Books I haven't read, but probably should have
Classics Public
Created by Aaron
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5 stars
Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the …
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An American tragedy, [by] Theodore Dreiser by Theodore Dreiser
4 stars
The classic depiction of the harsh realities of American life, the dark side of the American Dream, and one man's …
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Advise and consent. by Allen Drury
Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent is one of the high points of 20th Century literature, a seminal work of political …
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Justine, published in 1957, is the first volume in Lawrence Durrell's literary tetralogy, The Alexandria Quartet. The tetralogy consists of …
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Ralph Ellison's Invisible man by Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man is the story of a young black man from the South who does not fully understand racism in …
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Le Quatuor de Los Angeles, tome 3 : L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
4 stars
L.A. Confidential (1990) is a neo-noir novel by James Ellroy and the third of his L.A. Quartet series. It is …
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The Elements (Ancient Greek: Στοιχεῖα Stoikheîa) is a mathematical treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician …
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Studs Lonigan by James T. Farrell
William V. Lipton from Ann Arbor, MI says: "This is both a coming-of-age novel and a social history. Set during …
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As I lay dying by William Faulkner (William Faulkner manuscripts ;)
Written in stream-of-consciousness style with multiple narrators, the story follows a journey wherein the family of a dead woman try …
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Sound & Fury V5 by William Faulkner
5 stars
In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates …
