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Gritty Realism Books
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Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 821,412 ratings — published 2022
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 6,944,662 ratings — published 1960
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,863,641 ratings — published 1937
The Panopticon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.72 — 6,012 ratings — published 2011
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
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avg rating 4.40 — 468,137 ratings — published 1969
Gone Girl (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 3,474,350 ratings — published 2012
Room (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.08 — 839,280 ratings — published 2010
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.12 — 3,759,263 ratings — published 2010
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 784,059 ratings — published 1962
The Lion of Cairo (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 457 ratings — published 2010
Memnon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 689 ratings — published 2006
Men of Bronze (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 704 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 4.13 — 63,145 ratings — published 2020
Everyone and Everything (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.24 — 4,547 ratings — published 2023
Kick the Latch (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 4,725 ratings — published 2022
Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
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avg rating 3.74 — 97,123 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 — 492 ratings — published 2023
The Woman in the Woods (Charlie Parker, #16)
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avg rating 4.13 — 9,602 ratings — published 2018
Days Without End (Days Without End, #1)
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avg rating 3.97 — 27,287 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 4.40 — 10 ratings — published 2025
The Horse (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 4,367 ratings — published 2024
Red Winter Journey (ebook)
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avg rating 4.73 — 30 ratings — published
Smoke Kings (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 1,037 ratings — published 2024
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,036,218 ratings — published 1844
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 668,063 ratings — published 1982
Great Plains (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 3,544 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 — 1,062 ratings — published 2001
Trust Her (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 3,993 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 3.93 — 93,980 ratings — published 1961
Las batallas en el desierto (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 31,488 ratings — published 1981
A Little Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 948,070 ratings — published 2015
Straw Dogs of the Universe (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.07 — 696 ratings — published 2023
The April 3rd Incident (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.10 — 192 ratings — published 2010
Lotería (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.47 — 2,841 ratings — published 2013
Radiance of Tomorrow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 4,721 ratings — published 2014
Hard by a Great Forest (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 6,412 ratings — published 2024
Hao: Stories (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 1,052 ratings — published 2021
Triptych (Will Trent, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 130,298 ratings — published 2006
The General and Julia (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.79 — 1,260 ratings — published 2023
Devils in Exile (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 1,528 ratings — published 2010
Beat the Reaper (Peter Brown, #1)
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avg rating 3.78 — 17,087 ratings — published 2009
The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 41,884 ratings — published 2011
Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #3)
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avg rating 4.00 — 133,377 ratings — published 2010
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 22,807 ratings — published 1995
The Force (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 29,211 ratings — published 2017
Savages (Savages #2)
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avg rating 3.89 — 23,121 ratings — published 2010
The Given Day (Coughlin #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 28,802 ratings — published 2008
“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
“The soul of this country lives in the gap-toothed smiles of gas station cashiers, the matted fur of small-town dogs, the buzzing of neon signs in small dives where a layer of dust covers every surface, the shattered spirit of drive-through employees in nowhere towns, the weird smells and carpet stains in cheap motels where the windows look out at empty parking lots.”
― The Devil Takes You Home
― The Devil Takes You Home
