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Nicole Clarkston
121 ratings 4.24 ·- Mr. Darcy Steals a Kiss (and Some Other Stuff): A Pride and Prejudice Romantic Comedy by Nicole Clarkston
- A Proper Introduction: A Pride & Prejudice Epistolary by Nicole Clarkston
- Along for the Ride by Nicole Clarkston
- A Fine Mind by Nicole Clarkston
- Queen of Winter: A Pride and Prejudice Novella by Nicole Clarkston
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Dylan Thomas
122 ratings 4.09 ·
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Theodore Dreiser
136 ratings 4.06 ·
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Simone de Beauvoir
333 ratings 4.05 ·- Inseparable by Simone de Beauvoir
- Extracts From: The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
- Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (Library of America) by Simone de Beauvoir
- A Transatlantic Love Affair: Letters to Nelson Algren by Simone de Beauvoir
- All Said and Done: An Autobiography 1962-1972 by Simone de Beauvoir
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Olga Tokarczuk
127 ratings 4.04 ·
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Nevil Shute
218 ratings 4.03 ·
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
924 ratings 4.02 ·- White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Crime and Punishment: The Original Complete Edition: A Fyodor Dostoevsky Classic by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 50 Beautiful Christmas Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
181 ratings 3.98 ·- The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Complete Works Ultimate Collection by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The American Transcendentalists: Essential Writings by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: The 19th Century by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Hermann Hesse
471 ratings 3.98 ·- Siddhartha : illustrated edition by Hermann Hesse
- Demian. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by Hermann Hesse
- Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture by Hermann Hesse
- Peter Camenzind - Gertrud - Knulp - Kuren - Narziss en Goldmund - Fabuleuze vertellingen - Een golfje op de stroom by Hermann Hesse
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Charlotte Brontë
315 ratings 3.97 ·
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W. Somerset Maugham
360 ratings 3.95 ·- The Appointment in Samarra by W. Somerset Maugham
- The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 1998 by W. Somerset Maugham
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by W. Somerset Maugham
- Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New by W. Somerset Maugham
- The Ghouls: Book One: The Stories Behind the Classic Horror Films by W. Somerset Maugham
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Alice Munro
409 ratings 3.94 ·
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Anthony Trollope
319 ratings 3.92 ·- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Anthony Trollope
- The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols by Anthony Trollope
- SF UNIVERSE - The Ultimate Collection: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Post-Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, Anthem, Space ... America, A Traveler in Time, The Guardians… by Anthony Trollope
- Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century by Anthony Trollope
- The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope
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Émile Zola
336 ratings 3.91 ·
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Yukio Mishima
348 ratings 3.90 ·
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Lord Byron
177 ratings 3.89 ·
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Thomas Mann
308 ratings 3.89 ·
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Yōko Ogawa
137 ratings 3.82 ·
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Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
233 ratings 3.82 ·- Longing and Other Stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
- The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
- Kaiki: Cuentos de terror y locura by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
- Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
- The Gourmet Club by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
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Willa Cather
301 ratings 3.81 ·- Her Boss by Willa Cather
- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Willa Cather
- The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols by Willa Cather
- The Greatest Christmas Stories of All Time: Timeless Classics That Celebrate the Season by Willa Cather
- The Pittsburgh Stories of Willa Cather by Willa Cather
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Thomas Hardy
429 ratings 3.80 ·- The Trumpet-Major Illustrated by Thomas Hardy
- Far from the Madding Crowd: A Journey of Love and Independence for one Woman in 19th-Century England by Thomas Hardy
- A Changed Man, and Other Tales (Annotated): The Original Classic by Thomas Hardy
- The Trumpet-Major Illustrated by Thomas Hardy
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by Thomas Hardy
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Ernest Hemingway
761 ratings 3.80 ·
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Natsume Sōseki
158 ratings 3.78 ·
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James Joyce
248 ratings 3.76 ·
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George Eliot
282 ratings 3.75 ·
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Yasunari Kawabata
287 ratings 3.75 ·
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Honoré de Balzac
455 ratings 3.73 ·
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James Fenimore Cooper
144 ratings 3.65 ·- SF UNIVERSE - The Ultimate Collection: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Post-Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, Anthem, Space ... America, A Traveler in Time, The Guardians… by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Leatherstocking Tales, Vol. 2: The Pathfinder / The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Crater by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper
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