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  1. Tropic of Cancer

    by Henry Miller

    Now hailed as an American classic, Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller's masterpiece, was banned as obscene in the USA for 27 years after its publication in Paris in 1934. Only a historic court ruling that changed American censorship standards permitted the publication of this first volume of... (learn more about this book)

  2. Tropic of Capricorn

    by Henry Miller

    Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller’s Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn’s ethnic neighborhoods and Miller’s outrageous sexual exploits, ... (learn more about this book)

  3. The Rosy Crucifixion: Book 1

    Sexus

    by Henry Miller

    Sexus se centra sobre todo en las experiencias sexuales del narrador-protagonista, y estas se narran con una absoluta carencia de prejuicios, de un modo directo pero no por ello descuidado, sino todo lo contrario; dotando a esta tematica de una dignidad literaria que hasta entonces muy... (learn more about this book)

  4. Black Spring

    by Henry Miller

    Continuing the subversive self-revelation begun in Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, Henry Miller takes readers along a mad, free-associating journey from the damp grime of his Brooklyn youth to the sun-splashed cafes and squalid flats of Paris. With incomparable glee, Miller shifts... (learn more about this book)

  5. The Rosy Crucifixion: Book 3

    Nexus

    by Henry Miller

    Nexus, the last book of Henry Miller's epic trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, is widely considered to be one of the landmarks of American fiction. In it, Miller vividly recalls his many years as a down-and-out writer in New York City, his friends, mistresses, and the unusual circumstances of his... (learn more about this book)

  6. The Rosy Crucifixion: Book 2

    Plexus

    by Henry Miller

    Second volume in the Rosy Crucifixion series. More about Henry and June, also chronicling the author's travels to the deep South, and his work as an encyclopedia salesmen (after he'd left personnel).

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  7. The Colossus of Maroussi

    by Henry Miller

    This book about Greece, by the author of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn is incandescent with his feeling for a great people and their past. "It doesn't seem far from a miracle to me, the emergence of as friendly and joyful a book."—Paul Rosenfeld.

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  8. The Air-Conditioned Nightmare

    by Henry Miller

    Nonfiction account of Henry Miller's travels through the United States, published in 1945. Miller undertook these travels in 1940 and 1941 after returning from a lengthy stay in Europe. Miller comments, mostly negatively, on America's physical landscape as well as on the mood and spirit of... (learn more about this book)

  9. Quiet Days in Clichy

    by Henry Miller

    This tender and nostalgic work dates from the same period as Tropic of Cancer (1934). It is a celebration of love, art, and the Bohemian life at a time when the world was simpler and slower, and Miller an obscure, penniless young writer in Paris. Whether discussing the early days of his long... (learn more about this book)

  10. Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch

    by Henry Miller

    In his great triptych "The Millennium" Bosch used oranges and other fruits to symbolize the delights of Paradise. Whence Henry Miller's title for this, one of his most appealing books; first published in 1957, it tells the story of Miller's life on the Big Sur, a section of... (learn more about this book)

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        5. MacHen, Arthur
        6. Maclean, Norman
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        16. Mallarme, Stephane
        17. Mallett, Daryl F.
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        26. Marshall, Paule
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        43. Mayer, Mercer
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        45. McCammon, Robert R.
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        48. McCarty, John
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        50. McClure, Michael
        51. McConnell, Ashley
        52. McCorkle, Jill
        53. McCullers, Carson
        54. McDermott, Alice
        55. McEwan, Ian
        56. McFarlane, Todd
        57. McGuane, Thomas
        58. McHugh, Heather
        59. McInerney, Jay
        60. McKay, Don
        61. McKean, Dave
        62. McLean, Stuart
        63. McMullan, Kate
        64. McMurtry, Larry
        65. McNally, Clare
        66. McSherry, Frank
        67. Meltzer, Lisa
        68. Melville, Herman
        69. Mencken, H.L.
        70. Meredith, George
        71. Meredith, William
        72. Meriwether, Lee
        73. Merrill, James
        74. Merwin, W.S.
        75. Mew, Charlotte
        76. Meyrink, Gustav
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        78. Michaels, Barbara
        79. Michaels, William
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        84. Miller, Andrew
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        86. Miller, Henry
        87. Miller, Isabel
        88. Miller, Rex
        89. Milne, Tom
        90. Milosz, Czeslaw
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        92. Milton, John
        93. Minot, Susan
        94. Mishima, Yukio
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        96. Mitchell, Margaret
        97. Mitchell, Mary Ann
        98. Mitchell, Mike
        99. Mitchell, W.O.
        100. Miyazawa, Kenji
        101. Mo, Timothy
        102. Moliere
        103. Momaday, N. Scott
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        105. Monette, Paul
        106. Monteleone, Thomas
        107. Moody, Rick
        108. Moorcock, Michael
        109. Moore, Alan
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        120. Muir, John
        121. Mukherjee, Bharati
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        123. Murdoch, Iris
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        125. Musgrave, Susan
        126. Musset, Alfred de