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Cover of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain, John Seelye, Guy Cardwell

★ 3.8

1884

Cover of Hamlet

Hamlet

William Shakespeare, Richard Andrews, Rex Gibson

★ 4.0

1600

Cover of Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

★ 3.8

1860

Cover of The Stranger

The Stranger

Albert Camus, Matthew Ward

★ 4.0

1942

Cover of A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

★ 4.0

1843

Cover of The Iliad

The Iliad

Homer, Robert Fagles, Frédéric Mugler, Bernard Knox

★ 3.8

-750

Cover of The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

Jack London

★ 3.8

1903

Cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Jared Diamond

★ 4.0

1997

Cover of David Copperfield

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens, Jeremy Tambling

★ 4.0

1849

Cover of The Prophet

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

★ 4.2

1923

Cover of Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller

★ 3.5

1949

Cover of 1Q84

1Q84

Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Philip Gabriel

★ 3.9

2009

Cover of The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

★ 3.9

1929

Cover of Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare, Roma Gill

★ 3.6

1599

Cover of The Art Book

The Art Book

Phaidon Press

★ 3.8

1997

Cover of To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf

★ 3.8

1927

Cover of The Call of the Wild/White Fang

The Call of the Wild/White Fang

Jack London

★ 4.1

1906

Cover of The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson, Thomas H. Johnson

★ 4.2

1890

Cover of Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare, Katherine Duncan-Jones

★ 4.2

1592

Cover of Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev, George Reavy, Jane Costlow

★ 3.9

1862

Cover of Hard Times

Hard Times

Charles Dickens

★ 3.5

1854

Cover of Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

C.S. Lewis

★ 4.1

1955

Cover of The Red and the Black

The Red and the Black

Stendhal, Roger Gard

★ 3.9

1830

Cover of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Pablo Neruda, W.S. Merwin, Cristina García

★ 4.3

1924

Cover of A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

Charles Dickens, Michael Slater

★ 4.1

1843

Cover of Ficciones

Ficciones

Jorge Luis Borges, Anthony Kerrigan, Anthony Bonner

★ 4.5

1944

Cover of The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

W.B. Yeats, Richard J. Finneran

★ 4.3

1997

Cover of The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction

The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction

Stephen Crane, George Stade, Richard Fusco

★ 3.6

1895

Cover of The Castle

The Castle

Franz Kafka, Mark Harman, Regaip Minareci, Şerif Yeşilbucak

★ 4.0

1926

Cover of 100 Selected Poems

100 Selected Poems

E.E. Cummings

★ 4.3

1954

Cover of The Magic Mountain

The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann, John E. Woods

★ 4.1

1924

Cover of The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois, Donald B. Gibson, Monica W. Elbert

★ 4.2

1903

Cover of The Lost Painting

The Lost Painting

Jonathan Harr

★ 3.7

2005

Cover of The Complete Poems

The Complete Poems

John Keats

★ 4.2

1820

Cover of Chess Story

Chess Story

Stefan Zweig, Joel Rotenberg, Hans Hausmann, Dirk Muller, Peter Gay, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Mario Adorf, Gert Westphal

★ 4.3

1941

Cover of Pygmalion and Three Other Plays

Pygmalion and Three Other Plays

George Bernard Shaw, John A. Bertolini

★ 4.0

2004

Cover of Selected Poems

Selected Poems

Emily Dickinson

★ 4.2

1890

Cover of The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors

William Shakespeare

★ 3.7

1594

Cover of Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine

★ 3.7

1603

Cover of A Son of the Circus

A Son of the Circus

John Irving

★ 3.6

1994

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The Lady of Shalott

Alfred Tennyson, Charles Keeping

★ 4.2

1833

Cover of Dream Man

Dream Man

Linda Howard

★ 4.0

1994

Cover of The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda, Ilan Stavans

★ 4.4

1974

Cover of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide

Mary-Jane Knight, Rick Riordan

★ 4.1

2010

Cover of The Complete Poetry and Prose

The Complete Poetry and Prose

William Blake, David V. Erdman, Harold Bloom

★ 4.2

1965

Cover of Forgotten

Forgotten

Cat Patrick

★ 3.8

2011

Cover of To Build a Fire

To Build a Fire

Jack London

★ 3.9

1903

Cover of Selected Poems

Selected Poems

E.E. Cummings, Richard S. Kennedy

★ 4.2

1994

Cover of The Brothers K

The Brothers K

David James Duncan

★ 4.4

1992

Cover of Life and Times of Michael K

Life and Times of Michael K

J.M. Coetzee

★ 3.9

1983

Cover of Passing

Passing

Nella Larsen, Ntozake Shange, Thadious M. Davis

★ 3.8

1929

Cover of The Christmas List

The Christmas List

Richard Paul Evans

★ 4.2

2009

Cover of The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy

The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy

Leah Wilson, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Mary Borsellino, Sarah Rees Brennan, Terri Clark, Bree Despain, Adrienne Kress, Sarah Darer Littman, Cara Lockwood, Elizabeth M. Rees, Carrie Ryan, Ned Vizzini, Lili Wilkinson, Blythe Woolston

★ 4.3

2011

Cover of The Water-Method Man

The Water-Method Man

John Irving

★ 3.3

1972

Cover of Mother Courage and Her Children

Mother Courage and Her Children

Bertolt Brecht, David Hare

★ 3.7

1941

Cover of Stupeur et tremblements

Stupeur et tremblements

Amélie Nothomb

★ 3.7

1999

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Restless

William Boyd

★ 3.8

2006

Cover of In the Penal Colony

In the Penal Colony

Franz Kafka

★ 4.0

1919

Cover of Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954 Pain and Passion

Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954 Pain and Passion

Andrea Kettenmann

★ 4.2

2001

Cover of A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

★ 3.8

1800

Cover of A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

★ 3.8

1800

Cover of The Tao of Pooh

The Tao of Pooh

Benjamin Hoff, Ernest H. Shepard

★ 4.0

1982

Cover of Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

David Bayles, Ted Orland

★ 3.7

1993

Cover of Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

David Foster Wallace

★ 4.3

2005

Cover of How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

Thomas C. Foster

★ 3.6

2003

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