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Hunger
Knut Hamsun
James Mustich
Oslo, the Norwegian capital, is situated on the edge of a fjord and is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. But you wouldn’t know that from Hunger, Knut Hamsun’s intense, groundbreaking, partly autobiographical short novel about a struggling young writer trying to maintain his dignity in an u...show more
84, Charing Cross Road
Helene Hanff
No sense beating about the bush: No volume conveys the enduring and serendipitous charm of books as happily as this one. It begins in October 1949, with an inquiry that Helene Hanff, a freelance writer in New York, posts to Marks & Co., a bookshop at 84, Charing Cross Road, London. It takes a few mo...show more
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
Hannibal Lecter is one of the most chillingly drawn villains in the annals of modern fiction. He is perverse, polite, charming, brilliant, and brutal, and the FBI would like to lure him into helping with an ongoing investigation of a string of savage killings of young women that have left them baffl...show more
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day tells, in the first person, the story of Stevens, a proper British butler who has spent three decades in service at Darlington Hall. Stevens has been devoted to his career, playing a reliably unobtrusive role in polishing the etiquette of the upper class while pursuing—in acti...show more
Moominvalley in November
Tove Jansson
Do you know a kid reading chapter books whom you sense has a dark soul? An early-onset existential crisis?
I always avoided the Moomin series when I was a kid because I didn’t like whimsy (tiddely pom, my ass) – and the Moomin drawings definitely projected that cutie aura. Recently, I was urged to ...show more
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is near the top of the list of most-beloved American novels. Set in Depression-era Alabama, it is the story of six-year-old Jean Louise Finch, better known as Scout; her older brother, Jeremy, nicknamed Jem; and their father, Atticus Finch, a middle-aged lawyer who...show more
A Judgement in Stone
Ruth Rendell
A Judgement in Stone begins with a startling first sentence: “Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write.” That statement introduces a two-page description of her “peculiarly literate” quartet of victims, shot down in their home in the space of a quarter hour on ...show more
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was an intrepid pilot, a pioneer in the early days of commercial aviation who flew mail routes and, later, military reconnaissance missions for the Allies until his plane disappeared in 1944 off the coast of Marseille. During his lifetime, Saint-Exupéry also earned an intern...show more
Blindness
José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero
Absolutely agree. I was holding my breath whether I'd find this novel here. It's fantastic, scary and thought-provoking