The Wonder That Was Ours
By: Alice Hatcher
4.10
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Center for Fiction First Novel Prize - Longlist Wynston Cleave, a black taxi driver on a small Car…
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1. Hard Times
By: Charles Dickens , Gage McWeeny
4.33
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
Longman's new Cultural Editions Series, Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, edited by Jeff Nunokawa, in… read more
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- fiction
2. To Sir, With Love
By: E.R. Braithwaite
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The all-time Classic schoolroom drama - as relevant as today's headlines ... He shamed them, wrestl… read more
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- fiction
3. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
By: Robert Louis Stevenson , Robert Mighall
3.92
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
'He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp... his face became suddenly black and the featu… read more
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"I was still cursed with my duality of purpose."-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
"Don't you know Poole, you and I are about to place ourselves in a position of some peril?"-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
"I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and my soul sickened at it; and yet now when that sight has faded from my eyes, I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer."-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
"Instantly the spirit of hell awoke in me and raged. With a transport of glee, I mauled the unresisting body, tasting delight from every blow; and it was not till weariness had begun to succeed, that …"-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
4. The Vampyre; A Tale
By: John William Polidori
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Vampyreis a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byr… read more
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- fiction
5. Ollantay
By: Anonymous
3.92
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Version original quechua del codice conservado en el Archivo Nacional del Peru con el titulo espano… read more
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- fiction
6. The English Patient
By: Michael Ondaatje
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel tr… read more
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- fiction
7. Voyage in the Dark
By: Jean Rhys , Carole Angier
3.78
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
'It was as if a curtain had fallen, hiding everything I had ever known,' says Anna Morgan, eighteen… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
"Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes."-Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark
"It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's clothes cost more than the girl inside them?"-Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark
"I was thinking it was funny I could giggle like that because in my heart I was always sad, with the same sort of hurt that the cold gave me in my chest."-Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark
"But in the daytime it was all right. And when you'd had a drink you knew it was the best way to live in the world because anything might happen. I don't know how people live when they know exactly wh…"-Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark
8. The Glass Spare (The Glass Spare, #1)
By: Lauren DeStefano
3.73
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A banished princess. A deadly curse. A kingdom at war. Wil Heidle, the only daughter of the king of… read more
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9. This Book Is Not for You
By: None
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Utilizing an innovative mashup of genres, ranging from pulp fiction, dark comedy, and metafiction, … read more
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10. The Satanic Verses
By: Salman Rushdie
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Versesis Salman Rushdi… read more
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11. Exit West
By: Mohsin Hamid
3.00
Format: 146 pages, Hardcover
In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independ… read more
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12. The Nigger of the Narcissus
By: Joseph Conrad
4.21
Format: 391 pages,
The Nigger of the Narcissusis a magnificent saga of suspense, compassion, and elemental beauty--the… read more
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13. White Teeth
By: Zadie Smith
4.53
Format: 288 pages,
On New Year's morning, 1975, Archie Jones sits in his car on a London road and waits for the exhaus… read more
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14. The Monkey's Paw
By: W.W. Jacobs
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more
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- fiction
"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
15. The Story of Hong Gildong
By: Unknown , Minsoo Kang
4.29
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
The Story of Hong Gildong is arguably the single most important work of classic Korean fiction. Lik… read more
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16. The Only Good Indians
By: Stephen Graham Jones
3.70
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, c… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Names are stupid, though. Pretty soon he won't even need his."-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
"Lewis finds the fourteen-foot aluminum ladder under boxes in the garage, Three Stooges in into the backyard..."-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
"Dealing with cops is like being around a skittish horse: No sudden movements, nothing shiny or loud. Zero jokes."-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
"An elk mother, cornered, will slash with her hooves and tear with her mouth and even offer the hope of her own hamstrings, and if none of that works, she'll rise again years and years later, because …"-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
17. My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
By: Stephen Graham Jones
3.54
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Some girls just don't know how to die."-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
"Is it really winning if everybody dies?"-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
"Horror's not a symptom, it's a love affair."-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
"We all become history at some point or another, right?"-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
18. Light from Uncommon Stars
By: Ryka Aoki
4.06
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian … read more
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- fiction
"Lindsey Stirling?"-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
"I shall make you feel all the joy, the terror in loving who you are."-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
"A sandwich that is more than a sandwich. Coffee that is more than coffee."-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
"When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace."-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
19. Dreaming in Cuban
By: Cristina García
3.68
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
Here is the dreamy and bittersweet story of a family divided by politics and geography by the Cuban… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"In Cuba, everything seemed temporal, distorted by the sun."-Cristina García, Dreaming in Cuban
"We speak in Spanish when we make love. English seems an impossible language for intimacy."-Cristina García, Dreaming in Cuban
"I still love you, Gustavo, but it's a habitual love, a wound in the knee that predicts rain."-Cristina García, Dreaming in Cuban
"Frustrated, El Líder went home, rested his pitching arm, and started a revolution in the mountains."-Cristina García, Dreaming in Cuban
20. Bad Cree
By: Jessica Johns
3.92
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more
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- fiction
"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree
21. Animals Eat Each Other
By: Elle Nash
3.48
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
In Elle Nash’s stunning and powerful debut, a girl with no name embarks on a fraught three-way rela… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Pain is closer to love than indifference, right?"-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
"I didn’t know if I was crying because it hurt so bad or if I was crying because I had failed by letting the pain hurt me so much."-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
"I did too many things to my body that made it feel old and tired, as though I were dragging all of the mistakes I’d ever made behind me with each step."-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
"Maybe it wasn’t true love after all. That was disappointing. I had hoped it was true love, that something like that could exist. Instead, it was just sex. Like everything else."-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other
22. The Wonder That Was Ours
By: Alice Hatcher
4.10
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Center for Fiction First Novel Prize - Longlist Wynston Cleave, a black taxi driver on a small Car… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
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23. Habilis
By: Alyssa Quinn
3.63
Format: 211 pages, Paperback
A hallucinatory exploration into the origins of humans and human language perfect for fans of Brian… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
24. Bloomland
By: John Englehardt
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Bloomland opens during finals week at a fictional southern university, when a student walks into th… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Everyone keeps saying tragedy with vague disdain, as if the shooting was just a mad dream, not some kid adding his personal darkness to a collective shadow that had already spread across our lives."-John Englehardt, Bloomland
25. And Then The Gray Heaven
By: R.E. Katz
4.11
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
RE Katz’s And Then the Gray Heaven centers on Jules, whose partner B has recently died in a freak a… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
26. A Better Class of People
By: Robert Lopez
3.75
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
A brilliant novel-in-stories from award-winning author Robert Lopez In an uncanny, distorted versio… read more
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27. La Syrena: Visions of a Syrian Mermaid from Space
By: Banah el-Ghadbanah
4.37
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Dzanc Diverse Voices Prize LA SYRENA. For me home is in the water. When I go to th… read more
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