Books I haven't read, but probably should have
Classics Public
Created by Aaron
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'City Boy' spins a hilarious and often touching tale of an urban kid's adventures and misadventures on the street, in …
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The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
5 stars
The novel that inspired the now-classic film The Caine Mutiny and the hit Broadway play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Herman …
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Native Son by Richard Wright, Caryl Phillips
4 stars
Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger …
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Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
4 stars
Revolutionary Road is American author Richard Yates's debut novel about 1950s suburban life in the East Coast. It was a …
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Lady Chatterly's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
3 stars
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among …
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And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
4 stars
One of a continuing series of books about characters in a peasant village and their involvement in the brewing revolution …
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
4 stars
Interweaves story and dream, past and present, and philosophy and poetry in a sardonic and erotic tale of two couples--Tomas …
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Loitering With Intent by Muriel Spark
4 stars
From Publisher's Weekly: "Art, reality and the strange ways the two imitate one another are at the core of …
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Annie John Kincaid J. by Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John
3 stars
Since her first, prize-winning collection of stories, At the Bottom of the River, Jamaica Kincaid's work has been met …
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A fine balance by Rohinton Mistry
4 stars
A Fine Balance is the second novel by Rohinton Mistry, published in 1995. Set in "an unidentified city" in India, …
