The Idiots
By: Joseph Conrad
3.27
Format: None pages, None
Short Story, collected in Conrad's 'Tales of Unrest', 1898
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1. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
By: Douglas Adams
4.09
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ra… read more
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"Shit!"-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
"Non tout baigne, tout ce qui est susceptible de biagner, baigne."-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
"Non è un vero scienziato chi ha timore che la gente lo ritenga pazzo."-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
"God's Final Message to His Creation: 'We apologize for the inconvenience."-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
2. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.95
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more
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"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
3. The Nameless City
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.62
Format: 23 pages, Kindle Edition
"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first publishe… read more
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"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die."-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City
"But as always in my strange and roving existence, wonder soon drove out fear; for the luminous abyss and what it might contain presented a problem worthy of the greatest explorer."-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City
"When I drew nigh the nameless city I knew it was accursed. I was travelling in a parched and terrible valley under the moon, and afar I saw it protruding uncannily above the sands as parts of a corps…"-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City
4. Dr. Faustus
By: Christopher Marlowe
3.80
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor… read more
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"Hell is just a frame of mind."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"Be silent then, for danger is in words."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
5. Howl and Other Poems
By: William Carlos Williams , Allen Ginsberg
4.13
Format: 56 pages, Hardcover
A beat movement icon and visionary poet, Allen Ginsberg broke boundaries with his fearless, pyrotec… read more
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"You too must seek the sun..."-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems
"America this is quite serious"-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems
"The beauty is in the eye of the beholder."-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems
"Follow your inner moonlight, don’t hide the madness."-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems
6. Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings
By: André Maurois , Jorge Luis Borges , James E. Irby , Donald A. Yates
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Although his work has been restricted to the short story, the essay, and poetry, Jorge Luis Borges … read more
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7. The Colour Out of Space
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.03
Format: 78 pages, Mass Market Paperback
'It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light, like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies … read more
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"It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws."-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space
"West of Arkham the hills rise wild and there are valleys with deep woods that no ax has ever cut. There are dark, narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, where thin brooklets trickle withou…"-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space
8. Beowulf
By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney
3.49
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more
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"Fate will unwind as it must!"-Unknown, Beowulf
"Fate goes ever as fate must."-Unknown, Beowulf
"Let whoever can win glory before death."-Unknown, Beowulf
"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."-Unknown, Beowulf
9. Bartleby the Scrivener
By: Herman Melville
3.93
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more
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"I would prefer not to."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
10. A Murder of Quality
By: John Le Carré
3.64
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more
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11. The Invisible Man
By: H.G. Wells , Дмитро Паламарчук
3.64
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a … read more
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"But giving drugs to a cat is no joke, Kemp!"-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion."-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"And there it was, on a shabby bed in a tawdry, ill-lighted bedroom, surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited people, broken and wounded, betrayed and unpitied, that Griffin, the first of all men…"-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
12. The Shunned House
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.98
Format: 480 pages,
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in th… read more
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13. The Shadow Over Innsmouth
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is a short novel about a weird hybrid race of humans and creatures rese… read more
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14. The Death of Ivan Ilych
By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude
4.13
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more
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"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
15. At the Mountains of Madness
By: H.P. Lovecraft , China Miéville , S.T. Joshi
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and… read more
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16. The Power and the Glory
By: John Updike , Graham Greene
3.13
Format: 192 pages,
How does goodspoil, and how can badbe redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, G… read more
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17. The Statement of Randolph Carter
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.99
Format: 380 pages,
"The Statement of Randolph Carter" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written December 1919, it w… read more
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18. Master and Man
By: Leo Tolstoy
3.43
Format: 42 pages,
"Master and Man" (Russian: Khoziain i rabotnik) is a story by Leo Tolstoy (1895). It happened in th… read more
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19. Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
By: Jerome K. Jerome
4.60
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a j… read more
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21. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)
By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more
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23. The Whisperer in Darkness
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Ar… read more
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24. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1)
By: Douglas Adams
3.69
Format: 47 pages, Mass Market Paperback
What do a dead cat, a computer whiz-kid, an Electric Monk who believes the world is pink, quantum m… read more
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25. The Call of Cthulhu
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more
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26. The Island of Dr. Moreau
By: H.G. Wells
4.67
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more
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27. Dark Tales
By: Shirley Jackson
3.93
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
The perfect read for Hallowe'en, this new hardback volume of Jackson's finest stories reveals the q… read more
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28. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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29. Lessons
By: Ian McEwan
4.00
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, … read more
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"Books are difficult to tidy. Hard to chuck out. They resist."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
"Only the backward look, the well-researched history could tell peaks and troughs from portals."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
"What must it be, to burst out of deep infant sleep into the shocking singular fact of existence."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
"The years slid over old deaths like a heavy lid. Nearly everything that happens to you in life you forget. Should have kept a journal."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
30. El último sueño
By: Pedro Almodóvar
3.70
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
El libro más personal de Pedro Almodóvar: un autorretrato articulado en doce relatos que revelan su… read more
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"No tengo inconveniente en escribir sobre mí mismo. Diría que es casi lo único que hago."-Pedro Almodóvar, El último sueño
"Me gustan los escritores que hablan sobre el hecho de escribir y citan continuamente frases de otros autores"-Pedro Almodóvar, El último sueño
"Si de algo estaba seguro cuando era joven era de que nunca me aburriría. Ahora me aburro. Y eso es una especie de derrota."-Pedro Almodóvar, El último sueño
"Chavela le respondió: «A veces, pero siempre acabo donde debo». Me tatuaría esa frase en su honor. ¡Cuántas veces la he visto terminar donde debía!"-Pedro Almodóvar, El último sueño
31. The Idiots
By: Joseph Conrad
3.27
Format: None pages, None
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