7 must-read classics books like What Is a Classic? by T.S. Eliot

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What Is a Classic?

By: T.S. Eliot

3.69

Format: 32 pages, school binding

A psycho-analytic interpretation of the life and poetry of the great French symbolist poet. Ilus.

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1. The Yellow Wall-Paper

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4.07

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

'The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is tor… read more

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"I am a doctor, dear, and I know. You are gaining flesh and color, your appetite is better. I feel really much easier about you." "I don't weigh a bit more," said I, "nor as much; and my appetite may …"

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

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2. To the Lighthouse

By: Virginia Woolf

3.80

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more

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"I have had my vision."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"Well, we must wait for the future to show."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

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3. Goblin Market

By: Joyce Carol Oates , William Morris , Laurence Housman , Christina Rossetti , Dante Gabriel Rossetti

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

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4. The Lifted Veil

By: George Eliot

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Horror was my familiar. Published the same year as her first novel, Adam Bede, this overlooked work… read more

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5. The Daughters of the Late Colonel

By: Katherine Mansfield

5.00

Format: 229 pages,

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6. Felicity

By: Mary Oliver

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, celebrates love in her new collection of poems "If I ha… read more

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7. Children of the Corn

By: Stephen King

4.19

Format: 192 pages, ebook

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8. The Watch Tower

By: Joan London , Elizabeth Harrower

3.00

Format: 18 pages, Paperback

After Laura and Clare are abandoned by their mother, Felix is there to help, even to marry Laura if… read more

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9. The Birth of Tragedy

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside

3.99

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more

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"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

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10. We Had to Remove This Post

By: Hanna Bervoets

2.93

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Leila Slimani’s The Perfect Nanny or Ling Ma's Severance: a tight, propulsive, chill… read more

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"Yena's insecurities were soap bubbles that I had to keep popping, like in that game you play on your phone, but new ones kept appearing and I didn't want to lose, I didn't want to lose her,..."

-Hanna Bervoets, We Had to Remove This Post

"They want me to give them something new, things they'd never dare look at, things that are far beyond their imagination, which is why Gregory asks, "But whats the worst thing you ever saw?" rather th…"

-Hanna Bervoets, We Had to Remove This Post

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11. No One Is Talking About This

By: Patricia Lockwood

3.55

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

A book that asks: Is there life after the internet? As this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a… read more

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"Couldn't he see her arms all full of the sapphires of the instant?"

-Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This

"The Flat Earth Society announced it had members all over the globe."

-Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This

"Every fiber in her being strained. She was trying to hate the police."

-Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This

"What do you mean you've been spying on me, with this thing in my hand that is an eye?"

-Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This

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12. Weather

By: Jenny Offill

3.55

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a v… read more

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"How do you know all this?"

-Jenny Offill, Weather

"They say when you're lonely you start to lose words."

-Jenny Offill, Weather

"Later, I remember to tell Ben about the girl. “Seconds!"

-Jenny Offill, Weather

"If only I’d remembered that old proverb: When three people say you are drunk, go to sleep. "

-Jenny Offill, Weather

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13. Paradise Rot

By: Jenny Hval

3.55

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A lyrical debut novel from a musician and artist renowned for her sharp sexual and political imager… read more

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"I took a bite of a Bloody Ploughman. Even the flesh was red. 'Bloody,' Carral said. 'Nice colour,' I answered. 'It looks sinful. I bet that was the apple Eve ate, you know, in the Bible, the forbidde…"

-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot

"I'll tell you the fairy tale of the apple. Eve ate the apple, and then Adam came and did so too. Afterwards the apple was forgotten, and it was assumed that it rolled away in the grass while Adam and…"

-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot

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14. Epic (Him, #2.5)

By: Sarina Bowen

4.27

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

They're back! Epic is a novella about your favorite hockey duo! Jamie and Wes are having a blast li… read more

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15. Ravensong (Green Creek, #2)

By: T.J. Klune

4.41

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Ravensong is the second book in the Green Creek Series, the beloved fantasy romance sensation by Ne… read more

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"He softened, and it felt green. “I’ll be your hands."

-T.J. Klune, Ravensong (Green Creek, #2)

"Estaba cansado de estar siempre al otro lado del cielo, de crecer y menguar, y de desaparecer por completo"

-T.J. Klune, Ravensong (Green Creek, #2)

"Thankfully I remembered I was a hard-core thirty-nine-year-old redneck before I swooned a little. It was close, though."

-T.J. Klune, Ravensong (Green Creek, #2)

"You could have become the villain, Gordo. And it would have been within your rights. Instead you just chose to be an asshole."

-T.J. Klune, Ravensong (Green Creek, #2)

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16. Winter in Sokcho

By: Elisa Shua Dusapin

3.56

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman - a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut F… read more

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"The rain hammered down, the sea rising beneath it in spikes like the spines of a sea urchin."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

"How do you know when a story is done?’ ‘My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

"How do you know when a story is done?" "My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

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17. Letter from Birmingham Jail

By: Martin Luther King Jr.

4.54

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

There is an alternate edition published under ISBN13: 9780062509550. 'Injustice anywhere is a th… read more

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"It is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends."

-Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail

"There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over..."

-Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail

"Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself."

-Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail

"Lamentably, it is an historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily."

-Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail

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18. Summertime: Reflections on a Vanishing Future

By: Danielle Celermajer

4.25

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A different kind of nature writing, for a different kind of landscape. I went and sat alone wher… read more

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19. The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more

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20. What is a Classic

By: Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

3.09

Format: None pages, None

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21. What Is a Classic?

By: T.S. Eliot

3.69

Format: 32 pages, school binding

A psycho-analytic interpretation of the life and poetry of the great French symbolist poet. Ilus. read more

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30 Best classics books like Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.

Transform Your Habits

Notes on Nationalism

George Orwell

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Veiled Woman (PENGUIN MODERN)

Anaïs Nin

3.48

Transform Your Habits

Create Dangerously

Albert Camus

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Africa's Tarnished Name

Chinua Achebe

4.40

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