 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Bantam Classics) by Mark Twain
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $0.01 Not as esteemed (perhaps rightly so) as HUCKLEBERRY FINN or TOM SAWYER, but this brilliant social satire has yet to be given its proper due.
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 | Pudd'nhead Wilson (Bantam Classics) by Mark Twain
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $0.01 The same can be said for this poignantly wicked stab at racial stereotypes.
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 | The Door into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.69 You might have missed this little gem from the author of the deserving classics STRANGER IN STRANGE LAND, THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS and THE PUPPET MASTERS.
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 | Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 And here's another under-heralded Heinlein jewel. Powerful social commentary!
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 | The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale (Modern Library Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Buy new: $10.16 / Used from: $1.10 This brilliant tale of the struggle between good and evil deserves to be ranked alongside the author's acknowledged masterpieces THE STRANGE CASE OF JEKYLL AND HYDE and TREASURE ISLAND.
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 | Adam Bede (Modern Library Classics) by George Eliot
Buy used from: $0.09 Not exactly overlooked, but often underrated due to comparisons to SILAS MARINER and MIDDLEMARCH.
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 | Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo
Buy new: $27.95 / Used from: $5.56 Not as revered as LES MISERABLES or THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, but certainly more suspenseful and action-packed than either of those.
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 | The Toilers of the Sea (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo
Buy used from: $0.24 This gripping tale of heroic perserverance is another unsung Hugo masterpiece.
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 | Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $0.15 Has not received as many accolades as SIDDHARTHA or STEPPENWOLF, but merits similar acclaim.
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 | The Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse
Buy new: $9.60 / Used from: $0.01 May not be the literary equal of the aforementioned writings, but exposes and critiques the human condition as profoundly as Hesse's best-known works.
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 | It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
Buy used from: $3.88 A shrewd and provocative social satire/commentary that holds it own alongside MAIN STREET, BABBITT and ELMER GANTRY.
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 | Martin Eden (Penguin American Library) by Jack London
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $1.10 Far less acclaimed than THE CALL OF THE WILD, THE SEA WOLF and WHITE FANG, but worthy of being placed in such company.
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 | The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $0.01 Readers of THE GRAPES OF WRATH, OF MICE AND MEN and EAST OF EDEN (brilliant works all) might have missed this brilliant look at the human capacity for both evil and compassion.
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 | Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (Modern Library Classics) by Herman Melville
Buy new: $11.01 / Used from: $0.23 This fascinating travel adventure story from the author of MOBY DICK is truly an underappreciated classic.
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 | Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (Penguin Classics) by Herman Melville
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.72 Ditto for this unsung but powerful social commentary.
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 | In the Wet by Nevil Shute
Buy used from: $57.77 If you liked ON THE BEACH and A TOWN LIKE ALICE, chances are you'll find this unusual but gripping drama to your liking as well.
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 | Jonah's Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston
Buy used from: $0.01 THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD may be Hurston's tour de force, but this lesser known work is also a classic in its own right.
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 | Under Western Eyes (Modern Library Classics) by Joseph Conrad
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $0.22 This unforgettable tale of political turmoil and the struggle for personal integrity ranks right up there with LORD JIM and HEART OF DARKNESS.
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