Overlooked (or forgotten) good fiction.
Discover hidden literary gems with our curated list of overlooked and forgotten good fiction books. Unearth timeless stories that deserve a second chance to be read and cherished.
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Thieves' Market
by Albert Isaac Bezzerides
A dark, fast-paced proletarian novel originally published in 1949, Thieves' Market was written out of the author's youthful experiences as a trucker carrying produce to the packing houses of California's Central Valley. Immigrant Nick Garcos, like his father before him, becomes an independent trucker, soon landing in the brutal and crooked underworld of the produce markets of San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton, and Los Angeles. A dark, fast-paced proletarian novel originally published in 1949, Thieves' Market was written out of the author's youthful experiences as a trucker carrying produce to the packing houses of California's Central Valley. Immigrant Nick Garcos, like his father before him, becomes an independent trucker, soon landing in the brutal and crooked underworld of the produce markets of San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton, and Los Angeles.
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The Earth
by Émile Zola
When Jean Macquart arrives in the peasant community of Beauce, where farmers have worked the same land for generations, he finds himself involved in the corrupt affairs of the local Fouan family. But, in a community where land is everything, sibling rivalry quickly turns to brutal hatred, as Buteau declares himself unsatisfied with his lot.
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Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels (LOA #110)
by Dashiell Hammett
Presents five novels by Dashiell Hamilton, all published between 1929 and 1934.
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Arsenic and Old Lace
by Joseph Kesselring
An easy going drama critic discovers that his kind and gentle aunts have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar.