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The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.01 — 175,172 ratings — published 1986
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.28 — 480,079 ratings — published 1986
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.26 — 203,284 ratings — published 1986
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.12 — 279,077 ratings — published 1986
The Hellbound Heart (Hellraiser #1)
by (shelved 12 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.08 — 75,219 ratings — published 1986
The Prince of Tides (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.26 — 222,226 ratings — published 1986
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.39 — 388,413 ratings — published 1986
An Artist of the Floating World (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.77 — 49,462 ratings — published 1986
Redwall (Redwall, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.15 — 133,199 ratings — published 1986
The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.11 — 183,410 ratings — published 1986
Strangers (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.02 — 48,477 ratings — published 1986
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.18 — 84,758 ratings — published 1986
A Perfect Spy (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.99 — 24,043 ratings — published 1986
Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.00 — 35,971 ratings — published 1986
Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
by (shelved 7 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.07 — 83,449 ratings — published 1986
The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.97 — 79,901 ratings — published 1985
Red Storm Rising (Audio Cassette)
by (shelved 6 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.21 — 86,368 ratings — published 1986
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.80 — 468,806 ratings — published 1987
The Stone Raft (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.81 — 10,400 ratings — published 1986
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.06 — 41,773 ratings — published 1986
The Sportswriter (Frank Bascombe, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.69 — 20,716 ratings — published 1986
C is for Corpse (Kinsey Millhone, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.94 — 57,905 ratings — published 1986
Watchmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.39 — 610,978 ratings — published 1987
Le grand cahier (Pocket Book)
by (shelved 5 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.17 — 18,470 ratings — published 1986
Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.02 — 62,498 ratings — published 1986
Trilogia della città di K. (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.39 — 49,855 ratings — published 1991
Love You Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.38 — 251,179 ratings — published 1986
This Present Darkness (Darkness, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.24 — 117,762 ratings — published 1986
The Art of the Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.98 — 7,646 ratings — published 1960
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,587,451 ratings — published 1985
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.26 — 31,305 ratings — published 1986
Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (The Baby-sitters Club, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.88 — 11,458 ratings — published 1986
A Summons to Memphis (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.62 — 7,006 ratings — published 1986
A Matter of Honor (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.97 — 26,492 ratings — published 1986
Songs of Distant Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.91 — 17,760 ratings — published 1986
The Gift (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.99 — 21,179 ratings — published 1986
Black Friday (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.71 — 14,504 ratings — published 1986
The Lost Language of Cranes (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.98 — 7,124 ratings — published 1986
The Old Devils (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.31 — 4,351 ratings — published 1986
The Truth About Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,773 ratings — published 1986
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.28 — 777,314 ratings — published 1982
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.85 — 92,672 ratings — published 1985
Around the World in Eighty Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.95 — 294,641 ratings — published 1872
Ghosts (The New York Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.59 — 8,577 ratings — published 1986
Skeleton Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.97 — 142,440 ratings — published 1985
The Counterlife (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,716 ratings — published 1986
Wait Till Helen Comes (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.11 — 26,910 ratings — published 1986
Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)
by (shelved 4 times as 1986)
avg rating 4.05 — 43,929 ratings — published 1986
“To Roland's relief, Jean de Joinville came to his aid. "Sire, this good knight wants only to preserve your life. Let us all ride together against the Egyptians."
"If I ride against them alone, God will protect me," said Louis.
A new figure pushed into the circle. He wore the white surcoat and red cross of a Templar over his mail. With a leap of his heart, Roland recognized Guido Bruchesi.
Guido looked at him but did not acknowledge him. He went directly to the King.
He spoke quietly but firmly. "Sire, what you have just said is presumption."
"I do not see how that could be, brother Templar." But Louis took his foot out of the stirrup as Roland watched with growing hope. You can always catch Louis's attention with a religious argument, Roland thought, even on the battlefield.
"Sire," said Guido, "Satan tempted our Seigneur Jesus, telling Him that if He cast Himself down from the mountaintop, angels would lift him up." Guido cast a sidelong look at Amalric. "You, Sire, are being tempted to ride alone against the whole Egyptian army, expecting God's protection. You are demanding a miracle. That is presumption."
Louis was silent for a moment. "Perhaps you are right."
Roland let out a long breath.”
― All Things Are Lights
"If I ride against them alone, God will protect me," said Louis.
A new figure pushed into the circle. He wore the white surcoat and red cross of a Templar over his mail. With a leap of his heart, Roland recognized Guido Bruchesi.
Guido looked at him but did not acknowledge him. He went directly to the King.
He spoke quietly but firmly. "Sire, what you have just said is presumption."
"I do not see how that could be, brother Templar." But Louis took his foot out of the stirrup as Roland watched with growing hope. You can always catch Louis's attention with a religious argument, Roland thought, even on the battlefield.
"Sire," said Guido, "Satan tempted our Seigneur Jesus, telling Him that if He cast Himself down from the mountaintop, angels would lift him up." Guido cast a sidelong look at Amalric. "You, Sire, are being tempted to ride alone against the whole Egyptian army, expecting God's protection. You are demanding a miracle. That is presumption."
Louis was silent for a moment. "Perhaps you are right."
Roland let out a long breath.”
― All Things Are Lights
“There have been several intellectual lesbians of physical distinction: Collette, Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Carson McCullers, Jane Bowles; and, in altogether another category, simple endearing prettiness, both Eleanor Clark and Katherine Anne Porter deserve their reputations. But Alice Lee Langman was a perfected presence, an enameled lady marked with the androgynous quality, that sexually ambivalent aura that seems a common denominator among certain persons whose allure crosses all frontiers--a mystique not confined to women, for Nureyev has it, Nehru had it, so did the youthful Marlon Brando and Elvis Presley, so did Montgomery Clift and James Dean.”
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