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White Teeth

by Zadie Smith • 2000

by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages

by Charles Bukowski • 1978

by Charles Bukowski 1978 291 pages

by Amin Maalouf • 1988

by Amin Maalouf 1988 304 pages

by Honoré de Balzac • 1997

by Honoré de Balzac 1997 370 pages

by Eve Babitz • 2017

by Eve Babitz 2017 256 pages

by E.M. Forster • 1924

by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages

by Upton Sinclair • 1926

by Upton Sinclair 1926 528 pages

by Hermann Hesse • 1927

by Hermann Hesse 1927 256 pages

by عباس معروفی • 1989

by عباس معروفی 1989 352 pages

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1997

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1997 144 pages

by Chetan Bhagat • 2016

by Chetan Bhagat 2016 272 pages

by Anthony Burgess • 1978

by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages

Journey to the End of the Night

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline • 1932

Journey to the End of the Night

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline 1932 453 pages

by Mario Puzo • 1969

by Mario Puzo 1969 428 pages

by John Steinbeck • 1937

Immersive

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck 1937 107 pages

The Illuminatus! Trilogy

by Robert Shea • 1983

The Illuminatus! Trilogy

by Robert Shea 1983 805 pages

by Natsume Sōseki • 1914

by Natsume Sōseki 1914 256 pages

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1869

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages

by José Mauro de Vasconcelos • 1968

by José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 208 pages

by Mikhail Lermontov • 1840

by Mikhail Lermontov 1840 185 pages

The Feast of the Goat

by Mario Vargas Llosa • 2000

The Feast of the Goat

by Mario Vargas Llosa 2000 475 pages

by Irwin Shaw • 1970

by Irwin Shaw 1970 666 pages

by Erich Maria Remarque • 1961

by Erich Maria Remarque 1961 272 pages

by Jean Teulé • 2008

by Jean Teulé 2008 169 pages

by Ken Follett • 2005

by Ken Follett 2005 985 pages

The 120 Days of Sodom

by Marquis de Sade • 2009

A Classic of Extreme French Literature

The 120 Days of Sodom

A Classic of Extreme French Literature

by Marquis de Sade 2009 376 pages

by Yukio Mishima • 1967

by Yukio Mishima 1967 389 pages

The Last Temptation of Christ

by Nikos Kazantzakis • 1955

The Last Temptation of Christ

by Nikos Kazantzakis 1955 506 pages

by Nikolai Gogol • 2004

by Nikolai Gogol 2004 57 pages

A Fraction of the Whole

by Steve Toltz • 2008

A Fraction of the Whole

by Steve Toltz 2008 530 pages

by Don DeLillo • 1985

by Don DeLillo 1985 320 pages

by David Szalay • 2025

by David Szalay 2025 368 pages

Veronica. decided to die. Paul Coelho. the Russian original. hardcover

by Paulo Coelho • 1998

Veronica. decided to die. Paul Coelho. the Russian original. hardcover

by Paulo Coelho 1998

by Paulo Coelho • 1990

by Paulo Coelho 1990 212 pages

by Ralph Ellison • 1952

by Ralph Ellison 1952 581 pages

by Charles Dickens • 1859

by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages

by Heinrich Böll • 1963

by Heinrich Böll 1963 272 pages

by Mario Puzo • 1984

by Mario Puzo 1984 416 pages

by Trevanian • 2005

by Trevanian 2005 486 pages

by Catherine Ryan Hyde • 1999

by Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999 320 pages

Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino • 2023

Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino 2023 334 pages

Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert A. Heinlein • 1961

Science Fiction Fantasy

Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert A. Heinlein 1961 525 pages

Science Fiction Fantasy

Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand • 1957

by Ayn Rand 1957 1168 pages

by Barbara Kingsolver • 2000

by Barbara Kingsolver 2000 444 pages

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole • 1980

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole 1980 394 pages

by Guiltythree • 2022

by Guiltythree 2022 591 pages

by Charles Bukowski • 1982

by Charles Bukowski 1982 288 pages

by Thomas Harris • 2000

by Thomas Harris 2000 454 pages

One Night at the Call Center

by Chetan Bhagat • 2005

One Night at the Call Center

by Chetan Bhagat 2005 320 pages

The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish

by Xue Shan Fei Hu • 2024

Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel), Vol. 1

The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish

Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel), Vol. 1

by Xue Shan Fei Hu 2024 436 pages

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