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Title

Klara and the Sun

Author

Kazuo Ishiguro

2021

Klara and the Sun

By Kazuo Ishiguro

SummaryEnglish
6 chapters
Science FictionSpeculative FictionFamily Drama
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The Nickel Boys

By Colson Whitehead;

SummaryEnglish
18 chapters
Historical FictionSocial JusticeInstitutional Abuse
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A Doll's House

By Henrik Ibsen

SummaryEnglish
3 chapters
DramaFeminist LiteratureSocial Critique
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The Master and Margarita

By Mikhail Bulgakov

SummaryEnglish
33 chapters
Magical RealismRussian ClassicsSatire
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Altoriu Sesely

By Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas

SummaryEnglish
80 chapters
Historical FictionLiterary FictionReligion & Spirituality

Title

Nervous Conditions (Nervous Conditions Series)

Author

Tsitsi Dangarembga

2021

Nervous Conditions (Nervous Conditions Series)

By Tsitsi Dangarembga

SummaryEnglish
11 chapters
African LiteraturePostcolonial FictionComing‑of‑Age

Title

The Underground Railroad

Author

Unknown author

2026

The Underground Railroad
SummaryEnglish
1 chapter

Title

Frankenstein (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

Author

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Unknown year

Frankenstein (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

SummaryEnglish
32 chapters
Gothic FictionScience FictionClassic Literature
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Oryx and Crake

By Margaret Atwood

SummaryEnglish
66 chapters
Dystopian FictionPost-ApocalypticGenetic Engineering
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The Shadow Lines

By Amitav Ghosh

SummaryEnglish
3 chapters
Historical FictionFamily SagaDiaspora Literature
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АЛТАЙД
SummaryNative (mn)
37 chapters
Historical FictionAdventureTravel
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The World's Wife

By Carol Ann Duffy

SummaryEnglish
25 chapters
MythologyFantasyFeminist Fiction
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Pride and Prejudice

By Jane Austen

SummaryEnglish
61 chapters
Classic LiteratureRomanceHistorical Fiction
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

SummaryEnglish
5 chapters
Magical RealismLatin American LiteratureCrime Mystery
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

By William Shakespeare

SummaryEnglish
23 chapters
TragedyShakespeareClassic Literature
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The God of Small Things

By Arundhati Roy

SummaryEnglish
4 chapters
Literary FictionHistorical FictionFamily Saga
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The Handmaid’s Tale

By Margaret Atwood

SummaryEnglish
58 chapters
Dystopian FictionFeminist LiteratureSpeculative Fiction
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The Scarlet Letter

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

SummaryEnglish
27 chapters
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

By Ocean Vuong

SummaryEnglish
17 chapters
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The Great Gatsby ("Global Classics")

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

SummaryEnglish
11 chapters
Classic LiteratureAmerican FictionJazz Age
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The Stranger

By Albert Camus

SummaryEnglish
11 chapters
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Macbeth

By William Shakespeare

SummaryEnglish
5 chapters
Classic LiteratureTragedyShakespeare
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1954 Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451

By Fahrenheit 451

SummaryEnglish
5 chapters
Dystopian FictionClassic LiteratureScience Fiction
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Purple Hibiscus

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

SummaryEnglish
4 chapters
Literary FictionAfrican LiteratureFamily Drama
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Antigone

By Sophocles

SummaryEnglish
2 chapters
Greek TragedyClassic LiteratureMythology