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The People Look Like Flowers at Last is a posthumously published collection of poems by Charles Bukowski, one of the most prolific and controversial American writers of the 20th century. The book was released in 2007, five years after Bukowski’s …
Women by Charles Bukowski is a novel that delves deep into the complexities of human relationships and emotions, specifically the emotions and experiences of men and women in their relationships. The novel follows the story of Henry Chinaski, a fictionalized …
Post Office by Charles Bukowski is a novel that tells the story of Henry Chinaski, a fictionalized version of the author himself, as he struggles to make a living working dead-end jobs and trying to make a name for himself …
Love is a Dog from Hell is a collection of poems written by Charles Bukowski and published in 1977. The book contains some of Bukowski’s most celebrated works, and it deals with themes such as love, sex, alcoholism, and the …
Hollywood is the final novel by Charles Bukowski, it was written in the late 1980s and it was published in 1989. The novel follows the story of Henry Chinaski, a fictionalized version of the author himself, as he navigates his …
Ham on Rye is a semi-autobiographical novel by Charles Bukowski, published in 1982. The novel is a coming-of-age story that follows the protagonist Henry Chinaski, a thinly-veiled version of Bukowski himself, as he navigates his troubled childhood and adolescence in …
Factotum is a novel by Charles Bukowski, first published in 1975. The book is a semi-autobiographical work and tells the story of Henry Chinaski, Bukowski’s alter-ego, as he moves from one dead-end job to the next in search of meaning …
Three Comrades is a novel written by German author Erich Maria Remarque and published in 1936. Set in Germany during the years following World War I, the novel follows the lives of three close friends: Robert Lohkamp, a wounded veteran; …
Letters from Father Christmas is a collection of letters that J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to his children between 1920 and 1943. Each year, Tolkien would write a letter to his children in the guise of Father Christmas, telling them about his …
The History of Middle-Earth is a 12-volume series of books edited by Christopher Tolkien that provides a detailed look at the development of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth mythology. The series includes unpublished manuscripts, drafts, and notes that provide readers with a …