The Metamorphosis
1915★ 9.0
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The Little Prince
1943★ 8.6
Heart of Darkness
1899★ 8.6
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
1886★ 7.3
Bartleby the Scrivener (and other short stories)
1853★ 7.1
A Christmas Carol
1843★ 7.1
The Old Man and the Sea
1952★ 7.0
Billy Budd, Sailor
1924★ 7.0
Of Mice and Men
1937★ 7.0
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1886★ 6.9
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
1976★ 6.9
The Crying of Lot 49
1966★ 6.8
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1981★ 6.8
The Time Machine
1895★ 6.6
The Foundation Pit
1930★ 6.6
The Kreutzer Sonata
1889★ 6.5
Chess Story
1941★ 6.5
The Day of the Owl
1961★ 6.5
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1958★ 6.4
A Clockwork Orange
1962★ 6.3
Zadig and L'Ingenu
1747★ 5.9
First Love
1860★ 5.6
Too Loud a Solitude
1976★ 5.5
The Pledge
1958★ 5.2
The Call of Cthulhu
1928★ 5.1
At the Mountains of Madness
1936★ 5.0
The Patience Stone
2008★ 5.0
Fatale
1977★ 4.9