🎒 Picaresque Adventures

Episodic, rollicking tales following a roguish hero through a series of misadventures, satirizing society with wit and irreverent charm.

Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler

by Francisco de Quevedo • 1969

Two penniless rogues claw through golden-age Spain, trading masters and morals for the next meal.

3.62

1k+

🎭 Picaresque Novel 👑 Spanish Golden Age 🦊 Rogue Protagonist

Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler Summary

Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler 91%

Two penniless rogues claw through golden-age Spain, trading masters and morals for the next meal.

by Francisco de Quevedo 1969

3.62

1k+ ratings

🎭 Picaresque Novel 👑 Spanish Golden Age 🦊 Rogue Protagonist

Tyll

by Daniel Kehlmann • 2017

A jester dances through the Thirty Years' War, outwitting witch-hunters, kings, and death itself.

3.95

16k+

🃏 Picaresque 🎭 Trickster Antihero ✨ Magical Realism

Tyll 89%

A jester dances through the Thirty Years' War, outwitting witch-hunters, kings, and death itself.

by Daniel Kehlmann 2017

3.95

16k+ ratings

🃏 Picaresque 🎭 Trickster Antihero ✨ Magical Realism

The Romantic

by William Boyd • 2022

An orphan's false name propels a life of war, romance, exploration, exile across the 19th century.

4.14

10k+

📖 Picaresque Novel 🎭 False Identity 🏝️ Exile

The Romantic 89%

An orphan's false name propels a life of war, romance, exploration, exile across the 19th century.

by William Boyd 2022

4.14

10k+ ratings

📖 Picaresque Novel 🎭 False Identity 🏝️ Exile

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

by Jonas Jonasson • 2009

At a hundred, a man escapes his nursing home and accidentally steals a gangster's fortune.

3.82

306k+

🧳 Picaresque Adventure 😐 Deadpan Humor 🎲 Accidental Adventurer

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Summary

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared 88%

At a hundred, a man escapes his nursing home and accidentally steals a gangster's fortune.

by Jonas Jonasson 2009

3.82

306k+ ratings

🧳 Picaresque Adventure 😐 Deadpan Humor 🎲 Accidental Adventurer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain • 1884

Huck Finn fakes his murder and flees down the Mississippi with an escaped slave, chasing freedom.

4.10

43k+

🌾 Antebellum South 🚣 River Voyage 👦 Child'S Perspective

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 88%

Huck Finn fakes his murder and flees down the Mississippi with an escaped slave, chasing freedom.

by Mark Twain 1884

4.10

43k+ ratings

🌾 Antebellum South 🚣 River Voyage 👦 Child'S Perspective

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain • 1885

Faking his death, a boy and a runaway slave drift the Mississippi hunting freedom.

3.83

1.3M+

🎒 Picaresque Novel 🚣 River Journey 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 88%

Faking his death, a boy and a runaway slave drift the Mississippi hunting freedom.

by Mark Twain 1885

3.83

1.3M+ ratings

🎒 Picaresque Novel 🚣 River Journey 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

The Pickwick Papers

by Charles Dickens • 1837

Samuel Pickwick forms a travel club; curiosity earns him farce, fraud, and a ruinous lawsuit.

3.85

32k+

🚶 Picaresque Journey 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Victorian England

The Pickwick Papers 88%

Samuel Pickwick forms a travel club; curiosity earns him farce, fraud, and a ruinous lawsuit.

by Charles Dickens 1837

3.85

32k+ ratings

🚶 Picaresque Journey 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Victorian England

The Color of Magic

by Terry Pratchett • 1983

An inept wizard and an indestructible tourist flee a burning city on a flat world.

3.99

425k+

🃏 Comic Fantasy 😬 Reluctant Hero 📸 Fantasy Tourist

The Color of Magic 88%

An inept wizard and an indestructible tourist flee a burning city on a flat world.

by Terry Pratchett 1983

3.99

425k+ ratings

🃏 Comic Fantasy 😬 Reluctant Hero 📸 Fantasy Tourist

The Good Lord Bird

by James McBride • 2013

An enslaved boy mistaken for a girl joins John Brown's doomed holy war against slavery.

3.96

39k+

🎭 Historical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque 🎀 Gender Disguise

The Good Lord Bird 88%

An enslaved boy mistaken for a girl joins John Brown's doomed holy war against slavery.

by James McBride 2013

3.96

39k+ ratings

🎭 Historical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque 🎀 Gender Disguise

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra • 1615

An aging gentleman reads himself into knighthood and recruits a practical farmer as his squire.

3.91

308k+

🚶 Picaresque Adventure ⚔️ Chivalric Satire 📖 Book Within A Book

Don Quixote 87%

An aging gentleman reads himself into knighthood and recruits a practical farmer as his squire.

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1615

3.91

308k+ ratings

🚶 Picaresque Adventure ⚔️ Chivalric Satire 📖 Book Within A Book

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain • 1876

When Tom Sawyer witnesses a graveyard murder, his clever tongue must finally speak the truth.

3.92

1.0M+

🏘️ Small-Town Boyhood 😈 Boyhood Mischief 💰 Treasure Hunt

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 87%

When Tom Sawyer witnesses a graveyard murder, his clever tongue must finally speak the truth.

by Mark Twain 1876

3.92

1.0M+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Boyhood 😈 Boyhood Mischief 💰 Treasure Hunt

Mason & Dixon by Pynchon. Thomas ( 1998 ) Paperback

by Thomas Pynchon • 1997

Two surveyors draw a line across colonial America: the wilderness refuses to be measured.

4.15

13k+

🚶 Picaresque Journey 🤝 Odd Couple Partners 🔭 Science And Empire

Mason & Dixon by Pynchon. Thomas ( 1998 ) Paperback Summary

Mason & Dixon by Pynchon. Thomas ( 1998 ) Paperback 87%

Two surveyors draw a line across colonial America: the wilderness refuses to be measured.

by Thomas Pynchon 1997

4.15

13k+ ratings

🚶 Picaresque Journey 🤝 Odd Couple Partners 🔭 Science And Empire

Amerika

by Franz Kafka • 1927

At seventeen, Karl is exiled to America, where every promise of help comes with invisible strings.

3.74

35k+

🏛️ Kafkaesque 🚢 Immigrant Odyssey 🐍 False Companions

Amerika 87%

At seventeen, Karl is exiled to America, where every promise of help comes with invisible strings.

by Franz Kafka 1927

3.74

35k+ ratings

🏛️ Kafkaesque 🚢 Immigrant Odyssey 🐍 False Companions

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

by Daniel Nayeri • 2023

On the Silk Road, an orphan must outlast the killers chasing the storytelling merchant he loves.

3.96

3k+

🐪 Silk Road Adventure 🫂 Found Family 👦 Orphan Protagonist

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams Summary

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams 87%

On the Silk Road, an orphan must outlast the killers chasing the storytelling merchant he loves.

by Daniel Nayeri 2023

3.96

3k+ ratings

🐪 Silk Road Adventure 🫂 Found Family 👦 Orphan Protagonist

Dead Souls

by Nikolai Gogol • 1842

A middle-aged con man rides through Russia buying deceased serfs to mortgage as living property.

3.98

98k+

🃏 Picaresque Satire 🎭 Grotesque Realism 🕴️ Con Artist Protagonist

Dead Souls 87%

A middle-aged con man rides through Russia buying deceased serfs to mortgage as living property.

by Nikolai Gogol 1842

3.98

98k+ ratings

🃏 Picaresque Satire 🎭 Grotesque Realism 🕴️ Con Artist Protagonist

True Grit

by Charles Portis • 1968

A fourteen-year-old hires a one-eyed marshal to hunt her father's killer into the Indian Territory.

4.17

74k+

⚖️ Frontier Justice 🔍 Manhunt 👥 Unlikely Duo

True Grit 87%

A fourteen-year-old hires a one-eyed marshal to hunt her father's killer into the Indian Territory.

by Charles Portis 1968

4.17

74k+ ratings

⚖️ Frontier Justice 🔍 Manhunt 👥 Unlikely Duo

Candide

by Voltaire • 1759

Banished for a kiss, a naive optimist endures war, quake, and slavery, hunting his lost love.

3.76

304k+

🎭 Philosophical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque Journey 🌇 Utopian Discovery

Candide 87%

Banished for a kiss, a naive optimist endures war, quake, and slavery, hunting his lost love.

by Voltaire 1759

3.76

304k+ ratings

🎭 Philosophical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque Journey 🌇 Utopian Discovery

A Confederate General from Big Sur

by Richard Brautigan • 1964

A self-styled Confederate general drags a friend to Big Sur, chasing a ghost that never was.

3.99

4k+

🃏 Postmodern Picaresque 🚬 Bohemian Drifters 🎭 Self-Made Mythologies

A Confederate General from Big Sur Summary

A Confederate General from Big Sur 87%

A self-styled Confederate general drags a friend to Big Sur, chasing a ghost that never was.

by Richard Brautigan 1964

3.99

4k+ ratings

🃏 Postmodern Picaresque 🚬 Bohemian Drifters 🎭 Self-Made Mythologies

The Old Curiosity Shop

by Charles Dickens • 2001

An orphan steals her gambler grandfather from London, seeking refuge in the English countryside.

3.79

24k+

🧒 Child Caretaker 🛤️ Picaresque Journey 👹 Grotesque Villain

The Old Curiosity Shop 87%

An orphan steals her gambler grandfather from London, seeking refuge in the English countryside.

by Charles Dickens 2001

3.79

24k+ ratings

🧒 Child Caretaker 🛤️ Picaresque Journey 👹 Grotesque Villain

The Rise of Flynn Rider

by Jen Calonita • 2021

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

3.89

604

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty

The Rise of Flynn Rider 87%

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

by Jen Calonita 2021

3.89

604 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty

The Twenty-One Balloons

by William Pène du Bois • 1947

A reclusive balloonist crash-lands on Krakatoa, where a hidden utopia runs on diamonds and dinner.

3.95

26k+

🎈 Balloon Adventure 🏝️ Hidden Utopia 🔧 Whimsical Inventions

The Twenty-One Balloons 87%

A reclusive balloonist crash-lands on Krakatoa, where a hidden utopia runs on diamonds and dinner.

by William Pène du Bois 1947

3.95

26k+ ratings

🎈 Balloon Adventure 🏝️ Hidden Utopia 🔧 Whimsical Inventions

The Sisters Brothers

by Patrick deWitt • 2011

Two hired-gun brothers ride to California to kill a man who can make gold glow.

3.85

104k+

📚 Literary Western 🖤 Dark Comedy 👥 Brother Bonds

The Sisters Brothers 87%

Two hired-gun brothers ride to California to kill a man who can make gold glow.

by Patrick deWitt 2011

3.85

104k+ ratings

📚 Literary Western 🖤 Dark Comedy 👥 Brother Bonds

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

by Jan Potocki • 1847

A young officer braves a haunted pass, where seductive sisters tempt him with hidden lineage.

4.09

4k+

📖 Frame Narrative 📚 Stories Within Stories 👻 Supernatural Ambiguity

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa Summary

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa 87%

A young officer braves a haunted pass, where seductive sisters tempt him with hidden lineage.

by Jan Potocki 1847

4.09

4k+ ratings

📖 Frame Narrative 📚 Stories Within Stories 👻 Supernatural Ambiguity

Red Seas Under Red Skies

by Scott Lynch • 2007

Two con artists, poisoned and trapped, must become pirates to survive the archon's deadly scheme.

4.25

162k+

🎭 Fantasy Heist 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 👥 Buddy Duo

Red Seas Under Red Skies 87%

Two con artists, poisoned and trapped, must become pirates to survive the archon's deadly scheme.

by Scott Lynch 2007

4.25

162k+ ratings

🎭 Fantasy Heist 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 👥 Buddy Duo

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole • 1980

In 1960s New Orleans, a corpulent medievalist is forced into the job market by his mother.

3.89

301k+

🃏 Picaresque 🌿 Southern Gothic 🖤 Dark Comedy

A Confederacy of Dunces 87%

In 1960s New Orleans, a corpulent medievalist is forced into the job market by his mother.

by John Kennedy Toole 1980

3.89

301k+ ratings

🃏 Picaresque 🌿 Southern Gothic 🖤 Dark Comedy

Amintiri din copilărie

by Ion Creangă • 1971

A Romanian boy's childhood: mischief, family, and the story of a man who tricked Death.

3.78

7k+

🌾 Rural Childhood 🃏 Trickster Tales ⚰️ Outwitting Death

Amintiri din copilărie 87%

A Romanian boy's childhood: mischief, family, and the story of a man who tricked Death.

by Ion Creangă 1971

3.78

7k+ ratings

🌾 Rural Childhood 🃏 Trickster Tales ⚰️ Outwitting Death

Flashman

by George MacDonald Fraser • 1969

A bully turned officer blunders through imperial wars, and every cowardly act earns him a medal.

4.05

16k+

📝 Fictional Memoir 🪖 Military Satire 😨 Cowardly Protagonist

Flashman 87%

A bully turned officer blunders through imperial wars, and every cowardly act earns him a medal.

by George MacDonald Fraser 1969

4.05

16k+ ratings

📝 Fictional Memoir 🪖 Military Satire 😨 Cowardly Protagonist

The Adventures of Robin Hood

by Roger Lancelyn Green • 1956

A nobleman outlawed at his wedding gathers rebels in Sherwood to fight a tyrant prince's rule.

4.07

15k+

🎵 Ballad Retelling 🏹 Outlaw Band 🦊 Trickster Hero

The Adventures of Robin Hood 87%

A nobleman outlawed at his wedding gathers rebels in Sherwood to fight a tyrant prince's rule.

by Roger Lancelyn Green 1956

4.07

15k+ ratings

🎵 Ballad Retelling 🏹 Outlaw Band 🦊 Trickster Hero

The Lies of Locke Lamora

by Scott Lynch • 2006

Locke Lamora's gang cons Camorr's wealthy. A masked killer hunts the crime lords who protect them.

4.30

347k+

🏦 Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest

The Lies of Locke Lamora 87%

Locke Lamora's gang cons Camorr's wealthy. A masked killer hunts the crime lords who protect them.

by Scott Lynch 2006

4.30

347k+ ratings

🏦 Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman • 1973

A farm boy believed dead returns as a pirate to steal his beloved from a murderous prince.

4.27

952k+

🧚 Meta Fairy Tale ⚔️ Swashbuckling Adventure 🃏 Satirical Fantasy

The Princess Bride 86%

A farm boy believed dead returns as a pirate to steal his beloved from a murderous prince.

by William Goldman 1973

4.27

952k+ ratings

🧚 Meta Fairy Tale ⚔️ Swashbuckling Adventure 🃏 Satirical Fantasy

Going Postal

by Terry Pratchett • 2004

A conman dodges execution by reviving a haunted post office that killed its last four postmasters.

4.41

137k+

🔮 Comic Fantasy 🎭 Con Artist Protagonist 🌅 Redemption Arc

Going Postal 86%

A conman dodges execution by reviving a haunted post office that killed its last four postmasters.

by Terry Pratchett 2004

4.41

137k+ ratings

🔮 Comic Fantasy 🎭 Con Artist Protagonist 🌅 Redemption Arc

Making Money

by Terry Pratchett • 2007

Forced to run the Royal Bank, a reformed conman faces empty vaults and a murderous family.

4.27

78k+

🎭 Comic Fantasy 💰 Financial Satire 🃏 Con-Man Protagonist

Making Money 86%

Forced to run the Royal Bank, a reformed conman faces empty vaults and a murderous family.

by Terry Pratchett 2007

4.27

78k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Fantasy 💰 Financial Satire 🃏 Con-Man Protagonist

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

by Maurice Leblanc • 1907

A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.

3.85

17k+

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🎭 Master Of Disguise

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief 86%

A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.

by Maurice Leblanc 1907

3.85

17k+ ratings

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🎭 Master Of Disguise

Three Men in a Boat

by Jerome K. Jerome • 1889

Three overworked hypochondriacs row up the Thames seeking rest, and find only chaos and damp.

3.83

81k+

🔹 Comic Travelogue 🤪 Bumbling Friends 🫖 Dry Wit

Three Men in a Boat 86%

Three overworked hypochondriacs row up the Thames seeking rest, and find only chaos and damp.

by Jerome K. Jerome 1889

3.83

81k+ ratings

🔹 Comic Travelogue 🤪 Bumbling Friends 🫖 Dry Wit

Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey

by Ingersoll Lockwood • 1893

A dog's wanderlust drives a young baron through Russia's north and into the hollow earth below.

3.44

442

🌍 Hollow Earth 🐕 Boy And His Dog 🚪 Portal Fantasy

Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey Summary

Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey 86%

A dog's wanderlust drives a young baron through Russia's north and into the hollow earth below.

by Ingersoll Lockwood 1893

3.44

442 ratings

🌍 Hollow Earth 🐕 Boy And His Dog 🚪 Portal Fantasy

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee • 2017

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

4.02

146k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Summary

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue 86%

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

by Mackenzi Lee 2017

4.02

146k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1882

A treasure map sends an innkeeper's son to sea with a crew plotting mutiny.

3.85

545k+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 💰 Treasure Hunt ✨ Charming Rogue

Treasure Island 86%

A treasure map sends an innkeeper's son to sea with a crew plotting mutiny.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1882

3.85

545k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 💰 Treasure Hunt ✨ Charming Rogue

Sackett's Land

by Louis L'Amour • 1974

A farmer finds Roman gold, humiliates a nobleman, and flees England for an untamed new world.

4.16

15k+

🗡️ Elizabethan Adventure 🌲 Colonial Frontier 💰 Found Treasure

Sackett's Land 86%

A farmer finds Roman gold, humiliates a nobleman, and flees England for an untamed new world.

by Louis L'Amour 1974

4.16

15k+ ratings

🗡️ Elizabethan Adventure 🌲 Colonial Frontier 💰 Found Treasure

Cornholed

by Robert Bevan • 2014

A pest-control quest in a cornfield unearths gold, a basilisk, and a goblin uprising.

4.28

145

🎲 Tabletop Fantasy 🧙 RPG Parody 🗣️ Snarky Adventurers

Cornholed 86%

A pest-control quest in a cornfield unearths gold, a basilisk, and a goblin uprising.

by Robert Bevan 2014

4.28

145 ratings

🎲 Tabletop Fantasy 🧙 RPG Parody 🗣️ Snarky Adventurers

Gulivers Travels

by Jonathan Swift • 1726

A shipwrecked surgeon is captured by tiny people and thrown into their absurd political squabbles.

3.59

301k+

⛵ Imaginary Voyage 🎭 Satirical Fantasy 🔍 Tiny People

Gulivers Travels 86%

A shipwrecked surgeon is captured by tiny people and thrown into their absurd political squabbles.

by Jonathan Swift 1726

3.59

301k+ ratings

⛵ Imaginary Voyage 🎭 Satirical Fantasy 🔍 Tiny People

Ingram

by Louis C.K. • 2025

A boy walks across a near-future America, carrying a brother's death he cannot remember.

4.12

3k+

🚶 Picaresque Journey 🌆 Near-Future America 🤝 Found Family

Ingram 86%

A boy walks across a near-future America, carrying a brother's death he cannot remember.

by Louis C.K. 2025

4.12

3k+ ratings

🚶 Picaresque Journey 🌆 Near-Future America 🤝 Found Family

The Malevolent Eight

by Sebastien de Castell • 2025

Seven outlaw mages wage war on angels and demons to stop a divine apocalypse.

4.14

2k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💰 Heist Fantasy 🖤 Antihero Ensemble

The Malevolent Eight 86%

Seven outlaw mages wage war on angels and demons to stop a divine apocalypse.

by Sebastien de Castell 2025

4.14

2k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💰 Heist Fantasy 🖤 Antihero Ensemble

Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad

by Cassandra Dee • 2017

Your mandatory fantasy tour guide: useless maps, colorless stew, and a Dark Lord at the end.

3.34

977

🎭 Fantasy Parody 🪞 Meta Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Deconstruction

Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad 86%

Your mandatory fantasy tour guide: useless maps, colorless stew, and a Dark Lord at the end.

by Cassandra Dee 2017

3.34

977 ratings

🎭 Fantasy Parody 🪞 Meta Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Deconstruction

Tortilla Flat

by John Steinbeck • 1935

An inherited house turns band of paisanos into a Round Table, but duty cracks their bond.

3.83

64k+

🦊 Picaresque Novel 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Arthurian Reimagining

Tortilla Flat 86%

An inherited house turns band of paisanos into a Round Table, but duty cracks their bond.

by John Steinbeck 1935

3.83

64k+ ratings

🦊 Picaresque Novel 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Arthurian Reimagining

The Chase

by Clive Cussler • 2007

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

4.00

20k+

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective

The Chase 86%

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

by Clive Cussler 2007

4.00

20k+ ratings

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective

El vampiro de la colonia Roma

by Luis Zapata • 1979

A Mexico City hustler records his life of sex, drugs, and survival in one unflinching confession.

3.90

3k+

🎭 Picaresque 💋 Sex Work 📝 Confessional Novel

El vampiro de la colonia Roma 86%

A Mexico City hustler records his life of sex, drugs, and survival in one unflinching confession.

by Luis Zapata 1979

3.90

3k+ ratings

🎭 Picaresque 💋 Sex Work 📝 Confessional Novel

Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città

by Italo Calvino • 1963

A poor laborer chases mushrooms and moonlight through a city that has no room for wonder.

3.83

17k+

🌀 Story Cycle 🌿 Urban Pastoral 😅 Comic Misadventure

Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città Summary

Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città 86%

A poor laborer chases mushrooms and moonlight through a city that has no room for wonder.

by Italo Calvino 1963

3.83

17k+ ratings

🌀 Story Cycle 🌿 Urban Pastoral 😅 Comic Misadventure

Crownbreaker

by Sebastien de Castell • 2019

An outcast mage who relies on tricks must assassinate a child-god to stop a holy war.

4.38

5k+

🃏 Trickster Fantasy 🤠 Weird West Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Crownbreaker 86%

An outcast mage who relies on tricks must assassinate a child-god to stop a holy war.

by Sebastien de Castell 2019

4.38

5k+ ratings

🃏 Trickster Fantasy 🤠 Weird West Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Moon Palace

by Paul Auster • 1989

As the world watches the moon landing, an orphaned student starves alone in New York.

3.98

30k+

🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets

Moon Palace 86%

As the world watches the moon landing, an orphaned student starves alone in New York.

by Paul Auster 1989

3.98

30k+ ratings

🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets

The Lost Continent

by Bill Bryson • 1989

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

3.81

65k+

🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia

The Lost Continent 86%

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

by Bill Bryson 1989

3.81

65k+ ratings

🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia

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