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by Franz Kafka
4.8(5)
When Gregor Samsa wakes up as a monstrous insect, his sudden change tears apart his family's sense of duty and reveals their cold indifference.
by K. C. Frederick
4.0(1)
In the early Cold War, a couple explores an unknown inland, their hopes and fears reflecting a new world's uncertain frontier.
by William Saroyan
by Jorge Amado
In 1930s Bahia, Pedro Archanjo, a charismatic mulatto poet and scholar, champions Afro-Brazilian culture and fights systemic racism, leaving a legacy that echoes through time.
by Matt Haig
Nora Seed explores countless alternate realities in a library between life and death to discover what makes a life well-lived.
by Patrick White
In the Australian wilderness, one man's quiet struggle to cultivate land and family shows the poetry of an ordinary life across generations.
by Albert Camus
In sun-drenched Algiers, an indifferent man's life unravels from his mother's death to a senseless murder, revealing the chilling absurdity of existence.
by Anita Loos
In a Jazz Age diary, Lorelei Lee, a pragmatic 'dumb blonde,' navigates Europe's elite, charming millionaires and upending societal expectations with her witty pursuit of a glamorous life.
by Rodney Symington
Hans Castorp's seven-year stay at a pre-WWI sanatorium is a journey of intellectual growth and emotional awakening, set against a backdrop of impending global conflict.
by Evan S. Connell
Mrs. Bridge navigates the quiet desperation and bewildering confusions of a seemingly perfect suburban life, showing the hollow core beneath its polished surface.
by Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty's "The Collected Stories" explores the human heart of the American South over four decades, showing ordinary lives with grace and unexpected turns.
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Young Jim Hawkins sails into a world of pirates, mutiny, and buried gold, brought to life by N. C. Wyeth's illustrations, in a quest for Treasure Island.
by Sophocles
Stranded on a desolate island, the archer Philoctetes, betrayed and bitter, must choose between vengeance and the pleas of Odysseus and Neoptolemus to join the Trojan War, forcing him to confront his trauma, his friendships, and his destiny.
by श्रीलाल शुक्ल
Through the uproarious and often farcical lens of Shivpalganj village, Raag Darbari skewers the hypocrisy and absurdities of post-independence Indian society with a biting wit that remains as relevant as it is entertaining.
by V. S. Naipaul
Two English expatriates, once liberated by Africa, face a harrowing drive through a land consumed by tribal conflict, their journey a microcosm of a continent teetering on the brink of Idi Amin-like tyranny.
by Mona Susan Power
On a North Dakota reservation, generations of Sioux grapple with ancestral spirits and the enduring power of love, rivalry, and magic.
by Jim Harrison
In early 20th-century Montana, three brothers are driven by a quest for justice, their lives shaped by war and revenge.
by J. M. Coetzee
In war-torn South Africa, Michael K, a simple and resilient man, embarks on a journey to return his ailing mother to her rural home, navigating a chaotic world of armies and seeking a life of quiet dignity.
by Hermann Hesse
Young Emil Sinclair leaves behind his comfortable, illusory world to find himself, guided by the mysterious Max Demian, on a journey of self-discovery.
by T.C. Boyle
In 1907, a funny group of characters arrives at Dr. Kellogg's Battle Creek Spa, where they swap steaks for enemas and common sense for a longer life in a wild search for health and money.
by Buchi Emecheta
In a society that treats women as property, Aku-nna, a young Nigerian woman, defies her uncle's greed and tradition, choosing love over the high bride price he demands.
by Zane Grey
In the arid canyons of 1870s Utah, a mysterious rider with a hidden past helps a woman fight for justice, love, and survival against a powerful Mormon elder and his gang.
by Andrey Platonov
After the war, a young man returns to his family's Asian home and finds his people stripped of food, memory, and speech, leading to an unexpected transformation in himself.
by Susanna Clarke
In an alternate 19th-century England where magic is a forgotten art, two rival magicians, one reclusive and traditional, the other charismatic and daring, bring back ancient powers, inadvertently plunging their nation into a dangerous struggle with dark fae and forgotten enchantments.