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June 29, 2017 | History
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Brilliant Fiction by Those Who Take Themselves* Too Seriously

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  • Cover of: To Kill a Mockingbird

    First published in 1960 187 editions — 38 previewable Cover of edition tokillmockingbir0000unse_x8w4 Cover of edition blblldrmek0000harp Cover of edition bulbuluoldurmekt0000leeh Cover of edition aengmusaechugigi0000leeh Cover of edition ubitperesmeshnik0000leeh Cover of edition matarunruiseor0000leeh Cover of edition tokillmockingbir0000harp Cover of edition tokillmockingbir00harp Cover of edition tokillmockingbir0000leeh_p8s0 work Last modified April 25, 2024
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  • Harper Lee

    Harper Lee

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  • Cover of: Signposts in a strange land

    First published in 1991 4 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition signpostsinstran00perc Cover of edition signpostsinstran0000perc work Last modified April 17, 2024
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  • Cover of: Ulysses

    First published in 1920 584 editions — 114 previewable Cover of edition UlyssesShake1925_Oct Cover of edition UlyssesLittleOak Cover of edition ulyssesshake1927 Cover of edition ulyssesshake1928 Cover of edition ulysses04300gut Cover of edition ulysses_1401_librivox Cover of edition ulysses_2007_librivox Cover of edition ulyssesshake1922_1large Cover of edition ulysses00joyc_1 work Last modified April 17, 2024
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  • Cover of: The Road

    First published in 2004 45 editions — 12 previewable Cover of edition road0000mcca_z2u4 Cover of edition road0000mcca_z7i3 Cover of edition road0000mcca_o5t5 Cover of edition roadmovietieined00corm Cover of edition road00mcca Cover of edition lastrada00mcca Cover of edition droga00mcca Cover of edition unset0000unse_f0a5 Cover of edition road0000mcca work Last modified March 25, 2024
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  • Philip K. Dick

    Philip K. Dick

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  • Jack Kerouac

    Jack Kerouac

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  • Kurt Vonnegut

    Kurt Vonnegut

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  • Cover of: Stranger in a Strange Land

    First published in 1961 70 editions — 11 previewable Cover of edition enterreetrangere0000hein Cover of edition strangerinstrang0000hein Cover of edition strangerinstrang0000hein_o3n2 Cover of edition strangerinstrang0000hein_w9v2 Cover of edition strangerinstran00hein Cover of edition strangerinstrang00hein Cover of edition strangerinstrang0000hein_e3d7 Cover of edition strangersinstran00robe Cover of edition strangerinstrang00robe work Last modified January 24, 2024
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  • Joan Didion

    Joan Didion

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  • Cover of: The Old Man and the Sea

    First published in 1952 224 editions — 25 previewable Cover of edition noinkwapada0000hemi Cover of edition laorenyuhai0013unse Cover of edition laorenyuhai0000unse_b5n0 Cover of edition laorenyuhai0000haim_f3h4 Cover of edition laorenyuhai0000unse_z9h5 Cover of edition laorenyuhaioldma0000hemi Cover of edition laorenyuhaichatu0000hemi Cover of edition laorenyuhaioldma0000haim Cover of edition ernesthemingways0000roza work Last modified January 19, 2024
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  • Virginia Woolf

    Virginia Woolf

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  • Cover of: The Wapshot Chronicle

    First published in 1957 27 editions — 6 previewable Cover of edition wapshotchronicle0000chee_i1o1 Cover of edition wapshotchronicle00john Cover of edition wapshotchronicle0000chee Cover of edition wapshotchronicle00chee Cover of edition wapshotchronicle00chee_0 work Last modified December 20, 2023
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  • Cover of: Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West

    First published in 1985 21 editions — 5 previewable Cover of edition krwawypoudnikalb0000mcca Cover of edition meridianodesangr00corm Cover of edition bloodmeridianore00mcca Cover of edition bloodmeridianore00mcca_638 work Last modified December 19, 2023
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  • Cover of: As I Lay Dying

    First published in 1915 62 editions — 15 previewable Cover of edition asilaydyingcorre00faul_0 Cover of edition asilaydyingcorre00faul Cover of edition asilaydying00faul Cover of edition asilaydyingcorre00will_0 Cover of edition asilaydyingcorr00faul Cover of edition asilaydying00will Cover of edition asilaydying0000faul Cover of edition asilaydying0000faul_q6i5 Cover of edition asilaydyingautho0000faul work Last modified December 19, 2023
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  • Cover of: Stories

    First published in 1978 4 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition stories00less work Last modified December 15, 2023
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  • Cover of: Wise blood

    First published in 1952 18 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition wiseblood00ocon_1 work Last modified December 12, 2023
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  • William Gibson

    William Gibson

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  • Cover of: Count Zero

    First published in 1986 29 editions — 5 previewable Cover of edition countzero00gibs Cover of edition condecero00gibs Cover of edition biochipszweiterr00gibs Cover of edition countzero00gibs_271 work Last modified December 5, 2023
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  • Ken Kesey

    Ken Kesey

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  • Cormac McCarthy

    Cormac McCarthy

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  • Ayn Rand

    Ayn Rand

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  • Kingsley Amis

    Kingsley Amis

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  • Cover of: Yesteryear's child

    First published in 1993 1 edition — 1 previewable work Last modified August 5, 2023
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  • Cover of: The Broom of the System

    First published in 1987 10 editions — 1 previewable work Last modified July 24, 2023
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  • Cover of: All the Pretty Horses

    First published in 1992 29 editions — 12 previewable Cover of edition desijolischevaux0000mcca Cover of edition desijolischevaux0000mcca_q7s4 Cover of edition todosloscaballas0000mcca Cover of edition isbn_9785389017061 Cover of edition unoscaballosmuyl0000mcca Cover of edition alldieschonenpfe0000corm Cover of edition allprettyhorses00mcca Cover of edition allprettyhorses0000mcca_2000 Cover of edition allprettyhorses0000mcca work Last modified July 17, 2023
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  • Cover of: Three Famous Short Novels (Bear / Old Man / Spotted Horses)

    First published in 1948 18 editions — 5 previewable Cover of edition threefamousshort0000faul Cover of edition threefamousshort00faulrich Cover of edition threefamousshort0000faul_d8f0 Cover of edition threefamousshort011427mbp work Last modified February 15, 2023
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  • Cover of: The cat and the devil

    First published in 1964 15 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition catdevil0000joyc Cover of edition catdevil00joyc work Last modified January 27, 2023
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  • William S. Burroughs

    William S. Burroughs

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  • Cover of: Special Topics in Calamity Physics

    First published in 2006 15 editions — 7 previewable Cover of edition laphysiquedescat0000pess_f7p0 Cover of edition specialtopicsinc00mari Cover of edition specialtopicsinc00mari_0 Cover of edition specialtopicsinc0000pess_k8v0 Cover of edition specialtopicsinc00pess_0 Cover of edition specialtopicsinc00pess work Last modified November 21, 2022
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  • Cover of: Stories, essays & memoir

    First published in 1998 2 editions — 1 previewable work Last modified November 19, 2022
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  • Cover of: Short stories

    First published in 1982 16 editions — 6 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9781931082617 Cover of edition isbn_9781931082624 Cover of edition imageotherstorie00sing Cover of edition collectedstories00sing Cover of edition collectedstories0000sing work Last modified November 17, 2022
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  • Cover of: Go Down, Moses

    First published in 1940 36 editions — 8 previewable Cover of edition godownmoses00faul_0 Cover of edition godownmoses0000will Cover of edition godownmoses0000faul_x9o8 Cover of edition godownmoses00faul Cover of edition m175godownmoses00will Cover of edition godownmosesurb00faul Cover of edition godownmoses0000faul work Last modified November 17, 2022
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  • Cover of: A death in the family

    First published in 1987 1 edition — 1 previewable work Last modified November 17, 2022
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  • Cover of: My education

    First published in 1995 4 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition myeducationbooko00burr_0 work Last modified October 18, 2022
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  • Cover of: Suttree

    First published in 1979 15 editions — 1 previewable work Last modified June 14, 2022
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  • Cover of: Nile shadows

    First published in 1983 5 editions — 1 previewable work Last modified December 26, 2021
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  • Cover of: The return of Simple

    First published in 1994 5 editions — 4 previewable Cover of edition returnofsimple00hugh_0 Cover of edition returnofsimple00hugh Cover of edition returnofsimple00hugh work Last modified October 4, 2021
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  • Cover of: Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner

    First published in 1960 12 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition selectedshortsto0000faul work Last modified January 12, 2021
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  • Cover of: Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner

    First published in 1960 12 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition selectedshortsto0000faul work Last modified January 12, 2021
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  • James Agee

    James Agee

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  • Walker Percy

    Walker Percy

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  • Cover of: A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again

    First published in 1997 4 editions — 1 previewable work Last modified August 30, 2020
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  • Cover of: The complete stories of Evelyn Waugh

    First published in 1999 2 editions — 1 previewable work Last modified August 23, 2020
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  • Cover of: Speed and Kentucky Ham

    First published in 1993 1 edition — 1 previewable work Last modified May 14, 2020
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  • Cover of: The long goodbye

    First published in 1971 1 edition — 1 previewable work Last modified February 14, 2020
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  • Cover of: Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and other works: Endgame, Krapp's last tape, All that fall : Three novels: Molloy, Malone dies, The unnamable

    First published in 1971 1 edition — 1 previewable work Last modified February 14, 2020
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  • Cover of: The Big Sleep

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  • Cover of: To kill a mockingbird

    First published in 1961 2 editions — 1 previewable work Last modified February 13, 2020
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  • Edward Whittemore

    Edward Whittemore

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June 29, 2017 Edited by Maria Williams updated list seeds.
June 28, 2017 Edited by Maria Williams updated list seeds.
June 13, 2017 Edited by Maria Williams updated list seeds.
June 12, 2017 Edited by Maria Williams updated list seeds.
October 10, 2016 Created by Maria Williams Created new list.