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by William Faulkner
4.3(1,873)
Faulkner shows the American South through tales of human cruelty, kindness, and history with sharp detail and deep meaning.
by Buchi Emecheta
4.0(1,873)
Adah, a Nigerian woman, fights patriarchal traditions and societal obstacles to build an independent life in London, showing resilience in the face of adversity.
by James Baldwin
4.4(1,872)
From Harlem gospel hymns to global fame, the novel follows Arthur and Hall Montana, showing how the Civil Rights era reshapes their brotherhood, loves, and identities across continents.
by Anthony Powell
4.3(1,747)
Powell's novel series explores ambition, love, and folly in 20th-century England through the lens of a vast social network.
by Eliza Fowler Haywood
3.3(1,747)
In 18th-century Venice, the independent Aloysia is caught in a web of forbidden desires, betrayals, and social pressures, as she seeks love and freedom.
by August Strindberg
3.6(1,709)
A captain's wife manipulates him into questioning his paternity, leading to his mental collapse and loss of identity.
by Garrison Keillor
3.8(1,679)
Return to Lake Wobegon, a comforting, quirky place where familiar faces and new characters navigate small-town life. This story reminds us that home stays with us, even when we leave.
by Rabindranath Tagore
4.3(1,655)
A son's quest to find his unknown father uncovers a sinister plot, forcing him to protect a genetically engineered girl from a 'Gardener' who creates human-plant hybrids.
by John Clellon Holmes
3.8(1,647)
In 'Go,' set in post-WWII New York, aspiring writers and rebels launch the Beat Generation, fueling their search for meaning with parties, writing, drugs, and thrills.
by Victor Serge
4.1(1,625)
Stalin's Great Terror takes hold after a high-ranking official's assassination, leading to a global investigation that traps innocent people and reveals the brutal, yet sometimes noble, aspects of a totalitarian regime.
by Nikolai Gogol
4.0(1,582)
An artist's life changes after he buys a haunting portrait with lifelike eyes, making him question ambition and the soul's corruption.
by Charles Brockden Brown
3.4(1,529)
Wieland shows the fragile minds of an early American family and the new republic, while Carwin's memoirs reveal the dark tricks behind a charismatic leader's plan.
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
3.7(1,514)
A pompous civil servant is swallowed by a crocodile and continues to lecture from its belly, forcing his wife and friends to navigate absurd bureaucracy and public indifference.
by Gautam Malkani
3.4(1,512)
In "Londonstani," Jas navigates a complex world of cultural identity, street gangs, and forbidden love, trying to define himself amid clashing expectations and the harsh realities of a divided city.
by Frederic Manning
4.0(1,454)
In the mud and camaraderie of World War I trenches, a private confronts the absurdities of military life and the constant threat of death, finding brief moments of humanity amid the slaughter.
by Ismail Kadare
3.5(1,385)
In a totalitarian state where truth is a tool, the suspicious death of the Designated Successor blurs the lines between suicide and murder, dream and reality, under an oppressive regime.
by Scott Snyder
3.6(1,376)
Haunted by the Jokerized Batman from the Dark Multiverse, Bruce Wayne must confront a terrifying reflection of his own darkest fears and consider breaking his most sacred rule to save existence.
by Mia McKenzie
4.3(1,274)
After a violent family tragedy ostracizes her and her kin, a reclusive artist must confront the ghosts of her past and a seventeen-year feud with her church when a mysterious visitor reawakens the wild spirit she thought she'd lost.
by David Bradley
4.0(1,257)
A historian returns home to investigate his father's death, uncovering a forgotten tragedy of thirteen escaped slaves who died in Chaneysville after reaching freedom, their reasons lost to time.
by Inger Christensen
4.4(1,242)
Inger Christensen's "alphabet" uses the Fibonacci sequence and the alphabet to show the metaphysical in everyday things, creating psalm-like poems that celebrate life's beauty while lamenting its fragility.
by Robert Louis Stevenson
3.5(1,214)
On Christmas Day, a man who has just committed murder in an antique shop faces his conscience and the haunting presence of his own wickedness as a mysterious shopman closes in.
by Arthur Schnitzler
3.7(1,164)
Arthur Schnitzler shows the raw, cyclical nature of human sexuality through ten interconnected encounters, each a fleeting, intimate confession of longing and conquest.
by Bessie Head
3.7(1,137)
In Botswana's dry lands, a woman's search for identity turns into a descent into madness, haunted by her mixed heritage and past.
by Michel Tremblay
3.7(1,101)
In 1942 Montreal, as spring awakens, seven pregnant women in a working-class neighborhood navigate love, loss, and history, while unseen Fates knit the future of a nation from an empty house next door.