Classics and prize winners
Explore Canonical, Highly regarded and Established books. Their guides explain the awards, recognition and other evidence behind each standing assessment.
995 book guides · Showing 769–816
Sounder
William H. Armstrong
Highly regarded
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Kimberly Willis Holt
Highly regarded
The View from Saturday
E. L. Konigsburg
Highly regarded
Slam!
Walter Dean Myers
Established
The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch
Canonical
Butcher's Crossing
John Williams
Canonical
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Anne Tyler
Canonical
The Caine Mutiny
Herman Wouk
Canonical
The Round House
Louise Erdrich
Highly regarded
Flamer
Mike Curato
Established
Scoop
Evelyn Waugh
Canonical
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan Karunatilaka
Highly regarded
A Man for All Seasons
Robert Bolt
Established
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout
Highly regarded
Praisesong for the Widow
Paule Marshall
Established
The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson
Highly regarded
Life and Times of Michael K
J. M. Coetzee
Canonical
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Roddy Doyle
Highly regarded
A Death in the Family
James Agee
Canonical
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
Canonical
Skin Game
Jim Butcher
Established
The Other Wind
Ursula K. Le Guin
Canonical
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
Francisco Jiménez
Established
The Accidental Tourist
Anne Tyler
Canonical
The Fixer
Bernard Malamud
Canonical
The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich
Highly regarded
Trust
Hernan Diaz
Highly regarded
Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
Canonical
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion
Highly regarded
Twelve Angry Men
Reginald Rose
Canonical
A Peace to End All Peace
David Fromkin
Canonical
Bomb
Steve Sheinkin
Highly regarded
The Witches of Eastwick
John Updike
Highly regarded
A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James
Highly regarded
The Stone Diaries
Carol Shields
Canonical
Homicide
David Simon
Established
Citizen 13660
Miné Okubo
Established
Couples
John Updike
Highly regarded
Beyond Magenta
Susan Kuklin
Established
Sabbath's Theater
Philip Roth
Canonical
Children of Ruin
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Established
Essays and Aphorisms
Arthur Schopenhauer
Canonical
The Famished Road
Ben Okri
Canonical
Amsterdam
Ian McEwan
Highly regarded
Billy Budd, Sailor
Herman Melville
Canonical
The Optimist's Daughter
Eudora Welty
Canonical
Train Dreams
Denis Johnson
Established
The Piano Lesson
August Wilson
Highly regarded
