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Maigret and the Man on the Bench
Georges Simenon
James Mustich
French novelist Georges Simenon wrote hundreds of works of fiction, yet his most enduring creation remains the detective Jules Maigret. One of the most popular detectives in the annals of the mystery genre, Simenon’s Parisian police inspector wends his way through the plots of seventy-five novels an...show more
Stoner
John Williams
A summary of what happens in Stoner might well prompt even the most devoted book lover to consider a movie instead. A young farm boy named William Stoner goes off to an agricultural college where he develops a passion for poetry. He embarks on an undistinguished career as an assistant professor of E...show more
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
The title of Joseph Heller’s first novel has become—aptly enough—a catchphrase, common parlance for the kind of double bind that bureaucracies breed with astonishing fecundity. Captain John Yossarian, the protagonist of Heller’s pioneering and influential satire, is “moved very deeply by the absolut...show more
The Trial
Franz Kafka
It’s certainly not the way Josef K, an ambitious chief clerk of a large bank, thought he’d be celebrating his thirtieth birthday: with two unnamed “agents” bursting into his apartment. K is arrested—but the agents won’t say of what crime he’s accused. The undisputed master of twentieth-century alien...show more
Underworld: A Novel
Don DeLillo
A tour de force examining five decades of American history in DeLillo's 'super omniscience' style
Normal People: A Novel
Sally Rooney
Gorgeously written portrayal of a modern intimate relationship that manages to be a page-turner.