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Across Political, Literary, and Historical — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Leviathan by Paul Auster.

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The Last Green Valley A Novel — Mark Sullivan

The Last Green Valley A Novel

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

The Nesting Dolls A Novel — Alina Adams

The Nesting Dolls A Novel

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

The American Ambassador — Ward S. Just

The American Ambassador

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

You Feel it Just Below the Ribs A Novel — Jeffrey Cranor

You Feel it Just Below the Ribs A Novel

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

Green Fires Assault on Eden : a Novel of the Ecuadorian Rainforest — Marnie Mueller

Green Fires Assault on Eden : a Novel of the Ecuadorian Rainforest

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

The Grass Is Singing A Novel — Doris Lessing

The Grass Is Singing A Novel

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

The Grapes of Wrath — John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

The American Adventuress A Novel — C. W. Gortner

The American Adventuress A Novel

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

I’m Staying Here — Marco Balzano

I’m Staying Here

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

The Picture of Dorian Gray Illustrated by Eugenia Nobati — Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray Illustrated by Eugenia Nobati

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

American Pastoral American Trilogy 1 (Pulitzer Prize Winner) — Philip Roth

American Pastoral American Trilogy 1 (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

In Dubious Battle — John Steinbeck

In Dubious Battle

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

Echo House — Ward Just

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

Citizen Vince A Novel — Jess Walter

Citizen Vince A Novel

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

Brief Encounters with Che Guevara Stories — Ben Fountain

Brief Encounters with Che Guevara Stories

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

The Leopard Introduction by David Gilmour — Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa

The Leopard Introduction by David Gilmour

Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

Trespasses The Most Beautiful, Devastating Love Story You’ll Read This Year — Louise Kennedy

Trespasses The Most Beautiful, Devastating Love Story You’ll Read This Year

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

Rameau’s Nephew and D’Alembert’s Dream — Denis Diderot

Rameau’s Nephew and D’Alembert’s Dream

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

Patience is a Subtle Thief A Novel — Abi Ishola-Ayodeji

Patience is a Subtle Thief A Novel

Abi Ishola-Ayodeji

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

Les Miserables — Victor Hugo

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

The Book of Daniel — E. L. Doctorow

The Book of Daniel — E. L. Doctorow

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

The Jaguar’s Children — John Vaillant

The Jaguar’s Children

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

Les Misérables — Victor Hugo

Les Misérables

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

Polostan — Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson

Themes: Political • Literary • Historical

Fans of Leviathan by Paul Auster will find 24 titles here, all united by Political, Literary, Historical. Authors represented include Mark Sullivan, Alina Adams, Ward S. Just, Jeffrey Cranor, and others.

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