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Dracula
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Bram Stoker
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Gothic · 1897
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Frankenstein
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Mary Shelley
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Gothic · 1818
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Classic · 1890
Wuthering Heights
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Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
Classic · 1847
Jane Eyre
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Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Classic · 1847
The Time Machine
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H. G. Wells
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
Sci-Fi · 1895
Heart of Darkness
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Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
Classic · 1899
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Mystery · 1892
Moby Dick
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Herman Melville
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
Adventure · 1851
Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Romance · 1813
Great Expectations
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Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Classic · 1861
The Count of Monte Cristo
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Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Adventure · 1844
Crime and Punishment
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Classic · 1866
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The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Classic · 1925
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Mrs Dalloway
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Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Classic · 1925
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Siddhartha
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Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
Philosophy · 1922
The Metamorphosis
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Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
Classic · 1915
A Room of One's Own
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Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf
Essays · 1929
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Baroness Orczy
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy
Adventure · 1905
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The Man Who Was Thursday
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G. K. Chesterton
The Man Who Was Thursday
G. K. Chesterton
Mystery · 1908
Ethan Frome
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Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton
Classic · 1911
Carmilla
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Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla
Sheridan Le Fanu
Gothic · 1872
The House of Mirth
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Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
Classic · 1905
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Middlemarch
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George Eliot

Middlemarch

George Eliot · 1871

“The novel that ruins other novels for you. Give it forty pages and it will quietly rearrange how you read everything else.”

— The Editors

The Odyssey
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Homer

The Odyssey

Homer · transl. Emily Wilson

“Three thousand years old and still the best adventure story ever told. Read it aloud if you can — it was built for the voice.”

— The Editors

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