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The Odyssey

by Homer

Goodreads Rating: 3.77

The Odyssey is one of two major Ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still read by contemporary audiences. As with th...

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Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Goodreads Rating: 3.88

Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled “the fir...

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Leviathan

by Thomas Hobbes

Goodreads Rating: 3.70

Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and publi...

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Thus Spake Zarathustra

by Friedrich Nietzsche

Goodreads Rating: 4.05

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra) is a philosophical nov...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Goodreads Rating: 4.12

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Stran...

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The Call of the Wild

by Jack London

Goodreads Rating: 3.87

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in hi...

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Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

Goodreads Rating: 4.03

Siddhartha is a 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The book, He...

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Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

Goodreads Rating: 4.18

Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Beginning in 1815 and cul...

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Dubliners

by James Joyce

Goodreads Rating: 3.85

Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They comprise a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dubli...

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Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Goodreads Rating: 4.22

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments duri...

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