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1	Eva Luna more books like this by Isabel Allende add to wishlist This immensely popular, lushly romantic epic tale of an orphaned girl who rises from rags to riches is one of Allende's richest fantasies, reinforcing her reputation as one of Latin America's best storytellers and a celebrated writer in both the feminist and magical-realist traditions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Moll Flanders more books like this by Daniel Defoe add to wishlist Daniel Defoe's 1722 novel about a spirited and oddly appealing ex-prostitute and thief, now reformed, is not only a disturbingly realistic look at London's underworld, but one of the first works of fiction to explore the interior consciousness of its main character. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Last Last Chance more books like this by Fiona Maazel add to wishlist A lethal strain of virus vanishes from a lab in Washington, D.C., unleashing an epidemic - and the world thinks Lucy Clark's dead father is to blame. The plague may be the least of Lucy's problems. There's her mother, Isifrid, a peddler of high-end hat wear who's also a crack-head and pagan theologist. There's her twelve-year-old half sister, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Zorba the Greek more books like this by Nikos Kazantzakis add to wishlist The 50th anniversary edition of the classic novel--a perennial bestseller--is the basis for one of the most beloved films of all time. Zorba's story is as immortal as the myths and epics of ancient Greece. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Dog of the South more books like this by Charles Portis add to wishlist Ray Midge goes in pursuit of his wife Norma, who has run away with her first husband, following her via her credit card receipts from Arkansas to Central America. There he meets the eccentric and visionary Dr. Reo Symes. Symes is seeking an elusive spiritual guru named John Selmer Dix, Ray is seeking his wife, and the two team up in a madcap road ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.01! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Hey Cowboy, Wanna Get Lucky? more books like this by Baxter Black add to wishlist Cody and Lick are real live cowboys, and bull riding--being shot from a chute astride an enraged, 1800-pound animal--is their specialty. In search of the ultimate payoff, and a way to make a living in a less debilitating way, each pursues his dream: Cody wants to settle down with the woman he loves, and Lick just wants to win the national rodeo ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Puttermesser Papers more books like this by Cynthia Ozick add to wishlist An updating of DON QUIXOTE that transforms the mad knight of la Mancha into the first woman mayor of New York. Ruth Puttermesser is a depressed and rather forlorn civil servant in Manhattan who plods through the boring routine of her days at work by daydreaming of a rich and lively future in which she emerges as a successful politician. Through an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Sot-Weed Factor more books like this by Professor John Barth add to wishlist Ebenezer Cooke, a London poet and a virgin, goes off to the New World in search of his father. Barth's historical novel is based on a 1708 poem by an obscure Maryland writer, who becomes the hero of this tale. The novel uses many of the conventions of the 18th-century novel: the journey motif, picaresque adventures, improbable coincidences, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Lies of Locke Lamora more books like this by Scott Lynch add to wishlist Debut author Lynch pens a witty and fast-paced narrative that is nearly as much of a con as the wily schemes of its hero. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Saint Jack more books like this by Paul Theroux add to wishlist At first Jack was the youngest drinker at the Bandung Club, but now at 53 he is almost a fixture at the bar, an institution. Expatriates like him begin to fear dying, alone and vulnerable, in an alien tropic. And Jack still dreams of success. How can he convert his dream into reality? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $59.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Autograph Man more books like this by Zadie Smith add to wishlist Alex-li Tandem, whose mother is Chinese and father (who died young) was Jewish, collects the autographs of celebrities. He has a massive crush on an aging movie star named Kitty Alexander, and in the course of searching for her autograph he encounters adventures that include the mammoth Autographicana Fair in New York. A New York Times Notable ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Black No More more books like this by George Schuyler add to wishlist Ishmael Reed provides the introduction to this Harlem Renaissance novel about a black insurance salesman who turns white and becomes the leader of a white supremacist group. see all copies from $5.17! new only from $8.52! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Don Quixote de la Mancha more books like this by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra add to wishlist Perhaps the greatest--and certainly the most famous--novel ever written in Spanish, DON QUIXOTE is the classic picaresque tale of a knight-errant living in a world which has no use for him. Written as a history, it gives an account of the life of Don Quixote of la Mancha, a deluded 17th-century Spaniard who believes himself to be a medieval knight ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.32! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Moll Flanders: An Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism more books like this by Daniel Defoe, Albert J Rivero (Editor) add to wishlist ` see all copies from $6.58! new only from $14.19! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Great American Novel more books like this by Philip Roth add to wishlist Gill Gamesh, the only pitcher who ever literally tried to kill the umpre. The ex-con first baseman, John Baal, 'The Babe Ruth of the Big House', who never hit a home-run sober. If you've never heard of them - or of the Rupert Mundys, the only homeless big-league ball team in American history - it's because of the Communist plot, and the capitalist ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.98! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Don Quixote de La Mancha more books like this by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra add to wishlist Perhaps the greatest--and certainly the most famous--novel ever written in Spanish, "Don Quixote" is the classic picaresque tale of a knight-errant living in a world which has no use for him. Written as a history, it gives an account of the life of Don Quixote of la Mancha, a deluded 17th-century Spaniard who believes himself to be a medieval ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Norwood more books like this by Charles Portis add to wishlist The picaresque adventures of a folk singer named Norwood Pratt on a cross-country trip from Texas to Manhattan in the 1960s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (Dodo Press) more books like this by Daniel Defoe add to wishlist Daniel Defoe's novel about a woman who overcomes poverty to become wealthy and successful is another of his universally popular tales of outcasts and outsiders. Abandoned by her husband, Roxana farms out her five children and supports herself by becoming the mistress of her wealthy landlord, then a French prince, a rich merchant, Charles II, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	I Served the King of England more books like this by Bohumil Hrabal add to wishlist By the author of "Closely Observed Trains", "The Small Town Where Time Stopped" and "My Brilliant Solitude", this novel is the story of a Czech waiter in the 30s and 40s, set against the backdrop of the country's history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.77! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Path to the Nest of Spiders more books like this by Italo Calvino add to wishlist This autobiographical, essay-like coming-of-age novel was Calvino's debut, written when he was 23. Set in the 1940s during the war, it tells the tale of a young cobbler's apprentice, his sister (a prostitute), and the band of partisans with whom he becomes involved. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $88.84! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Don Quixote more books like this by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra add to wishlist Perhaps the greatest--and certainly the most famous--novel ever written in Spanish, "Don Quixote" is the classic picaresque tale of a knight-errant living in a world which has no use for him. Written as a history, it gives an account of the life of Don Quixote of la Mancha, a deluded 17th-century Spaniard who believes himself to be a medieval ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.10! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Nightwork more books like this by Irwin Shaw add to wishlist Douglas Grimes, penniless ex-pilot, is waiting for the future to start living again. A fortune in cash by a dead body in New York City brings opportunity. Miles Fabian, debonair, jet-set con-man, shows the way...Fast cars, fancy hotels, fancier woman. St Moritz, Paris, Florence,Rome Racehorses, blue movies, gambling, gold. Wild and woolly schemes, ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
23 view cover	The Algerine Captive: Or, the Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill more books like this by Royall Tyler, Mr. Caleb Crain (Notes by) add to wishlist A predecessor of both the nativist humor of Mark Twain and the exotic adventure stories of Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Richard Dana, Royall Tyler's "The Algerine Captive" is an entertaining romp through eighteenth-century society, a satiric look at a variety of American types, from the backwoods schoolmaster to the southern gentleman, ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $8.80! \| SVS
24 view cover	Fenwick Travers and the Forbidden Kingdom: An Entertainment more books like this by Raymond M Saunders add to wishlist Fenny's off to the Philippines to help bring the rebellious natives to heel in a new tangle of decidedly unmilitary adventures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Hotline Healers more books like this by Gerald Robert Vizenor add to wishlist This satirical tour de force teases readers out of a complacent acceptance of romantic stereotypes. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $16.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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