Books for the ill literati

Discover the finest books for the ill literati—curated reads that blend wit, intellect, and subversion. Perfect for discerning minds seeking unconventional literary gems.

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The Mandarins

by Simone de Beauvoir

In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. …
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The Age of Reason

by Jean-Paul Sartre

The first novel of Sartre's monumental Roads to Freedom series, The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor …
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No Exit and Three Other Plays

by Jean-Paul Sartre

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre's best-known …
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Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor Emil Frankl

With a new Foreword by Harold S. Kushner and a new Biographical Afterword by William J. Winslade Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of …
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The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

“When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.” With this startling, bizarre, …
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The Stranger

by Albert Camus

With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger—Camus's masterpiece—gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an …
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