Invisible Man
1952★ 9.0
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Notes from Underground
1864★ 8.6
Gulliver's Travels
1726★ 8.2
A Doll's House
1879★ 8.0
Lord of the Flies
1954★ 7.8
Emile, Or On Education
1762★ 7.2
The Merchant of Venice
1598★ 7.2
The Crucible
1953★ 7.0
The Rainbow
1915★ 7.0
Civilization and Its Discontents
1929★ 6.9
The Complete Plays
1593★ 6.9
The Baron In The Trees
1957★ 6.8
Minima Moralia
1951★ 6.8
Anti-Oedipus
1972★ 6.7
Against Nature
1884★ 6.7
The Glass Bead Game
1943★ 6.5
The Sound of Waves
1954★ 6.2
The Robbers
1781★ 6.0
The Fountainhead
1943★ 5.7
Atlas Shrugged
1957★ 5.5