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Cover of A Room of One's Own

A Room of One's Own

Virginia Woolf

4.1

1929

Cover of The Diary of a Young Girl

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank, Eleanor Roosevelt, B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday

4.1

1947

Cover of Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

3.8

1937

Cover of Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

4.1

1997

Cover of The Book Thief

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

4.4

2005

Cover of Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

4.3

1936

Cover of A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

4.3

2007

Cover of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

4.1

2011

Cover of The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

4.0

1998

Cover of Eleanor & Park

Eleanor & Park

Rainbow Rowell

4.1

2013

Cover of The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Kim Edwards

3.6

2005

Cover of All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

4.3

2014

Cover of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Rebecca Wells

3.8

1996

Cover of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

4.1

2008

Cover of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

4.0

2010

Cover of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Malcolm Gladwell

3.9

2005

Cover of Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key

Tatiana de Rosnay

4.1

2007

Cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson, Tony Goldwyn

4.0

2003

Cover of Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

3.8

2005

Cover of The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman

4.0

2013

Cover of Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

4.1

1997

Cover of The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

3.8

1926

Cover of Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

3.6

2006

Cover of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Lisa See

4.0

2005

Cover of She's Come Undone

She's Come Undone

Wally Lamb

3.8

1992

Cover of The Nightingale

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

4.5

2015

Cover of Yes Please

Yes Please

Amy Poehler

3.8

2014

Cover of All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque, A.W. Wheen

3.9

1929

Cover of The BFG

The BFG

Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

4.2

1982

Cover of The Crucible

The Crucible

Arthur Miller, Christopher Bigsby

3.5

1953

Cover of Beloved

Beloved

Toni Morrison

3.8

1987

Cover of Orphan Train

Orphan Train

Christina Baker Kline

4.1

2013

Cover of Still Alice

Still Alice

Lisa Genova

4.3

2007

Cover of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fannie Flagg

4.3

1987

Cover of The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera, Michael Henry Heim

4.1

1984

Cover of The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

Umberto Eco, William Weaver, Seán Barrett

4.1

1980

Cover of A Little Princess

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett, Nancy Bond

4.2

1905

Cover of Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)

Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)

Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

4.2

1935

Cover of The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

4.1

1844

Cover of For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

4.0

1940

Cover of A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

4.0

1947

Cover of Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

Charles Frazier

3.8

1997

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 War and Peace

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy, Henry Gifford, Aylmer Maude, Louise Maude

4.1

1869

Cover of The Invention of Wings

The Invention of Wings

Sue Monk Kidd

4.2

2014

Cover of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt

3.9

1994

Cover of The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu, Thomas Cleary

4.0

-500

Cover of The Story of Art

The Story of Art

E.H. Gombrich

3.8

1950

Cover of The Hobbit: Graphic Novel

The Hobbit: Graphic Novel

Chuck Dixon, J.R.R. Tolkien, David Wenzel, Sean Deming

4.5

1989

Cover of Timeline

Timeline

Michael Crichton

3.8

1999

Cover of Life After Life

Life After Life

Kate Atkinson

3.7

2013

Cover of A People's History of the United States

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

4.1

1980

Cover of High Fidelity

High Fidelity

Nick Hornby

3.9

1995

Cover of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

4.0

2000

Cover of The Pearl

The Pearl

John Steinbeck

3.4

1947

Cover of The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick

4.2

2007

Cover of Everything Is Illuminated

Everything Is Illuminated

Jonathan Safran Foer

3.9

2002

Cover of The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, Diana Burgin, Ellendea Proffer

4.3

1967

Cover of 1776

1776

David McCullough

4.1

2005

Cover of The Reader

The Reader

Bernhard Schlink, Carol Brown Janeway

3.7

1995

Cover of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Victor Hugo, Walter J. Cobb

4.0

1831

Cover of Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Alex Haley

4.4

1976

Cover of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

4.1

2007

Cover of The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel James Brown

4.3

2013

Cover of Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

4.2

1999

Cover of Sophie's World

Sophie's World

Jostein Gaarder, Paulette Møller

3.9

1991

Cover of The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

4.1

1989

Cover of The Witch of Blackbird Pond

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Elizabeth George Speare

4.0

1958

Cover of Year of Wonders

Year of Wonders

Geraldine Brooks

4.0

2001

Cover of Gerald's Game

Gerald's Game

Stephen King

3.5

1992

Cover of The Bonesetter's Daughter

The Bonesetter's Daughter

Amy Tan

4.0

2001

Cover of Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

L.M. Montgomery

4.2

1909

Cover of A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

4.3

1996

Cover of The Hours

The Hours

Michael Cunningham

3.9

1998

Cover of Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

L.M. Montgomery

4.2

1915

Cover of Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

Isaac Asimov

4.2

1953

Cover of Anthem

Anthem

Ayn Rand

3.6

1938

Cover of Reading Lolita in Tehran

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Azar Nafisi

3.6

2003

Cover of The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Emmuska Orczy

4.1

1905

Cover of Daughter of Fortune

Daughter of Fortune

Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden

3.9

1998

Cover of Between Shades of Gray

Between Shades of Gray

Ruta Sepetys

4.4

2011

Cover of The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain, Everett H. Emerson

3.8

1881

Cover of The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

Raymond Chandler

4.0

1939

Cover of Fever 1793

Fever 1793

Laurie Halse Anderson

3.9

2000

Cover of My Ántonia

My Ántonia

Willa Cather

3.8

1918

Cover of The Accidental Tourist

The Accidental Tourist

Anne Tyler, Jennifer Bassett

3.9

1985

Cover of Stones from the River

Stones from the River

Ursula Hegi

4.1

1994

Cover of The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus

Sarah Dunant

3.8

2003

Cover of Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

Scott McCloud

4.0

1993

Cover of Ulysses

Ulysses

James Joyce

3.7

1922

Cover of America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum, Rich Bloomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Eric Drysdale, J.R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, Tom Johnson, Rob Kutner, Chris Regan, Jason Reich, Jason Ross, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, Rob Corddry, Brendan Hay, Ed Helms

4.0

2004

Cover of Cleopatra: A Life

Cleopatra: A Life

Stacy Schiff

3.6

2006

Cover of The Shell Seekers

The Shell Seekers

Rosamunde Pilcher

4.1

1987

Cover of Milk and Honey

Milk and Honey

Rupi Kaur

4.3

2014

Cover of Bud, Not Buddy

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

3.9

1999

Cover of The Snow Child

The Snow Child

Eowyn Ivey

4.0

2012

Cover of The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

4.0

2016

Cover of The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

3.8

1998

Cover of The Complete Persepolis

The Complete Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris, Anjali Singh

4.4

2003

Cover of Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne

Stephen King, Dominique Dill

3.8

1992

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