Library of America

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Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works
Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works 4.49 avg rating — 3,440 ratings
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Collected Stories
Collected Stories 4.58 avg rating — 2,081 ratings
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Poetry and Prose
Poetry and Prose 4.30 avg rating — 7,467 ratings
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Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry & Tales
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry & Tales 4.38 avg rating — 1,887 ratings
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Tales
Tales 4.23 avg rating — 9,484 ratings
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Autobiographies: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Autobiographies: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass 4.44 avg rating — 853 ratings
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Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Ubik
Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Ubik 4.37 avg rating — 2,313 ratings
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Novels & Stories 1963–1973: Cat’s Cradle / God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Slaughterhouse-Five / Breakfast of Champions / Stories
Novels & Stories 1963–1973: Cat’s Cradle / God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Slaughterhouse-Five / Breakfast of Champions / Stories 4.51 avg rating — 649 ratings
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Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man
Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man 4.39 avg rating — 2,233 ratings
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Willa Cather: Stories, Poems, & Other Writings
Willa Cather: Stories, Poems, & Other Writings 4.31 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Writings
Writings 4.25 avg rating — 268 ratings
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The House of Mirth / The Reef / The Custom of the Country / The Age of Innocence
The House of Mirth / The Reef / The Custom of the Country / The Age of Innocence 4.30 avg rating — 547 ratings
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James Fenimore Cooper: The Leatherstocking Tales: Volume One
James Fenimore Cooper: The Leatherstocking Tales: Volume One 3.91 avg rating — 555 ratings
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John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941
John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941 4.41 avg rating — 946 ratings
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John Steinbeck: Novels 1942–1952
John Steinbeck: Novels 1942–1952 4.49 avg rating — 593 ratings
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Zora Neale Hurston: Novels & Stories
Zora Neale Hurston: Novels & Stories 4.37 avg rating — 625 ratings
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Vladimir Nabokov: Novels 1955–1962
Vladimir Nabokov: Novels 1955–1962 4.41 avg rating — 592 ratings
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Edith Wharton: Collected Stories 1911–1937
Edith Wharton: Collected Stories 1911–1937 4.18 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Novels and Stories 1920–1922: This Side of Paradise / Flappers and Philosophers / The Beautiful and Damned / Tales of the Jazz Age
Novels and Stories 1920–1922: This Side of Paradise / Flappers and Philosophers / The Beautiful and Damned / Tales of the Jazz Age 4.27 avg rating — 656 ratings
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Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays
Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays 4.66 avg rating — 2,293 ratings
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Mississippi Writings: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Life on the Mississippi / Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Pudd’nhead Wilson
Mississippi Writings: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Life on the Mississippi / Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Pudd’nhead Wilson 4.46 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
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Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s 4.37 avg rating — 875 ratings
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Raymond Chandler: Stories and Early Novels
Raymond Chandler: Stories and Early Novels 4.50 avg rating — 1,433 ratings
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Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays
Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays 4.32 avg rating — 6,262 ratings
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The Guns of August / The Proud Tower
The Guns of August / The Proud Tower 4.40 avg rating — 281 ratings
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Complete Novels and Stories
Complete Novels and Stories 4.25 avg rating — 646 ratings
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Willa Cather: Early Novels & Stories
Willa Cather: Early Novels & Stories 4.25 avg rating — 295 ratings
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Crime Stories and Other Writings
Crime Stories and Other Writings 4.37 avg rating — 534 ratings
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Complete Novels: The Robber Bridegroom / Delta Wedding / The Ponder Heart / Losing Battles / The Optimist's Daughter
Complete Novels: The Robber Bridegroom / Delta Wedding / The Ponder Heart / Losing Battles / The Optimist's Daughter 4.16 avg rating — 291 ratings
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Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / Essays
Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / Essays
by: John Muir
4.29 avg rating — 950 ratings
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Edith Wharton: Novellas and Other Writings
Edith Wharton: Novellas and Other Writings 4.11 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: Collected Novels
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Collected Novels 4.17 avg rating — 609 ratings
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Novels & Stories: The Lottery / The Haunting of Hill House / We Have Always Lived in the Castle / Other Stories and Sketches
Novels & Stories: The Lottery / The Haunting of Hill House / We Have Always Lived in the Castle / Other Stories and Sketches 4.29 avg rating — 1,350 ratings
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Collected Stories 1891-1910
Collected Stories 1891-1910 4.17 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Collected Essays and Poems
Collected Essays and Poems 4.21 avg rating — 358 ratings
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Wharton: Four Novels
Wharton: Four Novels 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Henry James: Novels 1871–1880
Henry James: Novels 1871–1880 4.08 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Novels 1930-1935: As I Lay Dying / Sanctuary / Light in August / Pylon
Novels 1930-1935: As I Lay Dying / Sanctuary / Light in August / Pylon 4.35 avg rating — 1,122 ratings
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Novels 1896–1899: The Other House / The Spoils of Poynton / What Maisie Knew / The Awkward Age
Novels 1896–1899: The Other House / The Spoils of Poynton / What Maisie Knew / The Awkward Age 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Novels 1886–1890: The Princess Casamassima / The Reverberator / The Tragic Muse
Novels 1886–1890: The Princess Casamassima / The Reverberator / The Tragic Muse 4.20 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Novels, 1926-1929
Novels, 1926-1929 4.40 avg rating — 215 ratings
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William Faulkner: Novels 1942–1954
William Faulkner: Novels 1942–1954 4.41 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Essays and Lectures
Essays and Lectures 4.31 avg rating — 2,872 ratings
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Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s: Martian Time-Slip / Dr. Bloodmoney / Now Wait for Last Year / Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said / A Scanner Darkly
Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s: Martian Time-Slip / Dr. Bloodmoney / Now Wait for Last Year / Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said / A Scanner Darkly 4.34 avg rating — 841 ratings
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VALIS & Later Novels: A Maze of Death / VALIS / The Divine Invasion / The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
VALIS & Later Novels: A Maze of Death / VALIS / The Divine Invasion / The Transmigration of Timothy Archer 4.26 avg rating — 522 ratings
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Henry James: Novels 1881–1886
Henry James: Novels 1881–1886 4.20 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Novels 1936–1940: Absalom, Absalom! / The Unvanquished / If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem / The Hamlet
Novels 1936–1940: Absalom, Absalom! / The Unvanquished / If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem / The Hamlet 4.47 avg rating — 367 ratings
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U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money 4.12 avg rating — 4,966 ratings
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Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s 4.38 avg rating — 486 ratings
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Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 1: Rocannon’s World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of Darkness / The Dispossessed / Stories
Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 1: Rocannon’s World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of Darkness / The Dispossessed / Stories 4.59 avg rating — 393 ratings
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Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters
Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters 4.09 avg rating — 3,256 ratings
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Novels and Stories: The Call of the Wild / White Fang / The Sea-Wolf / Klondike and Other Stories
Novels and Stories: The Call of the Wild / White Fang / The Sea-Wolf / Klondike and Other Stories 4.27 avg rating — 1,113 ratings
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Henry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod
Henry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod 4.23 avg rating — 2,209 ratings
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Later Novels: A Lost Lady / The Professor’s House / Death Comes for the Archbishop / Shadows on the Rock / Lucy Gayheart / Sapphira and the Slave Girl
Later Novels: A Lost Lady / The Professor’s House / Death Comes for the Archbishop / Shadows on the Rock / Lucy Gayheart / Sapphira and the Slave Girl 4.24 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Thomas Jefferson: Writings
Thomas Jefferson: Writings 4.23 avg rating — 1,491 ratings
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Collected Writings: Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters
Collected Writings: Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters 4.26 avg rating — 1,722 ratings
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Carson McCullers: Complete Novels
Carson McCullers: Complete Novels 4.39 avg rating — 1,091 ratings
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Collected Stories and Other Writings
Collected Stories and Other Writings 4.33 avg rating — 460 ratings
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The Complete Orsinia: Malafrena / Stories and Songs
The Complete Orsinia: Malafrena / Stories and Songs 4.01 avg rating — 219 ratings
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Bracebridge Hall / Tales of a Traveller / The Alhambra
Bracebridge Hall / Tales of a Traveller / The Alhambra 4.05 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Complete Poems and Selected Letters
Complete Poems and Selected Letters 4.34 avg rating — 203 ratings
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Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry & Prose
Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry & Prose 4.42 avg rating — 1,721 ratings
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Huck Finn;Pudd'nhead Wilson;No. 44;The Mysterious Stranger; And Other Writings
Huck Finn;Pudd'nhead Wilson;No. 44;The Mysterious Stranger; And Other Writings 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Henry James: Literary Criticism: Essays on Literature, American Writers, English Writers
Henry James: Literary Criticism: Essays on Literature, American Writers, English Writers 4.18 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos, Vol. 2: The Invisible Pyramid / The Night Country / Essays from The Star Thrower
Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos, Vol. 2: The Invisible Pyramid / The Night Country / Essays from The Star Thrower 4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Henry James: Collected Travel Writings: Great Britain and America
Henry James: Collected Travel Writings: Great Britain and America 3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings
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William Faulkner: Novels 1957–1962
William Faulkner: Novels 1957–1962 4.43 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Writings: The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade / The Souls of Black Folk / Dusk of Dawn / Essays and Articles
Writings: The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade / The Souls of Black Folk / Dusk of Dawn / Essays and Articles 4.36 avg rating — 355 ratings
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The Debate on the Constitution, Part 1: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: September 1787 to February 1788
The Debate on the Constitution, Part 1: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: September 1787 to February 1788 4.35 avg rating — 313 ratings
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John James Audubon: Writings and Drawings
John James Audubon: Writings and Drawings 4.32 avg rating — 59 ratings
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American Science Fiction: Five Classic Novels 1956–1958: Double Star / The Stars My Destination / A Case of Conscience / Who? / The Big Time
American Science Fiction: Five Classic Novels 1956–1958: Double Star / The Stars My Destination / A Case of Conscience / Who? / The Big Time 4.01 avg rating — 106 ratings
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American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1953–1956: The Space Merchants / More Than Human / The Long Tomorrow / The Shrinking Man
American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1953–1956: The Space Merchants / More Than Human / The Long Tomorrow / The Shrinking Man 3.96 avg rating — 127 ratings
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American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker 4.25 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Essays and Reviews
Essays and Reviews 4.29 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Writings: The Autobiography / Poor Richard’s Almanack / Bagatelles, Pamphlets, Essays & Letters
Writings: The Autobiography / Poor Richard’s Almanack / Bagatelles, Pamphlets, Essays & Letters 4.23 avg rating — 203 ratings
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Reporting Civil Rights, Part One: American Journalism 1941-1963
Reporting Civil Rights, Part One: American Journalism 1941-1963 4.63 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Eudora Welty: Stories, Essays, and Memoirs
Eudora Welty: Stories, Essays, and Memoirs 4.37 avg rating — 354 ratings
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Main Street / Babbitt
Main Street / Babbitt 4.10 avg rating — 479 ratings
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Writings
Writings 4.17 avg rating — 201 ratings
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: Tales and Sketches
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Tales and Sketches 4.18 avg rating — 1,290 ratings
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Novels, 1930-1942: Dance Night / Come Back to Sorrento / Turn, Magic Wheel / Angels on Toast / A Time to Be Born
Novels, 1930-1942: Dance Night / Come Back to Sorrento / Turn, Magic Wheel / Angels on Toast / A Time to Be Born 3.74 avg rating — 409 ratings
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American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau 4.24 avg rating — 607 ratings
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Historical Romances: The Prince and the Pauper / A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court / Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Historical Romances: The Prince and the Pauper / A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court / Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc 4.32 avg rating — 327 ratings
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American Poetry: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
American Poetry: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 3.82 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Dawn Powell: Novels 1944–1962
Dawn Powell: Novels 1944–1962 4.12 avg rating — 137 ratings
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The Debate on the Constitution, Part 2: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: January to August 1788
The Debate on the Constitution, Part 2: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: January to August 1788 4.38 avg rating — 219 ratings
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American Poetry of the 19th Century
American Poetry of the 19th Century 3.95 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Little Women / Little Men / Jo's Boys
Little Women / Little Men / Jo's Boys 4.36 avg rating — 7,643 ratings
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The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It
The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It 4.30 avg rating — 786 ratings
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Four Novels of the 1970s: Fifty-Two Pickup / Swag / Unknown Man No. 89 / The Switch
Four Novels of the 1970s: Fifty-Two Pickup / Swag / Unknown Man No. 89 / The Switch 4.31 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Three Novels
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Three Novels 3.87 avg rating — 60 ratings
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American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps 4.01 avg rating — 814 ratings
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Revolutionary Writings 1775–1783
Revolutionary Writings 1775–1783 4.57 avg rating — 35 ratings
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American Food Writing: An Anthology with Classic Recipes: A Library of America Special Publication
American Food Writing: An Anthology with Classic Recipes: A Library of America Special Publication really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 279 ratings
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American Movie Critics: An Anthology From the Silents Until Now
American Movie Critics: An Anthology From the Silents Until Now 4.17 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism 1959–1969
Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism 1959–1969 4.35 avg rating — 94 ratings
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Eugene O'Neill: Complete Plays 1932–1943
Eugene O'Neill: Complete Plays 1932–1943 4.33 avg rating — 323 ratings
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Herman Melville: Redburn, White-Jacket, Moby-Dick
Herman Melville: Redburn, White-Jacket, Moby-Dick 4.20 avg rating — 1,086 ratings
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Tennessee Williams: Plays 1937–1955
Tennessee Williams: Plays 1937–1955 4.49 avg rating — 822 ratings
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Francis Parkman: France and England in North America, Volume 1
Francis Parkman: France and England in North America, Volume 1 4.27 avg rating — 128 ratings
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