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Items tagged as Top Pick

Close-up of a carved wooden mask decorated with feathers, featured on the cover of "Heart of Darkness and Other Tales" by Joseph Conrad, Oxford World's Classics edition.
Book, added May 11, 2026
Heart of Darkness (1899)
by Joseph Conrad
Classic Literature Top Pick
Cover of "Hard Rain Falling" by Don Carpenter, featuring a blurred image of a car driving on a road with trees in the background. Introduction by George Pelecanos.
Book, added June 6, 2026
Hard Rain Falling (1964)
by Don Carpenter
Crime Fiction Top Pick
Black and white book cover of "McCullers: Complete Novels" featuring a thoughtful woman, hand on head. Titles listed below, elegant font. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, The Member of the Wedding, Clo
Book, added May 3, 2026
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940)
by Carson McCullers
American Literature Debut Literary Fiction Top Pick
Black and white image of a large white whale surfacing amid dark ocean waves, surrounded by flying seagulls. Text reads “Application for Release from the Dream, Tony Hoagland.”
Book, added April 5, 2026
Application for Release from the Dream (2015)
by Tony Hoagland
Poetry Top Pick
Cover of The Killer Angels
Book, added February 21, 2026
The Killer Angels (1975)
by Michael Shaara
Historical Fiction Pulitzer Prize Top Pick
Cover of North Woods
Book, added January 17, 2026
North Woods (2023)
by Daniel Mason
Literary Fiction Nature Writing Pulitzer Prize Finalist Top Pick
Cover of Five Decembers
Book, added January 17, 2026
Five Decembers (2022)
by James Kestrel
Crime Fiction Top Pick
Cover of Train Dreams
Book, added August 31, 2025
Train Dreams (2002)
by Denis Johnson
American Literature Literary Fiction Pulitzer Prize Finalist Top Pick
Cover of The Remains of the Day
Book, added August 17, 2025
The Remains of the Day (1989)
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Literary Fiction Top Pick
Cover of The Great Gatsby
Book, added August 17, 2025
The Great Gatsby (1925)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
Cover of One Hundred Years of Solitude
Book, added August 17, 2025
One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez • translated by Gregory Rabassa
Classic Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
Cover of Moby Dick
Book, added August 17, 2025
Moby Dick: or, The Whale (1851)
by Herman Melville
American Literature Classic Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
Cover of The Scarlet Letter
Book, added August 17, 2025
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Literature Classic Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
Cover of East of Eden
Book, added August 29, 2025
East of Eden (1952)
by John Steinbeck
American Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
Cover of Stoner
Book, added August 29, 2025
Stoner (1965)
by John Edward Williams
American Literature Top Pick
Cover of We Who Are About To...
Book, added August 29, 2025
We Who Are About To... (1975)
by Joanna Russ
Science Fiction Top Pick
Cover of Blindsight
Book, added August 29, 2025
Blindsight (2006)
by Peter Watts
Science Fiction Top Pick
Cover of Angle of Repose
Book, added August 30, 2025
Angle of Repose (1971)
by Wallace Stegner
American Literature Pulitzer Prize Top Pick
Cover of Slouching Towards Bethleham
Book, added February 21, 2026
Slouching Towards Bethleham (1968)
by Joan Didion
Essay Top Pick
Cover of House Made of Dawn
Book, added February 21, 2026
House Made of Dawn (1968)
by N. Scott Momaday
American Literature Pulitzer Prize Top Pick
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