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by O. Henry
4.0(625)
A long-awaited reunion between two friends takes a dramatic turn when an unforeseen twist reveals the true nature of their two-decade-old pact.
by Fernando de Rojas
3.1(622)
by Chelene Knight
3.8(614)
In 1930s Hogan's Alley, a Black community in Vancouver, a young artist deals with her mother's addiction and her own growing sexuality as their home faces destruction.
by Harry Crews
3.7(609)
In a Florida rest-home where the elderly lose their dignity, a one-armed owner's quiet despair is violently disrupted by a young woman, sparking forgotten passions and reminding them of life.
by Henrik Ibsen
3.8(577)
A disgraced banker, imprisoned by his own ambition and the icy grip of societal judgment, paces his upstairs prison, dreaming of a financial comeback while the women in his life battle over the shattered remnants of their shared past and the fate of their son.
by W.P. Kinsella
4.2(572)
Through Silas Ermineskin's eyes, 'Dance Me Outside' shows the humor, daily struggles, and spirit of a Cree Indian reserve in Central Alberta.
by Virginia Woolf
4.0(478)
A solitary woman wanders London's streets, each encounter a brief look into a human life, each observation a detail in the urban scene.
by Ezra Pound
4.2(446)
From a Pisan cage, a disgraced poet's breakdown becomes an elegiac modernist epic, grappling with personal pain, political ideas, and civilization.
by Scott Anderson
3.5(435)
An American journalist, wounded in Kurdistan, escapes a hospital where life and death are decided by colored chips. He returns home to New York, crippled by invisible wounds.
by Theodore Sturgeon
4.2(432)
A reclusive, brilliant scientist unleashes a miniature, rapidly evolving race of gadget-makers, sparking a perilous battle of wits and power against his greedy banker who seeks to exploit this unprecedented creation.
by Colin Bateman
3.8(401)
Nathan Jones navigates a hilariously catastrophic New York City, where a breakup with a drag artist, a mugging, and an S&M mishap are just the beginning of his increasingly absurd misadventures.
by W.S. Gilbert
3.9(341)
In a Japanese town, a minstrel in love navigates a Lord High Executioner's absurd rules and Victorian society's quirks in this operatic satire of love and power.
by Josh Malerman
3.7(340)
Welcome to Goblin, a town where severed body parts are love letters, ghost traps are home décor, and a child's magic show ticket might be a one-way trip to another dimension, all under the terrifying eye of the North Woods.
by Jean Giraudoux
3.8(337)
In a whimsical Parisian fable, an eccentric duchess and her "mad" compatriots orchestrate a comically poetic trial, luring greedy prospectors to their subterranean doom and restoring joy and justice to the world.
by Larry D. Thompson
4.3(321)
A pro bono lawyer dives into the murky world of dark money and political corruption after a Halloween fundraiser turns deadly, forcing him to hunt for a phantom killer to clear his friend's name.
by Constance Beresford-Howe
3.9(315)
After four decades of marriage, Eva Carroll spontaneously abandons her conventional life to find unexpected freedom, love, and self-discovery in a Montreal boarding house.
by Arthur Miller
3.7(285)
David Beeves, a man with endless good fortune, finds his 'luck' reflects the tragedies of others, pushing him to madness as he searches for meaning in a random world.
by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin
3.6(283)
In 1905, two peasant brothers in rural Russia show the small cruelties and ignorance of a fading era, their lives a harsh, real picture of village decline before the revolution.
by Stephen King
3.5(237)
Seven childhood friends in the haunted town of Derry must return as adults to confront the shape-shifting, sewer-dwelling evil they thought they'd defeated, forcing them to relive their deepest fears and the terrifying bond that links them to 'It'.
by Mahasweta Devi
3.8(236)
Mahasweta Devi's "Imaginary Maps" shows the harsh lives and strong spirits of India's indigenous tribes, revealing how history, myth, and politics marginalize them but also fuel their fight to survive.
by Orson Welles
4.0(226)
Explore the making of Orson Welles's 'Citizen Kane' through Pauline Kael's essay and the original script, showing the conflicts and art behind Hollywood's most talked-about film.
by Jennifer Bassett
4.0(225)
In 19th-century France, an ex-convict's search for a new life conflicts with an inspector's relentless pursuit, all while revolution brews.
by Cao Xueqin
3.5(219)
An 18th-century Chinese aristocratic family faces love, duty, and decline in a poignant story set in their grand, yet secluded, world.
by Rabindranath Tagore
3.9(218)
In a gold-obsessed town, Nandini, with red oleanders, ignites a desire for freedom in enslaved miners, sacrificing herself for their liberation.