Big Books of Summer
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Highbrow Books

Rebecca
To the Lighthouse
Mrs. Dalloway
The Crying of Lot 49
Liquid: A Novel
The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
The Goldfinch
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
Lincoln in the Bardo
Homegoing
Between the World and Me
The Luminaries
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
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Early Greek Philosophy, Volume II by Glenn W. MostAP Latin Vergil Exam by Ronald B. PalmaAn Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding & Other Writings by David HumeDialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David HumeVolume 1 by Plautus
The Classical Curriculum - 12th Grade
183 books — 3 voters
Transcendence by Shay SavageThe Golden Dynasty by Kristen AshleyComfort Food by Kitty ThomasHouse in the Tall Grass by January JosephineWilling Victim by January Josephine
Intellectual Erotica
27 books — 22 voters

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerWild Seed by Octavia E. ButlerHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerDawn by Octavia E. Butler
Books by Black Authors That Don't Feature Slavery, Colonialism, Racism, or Poverty
200 books — 87 voters
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniNight Film by Marisha PesslThe Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
Flavorwire's 20 Highbrow Books to Read on the Beach This Summer (2013)
15 books — 31 voters

Quotes Tagged “Highbrow”

Noël Coward
“ LEO MERCURÉ: The Daily Express says (the play)’s disgusting. GILDA: We should be cut to the quick if it said anything else. ”
― Noël Coward, Design for Living
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Frank Lloyd Wright
“ Philip Johnson is a highbrow. A highbrow is a man educated beyond his capacity. His house is a box of glass — not shelter. The meaning of the word shelter includes privacy. ”
― Frank Lloyd Wright
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