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Wise Blood
by Flannery Oconnor
Staff Pick
O'Connor is arguably one of the greatest Southern fiction writers of all time, if not the greatest. Wise Blood, her first book, would give the world a taste of the literary genius to come. Both an allegory and a fable about sin and redemption, it is... (read more)

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Sentimental Education
by Gustave Flaubert and Robert Baldick
Staff Pick
A Sentimental Education is considered by many to be Flaubert's greatest work, and one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Yes, even more so than Madame Bovary. He spent years going over every word, every sentence and every historical reference to... (read more)

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Winter in the Blood (Penguin Classics)
by James Welch
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Angels: A Novel
by Denis Johnson
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After having spent years as a poet, Johnson decided to move into fiction. Angels was the first fruit of that decision — and what a piece of fruit. Other authors would kill to have a work this strong in their canon, let alone a work this strong as their... (read more)

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Rage in Harlem (89 Edition)
by Chester Himes
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by Charles Bock
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: And Other Tales of Terror
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Long fascinated with the duality of human nature — that good and evil exist in us all — Stevenson set out to write a story based on this theme. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was that story. As was his habit, Stevenson let his wife read the first draft of... (read more)

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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: And Other Writings
by Thomas de Quincey
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