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Gilgamesh
pre-1900 · no rating
The Iliad
pre-1900 · no rating
The Odyssey
pre-1900 · no rating
Dhammapada
pre-1900 · no rating
The Greek Plays
pre-1900 · no rating
The Ramayana
pre-1900 · no rating
Analects
pre-1900 · no rating
Old Testament
pre-1900 · no rating
Tao Te Ching
pre-1900 · no rating
The Republic of Plato
pre-1900 · no rating
Bhagavad Gita
pre-1900 · no rating
The Aeneid
pre-1900 · no rating
Metamorphoses
pre-1900 · no rating
New Testament
pre-1900 · no rating
Meditations
pre-1900 · no rating
Confessions
pre-1900 · no rating
The Recognition of Śakuntalā
pre-1900 · no rating
The Qur’an
pre-1900 · no rating
Beowulf
pre-1900 · no rating
The Arabian Nights
pre-1900 · no rating
The Poetic Edda
pre-1900 · no rating
The Tale of Genji
pre-1900 · no rating
The Conference of the Birds
pre-1900 · no rating
Parzival
pre-1900 · no rating
The Essential Rumi
pre-1900 · no rating
The Nibelungenlied
pre-1900 · no rating
The Divine Comedy
pre-1900 · no rating
The Canterbury Tales
pre-1900 · no rating
Popol Vuh
pre-1900 · no rating
King Henry IV Part 1
pre-1900 · no rating
King Henry IV Part 2
pre-1900 · no rating
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
pre-1900 · no rating
Hamlet
pre-1900 · no rating
The Merchant of Venice
pre-1900 · no rating
Othello
pre-1900 · no rating
King Lear
pre-1900 · no rating
Pride and Prejudice
pre-1900 · no rating
Emma
pre-1900 · no rating
Frankenstein
pre-1900 · no rating
Persuasion
pre-1900 · no rating
The Portable Edgar Allan Poe
pre-1900 · no rating
Jane Eyre
no rating
Wuthering Heights
pre-1900 · no rating
The Scarlet Letter
pre-1900 · no rating
Heart of Darkness
pre-1900 · no rating
Mrs. Dalloway
★★★★★
The Sound and the Fury
★★★★★
As I Lay Dying
★★★★★
Brave New World
★★☆☆☆
Rebecca
★★★★★
All the King’s Men
★★★★★
1984
★★★★★
The Sheltering Sky
★★★☆☆
Invisible Man
★★★★★
The Moviegoer
★★★☆☆
One Hundred Years of Solitude
★★★★★
The Summer Book
★★★☆☆
Gravity’s Rainbow
★★★☆☆
Ceremony
★★★★★
Song of Solomon
★★★★★
Midnight’s Children
★★★★☆
Pet Sematary
★★★★☆
Blood Meridian
★★★★☆
The Handmaid’s Tale
★★★★★
Beloved
★★★★★
The English Patient
★★★☆☆
Blindness
★★★☆☆
Disgrace
★★★★★
White Teeth
★★★★☆
Atonement
★★★★★
Austerlitz
★★☆☆☆
Middlesex
★★★★★
Train Dreams
★★★★☆
Gilead
★★★☆☆
The Road
★★★★☆
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
★★★★☆
Tree of Smoke
★★★★☆
Wolf Hall
DNF
A Visit from the Goon Squad
★★★★☆
Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time
pre-1900 · no rating
My Brilliant Friend
★★★★☆
Station Eleven
★★★★☆
The Sellout
★★★☆☆
Last Christmas in Paris
★★★☆☆
Sing, Unburied, Sing
★★★★★
The Bones Beneath My Skin
★☆☆☆☆
The Reckless Oath We Made
★★★★☆
Hamnet
★★★☆☆
Piranesi
★★★★★
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael
★★★☆☆
We Do Not Part
★★★★★
A Quiet Life
★★★☆☆
The Light Pirate
★★★☆☆
Clytemnestra
★★★★☆
Happiness Falls
★★★☆☆
The Berry Pickers
★★★☆☆
The Collected Regrets of Clover
★★★☆☆
The Future
★★★★☆
Theo of Golden
★☆☆☆☆
All in Her Head
★★★★☆
Annie Bot
★★★☆☆
I Cheerfully Refuse
★★★★★
Service Model
★★★★☆
The Paradise Problem
★☆☆☆☆
Angel Down
★★★★★
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng
★★★☆☆
Black Woods Blue Sky
★★☆☆☆
Broken Country
★★☆☆☆
Buckeye
★★★☆☆
Cursed Daughters
★★★☆☆
Fever Beach
★★★★☆
Good Dirt
★★☆☆☆
Heart the Lover
★★☆☆☆
My Friends
★★★☆☆
The Correspondent
★★★★☆
The Names
★★☆☆☆
The Road to Tender Hearts
★★★☆☆
The South
★★★★☆
Country People
★★★☆☆
Lost Lambs
★★★★☆
My Husband’s Wife
★★★★☆
This Story Might Save Your Life
★★☆☆☆
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