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Ultimate Best Books

All Novels

Explore rankings, reviews, and reader lists for every book in the catalog.

An evil cradling

An evil cradling

Brian Keenan

4.67 (3)

#572
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Our Lady of the Flowers

Our Lady of the Flowers

Jean Genet

2.67 (3)

#551
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449
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Up

Up

Ronald Sukenick

3.0 (1)

#583
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335
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A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

4.67 (3)

The morning express bloated with passengers slowed to a crawl, then lurched forward suddenly, as though to resume full speed.

#402
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The Interpretation of Dreams

The Interpretation of Dreams

Sigmund Freud

3.67 (3)

#358
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1,512
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Down and out in Paris and London

Down and out in Paris and London

George Orwell

4.0 (4)

The Rue du Coq d'Or, Paris, seven in the morning. A succession of furious, choking yells from the street. Madame Monce, who kept the little hotel opposite mine, had come out on to the pavement to address a lodger on the third floor.

#377
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1,337
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Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down

Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down

Ishmael Reed

4.0 (1)

Folks. This here is the story of the Loop Garoo Kid.

#605
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284
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Lanark

Lanark

Alasdair Gray

3.0 (1)

The Elite Cafe was entered by a staircase from the foyer of a cinema.

#585
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329
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Vicky Angel

Vicky Angel

Jacqueline Wilson

4.33 (3)

#432
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971
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Nine Stories

Nine Stories

J. D. Salinger

4.0 (4)

There were ninety-seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they were monopolizing the long-distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon till almost two-thirty to get her call through.

#273
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2,180
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