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A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
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Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred …
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Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel …
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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, James Gibson
4 stars
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with …
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Jack London's novel The Sea Wolf became an instant bestseller on its release in 1904. Ambrose Bierce wrote "The great …
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Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley
The novel focuses on the life of socialite Anthony Beavis, but it does so by employing a non-chronological structure. It …
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Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then …
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Smiley's People by John le Carré
5 stars
After George Smiley has uncovered the traitor, or "mole", inside the Circus, Britain's top secret service, he is asked to …
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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
4 stars
Edith Wharton's most famous novel, written immediately after the end of the First World War, is a brilliantly realized anatomy …
