Best books from a lifetime of reading
Discover the best books from a lifetime of reading! Explore this curated list of must-read titles that have stood the test of time, offering wisdom, inspiration, and unforgettable stories.
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The Red and the Black
by Stendhal
Charts the rise and fall of an ambitious young social climber in a cruel, monarchical society Handsome, ambitious Julien Sorel is determined to rise above …
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The Quincunx
by Charles Palliser
An extraordinary modern novel in the Victorian tradition, Charles Palliser has created something extraordinary—a plot within a plot within a plot of family secrets, mysterious …
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The Unburied
by Charles Palliser
In Victorian England, Dr. Courtine is invited to spend the days before Christmas with a friend from his youth. Courtine finds himself drawn into a …
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The Listener
by Shira Nayman
It is 1947 and Dr. Harrison, chief psychiatrist at the private asylum Shadowbrook, is treating a mysterious patient, Bertram, who has voluntarily come to the …
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An Imaginary Life
by David Malouf
In the first century A.D., Publius Ovidius Naso, the most urbane and irreverent poet of imperial Rome, was banished to a remote village on the …
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True History of the Kelly Gang
by Peter Carey
“I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter …
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Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
“Oliver Twist with a twist…Waters spins an absorbing tale that withholds as much as it discloses. A pulsating story.”—The New York Times Book Review The …
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The Radetzky March
by Joseph Roth
The Radetzky March, Joseph Roth's classic saga of the privileged von Trotta family, encompasses the entire social fabric of the Austro-Hungarian Empire just before World …
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Stoner
by John Williams
Discover an American masterpiece. This unassuming story about the life of a quiet English professor has earned the admiration of readers all over the globe. …
