10 must-read classics books like Ritratto di signora I by Henry James

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Ritratto di signora I

By: Henry James

3.46

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Ritratto di signora II

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1. The Woman in White

By: Wilkie Collins , Matthew Sweet

4.01

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: Alternate covers can be found here and here. 'In one moment, every drop of blood… read more

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"I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man!"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"... our endurance must end, and our resistance begin, to-day."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"You don’t have to speak at all— I know what you’d say… - Laura"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

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2. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

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"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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3. The Canterville Ghost

By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore

3.88

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more

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"Love is stronger than death is"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

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4. L'Arminuta

By: Donatella Di Pietrantonio

4.09

Format: 163 pages, Hardcover

Ci sono romanzi che toccano corde così profonde, originarie, che sembrano chiamarci per nome. È que… read more

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"You talk shit because all you’re good for is buying your children day-old bread from the baker"

-Donatella Di Pietrantonio, L'Arminuta

"Nel tempo ho perso anche quell'idea confusa di normalita' e oggi davvero ignoro che luogo sia una madre. Mi manca come puo' mancare la salute, un riparo, una certezza. E' un vuoto persistente, che co…"

-Donatella Di Pietrantonio, L'Arminuta

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5. The Professor

By: Charlotte Brontë

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Professor is Charlotte Brontes first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and con… read more

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6. McGlue

By: Ottessa Moshfegh

3.67

Format: None pages,

Selected for the inaugural Fence Modern Prize in Prose by Rivka Galchen. Salem, Massachusetts, 1851… read more

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7. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

By: Carlo Rovelli , Simon Carnell , Erica Segre

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Hardcover

Everything you need to know about the beauty of modern physics in less than 100 pages. In seven bri… read more

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8. The Age of Innocence

By: Edith Wharton , Maureen Howard

2.64

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocenceis Edith Wharton's masterful portrait of des… read more

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9. The Semi-Detached House

By: Emily Eden

4.25

Format: None pages,

Emily Eden (1797-1869) was a British author. Her works include: Portaits of the People and Princes … read more

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10. Limonov

By: Emmanuel Carrère

4.27

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

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11. Bluets

By: Maggie Nelson

4.22

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color... A lyrical, philosophica… read more

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12. The Custom of the Country

By: Edith Wharton , Linda Wagner-Martin

3.61

Format: 8 pages, Paperback

Considered by many to be her masterpiece, Edith Wharton's second full-length work is a scathing yet… read more

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13. Lolly Willowes

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner , Alison Lurie

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

In Lolly Willowes, an ageing spinster rebels against her role as the universal aunt, at everybody's… read more

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14. This Side of Paradise

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.64

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the a… read more

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"A squalid phantasmagoria of breath"

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Amory: I love you. Rosalind: I love you- now."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Good luck to you and bad luck to your theories."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

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15. The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly

By: Luis Sepúlveda , Margaret Sayers Peden , Chris Sheban

4.22

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A cat. A seagull. An impossible task. A worldwide bestseller and the subject of a feature film, THE… read more

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"Only those who dare may fly"

-Luis Sepúlveda, The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly

"Thật dễ dàng để chấp nhận và yêu thương một kẻ nào đó giống mình, nhưng để yêu thương ai đó khác mình thực sự rất khó khăn..."

-Luis Sepúlveda, The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly

"-Sí, al borde del vacío comprendió lo más importante - maulló Zorbas. -Ah, sí? Y qué es lo que comprendió -preguntó el humano. -Que sólo vuela el que se atreve a hacerlo - maulló Zorbas."

-Luis Sepúlveda, The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly

"We've learnt to appreciate and respect and love someone who's different from us. It is very easy to accept and love those who are like us, but to love someone different is very hard, and you helped u…"

-Luis Sepúlveda, The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly

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16. Moby-Dick or, The Whale

By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco

3.55

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more

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"Call me Ishmael."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

17. Far from the Madding Crowd

By: Thomas Hardy , Rosemarie Morgan , Shannon Russell

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . Independent and spirited Bathsh… read more

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18. La variante di Lüneburg

By: Paolo Maurensig

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Un colpo di pistola chiude la vita di un ricco imprenditore tedesco. E un incidente? Un suicidio? U… read more

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19. The Eighth Life

By: Nino Haratischwili

4.52

Format: 944 pages, Hardcover

Six romances, one revolution, the story of the century. 'That night Stasia took an oath, swearin… read more

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"And if you don’t know who you are, then look at all the possible versions of you, find the most impossible one, and become that."

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

"and you asked me where people keep their childhood, and I remember telling you that we keep it hidden, between our ribs, in little liver spots and moles, in the roots of our hair, above our heart, in…"

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

"Love was slow, creeping poison, loge was treacherous and insincere, love was a veil thrown over the misery of the world, love was sticky and indigestible, it was a mirror in which one could be what o…"

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

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20. L'età fragile

By: Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.73

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Non esiste un'età senza paura. Siamo fragili sempre, da genitori e da figli, quando bisogna ricostr… read more

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21. Quando muori resta a me

By: Zerocalcare

4.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Un viaggio con suo padre verso il paesino tra le Dolomiti da cui proviene la famiglia paterna sareb… read more

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22. I baffi

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.73

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

È quasi un capriccio, uno scherzo, quello di tagliarsi i baffi, da parte del protagonista di questo… read more

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23. La Tempête des échos (La Passe-Miroir, #4)

By: Christelle Dabos

3.74

Format: 572 pages, Paperback

Le monde est sens dessus dessous. L’effondrement des arches a bel et bien commencé. Une seule solut… read more

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"Un peu plus que cela, même."

-Christelle Dabos, La Tempête des échos (La Passe-Miroir, #4)

"Un ami est une route, un ennemi est un mur."

-Christelle Dabos, La Tempête des échos (La Passe-Miroir, #4)

"- Ils sont tous morts. - Personne n'est mort. - Alors pourquoi ne reviennent-ils jamais?"

-Christelle Dabos, La Tempête des échos (La Passe-Miroir, #4)

"J'ai besoin que tu aies besoin de moi, c'est aussi élémentaire que ça. Et je sais pertinemment que, dans ce conflit d'intérêts qui nous oppose, je suis condamné à être le perdant. Parce que je suis p…"

-Christelle Dabos, La Tempête des échos (La Passe-Miroir, #4)

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24. Tutto chiede salvezza

By: Daniele Mencarelli

4.17

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Ha vent'anni Daniele quando, in seguito a una violenta esplosione di rabbia, viene sottoposto a un … read more

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"I think I might be a bit mentally disabled."

-Daniele Mencarelli, Tutto chiede salvezza

"Le mie sono le farneticazioni di un maestro di scuola elementare messo a riposo. Una cosa però tienila sempre a mente. Curati. Chiedi aiuto quando serve. Ma lascia il tuo sguardo libero, non farti ra…"

-Daniele Mencarelli, Tutto chiede salvezza

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25. Due cuori in affitto

By: Felicia Kingsley

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer ha ventisette anni ed è californiana. Blake ne ha quasi trentatré ed è un vero newyorkese. L… read more

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26. Revenge of the Librarians

By: Tom Gauld

3.94

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the … read more

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27. At the Wolf's Table

By: Rosella Postorino

3.56

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

The internationally bestselling novel based on the untold true story of the women conscripted to be… read more

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"Mes bleus étaient les témoins d'une insoumission encore en cours."

-Rosella Postorino, At the Wolf's Table

"Sei responsabile del regime che tolleri, avrebbe gridato mio padre."

-Rosella Postorino, At the Wolf's Table

"Plus l'homme est grand, plus la femme doit être insignifiante, même Hitler le dit."

-Rosella Postorino, At the Wolf's Table

"L’amore accade proprio fra sconosciuti, fra estranei impazienti di forzare il confine."

-Rosella Postorino, At the Wolf's Table

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28. La strega

By: Shirley Jackson

3.34

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

Tre dei racconti qui riuniti hanno come protagoniste quelle creaturine infide, pericolose, enigmati… read more

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29. Il glicine rampicante e altri racconti gotico-femministi

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4.25

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Nota ai più per La carta da parati gialla, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1850-1935) è stata una prolifi… read more

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30. Ritratto di signora I

By: Henry James

3.46

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of Come l'arancio amaro by Milena Palminteri

31. Come l'arancio amaro

By: Milena Palminteri

4.17

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Agrigento, 1960. Carlotta ha trentasei anni ed è convinta che nessuna persona amata possa rimanerle… read more

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