Literature

Literature is the art of written works. The two most basic written literary categories include fiction and non-fiction, although "literature" in popular use can also mean a sub-genre of fiction called literary fiction. ...more

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The Direction of the Wind
The Dutch House
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
No Two Persons
The Herd
We All Want Impossible Things
Forever Home
The Nickel Boys
So Shall You Reap (Commissario Brunetti, #32)
Shy
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
The Rise and Fall of Ava Arcana
Ms. Demeanor
The Great Gatsby
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Animal Farm
Pride and Prejudice
The Catcher in the Rye
Lord of the Flies
Of Mice and Men
Crime and Punishment
Jane Eyre
Brave New World
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Stranger
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George Orwell
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