Classic Novels for the Cultured Intellectual

Explore a curated list of classic novels every cultured intellectual should read. From timeless literature to profound philosophical works, discover the books that define intellectual brilliance.

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War and Peace

by graf Leo Tolstoy

Presents the classical epic of the Napoleonic Wars and their effects on four Russian families
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Old Goriot

by Honoré de Balzac

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Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this deeply compelling novel and epic milestone of American literature, a nameless narrator tells his story …
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The Magic Mountain

by Thomas Mann

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • A monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, The Magic Mountain is an enduring classic. With this …
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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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This Side Of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The story of Amory Blaine from prep school to Princeton.
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Tender Is the Night

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

An idealist confronted by a doomed marriage.
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All the King's Men

by Robert Penn Warren

Character study of a Southern demagogue whose career follows in some respects as that of Huey Long.
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Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy

"I’m an outsider to the end of my days!" Jude Fawley’s hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the …
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In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)—and …
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Look Homeward, Angel

by Thomas Wolfe

Novel of repressive family life in a common-place southern town, autobiographical in character.