More of my favorite books from a lifetime of reading

Discover a curated list of favorite books from a lifetime of reading. Explore timeless classics, hidden gems, and must-read recommendations for every book lover.

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Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

This classic story of high adventure, manic obsession, and metaphysical speculation was Melville's masterpiece. The tale of Captain Ahab's frantic pursuit of the cunning and …
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Hopscotch

by Julio Cortazar

"Cortazar's masterpiece ... The first great novel of Spanish America" (The Times Literary Supplement) • Winner of the National Book Award for Translation in 1967, …
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The Good Soldier

 

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A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

by Danilo Kiš

"Kis is one of the handful of incontestably major writers of the second half of the century . . . Danilo Kis preserves the honor …
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Under the Volcano

by Malcolm Lowry

It is the Day of Death and the fiesta is in fullswing. Geoffrey Firmin, H.M. ex-consul, is drowning himself in liquor and mescal, while his …
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Independent People

by Halldor Laxness

From the Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic author: a magnificent novel that recalls Iceland's medieval epics and classics, set in the early twentieth century starring an ordinary …
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The Makioka Sisters

by Junichiro Tanizaki

Four daughters of an old merchant family unknowingly face the end of a gentler way of life in Osaka, Japan in 1938.
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Suttree

by Cormac McCarthy

From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road, here is the story of Cornelius Suttree, who has forsaken a …
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

 

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Going After Cacciato

by Tim O'Brien

A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THINGS THEY CARRIED "To call Going After Cacciato a novel about war is like …
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A Summons to Memphis

by Peter Taylor

One of the most celebrated novels of its time, the Pulitzer Prize winner A Summons to Memphis introduces the Carver family, natives of Nashville, residents, …
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The Adventures of Augie March

by Saul Bellow

“The Adventures of Augie March is the great American Novel. Search no further.” –Martin Amis A Penguin Classic As soon as it first appeared in …
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