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ListMay 28, 2025

Scaruffi's 100 Best Novels of ALL TIME

https://www.scaruffi.com/fiction/best100.html i should note there is like no way he read all of these books lmao its just a pretty cool list i think

@sam2The Tale of Genji

ReviewFeb 23, 2025

Bit of a slog tbh

Eleven hundred pages of manicured gentility, women sitting behind curtains, sleeves wet with tears, gardens, Ourobouros family trees, moongazing, sexual assault, and, to quote Blackadder, "endless bloody poetry". Relatable moments and striking imagery are few…

@yarbThe Tale of Genji

ListSep 19, 2024

Jap Lit

Literature from Japan that's not about cozy bookshops. Cover image by Utagawa Kunisada, 1857.

@annaThe Tale of Genji

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Scaruffi's 100 Best Novels of ALL TIME

Bit of a slog tbh

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Scaruffi's 100 Best Novels of ALL TIME

Bit of a slog tbh

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