Highly regarded books
Books with highly regarded literary standing. Each guide explains the recognition and evidence behind its assessment.
330 book guides · Showing 145–192
The Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce
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The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin
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Papillon
Henri Charrière
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The Overstory
Richard Powers
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Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury
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Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
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Hiroshima
John Hersey
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The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
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Post Office
Charles Bukowski
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The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
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Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech
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The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo
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Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
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A Wind in the Door
Madeleine L'Engle
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American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang
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Farmer Boy
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Another Country
James Baldwin
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Nimona
ND Stevenson
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Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. Butler
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
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Network Effect
Martha Wells
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
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There There
Tommy Orange
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Franny and Zooey
J. D. Salinger
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The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons
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Psycho
Robert Bloch
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Play It As It Lays
Joan Didion
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Empire of the Summer Moon
S. C. Gwynne
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Out of the Dust
Karen Hesse
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The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
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Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein
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The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth
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The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
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Midnight in Chernobyl
Adam Higginbotham
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Ghost Story
Peter Straub
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Grendel
John Gardner
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The House of the Scorpion
Nancy Farmer
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Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley
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The Devil's Arithmetic
Jane Yolen
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Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
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The Killer Angels
Michael Shaara
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Shane
Jack Schaefer
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Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo
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Nine Stories
J. D. Salinger
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This One Summer
Mariko Tamaki
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