Academic Satire Toronto University

7.45 Good

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World of Wonders

World of Wonders is a 1975 novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies and the concluding volume of the Deptford Trilogy....

Theatrical 1970S Literary Fiction Robertson Davies

7.45 Good

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What's Bred in the Bone

What's Bred in the Bone is a 1985 novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies, forming the second volume of his Cornish Tr...

Historical 1980S Literary Fiction Robertson Davies

7.36 Good

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Leaven of Malice

Leaven of Malice is a 1954 comedic novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies, serving as the second book in his Salterto...

Comedy 1950S Literary Fiction Robertson Davies

7.18 Good

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Tempest-Tost

Tempest-Tost is the debut novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies, published in 1951. It serves as the first installme...

Comedy 1950S Literary Fiction Robertson Davies

7.08 Good

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The Cunning Man

The Cunning Man is a 1994 novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies and the last novel he completed. Presented largely t...

Intellectual 1990S Literary Fiction Robertson Davies

6.99 Fair

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End Zone

End Zone is a 1972 novel by Don DeLillo, his second published book, set at fictional Logos College in West Texas. The no...

1970S Football Literary Fiction Us College

6.90 Fair

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The Professor of Desire

The Professor of Desire is a 1977 novel by Philip Roth featuring David Kepesh, a character who also appears in Roth's ea...

1970S Literary Fiction Philip Roth Professorial

6.90 Fair

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A Word Child

A Word Child is a 1975 novel by Iris Murdoch following Hilary Burde, a civil servant in London whose life is constrained...

Intellectual 1970S Literary Fiction Oxford Graduate

6.90 Fair

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The Women's Room

The Women's Room is a 1977 novel by American writer Marilyn French that examines marriage, domestic labor, sexuality, ed...

Feminism 1970S Literary Fiction Harvard Grad School

6.81 Fair

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The Diviners

"The Diviners" is a 1974 novel by Canadian author Margaret Laurence. It is the fifth and final book in her celebrated Ma...

1970S Feminist Literary Fiction Canadian University

6.72 Fair

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A Good School

A Good School is a 1978 novel by American writer Richard Yates, set at a fictional New England boarding school during Wo...

Coming Of Age 1970S Literary Fiction Boarding School

6.53 Fair

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The Murther & Walking Spirits

Murther & Walking Spirits is a 1991 novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies. Its narrator, Connor Gilmartin, is murder...

1990S Literary Fiction Ghost Story Robertson Davies

6.35 Fair

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The Pregnant Widow

The Pregnant Widow is a 2010 novel by Martin Amis set during the summer of 1970, when students spend time at an Italian...

Coming Of Age 1970S Literary Fiction Student Life

6.26 Fair