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El camino

av 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.

av Miguel Delibes 1950 224 sidor

4.13

14 000+ betyg

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

All Things are Possible

av 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.

av Lev Shestov 1905 246 sidor

4.09

314 betyg

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

Progress and Poverty

av 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.

av Henry George 1879 599 sidor

4.30

500+ betyg

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

La Peau de chagrin

av 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.

av Honoré de Balzac 1831 407 sidor

3.67

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

Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena

av 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.

av Georg Büchner 1879 86 sidor

3.27

3 000+ betyg

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

From Democrats to Kings

av 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.

av Michael Scott 2009 294 sidor

3.83

249 betyg

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

Lord Edgware Dies

av 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.

av Agatha Christie 1933 219 sidor

3.95

64 000+ betyg

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

Three Act Tragedy

av Agatha Christie • 1935

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

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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.

av Agatha Christie 1935 336 sidor

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

J R

av 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.

av William Gaddis 1975 752 sidor

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

O Pioneers!

av 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.

av Willa Cather 1913 159 sidor

3.90

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

Appointment with Death

av 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.

av Agatha Christie 1938 303 sidor

3.87

71 000+ betyg

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

The King in Yellow

av 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.

av Robert W. Chambers 2016 224 sidor

3.51

30 000+ betyg

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

The Naked Sun

av 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.

av Isaac Asimov 1958 204 sidor

4.20

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

Mère à mère

av 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.

av Sindiwe Magona 1998 280 sidor

3.39

1 000+ betyg

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

Lucky Jim

av 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.

av Kingsley Amis 1954 296 sidor

3.74

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

The Murder on the Links

av 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.

av Agatha Christie 1923 240 sidor

3.86

100 000+ betyg

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

Nemesis

av 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.

av Agatha Christie 1971 213 sidor

3.87

46 000+ betyg

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

A Single Man

av 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.

av Christopher Isherwood 1964 186 sidor

4.05

38 000+ betyg

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

The Ethics of Ambiguity

av 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.

av Simone de Beauvoir 1947 162 sidor

4.17

8 000+ betyg

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

Capitalism and Modern Social Theory

av 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.

av Anthony Giddens 1971 261 sidor

3.91

500+ betyg

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

Dumb Witness

av 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.

av Agatha Christie 1937 317 sidor

3.92

50 000+ betyg

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

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

av 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.

av Yukio Mishima 1956 247 sidor

3.97

25 000+ betyg

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

Mother Night

av 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.

av Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1961 288 sidor

4.24

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

Frankenstein

av 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.

av Mary Shelley 2025 189 sidor

4.19

500+ betyg

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

Last Exit to Brooklyn

av 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.

av Hubert Selby Jr. 1964 290 sidor

3.95

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

Hickory Dickory Dock

av 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.

av Agatha Christie 1955

3.77

40 000+ betyg

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

Bonheur d'occasion

av 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.

av Gabrielle Roy 1945 464 sidor

3.71

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

The Cruel Sea

av 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.

av Nicholas Monsarrat 1951 520 sidor

4.23

8 000+ betyg

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

The Political System

av 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.

av David Easton 1953 388 sidor

3.96

28 betyg

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

A Month in the Country

av 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.

av J.L. Carr 1980 160 sidor

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

Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 1

av 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.

av Seneca 243 sidor

4.45

500+ betyg

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

The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 1

av 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.

av Henry James 1881 649 sidor

3.93

500+ betyg

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

My Name Is Asher Lev

av Chaim Potok • 1972

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

4.24

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🎨 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.

av Chaim Potok 1972 369 sidor

4.24

43 000+ betyg

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

The Death of Death in the Death of Christ

av 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.

av John Owen 1647 312 sidor

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1 000+ betyg

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

Athens on Trial

av 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?

av Jennifer T. Roberts 1994 432 sidor

3.60

10 betyg

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

The Apocrypha

av 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.

av Anonymous 1938 528 sidor

3.84

378 betyg

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

Max Weber

av 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.

av Reinhard Bendix 1962 578 sidor

4.19

52 betyg

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

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

av 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.

av Agatha Christie 1952 244 sidor

3.86

41 000+ betyg

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

Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista

av 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.

av China Miéville 2022 338 sidor

3.97

1 000+ betyg

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

Forbidden Notebook

av 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.

av Alba de Céspedes 1952 288 sidor

4.25

18 000+ betyg

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

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

av 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.

av Agatha Christie 1940

3.78

46 000+ betyg

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

Gömstället

av Corrie ten Boom • 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

Gömstället

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

av Corrie ten Boom 1971 242 sidor

4.48

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

Travels with Charley

av 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.

av John Steinbeck 1961 214 sidor

4.08

100 000+ betyg

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

Stig of the Dump

av 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.

av Clive King 1963 176 sidor

3.91

11 000+ betyg

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

Hallowe'en Party

av 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.

av Agatha Christie 1969 336 sidor

3.56

100 000+ betyg

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

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

av John Locke • 1690

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

3.86

17 000+

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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

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

av John Locke 1690 355 sidor

3.86

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The Pledge

av Friedrich Dürrenmatt • 1957

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

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The Pledge

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

av Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1957 176 sidor

3.90

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The Weight of Glory

av C.S. Lewis • 1949

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

4.39

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The Weight of Glory

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

av C.S. Lewis 1949 208 sidor

4.39

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The House of Blue Leaves

av John Guare • 1971

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

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The House of Blue Leaves

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

av John Guare 1971 80 sidor

3.81

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Understanding Piaget

av 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.

av Mary Ann Spencer Pulaski 1980 248 sidor

3.73

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