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Cover of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, H.T. Willetts

3.9

1962

Cover of Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela

4.3

1994

Cover of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Virginia Lee Burton

4.2

1938

Cover of Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Blaine Harden

4.0

2012

Cover of Not Without My Daughter

Not Without My Daughter

Betty Mahmoody

4.0

1987

Cover of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

Malika Oufkir, Michèle Fitoussi

4.1

1999

Cover of The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Edward E. Ericson Jr.

4.2

1973

Cover of Misery

Misery

Stephen King

4.1

1987

Cover of Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

Sarah J. Maas

4.2

2012

Cover of The Trial

The Trial

Franz Kafka, Edwin Muir, Willa Muir, Max Brod

4.0

1925

Cover of The Partner

The Partner

John Grisham

3.9

1997

Cover of The Brethren

The Brethren

John Grisham

3.7

2000

Cover of Haunted

Haunted

Chuck Palahniuk

3.6

2005

Cover of Mother Night

Mother Night

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.2

1961

Cover of The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)

The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)

Alexandre Dumas, Francine du Plessix Gray, Joachim Neugroschel

4.0

1850

Cover of The Racketeer

The Racketeer

John Grisham

3.8

2012

Cover of Incarceron (Incarceron, #1)

Incarceron (Incarceron, #1)

Catherine Fisher

3.6

2007

Cover of Papillon

Papillon

Henri Charrière

4.2

1969

Cover of The Plot Against America

The Plot Against America

Philip Roth

3.7

2004

Cover of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

4.5

2010

Cover of Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.8

1990

Cover of The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley

3.8

2010

Cover of The Son

The Son

Jo Nesbø, Charlotte Barslund

4.1

2014

Cover of The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust

Nathanael West, Alfred Kazin

3.8

1939

Cover of Airman

Airman

Eoin Colfer

4.1

2007

Cover of The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

Philip G. Zimbardo

3.9

2007

Cover of The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad

3.6

1907

Cover of The Killing (Cherub, #4)

The Killing (Cherub, #4)

Robert Muchamore

4.1

2005

Cover of The Woman in the Dunes

The Woman in the Dunes

Kōbō Abe, E. Dale Saunders

3.9

1962

Cover of The Keep

The Keep

Jennifer Egan

3.4

2006

Cover of Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail

Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail

Rusty Young, Thomas McFadden

4.2

2003

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