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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
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Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

520 pages • first pub 1861 (editions)

5.0somanybookstoread's review
fiction classics literary mysterious reflective slow-paced
Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

11 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 1854 (editions)

5.0somanybookstoread's review
nonfiction classics nature philosophy inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present by Phillip Lopate

The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present

Phillip Lopate

832 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0somanybookstoread's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (the Collected Essays of Henry David Thoreau) by Henry David Thoreau

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (the Collected Essays of Henry David Thoreau)

Henry David Thoreau

188 pages • first pub 1849 (editions)

5.0somanybookstoread's review
nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging reflective medium-paced
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

279 pages • first pub 1850 (editions)

5.0somanybookstoread's review
fiction classics historical literary dark reflective slow-paced
Native Son by Richard Wright

Native Son

Richard Wright

432 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0somanybookstoread's review
fiction classics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter #1

J.K. Rowling

271 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0somanybookstoread's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Catch-22 #1

Joseph Heller

453 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0somanybookstoread's review
fiction classics historical literary dark funny slow-paced
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

112 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0somanybookstoread's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

581 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0somanybookstoread's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced