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Relentless Relentless (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 18,838 ratings — published 2009
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Chronic City Chronic City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.55 — 9,201 ratings — published 2009
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Brimstone (Pendergast, #5; Diogenes, #1) Brimstone (Pendergast, #5; Diogenes, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 44,670 ratings — published 2004
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Concrete Concrete (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 5,194 ratings — published 1982
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Motherless Brooklyn Motherless Brooklyn (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 43,313 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 — 191,219 ratings — published 1898
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 4,857,490 ratings — published 1945
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,174,363 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 — 286,224 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 — 391,645 ratings — published 1989
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Alias Grace Alias Grace (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 162,854 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 — 2,030,467 ratings — published 1890
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Foundation (Foundation, #1) Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 619,307 ratings — published 1951
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Aesop’s Fables Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 131,343 ratings — published -560
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,333,878 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 4.00 — 118,028 ratings — published 1979
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 456,777 ratings — published 1967
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 216,648 ratings — published 2000
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The Good Soldier Švejk The Good Soldier Švejk (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 21,923 ratings — published 1923
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The Plot Against America The Plot Against America (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 72,214 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 — 257,499 ratings — published 2010
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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
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avg rating 3.95 — 351,306 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 — 3,973 ratings — published 2000
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Ich und Kaminski Ich und Kaminski (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.42 — 2,980 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 — 42,712 ratings — published 2007
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The Sonderberg Case The Sonderberg Case (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.43 — 689 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 — 8,720 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 — 12,528 ratings — published 2010
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Threepenny Novel Threepenny Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 1,013 ratings — published
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The Glass Bead Game The Glass Bead Game (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 75,134 ratings — published
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Thy Kingdom Come Thy Kingdom Come (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 273 ratings — published
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Was das Zwielicht verbirgt (Stella Obskura, #1) Was das Zwielicht verbirgt (Stella Obskura, #1)
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avg rating 4.07 — 38 ratings — published
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Why Socialism? Why Socialism?
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avg rating 4.15 — 2,338 ratings — published 1949
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The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 212,253 ratings — published 1848
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Kilátás az utolsó hajóról: Krasznahorkai László prózavilága Kilátás az utolsó hajóról: Krasznahorkai László prózavilága (Paperback)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Curtain Call Curtain Call (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 1,586 ratings — published 2015
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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 15,302 ratings — published 1867
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A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (Nook)
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avg rating 4.02 — 497 ratings — published 1859
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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 3 Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 3 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,497 ratings — published 1894
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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 2 Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 2 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 2,385 ratings — published 1887
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Was ist europäisch? Zur Überwindung kolonialer und romantischer Denkformen Was ist europäisch? Zur Überwindung kolonialer und romantischer Denkformen (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 89 ratings — published
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Pointed Roofs Pointed Roofs (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.37 — 368 ratings — published 1915
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Storm of Steel Storm of Steel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 23,934 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)
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avg rating 3.58 — 10 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 3.79 — 4,655 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 3.68 — 188 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 — 20,701 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 — 38,808 ratings — published 1975
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Epistemology of the Closet Epistemology of the Closet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 2,329 ratings — published 1990
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Benjamin Disraeli
“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”
― Benjamin Disraeli

Gustave Flaubert
“You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything”
― Gustave Flaubert, November

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