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Relentless Relentless (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 18,665 ratings — published 2009
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Chronic City Chronic City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.55 — 9,158 ratings — published 2009
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Brimstone (Pendergast, #5; Diogenes, #1) Brimstone (Pendergast, #5; Diogenes, #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 44,031 ratings — published 2004
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Concrete Concrete (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 4,984 ratings — published 1982
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Motherless Brooklyn Motherless Brooklyn (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 42,980 ratings — published 1999
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The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.38 — 184,785 ratings — published 1898
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 4,703,775 ratings — published 1945
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,124,822 ratings — published 1866
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A Room of One’s Own A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 272,689 ratings — published 1929
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The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 374,938 ratings — published 1989
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Alias Grace Alias Grace (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 159,952 ratings — published 1996
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,950,761 ratings — published 1890
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Foundation (Foundation, #1) Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 607,769 ratings — published 1951
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Aesop’s Fables Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 130,575 ratings — published -560
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,275,453 ratings — published 1963
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 115,187 ratings — published 1979
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 437,498 ratings — published 1967
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 207,978 ratings — published 2000
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The Good Soldier Švejk The Good Soldier Švejk (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 21,528 ratings — published 1921
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The Plot Against America The Plot Against America (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 70,798 ratings — published 2004
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A Visit from the Goon Squad A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 253,597 ratings — published 2010
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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
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avg rating 3.95 — 345,289 ratings — published 2009
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How to Read and Why How to Read and Why (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 3,921 ratings — published 2000
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Ich und Kaminski Ich und Kaminski (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.42 — 2,885 ratings — published 2003
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Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 42,398 ratings — published 2007
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The Sonderberg Case The Sonderberg Case (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.43 — 678 ratings — published 2008
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Talking to Girls About Duran Duran Talking to Girls About Duran Duran (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.59 — 8,688 ratings — published 2010
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Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.96 — 12,439 ratings — published 2010
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Pointed Roofs Pointed Roofs (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as critics)
avg rating 3.37 — 351 ratings — published
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Storm of Steel Storm of Steel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 22,694 ratings — published 1920
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Biblical Mormonism: Responding to Evangelical Criticism of LDS Theology Biblical Mormonism: Responding to Evangelical Criticism of LDS Theology (Hardback)
by (shelved 1 time as critics)
avg rating 3.44 — 9 ratings — published 1994
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Les Indes Galantes Les Indes Galantes (Library Binding)
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avg rating 3.50 — 4 ratings — published
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Why Read Moby-Dick? Why Read Moby-Dick? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 4,553 ratings — published 2010
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Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality (ebook)
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avg rating 3.69 — 180 ratings — published 1984
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 20,182 ratings — published 1989
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 37,837 ratings — published 1975
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Epistemology of the Closet Epistemology of the Closet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 2,313 ratings — published 1990
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Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 1,289 ratings — published 2007
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The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 26,319 ratings — published 1976
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We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.63 — 6,106 ratings — published 2021
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The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 4,595 ratings — published 1984
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Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 60 ratings — published 1995
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Foucault Foucault (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,343 ratings — published 1986
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 31,272 ratings — published 2003
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The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 2,886 ratings — published 1984
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 42,044 ratings — published 2013
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Бесполезная классика Бесполезная классика (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 3.74 — 38 ratings — published
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 237,973 ratings — published 2009
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ART OF WINNING: THE CHANAKYA WAY ART OF WINNING: THE CHANAKYA WAY (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.42 — 36 ratings — published
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The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6) The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)
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avg rating 4.38 — 3,438 ratings — published 1923
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Stephen  King
“I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction or poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent. If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's all.”
Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Leonard Bernstein
“I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a critic.”
Leonard Bernstein

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