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Cover of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

4.3

2008

Cover of Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

Jean Sasson

4.0

1992

Cover of Cunt: A Declaration of Independence

Cunt: A Declaration of Independence

Inga Muscio, Betty Dodson

3.9

1998

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 Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

4.2

1999

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 The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Kim Edwards

3.6

2005

Cover of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Rebecca Wells

3.8

1996

Cover of The Stranger

The Stranger

Albert Camus, Matthew Ward

4.0

1942

Cover of The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

4.2

1982

Cover of Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Leo Tolstoj, Aylmer Maude

4.0

1877

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 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 Yes Please

Yes Please

Amy Poehler

3.8

2014

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 A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

4.0

1947

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 High Fidelity

High Fidelity

Nick Hornby

3.9

1995

Cover of The Pearl

The Pearl

John Steinbeck

3.4

1947

Cover of Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

3.8

1952

Cover of The White Tiger

The White Tiger

Aravind Adiga

3.7

2008

Cover of In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

3.8

2011

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 The Hours

The Hours

Michael Cunningham

3.9

1998

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 Empire Falls

Empire Falls

Richard Russo

3.9

2001

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

The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

Raymond Chandler

4.0

1939

Cover of White Teeth

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

3.8

1999

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 Ulysses

Ulysses

James Joyce

3.7

1922

Cover of The Idiot

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett, Alan Myers, Joseph Frank, Anna Brailovsky

4.2

1868

Cover of Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.4

2015

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 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

Cover of How to Be a Woman

How to Be a Woman

Caitlin Moran

3.7

2011

Cover of Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Katherine Boo

4.0

2012

Cover of A Doll's House

A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen, Michael Meyer

3.7

1879

Cover of Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Evelyn Waugh

4.0

1945

Cover of This Is How You Lose Her

This Is How You Lose Her

Junot Díaz

3.8

2012

Cover of The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4.0

1892

Cover of Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Jung Chang

4.2

1991

Cover of Tara Road

Tara Road

Maeve Binchy

3.9

1998

Cover of Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

Richard Yates

3.9

1961

Cover of Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa

4.0

1981

Cover of Zeitoun

Zeitoun

Dave Eggers

4.1

2008

Cover of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

Beth Hoffman, Jenna Lamia

3.9

2010

Cover of The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

3.5

1898

Cover of The Shoemaker's Wife

The Shoemaker's Wife

Adriana Trigiani

4.0

2012

Cover of Pope Joan

Pope Joan

Donna Woolfolk Cross

4.1

1996

Cover of Dance Upon the Air (Three Sisters Island, #1)

Dance Upon the Air (Three Sisters Island, #1)

Nora Roberts

4.2

2001

Cover of He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo

3.6

2004

Cover of The Dovekeepers

The Dovekeepers

Alice Hoffman

4.0

2011

Cover of Black Like Me

Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin

4.1

1960

Cover of We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.5

2014

Cover of The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)

The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)

Jean M. Auel

3.9

1985

Cover of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Jared Diamond

3.9

2004

Cover of Still Missing

Still Missing

Chevy Stevens

4.0

2010

Cover of Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends

Maeve Binchy

4.0

1990

Cover of Lilac Girls

Lilac Girls

Martha Hall Kelly

4.3

2016

Cover of Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev, George Reavy, Jane Costlow

3.9

1862

Cover of Fingersmith

Fingersmith

Sarah Waters

4.0

2002

Cover of Euphoria

Euphoria

Lily King

3.8

2014

Cover of Homegoing

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

4.4

2016

Cover of Bad Feminist

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

3.9

2014

Cover of Demian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

Demian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

Hermann Hesse

4.1

1919

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 Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

4.4

2009

Cover of False Memory

False Memory

Dean Koontz

3.9

1999

Cover of Black Boy

Black Boy

Richard Wright, Jerry W. Ward Jr.

4.0

1945

Cover of Lipstick Jungle

Lipstick Jungle

Candace Bushnell

3.4

2005

Cover of Harvesting the Heart

Harvesting the Heart

Jodi Picoult

3.6

1993

Cover of The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

John Fowles

3.9

1969

Cover of Down and Out in Paris and London

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell

4.1

1933

Cover of Hard Times

Hard Times

Charles Dickens

3.5

1854

Cover of Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer

Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer

Sena Jeter Naslund

4.0

1999

Cover of Peony in Love

Peony in Love

Lisa See

3.6

2007

Cover of The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Mohsin Hamid

3.7

2007

Cover of Brown Girl Dreaming

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

4.1

2014

Cover of Eugene Onegin

Eugene Onegin

Alexander Pushkin, James E. Falen

4.1

1833

Cover of Practical Magic

Practical Magic

Alice Hoffman

3.8

1995

Cover of Orlando

Orlando

Virginia Woolf

3.9

1928

Cover of Simple Abundance:  A Daybook of Comfort and Joy

Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy

Sarah Ban Breathnach

4.0

1995

Cover of The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

4.0

2006

Cover of The Other Side of the Story

The Other Side of the Story

Marian Keyes

3.8

2004

Cover of Someday, Someday, Maybe

Someday, Someday, Maybe

Lauren Graham

3.5

2013

Cover of The Space Between Us

The Space Between Us

Thrity Umrigar

4.0

2006

Cover of The Robber Bride

The Robber Bride

Margaret Atwood

3.8

1993

Cover of The Atonement Child

The Atonement Child

Francine Rivers

4.3

1997

Cover of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment

Steve Harvey

3.8

2009

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