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Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

4.29 (7)

Once upon a time when the world was young there was a Martian named Smith.

#241
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In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

4.33 (12)

The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call 'out there'.

#242
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86
2 expert lists
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The Code of the Woosters

The Code of the Woosters

P. G. Wodehouse

4.6 (5)

I reached out a hand from under the blankets, and rang the bell for Jeeves.

#243
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86
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The Red and the Black

The Red and the Black

Stendhal

3.75 (4)

La petite ville de Verrières peut passer pour l'une des plus jolies de la Franche-Comté.The small town of Verrieres may be regarded as one of the prettiest in the Franche-Comte.

#244
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86
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Sybil

Sybil

Benjamin Disraeli

3.0 (2)

'I'll take the odds against Caravan.'

#245
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86
1 expert lists
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Paroles

Paroles

Jacques Prévert

5.0 (1)

#247
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85
1 expert lists
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The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett

4.11 (9)

Samuel Spade's jaw was long and bony, his chin a jutting v under the more flexible v of his mouth.

#248
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85
3 expert lists
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Alcools

Alcools

Guillaume Apollinaire

3.0 (1)

#249
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84
1 expert lists
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Wise Blood

Wise Blood

Flannery O'Connor

3.0 (3)

Hazel Motes sat at a forward angle on the green plush train seat, looking one minute at the window as if he might want to jump out of it, and the next down the aisle at the other end of the car.

#250
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84
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