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A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces
ByJohn Kennedy Toole

1980 • 560 Readers • 374 pages 3.9

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

1992 • 33 Readers • 269 pages 4.2

All the Light We Cannot See

2014 • 1,596 Readers • 544 pages 4.2

American Pastoral

American Pastoral
ByPhilip Roth

1997 • 190 Readers • 434 pages 3.8

A Summons to Memphis

A Summons to Memphis
ByPeter Taylor

1986 • 15 Readers • 209 pages 2

A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres
ByJane Smiley

58 Readers 3.5

A Visit from the Goon Squad

2010 • 474 Readers • 289 pages 3.8

Beloved

Beloved
ByToni Morrison

1987 • 839 Readers • 362 pages 3.9

Breathing Lessons

Breathing Lessons
ByAnne Tyler

1988 • 44 Readers • 327 pages 3.8

Demon Copperhead

Demon Copperhead
ByBarbara Kingsolver

2022 • 871 Readers • 560 pages 4.4

Empire Falls

Empire Falls
ByRichard Russo

2001 • 122 Readers • 496 pages 4.1

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs
ByAlison Lurie

1984 • 30 Readers • 292 pages 4.2

Gilead

Gilead
ByMarilynne Robinson

2004 • 268 Readers • 289 pages 4

Independence Day

Independence Day
ByRichard Ford

1995 • 6 Readers • 464 pages 3

Interpreter of Maladies

1999 • 260 Readers • 198 pages 3.9

Ironweed

Ironweed
ByWilliam Kennedy

1983 • 37 Readers • 227 pages 3.7

Less

Less
ByAndrew Sean Greer,Elena Dal Pra(Translator)

2017 • 469 Readers • 292 pages 3.8

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove
ByLarry McMurtry

1985 • 593 Readers • 858 pages 4.6

March

March
ByGeraldine Brooks

2005 • 86 Readers • 304 pages 3.8

Martin Dressler

Martin Dressler
BySteven Millhauser

1997 • 13 Readers • 293 pages 1.5

Middlesex

Middlesex
ByJeffrey Eugenides

627 Readers 4.1

Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge
ByElizabeth Strout

2008 • 233 Readers • 337 pages 4.2

Rabbit at Rest

Rabbit at Rest
ByJohn Updike

1990 • 19 Readers • 608 pages 4

Rabbit Is Rich

Rabbit Is Rich
ByJohn Updike

1981 • 26 Readers • 467 pages 3.2

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

2000 • 56 Readers • 642 pages 4

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

2007 • 453 Readers • 360 pages 3.8

The Color Purple

The Color Purple
ByAlice Walker

1976 • 912 Readers • 288 pages 4.2

The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch
ByDonna Tartt

2013 • 1,201 Readers • 1,006 pages 4

The Hours

The Hours
ByMichael Cunningham

1998 • 185 Readers • 244 pages 4

The Known World

The Known World
ByEdward P. Jones

2003 • 99 Readers • 388 pages 3.4

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

1989 • 26 Readers • 416 pages 4

The Netanyahus

The Netanyahus
ByJoshua Cohen

2021 • 61 Readers • 248 pages 4.4

The Nickel Boys

The Nickel Boys
ByColson Whitehead

2019 • 477 Readers • 210 pages 4.2

The Night Watchman

The Night Watchman
ByLouise Erdrich

2020 • 218 Readers • 464 pages 4.1

The Orphan Master's Son

2012 • 160 Readers • 465 pages 4.3

The Overstory

The Overstory
ByRichard Powers

2018 • 667 Readers • 502 pages 4.1

The Road

The Road
ByCormac McCarthy

1974 • 1,857 Readers • 287 pages 4

The Shipping News

The Shipping News
ByAnnie Proulx

1993 • 159 Readers • 360 pages 3.8

The Stone Diaries

The Stone Diaries
ByCarol Shields

1993 • 51 Readers • 404 pages 3.9

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer
ByViet Thanh Nguyen

2015 • 433 Readers • 384 pages 4

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad
ByColson Whitehead

2016 • 718 Readers • 306 pages 4.1

Tinkers

Tinkers
ByPaul Harding

2009 • 81 Readers • 206 pages 3.6

Trust

Trust
ByHernan Diaz

2022 • 417 Readers • 416 pages 3.8