Penguin Modern (50 books)

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A series of 50 short books. From the Penguin website: "From complete stories to essays and speeches to poems, these books celebrate the ground-breaking authors who define the radical spirit of Penguin Modern Classics."

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1	The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde 4.56 avg rating — 9,003 ratings score: 1,817, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell 4.01 avg rating — 7,223 ratings score: 1,671, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. 4.53 avg rating — 4,828 ratings score: 1,187, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Three Japanese Short Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 3.26 avg rating — 2,807 ratings score: 1,185, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Missing Girl by Shirley Jackson 3.53 avg rating — 5,384 ratings score: 1,155, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Africa's Tarnished Name by Chinua Achebe 4.40 avg rating — 2,435 ratings score: 1,119, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Dark Days by James Baldwin 4.40 avg rating — 5,123 ratings score: 1,081, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady by Clarice Lispector 3.55 avg rating — 3,111 ratings score: 906, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Of Dogs and Walls by Yūko Tsushima 3.68 avg rating — 2,968 ratings score: 893, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Custard Heart by Dorothy Parker 3.66 avg rating — 2,049 ratings score: 831, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Veiled Woman by Anaïs Nin 3.51 avg rating — 2,722 ratings score: 779, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Skeleton’s Holiday by Leonora Carrington 3.64 avg rating — 1,544 ratings score: 747, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Investigations of a Dog by Franz Kafka 3.07 avg rating — 5,910 ratings score: 745, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Problem That Has No Name by Betty Friedan 4.21 avg rating — 1,580 ratings score: 721, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Notes on ‘Camp’ by Susan Sontag 3.97 avg rating — 9,937 ratings score: 712, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Fame by Andy Warhol 3.54 avg rating — 2,738 ratings score: 682, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Create Dangerously by Albert Camus 3.86 avg rating — 5,661 ratings score: 667, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges 4.17 avg rating — 6,607 ratings score: 642, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Vigilante by John Steinbeck 3.53 avg rating — 2,430 ratings score: 634, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Breakthrough by Daphne du Maurier 3.61 avg rating — 2,997 ratings score: 633, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer by Wendell Berry 3.72 avg rating — 2,342 ratings score: 606, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	An Advertisement for Toothpaste by Ryszard Kapuściński 3.60 avg rating — 788 ratings score: 575, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Red Tenda of Bologna by John Berger 4.03 avg rating — 2,297 ratings score: 540, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	New York City in 1979 by Kathy Acker 3.12 avg rating — 2,286 ratings score: 536, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Distance of the Moon by Italo Calvino 3.84 avg rating — 2,394 ratings score: 532, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Great Hunger by Patrick Kavanagh 3.46 avg rating — 854 ratings score: 528, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Legend of the Sleepers by Danilo Kiš 2.91 avg rating — 653 ratings score: 497, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Black Ball by Ralph Ellison 3.78 avg rating — 886 ratings score: 497, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Piers of the Homeless Night by Jack Kerouac 3.21 avg rating — 1,160 ratings score: 486, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The End by Samuel Beckett 3.20 avg rating — 1,829 ratings score: 470, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Duke in His Domain by Truman Capote 3.78 avg rating — 1,202 ratings score: 459, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Haunted Boy by Carson McCullers 3.90 avg rating — 1,137 ratings score: 459, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Cracked Looking-Glass by Katherine Anne Porter 3.05 avg rating — 491 ratings score: 453, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Death the Barber by William Carlos Williams 3.34 avg rating — 677 ratings score: 443, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Why Do You Wear a Cheap Watch? by Hans Fallada 3.50 avg rating — 967 ratings score: 432, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Television Was a Baby Crawling Toward That Death Chamber by Allen Ginsberg 2.76 avg rating — 2,053 ratings score: 427, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Four Russian Short Stories by Gaito Gazdanov 3.37 avg rating — 624 ratings score: 427, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Food by Gertrude Stein 1.93 avg rating — 1,200 ratings score: 427, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Glittering City by Cyprian Ekwensi 3.18 avg rating — 561 ratings score: 389, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	I Have More Souls Than One by Fernando Pessoa 3.96 avg rating — 3,296 ratings score: 387, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Survivor by Primo Levi 3.75 avg rating — 673 ratings score: 384, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Finger by William S. Burroughs 3.29 avg rating — 1,264 ratings score: 377, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Madame du Deffand and the Idiots by Javier Marías 3.73 avg rating — 496 ratings score: 364, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Lance by Vladimir Nabokov 3.34 avg rating — 1,388 ratings score: 353, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Dialogue of Two Snails by Federico García Lorca 3.31 avg rating — 884 ratings score: 348, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Till September Petronella by Jean Rhys 3.38 avg rating — 1,001 ratings score: 345, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Leaving the Yellow House by Saul Bellow 3.24 avg rating — 631 ratings score: 303, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Three Electroknights by Stanisław Lem 3.30 avg rating — 1,171 ratings score: 299, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Gigolo by Françoise Sagan 3.58 avg rating — 841 ratings score: 296, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Letter to My Mother by Georges Simenon 3.75 avg rating — 978 ratings score: 270, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars