Books For Eccentrics About Eccentrics By Eccentrics (Mostly)

Discover a curated list of books for eccentrics, about eccentrics, and mostly by eccentrics. Explore unique reads that celebrate unconventional minds and extraordinary lives.

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The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger

The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions …
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Nine Stories

by J.D. Salinger

The "original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful" short fiction (New York Times Book Review) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after …
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The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

A group of expatriates travel from Paris to the Pamplona bullfights.
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A Moveable Feast

by Ernest Hemingway

“There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other.” —Ernest …
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A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel of love during wartime. Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American novel to emerge …
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For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway

A book about love and courage and decency and glory. It is written with a wisdom that washes the mind and cools it. With an …
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The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

Traditional Chinese edition of The Old Man and The Sea edited for young adults. The story is told with text and graphics and accompanied with …
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes #2 Boxed Set

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Titles include "Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1" and "Sherlock Holmes, Volume 2".
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The Alienist

by Caleb Carr

In 1896 New York, psychologist--or in period terminology, an alienist--Laszlo Kreizler joins forces with journalist John Schuyler Moore to track a vicious serial killer.
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The Angel of Darkness

by Caleb Carr

In one of the most critically acclaimed novels of the year, Caleb Carr-- bestselling author of The Alienist--pits Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and his colleagues against …
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Night

by Elie Wiesel

Winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize.
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The Hours

by Michael Cunningham

Winter 2000