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Candide Voltaire
Voltaire · 1759
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Fiction Beginner Modern European
Ficciones Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges · 1944; expanded 1956
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Fiction Intermediate Latin American
Nausea Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre · 1938
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Fiction Intermediate Continental
Notes from Underground Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1864
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Fiction Intermediate Modern European
Rameau's Nephew Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot · written c. 1761–1774; first published 1805 (in German)
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Fiction Intermediate Modern European
Siddhartha Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse · 1922
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Fiction Beginner Modern European
Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder
Jostein Gaarder · 1991
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Children & young adults Beginner Modern European
The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1879–1880
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Fiction Intermediate Modern European
The Death of Ivan Ilyich Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy · 1886
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Fiction Beginner Modern European
The Epistle of Forgiveness Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī
Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī · c. 1033 CE
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Fiction Advanced Islamic
The Plague Albert Camus
Albert Camus · 1947
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Fiction Intermediate Continental
The Stranger Albert Camus
Albert Camus · 1942
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Fiction Beginner Continental
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera · 1984 (French translation); Czech original 1985
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Fiction Intermediate Modern European
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche · 1883–1885
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Fiction Intermediate Modern European
Utopia Thomas More
Thomas More · 1516
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Fiction Beginner Modern European
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig
Robert M. Pirsig · 1974
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Fiction Intermediate American
Books by members
Books our members have written, from their profiles.
The Coordinates of Thought Syed Raheel Shahzad · 2026 · The Syed Group
Tomorrow Became a Country Syed Raheel Shahzad · 2026
The Reality of Existence Syed Raheel Shahzad · The Source of Truth System™, Stage 0
The Book Syed Raheel Shahzad · The Source of Truth System™, Stage 0.5
ONE Syed Raheel Shahzad · The Source of Truth System™, Stage 1
Other Gods Syed Raheel Shahzad · The Source of Truth System™, Stage 1.5
Qadar Syed Raheel Shahzad · The Source of Truth System™, Stage 2
The Reality of Life Syed Raheel Shahzad · The Source of Truth System™, Stage 3
I, Undefined Syed Raheel Shahzad · The Source of Truth System™, Stage 4
The Inner System Syed Raheel Shahzad · The Source of Truth System™, Stage 5
Shajarah Syed Raheel Shahzad · The Source of Truth System™, Stage 6
Haqooq Syed Raheel Shahzad · The Source of Truth System™, Stage 7
