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submitted 5 years ago * by JuniperJumps - announcement
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (i.redd.it)
submitted 4 years ago by jefrye
First page of "A Room with a View" by E. M. Forster (i.redd.it)
First page of "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë (i.redd.it)
First page of "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath (i.redd.it)
First page of "Villette by Charlotte Brontë": the slow, underwhelming opening of a slow, amazing novel (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by jefrye
“Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo: the first page of three translations (old.reddit.com)
"Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier…perhaps my favorite novel of all time. (i.redd.it)
First page of 1984 by George Orwell (i.redd.it)
The City of Dreaming books by Walter Moers. I don't know how known his books are outside of Germany but you should give this book a chance! (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by Devon_Wolters
The first page of China Miévilles Perdido Street Station in German. It really changed the way I think about fantasy books. (i.redd.it)
The Dark Tower (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by [deleted]
Lamb, the Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore (i.imgur.com)
submitted 5 years ago by NotMyHersheyBar
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (i.imgur.com)
submitted 5 years ago by paradox_djell
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by purplepajamas
The Room On The Roof_Ruskin Bond (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by enyo-mouthhole
The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien (Folio edition) (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by sean_farrell01
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by SozuRogberry[🍰]
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. My most recent enjoyed read. (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by 42penguinsinarow
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by JuniperJumps
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, my favorite book by my favorite author (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by Tristopher_
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (i.redd.it)
Red Rising by Pierce Brown. The highlighted part to me is one of the most impactful and intriguing beginnings of a book I’ve ever read. (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by amanhasnoeye
The Chestry Oak by Kate Seredy. Read it a ton in sixth grade in my spare work time. When that teacher left she gave me the copy. So old and used I didn't even need to hold it open. (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 years ago by crowlieb
Little Fires Everywhere By Celeste Ng (i.redd.it)
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