Books That Blew Me Away -- A Scattergun Cross-Genre List
Discover a scattergun cross-genre list of books that blew me away! Explore mind-blowing reads across fiction, non-fiction, and more in this eclectic must-read collection.
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And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
One by one, the guests arrived at the mansion on Indian Island, summoned by a mysterious host. And one by one, with terrifying meticulousness, they …
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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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The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories …
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Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
The authoritative edition of Macbeth from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers. In 1603, James …
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The Chill
by Ross Macdonald
In The Chill a distraught young man hires private investigator Lew Archer to track down his runaway bride. But no sooner has he found Dolly …
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Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. …
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Lost Horizon
by James Hilton
Two Englishmen, a woman missionary, and an American fleeing the consequences of shady financial deals are traveling companions.
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Eaters of the Dead
by Michael Crichton
A 10th century Arab diplomat is kidnapped by Vikings and forced to confront the ultimate horror ....
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The Penguin Complete Father Brown
by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Father Brown is an eccentric priest with his own particular way of dealing with crime. David Timson, having completed the whole of Arthur Conan Doyle's …
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The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. the few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco the I Ching …
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
A story of friendship through adversity, faith and destiny, and the search for God.
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The Day of the Locust
by Nathanael West
West fictionalizes the working class of Tinseltown, in this novel that studies several men working at the peripheral edge of the movie industry and their …
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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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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
75th Anniversary Edition—Includes a New Introduction by Téa Obreht George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards …
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The Eighth Day
by Thornton Wilder
This new edition of Thornton Wilder's renowned 1967 National Book Award–winning novel features a new foreword by John Updike and an afterword by Tappan Wilder, …
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Nineteen Eighty-four
by George Orwell
Eternal warfare is the price of bleak prosperity in this satire of totalitarian barbarism.
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Dubliners
by James Joyce
Fifteen short stories evoke the character, atmosphere, and people of the Irish city of Dublin at the turn of the century
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The Andromeda Strain
by Michael Crichton
For five days, American scientists struggle to identify and control a deadly new form of life.