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Moby-DickHerman Melville, AD 1851
The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck, AD 1939
The Sirens of TitanKurt VonnegutThe Sirens of TitanKurt Vonnegut, AD 1959
On the RoadJack Kerouac, AD 1957
The Catcher in the RyeJ. D. Salinger, AD 1951
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald, AD 1925
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain, AD 1884
The Big SleepRaymond ChandlerThe Big SleepRaymond Chandler, AD 1939
The Maltese FalconDashiell Hammett, AD 1929
The Sound and the FuryWilliam Faulkner, AD 1929
Under the VolcanoMalcolm LowryUnder the VolcanoMalcolm Lowry, AD 1947
Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell, AD 1936
Invisible ManRalph Ellison, AD 1952
Journey to the End of the NightLouis-Ferdinand Céline, AD 1932
Little WomenLouisa May Alcott, AD 1868
The Call of the WildJack London, AD 1903
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee, AD 1960
Absalom, Absalom!William Faulkner, AD 1936
Anne of Green GablesLucy Maud Montgomery, AD 1908
Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne, AD 1872
Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut, AD 1973
Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury, AD 1953
God Bless You, Mr. RosewaterKurt VonnegutGod Bless You, Mr. RosewaterKurt Vonnegut, AD 1965
Mourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'Neill, AD 1931
The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway, AD 1952
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaJules Verne, AD 1869