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 913–960
Honey in the Horn
H. L. Davis
Highly regarded
Scarlet Sister Mary
Julia Peterkin
Highly regarded
Staying On
Paul Scott
Highly regarded
Sacred Hunger
Barry Unsworth
Highly regarded
The Pine Barrens
John McPhee
Highly regarded
Five Decembers
James Kestrel
Established
The Quick and the Dead
Joy Williams
Highly regarded
Tinkers
Paul Harding
Highly regarded
Ironweed
William Kennedy
Canonical
Now in November
Josephine Johnson
Highly regarded
The Names
Don DeLillo
Highly regarded
The Promise
Damon Galgut
Highly regarded
Omensetter's Luck
William H. Gass
Canonical
Rabbit at Rest
John Updike
Canonical
The Masters of Atlantis
Charles Portis
Highly regarded
Moo
Jane Smiley
Established
The Information
Martin Amis
Established
The Netanyahus
Joshua Cohen
Highly regarded
The Siege of Krishnapur
J.G. Farrell
Canonical
Dear Committee Members
Julie Schumacher
Established
The Known World
Edward P. Jones
Highly regarded
The Wednesday Wars
Gary D. Schmidt
Established
Pop. 1280
Jim Thompson
Highly regarded
LaBrava
Elmore Leonard
Highly regarded
Lamb in His Bosom
Caroline Miller
Highly regarded
The Night of the Hunter
Davis Grubb
Established
This Day in June
Gayle E. Pitman
Established
The Finkler Question
Howard Jacobson
Highly regarded
Elbow Room
James Alan McPherson
Canonical
Rabbit Is Rich
John Updike
Canonical
Freaky Deaky
Elmore Leonard
Highly regarded
No More Tears
Gardiner Harris
Established
In This Our Life
Ellen Glasgow
Highly regarded
The Last Gentleman
Walker Percy
Canonical
The Old Devils
Kingsley Amis
Canonical
Something to Answer For
P. H. Newby
Highly regarded
The Restraint of Beasts
Magnus Mills
Highly regarded
Challenger
Adam Higginbotham
Highly regarded
Dr. No
Percival Everett
Established
The Able McLaughlins
Margaret Wilson
Highly regarded
The Store
T. S. Stribling
Highly regarded
The Traveling Vampire Show
Richard Laymon
Established
The Unwinding
George Packer
Highly regarded
Selected Non-Fictions
Jorge Luis Borges
Highly regarded
The Elected Member
Bernice Rubens
Highly regarded
The Town
Conrad Richter
Highly regarded
Dragon's Teeth
Upton Sinclair
Highly regarded
Saville
David Storey
Highly regarded
