Established books
Books with established literary standing. Each guide explains the recognition and evidence behind its assessment.
208 book guides · Showing 145–192
In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez
Established
The Miracle Worker
William Gibson
Established
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
Established
Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer
Established
A Hat Full of Sky
Terry Pratchett
Established
The 57 Bus
Dashka Slater
Established
Sold
Patricia McCormick
Established
Two Boys Kissing
David Levithan
Established
Stamped
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
Established
Permutation City
Greg Egan
Established
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Terry Pratchett
Established
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara
Established
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Tom Stoppard
Established
The Black Echo
Michael Connelly
Established
The Devotion of Suspect X
Keigo Higashino
Established
Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson
Established
Rubicon
Tom Holland
Established
Out of Darkness
Ashley Hope Pérez
Established
The World Without Us
Alan Weisman
Established
Deathwatch
Robb White
Established
A Night in the Lonesome October
Roger Zelazny
Established
Melissa
Alex Gino
Established
Slam!
Walter Dean Myers
Established
Flamer
Mike Curato
Established
A Man for All Seasons
Robert Bolt
Established
Praisesong for the Widow
Paule Marshall
Established
Skin Game
Jim Butcher
Established
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
Francisco Jiménez
Established
Homicide
David Simon
Established
Citizen 13660
Miné Okubo
Established
Beyond Magenta
Susan Kuklin
Established
Children of Ruin
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Established
Train Dreams
Denis Johnson
Established
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
George V. Higgins
Established
Command and Control
Eric Schlosser
Established
The Control of Nature
John McPhee
Established
Eros the Bittersweet
Anne Carson
Established
Changing Places
David Lodge
Established
The Hot Rock
Donald E. Westlake
Established
The Sportswriter
Richard Ford
Established
In Persuasion Nation
George Saunders
Established
Basin and Range
John McPhee
Established
Five Decembers
James Kestrel
Established
Moo
Jane Smiley
Established
The Information
Martin Amis
Established
Dear Committee Members
Julie Schumacher
Established
The Wednesday Wars
Gary D. Schmidt
Established
The Night of the Hunter
Davis Grubb
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