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 961–995
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
Jean Stafford
Established
A Hell of a Woman
Jim Thompson
Highly regarded
Pick-Up
Charles Willeford
Highly regarded
A Fable
William Faulkner
Canonical
Pulphead
John Jeremiah Sullivan
Established
Guard of Honor
James Gould Cozzens
Highly regarded
Holiday
Stanley Middleton
Highly regarded
Pitch Dark
Renata Adler
Highly regarded
Shadow Country
Peter Matthiessen
Highly regarded
Shadows on the Rock
Willa Cather
Highly regarded
Independence Day
Richard Ford
Canonical
Journey in the Dark
Martin Flavin
Highly regarded
After Dark, My Sweet
Jim Thompson
Highly regarded
Murderland
Caroline Fraser
Established
The War Against Cliché
Martin Amis
Highly regarded
Imperial Twilight
Stephen R. Platt
Established
A Fan's Notes
Frederick Exley
Established
A Furious Sky
Eric Jay Dolin
Established
A Walk in the Park
Kevin Fedarko
Established
America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
John Steinbeck
Canonical
George Mills
Stanley Elkin
Highly regarded
Let Me Be Frank With You
Richard Ford
Established
Lives of the Saints
Nancy Lemann
Highly regarded
Masscult and Midcult
Dwight Macdonald
Highly regarded
Mrs. Ted Bliss
Stanley Elkin
Highly regarded
Nothing but the Night
John Williams
Highly regarded
Searches and Seizures
Stanley Elkin
Established
The Age of Grief
Jane Smiley
Established
The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick
Elizabeth Hardwick
Highly regarded
The Country Kitchen
Della T. Lutes
Highly regarded
The Dick Gibson Show
Stanley Elkin
Established
The Lay of the Land
Richard Ford
Highly regarded
The Merchant of Prato
Iris Origo
Highly regarded
The Stammering Century
Gilbert Seldes
Highly regarded
The Throwback Special
Chris Bachelder
Established
