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Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West

Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West is a 1985 novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. Set largely in the...

20TH Century Historical Violent Western

9.6 Brilliant

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In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way

Swann's Way is the first volume of Marcel Proust's seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time, published in French in 191...

French Philosophical Modernist 20TH Century

9.5 Brilliant

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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

9.4 Excellent

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Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs Dalloway is a 1925 modernist novel by British author Virginia Woolf that details a single day in the life of Clariss...

Classic Drama Modernist 20TH Century

9.4 Excellent

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Hyperion

Dan Simmons’ Hyperion, published in 1989, presents a complex space opera narrative inspired by Chaucer's *The Canterbury...

Space Opera Classic Literary Pilgrimage

9.3 Excellent

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen's beloved novel follows the spirited Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates the complexities of love, class, and...

Classic Character Driven 19TH Century Romance

9.2 Excellent

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Beloved

Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' is a harrowing and profoundly moving exploration of slavery's enduring legacy on the lives of...

African American Fiction Award Winning Magical Realism

9.2 Excellent

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The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann’s *The Magic Mountain* explores themes of mortality, knowledge, and societal change through the story of Han...

German Philosophical Modernist 20TH Century

9.2 Excellent

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Bring Up the Bodies

Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by British author Hilary Mantel, published in 2012 as the second book in her a...

21ST Century Historical Political Literary

9.2 Excellent

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Suttree

"Suttree" is a novel written by American author Cormac McCarthy, first published in 1979. Set in the early 1950s, the na...

American 20TH Century Literary Southern

8.6 Great

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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

8.6 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

8.6 Great

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Silas Marner

Silas Marner is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, published in 1861. Its central character is a s...

Classic 19TH Century Literary Redemption

8.5 Great

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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

8.4 Great

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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

8.4 Great

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Cry, the Beloved Country

Alan Paton’s *Cry, the Beloved Country* explores profound themes of race and justice in rural South Africa during the pr...

Classic Social South African Race

8.3 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

8.0 Great

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The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1851. It foll...

Classic 19TH Century Literary Gothic

7.9 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

7.8 Good

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The Buried Giant

The Buried Giant is a 2015 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro set in a post-Arthurian Britain inhabited by Britons, Saxons, and rem...

Fantasy 21ST Century British Literary

7.1 Good