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The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov

The Twelve Chairs

Ostap Bender #1

Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov

546 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics adventurous funny medium-paced
Village Evenings Near Dikanka and Mirgorod by Richard Peace, Christopher English, Nikolai Gogol

Village Evenings Near Dikanka and Mirgorod

Richard Peace, Christopher English, Nikolai Gogol

496 pages • first pub 1830 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics fantasy short stories adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

464 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics literary funny reflective slow-paced
The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I

Sherlock Holmes #1-4; 6

Arthur Conan Doyle

709 pages • first pub 1927 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics mystery short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
St. Petersburg by Andrei Bely

St. Petersburg

Andrei Bely

384 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced
The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol

The Inspector General

Nikolai Gogol

80 pages • first pub 1835 (editions)

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fiction classics play challenging funny reflective fast-paced
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Judith Hemschemeyer, Anna Akhmatova, Roberta Reeder

The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova

Judith Hemschemeyer, Anna Akhmatova, Roberta Reeder

948 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Selected Poems by Marina Tsvetaeva

Selected Poems

Marina Tsvetaeva

160 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

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fiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Adventures of Tom and Huck #1

Mark Twain

252 pages • first pub 1876 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics historical literary middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Alice in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #1

Lewis Carroll

108 pages • first pub 1865 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced