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The Color Purple
1982
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1969
Black Boy
1945
The Heart of a Woman
1981
Citizen: An American Lyric
2014
The Collected Poems
1994
Letter to My Daughter
2008
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
1982
Great Expectations
1860
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
2012
Running with Scissors
2002
'Salem's Lot
1975
The Paris Wife
2011
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
2000
Bag of Bones
1998
Invisible Man
1952
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
1976
The History of Love
2005
The Dark Half
1989
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1916
'Salem's Lot
2005
The Underground Railroad
2016
A Moveable Feast
1964
Notes from a Small Island
1995
Ham on Rye
1982
Lisey's Story
2006
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
1962
Magical Thinking: True Stories
2004
Kindred
1979
Homegoing
2016
Possible Side Effects
2006
Boy: Tales of Childhood
1984
Brown Girl Dreaming
2014
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
1955
Sweet Tooth
2012
The Dante Club
2003
Wishful Drinking
2008
A Man Without a Country
2005
A Girl Named Zippy
2001
Desert Solitaire
1968
Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?
2007
Walden & Civil Disobedience
1854
The Charm School
1988
Letters to a Young Poet
1929
Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer
2008
Wonder Boys
1995
Timequake
1997
Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus
2011
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
2014
The Woman Warrior
1975
Stitches
2009
Beatrice and Virgil
2010
Pretty in Plaid
2009
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
2011
Fire Star (The Last Dragon Chronicles, #3)
2005
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
1990
The Art of Travel
2002
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
2012
Hitch-22: A Memoir
2010
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
1995
The Wall
1939
Essays and Poems
1856
My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto
2010
Henderson the Rain King
1959
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
2014
Call Me by Your Name
2007
Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson
2007
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1936
Be Frank With Me
2016
Desolation Angels
1958
The Snow Leopard
1978
The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story
1982
Season of Migration to the North
1966
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