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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.25 — 706,695 ratings — published 1938
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 211,604 ratings — published 1927
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Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 350,109 ratings — published 1925
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The Crying of Lot 49 The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 95,681 ratings — published 1966
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Liquid: A Love Story Liquid: A Love Story (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.93 — 3,499 ratings — published 2025
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The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3) The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
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avg rating 4.40 — 46,079 ratings — published 2020
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 158,704 ratings — published 2018
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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 30,778 ratings — published 2017
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Homegoing Homegoing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 395,592 ratings — published 2016
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 361,875 ratings — published 2015
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 497,513 ratings — published 2016
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Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 33,569 ratings — published 1962
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Commonwealth Commonwealth (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 202,336 ratings — published 2016
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The Second Sex The Second Sex (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 46,681 ratings — published 1949
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And Then There Were None And Then There Were None (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,581,215 ratings — published 1939
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,940,103 ratings — published 2014
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Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 197,734 ratings — published 2004
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Possession Possession (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 83,870 ratings — published 1990
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Babel Tower Babel Tower (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 2,850 ratings — published 1996
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The Golden Notebook The Golden Notebook (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 24,495 ratings — published 1962
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Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 447,191 ratings — published 1817
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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 — 254,006 ratings — published 1929
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 992,379 ratings — published 1992
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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.44 — 11,298 ratings — published 2014
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Infinite Jest Infinite Jest (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 100,217 ratings — published 1996
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 1,008,354 ratings — published 1876
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The Quiet American The Quiet American (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 70,172 ratings — published 1955
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How Should a Person Be? How Should a Person Be? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.33 — 16,910 ratings — published 2010
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 265,471 ratings — published 2004
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 6,784,114 ratings — published 1960
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,848,068 ratings — published 1951
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,292,093 ratings — published 1847
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Atonement Atonement (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 558,552 ratings — published 2001
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The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 194,355 ratings — published 1929
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Atlas Shrugged Atlas Shrugged (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 405,081 ratings — published 1957
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The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 787,647 ratings — published 1998
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 5,821,676 ratings — published 1925
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 2,792,860 ratings — published 1937
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Leaves of Grass Leaves of Grass (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 115,730 ratings — published 1855
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Point Counter Point Point Counter Point (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 12,174 ratings — published 1928
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Katabasis Katabasis (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.85 — 65,821 ratings — published 2025
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Heart the Lover Heart the Lover (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 15,479 ratings — published 2025
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Creation Lake Creation Lake (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.36 — 32,612 ratings — published 2024
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Sky Full of Elephants Sky Full of Elephants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 10,032 ratings — published 2024
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The Quick and the Dead The Quick and the Dead (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 2,728 ratings — published 2000
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The Old Drift The Old Drift (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 7,514 ratings — published 2019
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Walks With Men Walks With Men (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.72 — 1,908 ratings — published 2010
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Seduction Theory Seduction Theory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.08 — 7,103 ratings — published 2025
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Boy Toy Boy Toy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 8,759 ratings — published 2007
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People Like Us People Like Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 1,925 ratings — published 2025
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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

Karl Ove Knausgård
“There's no difference between pulp fiction and highbrow fiction, one is as good as the other, the only difference is the aura they have, and that's determined by the people who read the stuff, not by the book itself. There's no such thing as 'the book itself.”
Karl Ove Knausgård, Min kamp 5

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