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Gilgamesh
no rating
The Iliad
no rating
The Odyssey
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Dhammapada
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The Greek Plays
no rating
The Ramayana
no rating
Analects
no rating
Old Testament
no rating
Tao Te Ching
no rating
The Republic of Plato
no rating
Bhagavad Gita
no rating
The Aeneid
no rating
Metamorphoses
no rating
New Testament
no rating
Meditations
no rating
Confessions
no rating
The Recognition of Śakuntalā
no rating
The Qur’an
no rating
Beowulf
no rating
The Arabian Nights
no rating
The Poetic Edda
no rating
The Tale of Genji
no rating
The Conference of the Birds
no rating
Parzival
no rating
The Essential Rumi
no rating
The Nibelungenlied
no rating
The Divine Comedy
no rating
The Canterbury Tales
no rating
Popol Vuh
no rating
King Henry IV Part 1
no rating
King Henry IV Part 2
no rating
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
no rating
Hamlet
no rating
The Merchant of Venice
no rating
Othello
no rating
King Lear
no rating
Pride and Prejudice
★★★★☆
Emma
★★★★★
Frankenstein
★★★★★
Persuasion
★★★★★
The Portable Edgar Allan Poe
no rating
Jane Eyre
★★★★★
Wuthering Heights
★★★★★
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
★★★★★
The Scarlet Letter
★★★☆☆
The Woman in White
★★★★☆
The Picture of Dorian Gray
★★★★★
Dracula
★★★☆☆
The Turn of the Screw
★★★★☆
Heart of Darkness
★★★★☆
Mrs. Dalloway
★★★★★
To the Lighthouse
★★★★☆
The Sound and the Fury
★★★★★
As I Lay Dying
★★★★★
The Murder at the Vicarage
★★★★☆
Brave New World
★★☆☆☆
Rebecca
★★★★★
All the King’s Men
★★★★★
1984
★★★★★
The Sheltering Sky
★★★☆☆
Invisible Man
★★★★★
The Moviegoer
★★★☆☆
Something Wicked This Way Comes
★★★☆☆
Wide Sargasso Sea
★★★★☆
One Hundred Years of Solitude
★★★★★
The Left Hand of Darkness
★★★★★
The Complete Stories
no rating
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
★★★★☆
Flights
★★★★★
Tree of Smoke
★★★★☆
Wolf Hall
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
★★★★☆
Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time
★★★★★
My Brilliant Friend
★★★★☆
Station Eleven
★★★★☆
The Sellout
★★★☆☆
Last Christmas in Paris
★★★☆☆
Sing, Unburied, Sing
★★★★★
The Bones Beneath My Skin
★☆☆☆☆
The Reckless Oath We Made
★★★★☆
Fair Play
★★☆☆☆
Hamnet
★★★☆☆
Piranesi
★★★★★
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael
★★★☆☆
We Do Not Part
★★★★★
A Quiet Life
★★★☆☆
The Light Pirate
★★☆☆☆
Clytemnestra
★★★★☆
Emotional Labor
★★★★★
Happiness Falls
★★★☆☆
Only a Little While Here
★★★☆☆
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
★★★★★
The Antidote
★★★☆☆
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng
★★★☆☆
Black Woods Blue Sky
★★☆☆☆
Broken Country
★★☆☆☆
Buckeye
★★★☆☆
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
★★★★★
Culpability
★★☆☆☆
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
★★☆☆☆
Yesteryear
★☆☆☆☆
The Things We Never Say
★★★★★
The Pirate Queen
★☆☆☆☆