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Best Books published by NYRB: New York Review of Books

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Here are 20 books that had my interest for a while:

all (re-)published by the New York Review of Books (Link).

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01: BARBARA COMYNS, „The Vet’s Daughter“, 133 pages, 1959.

02: DOROTHY B. HUGHES, „The expendable Man“, 264 pages, 1963.

03: NATSUME SOSEKI, „The Gate“, 256 pages, 1910. [Japan]

04: G.B. EDWARDS, „The Book of Ebenezer Le Page“, 394 pages, 1981.

05: CAROLINE BLACKWOOD, „Corrigan“, 319 pages, 1984.

06: CURZIO MALAPRTE, „The Skin“, 343 pages, 1949.

07: REBECCA WEST, „The Fountain overflows“, 408 pages, 1956.

08: BOLESLAW PRUS, „The Doll“, 704 pages, 1890. [Poland]

09: GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD, „Rogue Male“, 200 pages, 1939.

10: PATRICK HAMILTON, „The Slaves of Solitude“, 256 pages, 1947.

11: JOYCE CARY, „Herself Suprised“, 300 pages, 1941.

12: HELEN KELLER, „The World I live in“, 192 pages, 1908.

13: PENELOPE MORTIMER, „The Pumpkin Eater“, 224 pages, 1962.

14: DWIGHT MACDONALD, „Masscult and Midcult: Essays against the American Grain“, 289 pages, 2011. [Cultural Studies]

15: J.R. ACKERLEY, „My Father and myself“, 283 pages, 1968.

16: TAYEB SALIH, „Season of Migreation to the North“, 139 pages, 1966. [Sudan]

17: ANDREI PLATONOV, „The Foundation Pit“, 208 pages, 1969.

18: WILLIAM McPHERSON, „Testing the Current“, 352 pages, 1984.

19: VICTOR SERGE, „Memoirs of a Revolutionary“, 576 pages, 1951. [Russia]

20: ANTAL SZERB, „Journey by Moonlight“, 320 pages, 1937. [Hungary]

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Bonus: 3 NYRB books that I’ve read… and that were really good:

5 of 5 stars: TOVE JANSSON, „The Summer Book“, 184 pages, 1972. [Finland]

4 of 5 stars: ROBERT WALSER, „Jakob von Gunten“, 176 pages, 1908. [Austria]

4 of 5 stars: MARIA DERMOUT, „The Ten Thousand Things“, 208 pages, 1955. [Indonesia]

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