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Explore 24 books like It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis — a handpicked selection united by PRESIDENTS_UNITED STATES_FICTION, VERMONT_FICTION, CANADA_FICTION, and FICTION_POLITICAL.

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#15

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Themes: FICTION_POLITICAL

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Vladimir Nabokov Lolita (Penguin Modern Classics) /anglais

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Themes: AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

#18

Maud’s House: A Novel

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Themes: VERMONT_FICTION

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The Scarlet Letter

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Themes: AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

#20

The Portable Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Themes: AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

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The Bostonians

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Themes: AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

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The Awakening Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives

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A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis — spanning PRESIDENTS_UNITED STATES_FICTION, VERMONT_FICTION, CANADA_FICTION and featuring authors such as John Updike, Robert Penn Warren, Erich Segal, John Steinbeck, and others.