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Best Open Library Staff Picks Books

📚 30 books🔄 Updated 2026

🏆 Top Rated

#1
The Odyssey
by Όμηρος
#2
Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
#3
Memoirs of a geisha
by Arthur Golden

All Open Library Staff Picks Books (30)

The Odyssey by Όμηρος - Fiction book cover

The Odyssey

Όμηρος

64 pagesEasy
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle book cover

Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

Medium
Memoirs of a geisha by Arthur Golden - Fiction book cover

Memoirs of a geisha

Arthur Golden

699 pagesHard
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - Fiction book cover

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

Medium
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All quiet on the western front
Erich Maria Remarque

All quiet on the western front

Erich Maria Remarque

191 pagesEasy
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach - Fiction book cover

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

93 pagesEasy
Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway - Fiction book cover

Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway

352 pagesMedium
Girl with a pearl earring by Tracy Chevalier - Fiction book cover

Girl with a pearl earring

Tracy Chevalier

233 pagesMedium
As I lay dying. by William Faulkner - Fiction book cover

As I lay dying.

William Faulkner

207 pagesMedium
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson - Non-Fiction book cover

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson

464 pagesHard
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Emma Orczy - Fiction book cover

The Scarlet Pimpernel (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)

Emma Orczy

304 pagesMedium
Pearl by John Steinbeck book cover

Pearl

John Steinbeck

136 pagesEasy
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - Fiction book cover

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

533 pagesHard
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Art of War
孙武 (Sun Tzu)

Art of War

孙武 (Sun Tzu)

Medium
Interpreter of maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri - Fiction book cover

Interpreter of maladies

Jhumpa Lahiri

198 pagesEasy
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand - Biography book cover

Seabiscuit

Laura Hillenbrand

448 pagesHard
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck - Fiction book cover

Cannery Row

John Steinbeck

Medium
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Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck

Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

544 pagesHard
Watership Down by Richard Adams - Fiction book cover

Watership Down

Richard Adams

Medium
A breath of snow and ashes by Diana Gabaldon - Fiction book cover

A breath of snow and ashes

Diana Gabaldon

979 pagesHard
Neuromancer by William Gibson - Science book cover

Neuromancer

William Gibson

251 pagesMedium
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Pioneers
James Fenimore Cooper

Pioneers

James Fenimore Cooper

Medium
Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence - Fiction book cover

Women in Love

D. H. Lawrence

782 pagesHard
Cooper's Novels by James Fenimore Cooper - Fiction book cover

Cooper's Novels

James Fenimore Cooper

622 pagesHard
The wedding by Nicholas Sparks - Fiction book cover

The wedding

Nicholas Sparks

263 pagesMedium
The Devil wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger - Fiction book cover

The Devil wears Prada

Lauren Weisberger

360 pagesMedium
Lust for life by Irving Stone - Fiction book cover

Lust for life

Irving Stone

399 pagesMedium
The rescue by Nicholas Sparks book cover

The rescue

Nicholas Sparks

339 pagesMedium
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle book cover

The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle

Medium
Diamond Age, The by Neal Stephenson - Fiction book cover

Diamond Age, The

Neal Stephenson

Medium