5 must-read literature books like Selected Poems by Herman Melville

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Selected Poems

By: Herman Melville

3.63

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

While best known for such novels as his monumental Moby-Dick, Herman Melville was also an extraordi…

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Cover of The Histories by Herodotus, Aubrey de Sélincourt, John M. Marincola

1. The Histories

By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Format: 716 pages, Paperback

David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more

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"Hippocleides doesn't care."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"So much, then, for the fish."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."

-Herodotus, The Histories

Cover of Roadside Picnic by Theodore Sturgeon, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Antonina W. Bouis, None

2. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

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"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

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3. Invisible Man

By: Ralph Ellison

3.91

Format: 581 pages, Paperback

First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare… read more

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  • classics
  • american
"When I discover who I am, I’ll be free."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"You're very insistent, but I'm very busy."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"They could laugh at him but they couldn't ignore him"

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"I could hardly get to sleep for dreaming of revenge."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

Cover of The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

4. The Last Man

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

4.02

Format: None pages, Paperback

A futuristic story of tragic love and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague, The… read more

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  • classics
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5. Poetics

By: Aristotle , Malcolm Heath

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

'The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy' In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy,… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
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6. King Lear

By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
"Fortune love you."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"She is herself a dowry."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"All dark and comfortless."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"Nothing can come of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

Cover of Nijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano, Rachel Balzora Thorn

7. Nijigahara Holograph

By: Inio Asano , Rachel Balzora Thorn

3.69

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Butterflies ominously proliferate as children whisper rumors of a mysterious creature lurking in th… read more

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"Of course. I have seen this scene before. Earlier than that. My family and the red sun. I was here."

-Inio Asano, Nijigahara Holograph

"...he didn't know if he was Chuang Tzu who dreamed he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Chuang Tzu."

-Inio Asano, Nijigahara Holograph

"No matter how awful the world is... you must be strong of will. The direction your life takes... is for you alone to decide."

-Inio Asano, Nijigahara Holograph

8. Doctor Faustus

By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods

3.44

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now rendered into English by acclaimed … read more

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9. The Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan

4.06

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most ent… read more

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  • classics
"Follow your heart"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

10. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

By: None , Keith Gessen

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award On April 2… read more

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11. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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12. De Anima

By: Aristotle , Hugh Lawson-Tancred

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

'The soul is, so to speak, the first principle of living things. We seek to contemplate and know it… read more

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13. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

By: Gustave Doré , Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1.75

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner(originally "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere") is the longest major… read more

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14. Physics

By: Aristotle , Robin Waterfield , David Bostock

4.50

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

For many centuries, Aristotle's Physics was the essential starting point for anyone who wished to s… read more

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15. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

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16. Selected Poems

By: Herman Melville

3.63

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

While best known for such novels as his monumental Moby-Dick, Herman Melville was also an extraordi… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
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