고전

시대를 초월한 지혜와 삶을 변화시키는 이야기가 세대를 거쳐 인류의 사상과 문화를 형성해 온 이 불멸의 작품들 속에 담겨 있습니다. 이 심오한 책들은 잊을 수 없는 인물들, 철학적 통찰, 그리고 오늘날의 독자들에게도 여전히 울림을 주는 보편적 진리를 통해 삶의 가장 깊은 질문들을 탐구합니다.

고전 도서 요약

El camino

저자: Miguel Delibes • 1950

Last night in the valley, a boy relives the pranks and losses of his childhood.

4.13

14,000+

🏡 Rural Childhood 👫 Boyhood Adventures 💔 First Crush 🕊️ Death Of Innocence 🤫 Small-Town Gossip

El camino

Last night in the valley, a boy relives the pranks and losses of his childhood.

저자: Miguel Delibes 1950 224 페이지

4.13

14,000+ 개의 평점

🏡 Rural Childhood 👫 Boyhood Adventures 💔 First Crush 🕊️ Death Of Innocence 🤫 Small-Town Gossip

All Things are Possible

저자: Lev Shestov • 1905

Reason is a trap, morality is vengeance, and the outcast knows what philosophy will not say.

4.09

314

🧠 Existential Thought 🇷🇺 Russian Philosophy 🔍 Critique Of Reason ✝️ Faith And Absurdity 🎭 Moral Psychology

All Things are Possible

Reason is a trap, morality is vengeance, and the outcast knows what philosophy will not say.

저자: Lev Shestov 1905 246 페이지

4.09

314 개의 평점

🧠 Existential Thought 🇷🇺 Russian Philosophy 🔍 Critique Of Reason ✝️ Faith And Absurdity 🎭 Moral Psychology

Progress and Poverty

저자: Henry George • 1879

Machines and wealth multiply, yet wages fall and poverty deepens. The root is under every city.

4.30

500+

🏛️ Political Economy 📚 Classical Economics ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🌍 Land Reform 🏞️ Commons And Enclosure

Progress and Poverty

Machines and wealth multiply, yet wages fall and poverty deepens. The root is under every city.

저자: Henry George 1879 599 페이지

4.30

500+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Political Economy 📚 Classical Economics ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🌍 Land Reform 🏞️ Commons And Enclosure

La Peau de chagrin

저자: Honoré de Balzac • 1831

A ruined young man in Paris receives a magic skin: every wish fulfilled, a shorter life.

3.67

12,000+

🎭 Faustian Bargain 💀 Cost Of Desire 👤 Unattainable Woman 💗 Quiet Love 📖 Philosophical Fable

La Peau de chagrin

A ruined young man in Paris receives a magic skin: every wish fulfilled, a shorter life.

저자: Honoré de Balzac 1831 407 페이지

3.67

12,000+ 개의 평점

🎭 Faustian Bargain 💀 Cost Of Desire 👤 Unattainable Woman 💗 Quiet Love 📖 Philosophical Fable

Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena

저자: Georg Büchner • 1879

A romantic comedy of mistaken royals paired with a tragedy of poverty, jealousy, and murder.

3.27

3,000+

😏 Romantic Satire 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🏃 Runaway Royals 🤡 Absurdist Humor 😢 Social Tragedy

Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena

A romantic comedy of mistaken royals paired with a tragedy of poverty, jealousy, and murder.

저자: Georg Büchner 1879 86 페이지

3.27

3,000+ 개의 평점

😏 Romantic Satire 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🏃 Runaway Royals 🤡 Absurdist Humor 😢 Social Tragedy

From Democrats to Kings

저자: Michael Scott • 2009

How a brutal, forgotten century of war turned democracies into kingdoms and gave us Alexander.

3.83

249

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⏳ Fourth Century Bc 🗳️ City State Politics ⚔️ Military Innovation 📉 Imperial Decline

From Democrats to Kings

How a brutal, forgotten century of war turned democracies into kingdoms and gave us Alexander.

저자: Michael Scott 2009 294 페이지

3.83

249 개의 평점

🏛️ Ancient Greece ⏳ Fourth Century Bc 🗳️ City State Politics ⚔️ Military Innovation 📉 Imperial Decline

Lord Edgware Dies

저자: Agatha Christie • 1933

An actress wishes her husband dead. He is murdered that night, and her alibi is unbreakable.

3.95

64,000+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🧐 Witty Whodunit 👸 Beautiful Sociopath 🔄 Identity Swap Murder 🪤 Frame Job

Lord Edgware Dies

An actress wishes her husband dead. He is murdered that night, and her alibi is unbreakable.

저자: Agatha Christie 1933 219 페이지

3.95

64,000+ 개의 평점

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🧐 Witty Whodunit 👸 Beautiful Sociopath 🔄 Identity Swap Murder 🪤 Frame Job

Three Act Tragedy

저자: Agatha Christie • 1935

A vicar dies mid-toast at a party. Poirot finds no poison until a second guest dies identically.

3.84

50,000+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🧩 Serial Killer 🎭 Theatrical Setting 💔 Love Triangle

Three Act Tragedy

A vicar dies mid-toast at a party. Poirot finds no poison until a second guest dies identically.

저자: Agatha Christie 1935 336 페이지

3.84

50,000+ 개의 평점

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🧩 Serial Killer 🎭 Theatrical Setting 💔 Love Triangle

J R

저자: William Gaddis • 1975

From a payphone, a sixth-grader builds a paper empire that consumes a struggling composer.

4.32

3,000+

📡 Postmodern Satire 🎨 Art Vs Commerce 🤝 Reluctant Accomplice 🏚️ Failing Institutions 🖤 Dark Satire

J R

From a payphone, a sixth-grader builds a paper empire that consumes a struggling composer.

저자: William Gaddis 1975 752 페이지

4.32

3,000+ 개의 평점

📡 Postmodern Satire 🎨 Art Vs Commerce 🤝 Reluctant Accomplice 🏚️ Failing Institutions 🖤 Dark Satire

O Pioneers!

저자: Willa Cather • 1913

A Swedish immigrant's daughter inherits the Nebraska farm and bets on land the neighbors abandon.

3.90

59,000+

🏡 Pioneer Fiction 👩‍🌾 Female Pioneer 🧳 Immigrant Saga 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

O Pioneers!

A Swedish immigrant's daughter inherits the Nebraska farm and bets on land the neighbors abandon.

저자: Willa Cather 1913 159 페이지

3.90

59,000+ 개의 평점

🏡 Pioneer Fiction 👩‍🌾 Female Pioneer 🧳 Immigrant Saga 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Appointment with Death

저자: Agatha Christie • 1938

When a cruel matriarch dies in Petra's desert, her captive family are all suspects.

3.87

71,000+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👑 Tyrannical Matriarch ⛓️ Emotional Captivity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Appointment with Death

When a cruel matriarch dies in Petra's desert, her captive family are all suspects.

저자: Agatha Christie 1938 303 페이지

3.87

71,000+ 개의 평점

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👑 Tyrannical Matriarch ⛓️ Emotional Captivity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

The King in Yellow

저자: Robert W. Chambers • 2016

A play that drives its readers mad spreads through decadent cities, leaving only the Yellow Sign.

3.51

30,000+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕸️ Gothic Horror 📖 Forbidden Book 💀 Cursed Artifact 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The King in Yellow

A play that drives its readers mad spreads through decadent cities, leaving only the Yellow Sign.

저자: Robert W. Chambers 2016 224 페이지

3.51

30,000+ 개의 평점

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕸️ Gothic Horror 📖 Forbidden Book 💀 Cursed Artifact 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Naked Sun

저자: Isaac Asimov • 1958

On a world where meeting face-to-face is taboo, an Earth detective must solve a locked room murder.

4.20

64,000+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤖 Human-Robot Partnership 🕵️ Outsider Detective 🏚️ Isolation Horror 🌅 Failed Utopia

The Naked Sun

On a world where meeting face-to-face is taboo, an Earth detective must solve a locked room murder.

저자: Isaac Asimov 1958 204 페이지

4.20

64,000+ 개의 평점

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤖 Human-Robot Partnership 🕵️ Outsider Detective 🏚️ Isolation Horror 🌅 Failed Utopia

Mère à mère

저자: Sindiwe Magona • 1998

Her son murdered a white student. She writes the victim's mother, tracing the act to apartheid.

3.39

1,000+

📝 Epistolary Novel 🇿🇦 Apartheid Literature 👩‍👦 Mother And Son 🧬 Generational Trauma 🔄 Cycle Of Violence

Mère à mère

Her son murdered a white student. She writes the victim's mother, tracing the act to apartheid.

저자: Sindiwe Magona 1998 280 페이지

3.39

1,000+ 개의 평점

📝 Epistolary Novel 🇿🇦 Apartheid Literature 👩‍👦 Mother And Son 🧬 Generational Trauma 🔄 Cycle Of Violence

Lucky Jim

저자: Kingsley Amis • 1954

A reluctant lecturer loathes his boss's madrigals and clingy girlfriend, praying for a lucky break.

3.74

32,000+

📚 Campus Novel 🎭 Academic Satire 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Love Triangle 🤡 Farcical Comedy

Lucky Jim

A reluctant lecturer loathes his boss's madrigals and clingy girlfriend, praying for a lucky break.

저자: Kingsley Amis 1954 296 페이지

3.74

32,000+ 개의 평점

📚 Campus Novel 🎭 Academic Satire 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Love Triangle 🤡 Farcical Comedy

The Murder on the Links

저자: Agatha Christie • 1923

Summoned to France, Poirot finds his client murdered on a golf course, every clue a deception.

3.86

100,000+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🕵️ Rival Detectives 🕰️ Hidden Past 💔 False Confession 💋 Femme Fatale

The Murder on the Links

Summoned to France, Poirot finds his client murdered on a golf course, every clue a deception.

저자: Agatha Christie 1923 240 페이지

3.86

100,000+ 개의 평점

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🕵️ Rival Detectives 🕰️ Hidden Past 💔 False Confession 💋 Femme Fatale

Nemesis

저자: Agatha Christie • 1971

A dead man's bequest sends Miss Marple on a coach tour to solve an unnamed murder.

3.87

46,000+

🧶 Elderly Sleuth 🕰️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 💔 Possessive Love 🏚️ Decaying Manor

Nemesis

A dead man's bequest sends Miss Marple on a coach tour to solve an unnamed murder.

저자: Agatha Christie 1971 213 페이지

3.87

46,000+ 개의 평점

🧶 Elderly Sleuth 🕰️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 💔 Possessive Love 🏚️ Decaying Manor

A Single Man

저자: Christopher Isherwood • 1964

Bereaved, a gay professor teaches, drinks, and searches for connection across one day in 1960s LA.

4.05

38,000+

🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🎓 Campus Novel 💔 Age Gap Desire 🖤 Partner Grief 🎭 Performance Of Self

A Single Man

Bereaved, a gay professor teaches, drinks, and searches for connection across one day in 1960s LA.

저자: Christopher Isherwood 1964 186 페이지

4.05

38,000+ 개의 평점

🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🎓 Campus Novel 💔 Age Gap Desire 🖤 Partner Grief 🎭 Performance Of Self

The Ethics of Ambiguity

저자: Simone de Beauvoir • 1947

Freedom is never just your own: the only genuine ethics is to will it for everyone.

4.17

8,000+

🧭 Existentialist Ethics 🌍 Continental Philosophy 🔓 Radical Freedom ⚔️ Political Violence 🎭 Authenticity

The Ethics of Ambiguity

Freedom is never just your own: the only genuine ethics is to will it for everyone.

저자: Simone de Beauvoir 1947 162 페이지

4.17

8,000+ 개의 평점

🧭 Existentialist Ethics 🌍 Continental Philosophy 🔓 Radical Freedom ⚔️ Political Violence 🎭 Authenticity

Capitalism and Modern Social Theory

저자: Anthony Giddens • 1971

The three founders of modern sociology agreed on the problem; their solutions still divide us.

3.91

500+

📖 Sociological Theory 🏛️ Classical Sociology 🧠 Intellectual History 💰 Capitalism Critique ⚙️ Rationalization

Capitalism and Modern Social Theory

The three founders of modern sociology agreed on the problem; their solutions still divide us.

저자: Anthony Giddens 1971 261 페이지

3.91

500+ 개의 평점

📖 Sociological Theory 🏛️ Classical Sociology 🧠 Intellectual History 💰 Capitalism Critique ⚙️ Rationalization

Dumb Witness

저자: Agatha Christie • 1937

A matriarch's fatal fall and a long-lost letter send Poirot hunting a killer among her heirs.

3.92

50,000+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 📜 Contested Will 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Slow Burn Mystery

Dumb Witness

A matriarch's fatal fall and a long-lost letter send Poirot hunting a killer among her heirs.

저자: Agatha Christie 1937 317 페이지

3.92

50,000+ 개의 평점

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 📜 Contested Will 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Slow Burn Mystery

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

저자: Yukio Mishima • 1956

A stuttering acolyte finds the temple he serves so beautiful it suffocates every other desire.

3.97

25,000+

📚 Postwar Literature ✨ Obsession With Beauty 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Destructive Idealism 🧘 Zen Buddhism

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

A stuttering acolyte finds the temple he serves so beautiful it suffocates every other desire.

저자: Yukio Mishima 1956 247 페이지

3.97

25,000+ 개의 평점

📚 Postwar Literature ✨ Obsession With Beauty 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Destructive Idealism 🧘 Zen Buddhism

Mother Night

저자: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 1961

A Nazi propagandist awaits trial in Jerusalem, but his deadliest performance was convincing himself.

4.24

100,000+

🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Double Agent 🖤 Darkly Comic 🎭 Performed Identity 🪖 Nazi Germany

Mother Night

A Nazi propagandist awaits trial in Jerusalem, but his deadliest performance was convincing himself.

저자: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1961 288 페이지

4.24

100,000+ 개의 평점

🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Double Agent 🖤 Darkly Comic 🎭 Performed Identity 🪖 Nazi Germany

Frankenstein

저자: Mary Shelley • 2025

A scientist creates life, then recoils. Abandoned, his creature demands a companion or revenge.

4.19

500+

🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🧬 Playing God ❄️ Arctic Isolation 💔 Tragic Villain 👁️ Monster Perspective

Frankenstein

A scientist creates life, then recoils. Abandoned, his creature demands a companion or revenge.

저자: Mary Shelley 2025 189 페이지

4.19

500+ 개의 평점

🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🧬 Playing God ❄️ Arctic Isolation 💔 Tragic Villain 👁️ Monster Perspective

Last Exit to Brooklyn

저자: Hubert Selby Jr. • 1964

Drag queens and dockworkers in 1950s Brooklyn seek a tenderness their world is built to crush.

3.95

33,000+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🌃 1950s Brooklyn 🥀 Doomed Queer Longing 🔁 Cyclical Despair 💪 Toxic Masculinity

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Drag queens and dockworkers in 1950s Brooklyn seek a tenderness their world is built to crush.

저자: Hubert Selby Jr. 1964 290 페이지

3.95

33,000+ 개의 평점

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🌃 1950s Brooklyn 🥀 Doomed Queer Longing 🔁 Cyclical Despair 💪 Toxic Masculinity

Hickory Dickory Dock

저자: Agatha Christie • 1955

A student hostel's strange thefts conceal a killer. Only Hercule Poirot sees the pattern.

3.77

40,000+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🔍 Master Detective 🇬🇧 Postwar London 🤥 Unreliable Confessions 📚 Golden Age Detective

Hickory Dickory Dock

A student hostel's strange thefts conceal a killer. Only Hercule Poirot sees the pattern.

저자: Agatha Christie 1955

3.77

40,000+ 개의 평점

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🔍 Master Detective 🇬🇧 Postwar London 🤥 Unreliable Confessions 📚 Golden Age Detective

Bonheur d'occasion

저자: Gabrielle Roy • 1945

WWII Montreal: a waitress craves escape from poverty, but love, family, and war pull her back.

3.71

5,000+

🎨 Social Realism 🏠 War On The Home Front 🔄 Generational Poverty 🤰 Unwed Pregnancy 💔 Family Sacrifice

Bonheur d'occasion

WWII Montreal: a waitress craves escape from poverty, but love, family, and war pull her back.

저자: Gabrielle Roy 1945 464 페이지

3.71

5,000+ 개의 평점

🎨 Social Realism 🏠 War On The Home Front 🔄 Generational Poverty 🤰 Unwed Pregnancy 💔 Family Sacrifice

The Cruel Sea

저자: Nicholas Monsarrat • 1951

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

4.23

8,000+

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership 🤝 Comrades In Arms 😔 Survivor's Guilt

The Cruel Sea

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

저자: Nicholas Monsarrat 1951 520 페이지

4.23

8,000+ 개의 평점

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership 🤝 Comrades In Arms 😔 Survivor's Guilt

The Political System

저자: David Easton • 1953

Political science is rich in data but poor in theory. This 1953 diagnosis still holds.

3.96

🎯 Defining The Political 📚 Political Theory ⚖️ Values In Science 🔬 Methodology 🔄 Systems Theory

The Political System

Political science is rich in data but poor in theory. This 1953 diagnosis still holds.

저자: David Easton 1953 388 페이지

3.96

28 개의 평점

🎯 Defining The Political 📚 Political Theory ⚖️ Values In Science 🔬 Methodology 🔄 Systems Theory

A Month in the Country

저자: J.L. Carr • 1980

In a Yorkshire village, a war-scarred restorer unearths a medieval painting and a summer of healing.

4.07

30,000+

🌾 Pastoral Elegy 🎖️ Shell-Shocked Veteran 💬 Unspoken Love 🏡 Outsider Finds Home 🌿 Yorkshire Dales

A Month in the Country

In a Yorkshire village, a war-scarred restorer unearths a medieval painting and a summer of healing.

저자: J.L. Carr 1980 160 페이지

4.07

30,000+ 개의 평점

🌾 Pastoral Elegy 🎖️ Shell-Shocked Veteran 💬 Unspoken Love 🏡 Outsider Finds Home 🌿 Yorkshire Dales

Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 1

저자: Seneca

Seneca's letters to a friend: how to stop wasting your one life on what doesn't matter.

4.45

500+

🏛️ Stoicism 📜 Ancient Wisdom 💡 Practical Philosophy 💀 Mortality 🏡 Simple Living

Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 1

Seneca's letters to a friend: how to stop wasting your one life on what doesn't matter.

저자: Seneca 243 페이지

4.45

500+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Stoicism 📜 Ancient Wisdom 💡 Practical Philosophy 💀 Mortality 🏡 Simple Living

The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 1

저자: Henry James • 1881

Her inheritance bought her Europe and a season of suitors. She intends to refuse them all.

3.93

500+

🧠 Psychological Realism 🎭 Novel Of Manners 💪 Independent Heroine 💍 Marriage As Trap 💰 Inheritance Plot

The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 1

Her inheritance bought her Europe and a season of suitors. She intends to refuse them all.

저자: Henry James 1881 649 페이지

3.93

500+ 개의 평점

🧠 Psychological Realism 🎭 Novel Of Manners 💪 Independent Heroine 💍 Marriage As Trap 💰 Inheritance Plot

My Name Is Asher Lev

저자: Chaim Potok • 1972

A Hasidic boy in Brooklyn is born to draw, a gift his father calls sin.

4.24

43,000+

🎨 Artistic Bildungsroman ✡️ Hasidic Community 🏙️ Postwar Brooklyn 👨‍🎨 Mentor Apprentice ⚖️ Artist Vs Faith

My Name Is Asher Lev

A Hasidic boy in Brooklyn is born to draw, a gift his father calls sin.

저자: Chaim Potok 1972 369 페이지

4.24

43,000+ 개의 평점

🎨 Artistic Bildungsroman ✡️ Hasidic Community 🏙️ Postwar Brooklyn 👨‍🎨 Mentor Apprentice ⚖️ Artist Vs Faith

The Death of Death in the Death of Christ

저자: John Owen • 1647

If Christ died for everyone, everyone would be saved. The Puritan case for particular redemption.

4.31

1,000+

🏛️ Reformed Theology 📜 Calvinism ✝️ Atonement Theology 👑 Divine Sovereignty 🎯 Predestination

The Death of Death in the Death of Christ

If Christ died for everyone, everyone would be saved. The Puritan case for particular redemption.

저자: John Owen 1647 312 페이지

4.31

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Reformed Theology 📜 Calvinism ✝️ Atonement Theology 👑 Divine Sovereignty 🎯 Predestination

Athens on Trial

저자: Jennifer T. Roberts • 1994

Ancient Athens was the West's cautionary tale against democracy for two millennia. What changed?

3.60

📚 Intellectual History 🏛️ Classical Reception 🗳️ Athenian Democracy ⚠️ Anti-Democratic Thought ⚖️ Classical Republicanism

Athens on Trial

Ancient Athens was the West's cautionary tale against democracy for two millennia. What changed?

저자: Jennifer T. Roberts 1994 432 페이지

3.60

10 개의 평점

📚 Intellectual History 🏛️ Classical Reception 🗳️ Athenian Democracy ⚠️ Anti-Democratic Thought ⚖️ Classical Republicanism

The Apocrypha

저자: Anonymous • 1938

Wisdom, resistance, and apocalyptic vision: the contested books between the Testaments.

3.84

378

📜 Wisdom Literature 📖 Ancient Scripture ⚖️ Divine Justice 🛡️ Faith Under Persecution 🌅 Apocalyptic Visions

The Apocrypha

Wisdom, resistance, and apocalyptic vision: the contested books between the Testaments.

저자: Anonymous 1938 528 페이지

3.84

378 개의 평점

📜 Wisdom Literature 📖 Ancient Scripture ⚖️ Divine Justice 🛡️ Faith Under Persecution 🌅 Apocalyptic Visions

Max Weber

저자: Reinhard Bendix • 1962

Weber's fragments hide a tragic thesis: rational order defeated magic, but may also crush freedom.

4.19

📚 Sociological Theory 🕰️ Intellectual History 🌍 Comparative Civilizations ⛪ Sociology Of Religion 🏛️ Political Authority

Max Weber

Weber's fragments hide a tragic thesis: rational order defeated magic, but may also crush freedom.

저자: Reinhard Bendix 1962 578 페이지

4.19

52 개의 평점

📚 Sociological Theory 🕰️ Intellectual History 🌍 Comparative Civilizations ⛪ Sociology Of Religion 🏛️ Political Authority

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

저자: Agatha Christie • 1952

Poirot comes out of retirement when a policeman's doubt has an awkward lodger facing the gallows.

3.86

41,000+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔒 Family Secrets

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

Poirot comes out of retirement when a policeman's doubt has an awkward lodger facing the gallows.

저자: Agatha Christie 1952 244 페이지

3.86

41,000+ 개의 평점

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔒 Family Secrets

Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista

저자: China Miéville • 2022

A novelist on the Communist Manifesto as a live spell and the moral case for class hatred.

3.97

1,000+

🧠 Marxist Theory 📜 Communist History ⚒️ Class Struggle 🏢 Capitalist Critique 🔥 Revolutionary Thought

Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista

A novelist on the Communist Manifesto as a live spell and the moral case for class hatred.

저자: China Miéville 2022 338 페이지

3.97

1,000+ 개의 평점

🧠 Marxist Theory 📜 Communist History ⚒️ Class Struggle 🏢 Capitalist Critique 🔥 Revolutionary Thought

Forbidden Notebook

저자: Alba de Céspedes • 1952

A middle-aged Roman housewife buys a secret diary and discovers the woman her family has never seen.

4.25

18,000+

🖤 Secret Diary 🇮🇹 Postwar Italy 🏠 Domestic Confinement 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Conflict 🪞 Interior Life

Forbidden Notebook

A middle-aged Roman housewife buys a secret diary and discovers the woman her family has never seen.

저자: Alba de Céspedes 1952 288 페이지

4.25

18,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Secret Diary 🇮🇹 Postwar Italy 🏠 Domestic Confinement 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Conflict 🪞 Interior Life

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

저자: Agatha Christie • 1940

His dentist dead and patients poisoned, Poirot hunts a killer who calls murder a public service.

3.78

46,000+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🎭 Identity Swap 👤 Double Life 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🤔 Philosophical Mystery

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

His dentist dead and patients poisoned, Poirot hunts a killer who calls murder a public service.

저자: Agatha Christie 1940

3.78

46,000+ 개의 평점

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🎭 Identity Swap 👤 Double Life 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🤔 Philosophical Mystery

은신처

저자: 코리 텐 붐 • 1971

A Dutch watchmaker hides Jews, survives a concentration camp, and must forgive as her sister asked.

4.48

300,000+

🪖 Wwii Resistance 🕊️ Holocaust Survival 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond 🫂 Forgiveness After Trauma ✝️ Faith In Suffering

은신처

A Dutch watchmaker hides Jews, survives a concentration camp, and must forgive as her sister asked.

저자: 코리 텐 붐 1971 242 페이지

4.48

300,000+ 개의 평점

🪖 Wwii Resistance 🕊️ Holocaust Survival 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond 🫂 Forgiveness After Trauma ✝️ Faith In Suffering

Travels with Charley

저자: John Steinbeck • 1961

At 58, Steinbeck set out with his poodle to find the America his memory had lost.

4.08

100,000+

🛣️ American Road Trips 📖 Literary Travelogues 🏔️ Aging And Adventure 🐕 Canine Companions 🕰️ Nostalgia And Change

Travels with Charley

At 58, Steinbeck set out with his poodle to find the America his memory had lost.

저자: John Steinbeck 1961 214 페이지

4.08

100,000+ 개의 평점

🛣️ American Road Trips 📖 Literary Travelogues 🏔️ Aging And Adventure 🐕 Canine Companions 🕰️ Nostalgia And Change

Stig of the Dump

저자: Clive King • 1963

Down a chalk pit, Barney finds a wild boy who builds a life from discarded things.

3.91

11,000+

⏳ Time-Slip Fantasy 🌿 Wild Boy 🌳 Pastoral Adventure 👥 Buddy Adventure 🎭 Imaginative Play

Stig of the Dump

Down a chalk pit, Barney finds a wild boy who builds a life from discarded things.

저자: Clive King 1963 176 페이지

3.91

11,000+ 개의 평점

⏳ Time-Slip Fantasy 🌿 Wild Boy 🌳 Pastoral Adventure 👥 Buddy Adventure 🎭 Imaginative Play

Hallowe'en Party

저자: Agatha Christie • 1969

A drowned girl, a Halloween party, a boast about murder: Poirot uncovers a village's buried crimes.

3.56

100,000+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🐺 Girl Who Cried Wolf 👁️ Child Witness 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎃 Halloween Mystery

Hallowe'en Party

A drowned girl, a Halloween party, a boast about murder: Poirot uncovers a village's buried crimes.

저자: Agatha Christie 1969 336 페이지

3.56

100,000+ 개의 평점

🏘️ Village Mystery 🐺 Girl Who Cried Wolf 👁️ Child Witness 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎃 Halloween Mystery

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

저자: John Locke • 1690

Words name ideas, not things. Philosophy's longest arguments begin with confusing the two.

3.86

17,000+

🔍 Epistemology 🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🧠 Empiricism 🏷️ Nominalism 💭 Mental Representation

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Words name ideas, not things. Philosophy's longest arguments begin with confusing the two.

저자: John Locke 1690 355 페이지

3.86

17,000+ 개의 평점

🔍 Epistemology 🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🧠 Empiricism 🏷️ Nominalism 💭 Mental Representation

The Pledge

저자: Friedrich Dürrenmatt • 1957

To comfort a murdered girl's mother, a detective makes a promise that consumes him.

3.90

11,000+

📚 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Obsessed Detective ⚖️ Mob Justice 🌑 Existential Despair 🕰️ Postwar Europe

The Pledge

To comfort a murdered girl's mother, a detective makes a promise that consumes him.

저자: Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1957 176 페이지

3.90

11,000+ 개의 평점

📚 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Obsessed Detective ⚖️ Mob Justice 🌑 Existential Despair 🕰️ Postwar Europe

The Weight of Glory

저자: C.S. Lewis • 1949

What if your restlessness is a homing signal, tuned to a satisfaction this world cannot provide?

4.39

26,000+

🛡️ Christian Apologetics ⚖️ Christian Ethics 🧠 Faith And Reason 🌱 Spiritual Formation 💔 Human Longing

The Weight of Glory

What if your restlessness is a homing signal, tuned to a satisfaction this world cannot provide?

저자: C.S. Lewis 1949 208 페이지

4.39

26,000+ 개의 평점

🛡️ Christian Apologetics ⚖️ Christian Ethics 🧠 Faith And Reason 🌱 Spiritual Formation 💔 Human Longing

The House of Blue Leaves

저자: John Guare • 1971

In Queens, a zookeeper chases Hollywood, pushed by his mistress, as his ailing wife unravels.

3.81

2,000+

🎭 Absurdist Dark Comedy 💭 Failed American Dream ✨ Hollywood Dreams 🧠 Mental Illness 💔 Love Triangle

The House of Blue Leaves

In Queens, a zookeeper chases Hollywood, pushed by his mistress, as his ailing wife unravels.

저자: John Guare 1971 80 페이지

3.81

2,000+ 개의 평점

🎭 Absurdist Dark Comedy 💭 Failed American Dream ✨ Hollywood Dreams 🧠 Mental Illness 💔 Love Triangle

Understanding Piaget

저자: Mary Ann Spencer Pulaski • 1980

Children build their own intelligence by acting on the world. Piaget's four universal stages.

3.73

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🧪 Developmental Science 🧩 Stages Of Development 🏗️ Active Learning 📚 Educational Theory

Understanding Piaget

Children build their own intelligence by acting on the world. Piaget's four universal stages.

저자: Mary Ann Spencer Pulaski 1980 248 페이지

3.73

15 개의 평점

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🧪 Developmental Science 🧩 Stages Of Development 🏗️ Active Learning 📚 Educational Theory

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