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Barbs

Historical Fiction

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

2019 • 144 Readers • 320 pages 4

Alice Adams

Alice Adams
ByBooth Tarkington

1921 • 13 Readers • 268 pages 3.8

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1943 • 444 Readers • 496 pages 4.1

Austerlitz

Austerlitz
ByW.G. Sebald,James Wood

2001 • 105 Readers • 265 pages 4.5

Comanche Moon

#4 of 4 in Lonesome Dove

Comanche Moon
ByLarry McMurtry

1997 • 48 Readers • 720 pages 4.1

Dead Man's Walk

#3 of 4 in Lonesome Dove

Dead Man's Walk
ByLarry McMurtry

1995 • 61 Readers • 449 pages 3.7

Gilead

#1 of 4 in Gilead

Gilead
ByMarilynne Robinson

2004 • 279 Readers • 289 pages 4

Held

Held
ByAnne Michaels

2023 • 27 Readers • 241 pages 3.3

His Family

His Family
ByErnest Poole

1917 • 13 Readers • 240 pages

In Memoriam

In Memoriam
ByAlice Winn,Bruno Álvarez Herrero(Translator)

2023 • 217 Readers • 386 pages 4.5

Lessons in Chemistry

Lessons in Chemistry
ByBonnie Garmus

2022 • 1,164 Readers • 386 pages 4.1

Life After Life

#1 of 2 in Todd Family

Life After Life
ByKate Atkinson

2013 • 377 Readers • 544 pages 3.6

Lonesome Dove

#1 of 4 in Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove
ByLarry McMurtry

1985 • 620 Readers • 858 pages 4.6

Main Street / Babbitt

Main Street / Babbitt
BySinclair Lewis

1992 • 41 Readers • 898 pages 3.8

Middlesex

Middlesex
ByJeffrey Eugenides

649 Readers 4.1

My Ántonia

#3 of 2 in Great Plains Trilogy

My Ántonia
ByWilla Cather

1918 • 108 Readers • 232 pages 3.8

One of Ours

One of Ours
ByWilla Cather

1922 • 30 Readers • 382 pages 3.7

Sister Carrie

Sister Carrie
ByTheodore Dreiser

58 Readers 3.4

Streets of Laredo

#2 of 4 in Lonesome Dove

Streets of Laredo
ByLarry McMurtry

1993 • 57 Readers • 547 pages 4

Summer

Summer
ByEdith Wharton

27 Readers 3.4

The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence
ByEdith Wharton

1920 • 323 Readers • 388 pages 4

The Book Thief

The Book Thief
ByMarkus Zusak

2005 • 2,282 Readers • 552 pages 4.3

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby
ByF. Scott Fitzgerald

1920 • 3,238 Readers • 180 pages 3.7

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

2024 • 15 Readers • 433 pages 3.8

The Magnificent Ambersons

#2 of 3 in The Growth Trilogy

The Magnificent Ambersons
ByBooth Tarkington

1918 • 35 Readers • 242 pages 3.9

The Nightingale

The Nightingale
ByKristin Hannah

2015 • 983 Readers • 448 pages 4.3

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Reidverse

2017 • 2,598 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat
ByJohn Steinbeck

1935 • 104 Readers • 209 pages 3.7

Z

Z
ByTherese Anne Fowler

2013 • 35 Readers • 375 pages 3.6