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The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger A Prayer For Owen Meany by Irving John To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman The Princess Bride by William Goldman
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19860 Classics and the Western Canon — 4974 members — last activity Aug 13, 2026 11:24PM
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
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Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Horror, Manga, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science fiction, Suspense, Spirituality, and Thriller


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