The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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The Bell Jar

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Similarity Score: 0.983

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Death of a Salesman

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Similarity Score: 0.935

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Must I Go

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Similarity Score: 0.935

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Dubliners

James Joyce

Similarity Score: 0.931

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Manhattan Transfer

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Similarity Score: 0.922

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To the Lighthouse

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Similarity Score: 0.913

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Baumgartner

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Similarity Score: 0.913

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Herzog

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Similarity Score: 0.909

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque

Similarity Score: 0.901

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Steppenwolf

Herman Hesse

Similarity Score: 0.89

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Bartleby the Scrivener

Herman Melville

Similarity Score: 0.887

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Wandering Stars

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Similarity Score: 0.887

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Three Women

Lisa Taddeo

Similarity Score: 0.887

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Swing Time

Zadie Smith

Similarity Score: 0.884

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The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann

Similarity Score: 0.882

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Manhattan Beach

Jennifer Egan

Similarity Score: 0.881

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Ulysses

James Joyce

Similarity Score: 0.877

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& Sons

David Gilbert

Similarity Score: 0.877

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Topics of Conversation

Miranda Popkey

Similarity Score: 0.876

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The Beautiful and Damned

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Similarity Score: 0.875

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