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The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels
by Ágota Kristóf
A trio of novels exploring the effects of war, and the power of love in a family.
These three internationally acclaimed novels have confirmed Agota Kristof's reputation as one of the most provocative exponents of new-wave European fiction. With all the stark simplicity of a ... (Goodreads)
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Epic story of a Sicilian nobleman's struggle to preserve his family and their way of life in a rapidly changing world.
Most of the novel is set during the time of the, Risorgimento, , specifically during the period when Giuseppe Garibaldi , the hero of Italian unification, swept through Sicily with his forces, known ... (Wikipedia)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
A dystopian sci-fi narrative about a bounty hunter hunting rogue androids.
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment–find them and then..."retire" them. ... (Goodreads)
Memoirs of Hadrian
by Marguerite Yourcenar
Reflections of the Roman Emperor Hadrian on his life, death and the nature of existence.
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Bronze Horseman
by Paullina Simons
A sweeping love story set in WWII-era Leningrad, following the lives of a young couple amidst the chaos of war.
From Book 1: The golden skies, the translucent twilight, the white nights, all hold the promise of youth, of love, of eternal renewal. The war has not yet touched this city of fallen grandeur, or the ... (Goodreads)
Ficciones
by Jorge Luis Borges
A collection of short stories exploring the limits of the imagination.
The seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precision and potency of his intellect and inventiveness, his piercing irony, his skepticism, and his ... (Goodreads)
Dark Water
by Robert Bryndza
Detective Erika Foster investigates a murder in a wealthy London neighborhood, uncovering dark secrets and a twisted killer.
USA Today, and, Wall Street Journal, bestselling author Robert Bryndza is back again with the third book in the thrilling, crime series, starring Erika Foster, which has sold over 2 million copies ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
by Fernando Pessoa
A collection of fragments, thoughts, and musings on life, existence, and the human condition, written by the enigmatic Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa.
Această carte aproape mitică, probabil opera cea mai seducătoare a lui Fernando Pessoa, e un monolog de o tristețe indicibilă, care surprinde cu o minuție halucinantă interiorul cu mii de fațete al ... (Goodreads)
The Dice Man
by Luke Rhinehart
A man discovers the power of randomness and uses it to make his life decisions.
As stated at the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy user site: ... (Wikipedia)
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
Exploring the possibilities of a galactic empire in a future driven by science and technology.
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future – to a dark age ... (Goodreads)
Ellen Foster
by Kaye Gibbons
A young girl's struggle to find a permanent home and family in the face of abuse and neglect.
Ellen is an only child who does not have a real home, even at the time when both her parents are still alive. Her father is " trash " and has a drinking problem , and the whole atmosphere is one of ... (Wikipedia)
Second Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
A quest to find the mysterious force controlling the fate of the galaxy.
Part I is about The Mule 's search for the elusive Second Foundation, with the intent of destroying it. The executive council of the Second Foundation is aware of The Mule's intent and, in the words ... (Wikipedia)
Library of the Dead
by Glenn Cooper
A mysterious library in Naples holds the key to immortality, but at a deadly cost. A race against time to uncover its secrets ensues.
The most shocking secret in the history of mankind is about to be revealed...A murderer is on the loose on the streets of New York City: nicknamed the Doomsday Killer, he's claimed six victims in ... (Goodreads)
The House of Sleep
by Jonathan Coe
Exploring the lives of interconnected individuals as dreams and reality intertwine.
Like a surreal and highly caffeinated version of The Big Chill , Jonathan Coe's new novel follows four students who knew each other in college in the eighties. Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams ... (Goodreads)
I'm Not Scared
by Niccolò Ammaniti
A child's journey of courage and resilience as he confronts a dark secret.
The novel takes place in 1978 in a fictitious Southern Italian village called Acqua Traverse. Michele, the nine-year-old protagonist, loses a race against the other village children to an abandoned ... (Wikipedia)
Marcovaldo
by Italo Calvino
A man's struggles to survive in a modern city, observing the beauty of nature amidst hardships.
The Marcovaldo series depicts the life of a poor rural man with his family living in a big industrial city in northern Italy . The central character of Marcovaldo is an unskilled labourer for the ... (Wikipedia)
The Ghost Writer
by Philip Roth
A writer grapples with his identity, past, and future as he discovers love, loss, and a new beginning.
When talented young writer Nathan Zuckerman makes his pilgrimage to sit at the feet of his hero, the reclusive master of American Literature, E. I. Lonoff, he soon finds himself enmeshed in the great ... (Goodreads)
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
by Carson McCullers
Collection of stories exploring the complexities of the human condition.
A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers’s best stories, including her beloved novella “The Ballad of the Sad Café.” A haunting tale of a ... (Goodreads)
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
by Yukio Mishima
A young Buddhist monk's descent into obsession and tragedy, in a search for beauty and perfection.
The protagonist, Mizoguchi, is the son of a consumptive Buddhist priest who lives and works on the remote Cape Nariu on the north coast of Honshū . As a child, the narrator lives with his uncle at ... (Wikipedia)
Libra
by Don DeLillo
A fictionalized account of Lee Harvey Oswald's life leading up to the assassination of JFK.
The book follows two related but separate narrative threads: episodes from Oswald's life from his childhood until the assassination and his death, and the actions of other participants in the ... (Wikipedia)
The Woman Destroyed
by Simone de Beauvoir
A collection of three novellas exploring the consequences of societal expectations on women's lives.
Three long stories that draw the reader into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises. ... (Goodreads)
The Double
by José Saramago
A man discovers his doppelganger, leading to a surreal and unsettling exploration of identity and reality.
Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is a divorced high school history teacher who spends his nights reading about Mesopotamian civilizations. One day Tertuliano rents a movie recommended by a colleague and sees ... (Wikipedia)
Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain
Insurance salesman and femme fatale plot to murder her husband for the insurance money. Things go awry.
Walter Huff, an insurance agent, falls for the married Phyllis Nirdlinger, who consults him about accident insurance for her unsuspecting husband. In spite of his instinctual decency, and intrigued ... (Wikipedia)
Invisible
by Paul Auster
A man's life is turned upside down when he receives a mysterious letter from a stranger. He embarks on a journey to uncover the truth about his past.
The first section, titled "Spring" and told in first person , chronicles the entanglement of Columbia University student Adam Walker with French political science professor Rudolf Born, who meet in ... (Wikipedia)
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
by Susan Vreeland
A painting's journey across time, connecting with its owners and revealing its secrets.
A professor invites a colleague from the art department to his home to view a painting he has kept secret for decades in Susan Vreeland's powerful historical novel, Girl in Hyacinth Blue . The ... (Goodreads)
In Watermelon Sugar
by Richard Brautigan
A surrealist exploration of a utopian society and its inhabitants.
Through the narrator 's first-person account we learn the story of the people and the events of i DEATH . The central tension is created by Margaret, once a lover of the narrator, and in BOIL , a ... (Wikipedia)
4 3 2 1
by Paul Auster
An exploration of alternate realities, tracing the lives of four identical boys who go their own ways.
Nearly two weeks early, on March 3, 1947, in the maternity ward of Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the one and only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born. ... (Goodreads)
At Swim-Two-Birds
by Flann O'Brien
A novel within a novel, where characters rebel against their author and create their own stories. A surreal and humorous exploration of Irish literature.
At Swim-Two-Birds presents itself as a first-person story by an unnamed Irish student of literature. The student believes that "one beginning and one ending for a book was a thing I did not agree ... (Wikipedia)
City
by Clifford D. Simak
An exploration of the future where technology, nature and the human species must co-exist.
As the tales unfold, they recount a world where humans, having developed superior transportation, have abandoned the cities and moved into the countryside. Hydroponic farming and decentralized power ... (Wikipedia)
Hannibal
by Thomas Harris
A psychological thriller about a renowned FBI agent and his pursuit of a dangerous serial killer.
Years after his escape, posing as scholarly Dr. Fell, curator of a grand family's palazzo, Hannibal lives the good life in Florence, playing lovely tunes by serial killer/composer Henry VIII and ... (Goodreads)
