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Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 924,287 ratings — published 2022
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 7,158,596 ratings — published 1960
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,971,761 ratings — published 1937
The Panopticon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 6,133 ratings — published 2011
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as gritty-realism)
avg rating 4.40 — 481,552 ratings — published 1969
Gone Girl (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 3,576,459 ratings — published 2012
Room (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.08 — 850,787 ratings — published 2010
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.13 — 3,903,848 ratings — published 2010
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as gritty-realism)
avg rating 4.20 — 798,612 ratings — published 1962
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as gritty-realism)
avg rating 4.18 — 667,162 ratings — published 1996
Winter in Sokcho (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.52 — 29,824 ratings — published 2016
The Left and the Lucky (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 4,278 ratings — published 2026
The Wolf and the Watchman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 23,899 ratings — published 2017
Nemylimi (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 190 ratings — published 2008
Cannon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 1,931 ratings — published 2025
Dusk (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.14 — 7,075 ratings — published 2024
Vine Street (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 1,062 ratings — published
Scabby Queen (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 3,280 ratings — published 2020
Sympathy for Wild Girls: Stories (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 291 ratings — published
The Lion of Cairo (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 458 ratings — published 2010
Memnon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 698 ratings — published 2006
Men of Bronze (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 717 ratings — published 2005
Beach Combers PI: A Surfside Noir Mystery (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 5.00 — 23 ratings — published
Shallow River (ebook)
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avg rating 4.12 — 71,446 ratings — published 2020
Everyone and Everything (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.22 — 5,029 ratings — published 2023
Kick the Latch (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 5,274 ratings — published 2022
Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
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avg rating 3.73 — 101,860 ratings — published 1953
SAS Brothers in Arms: The Mavericks Who Made the SAS: The First in the Blair 'Paddy' Mayne Trilogy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.56 — 586 ratings — published 2023
The Woman in the Woods (Charlie Parker, #16)
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avg rating 4.13 — 9,885 ratings — published 2018
Days Without End (Days Without End, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 28,239 ratings — published 2016
Jerkoff: A Novel About Sex Addiction (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2015
Under the Radar (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 17 ratings — published 2025
The Horse (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 5,343 ratings — published
Red Winter Journey (ebook)
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avg rating 4.73 — 30 ratings — published
Smoke Kings (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 1,101 ratings — published 2024
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,094,378 ratings — published 1846
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 684,987 ratings — published 1982
Great Plains (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 3,598 ratings — published 1989
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,093 ratings — published 2001
Trust Her (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 4,385 ratings — published 2024
A poem is a house (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
Revolutionary Road (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 96,215 ratings — published 1961
Las batallas en el desierto (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 33,228 ratings — published 1981
A Little Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,024,548 ratings — published 2015
Straw Dogs of the Universe (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.05 — 760 ratings — published 2023
The April 3rd Incident (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.11 — 202 ratings — published 2010
Lotería (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.46 — 2,921 ratings — published 2013
Radiance of Tomorrow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 4,792 ratings — published 2014
Hard by a Great Forest (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 7,170 ratings — published 2024
Hao: Stories (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 1,086 ratings — published 2021
“To the Jews, Maccabees were heroes. That made me wonder if the Irgun or Stern Gang had been more than terrorists. ”
― The Prisoner of Acre
― The Prisoner of Acre
“It’s bold attending a funeral that you were the cause of.”
― Murder On The Run: An Urban Novelette
― Murder On The Run: An Urban Novelette
