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13 books

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

394 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0mt_everett's review
fiction classics contemporary challenging funny medium-paced
Shibumi by Trevanian

Shibumi

Nicholai Hel #1

Trevanian

480 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0mt_everett's review
fiction thriller dark mysterious medium-paced
The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem

The Futurological Congress

Ijon Tichy #3

Stanisław Lem

160 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

5.0mt_everett's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective fast-paced
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Yukio Mishima

192 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0mt_everett's review
fiction classics dark reflective slow-paced
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy

337 pages • first pub 1985 (editions) user-added

5.0mt_everett's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor

The Complete Stories

Flannery O'Connor

556 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0mt_everett's review
fiction classics short stories challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

54 pages • first pub 1915 (editions)

5.0mt_everett's review
fiction classics literary magical realism dark reflective sad medium-paced
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

Ficciones

Jorge Luis Borges

174 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

5.0mt_everett's review
fiction classics magical realism short stories challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

Child of God

Cormac McCarthy

208 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0mt_everett's review
fiction horror dark tense medium-paced
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

David Foster Wallace

273 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0mt_everett's review
fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced