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Maus
Maus, often published as '''''Maus: A Survivor's Tale''', is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991. It depicts Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor. The work employs postmodern techniques, and represents Jews as mice, Germans as cats and Poles as pigs. Critics have classified Maus'' as memoir, biography, history, fiction, autobiography, or a mix of genres. In 1992, it became the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize.
American Psycho
1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis
Needful Things
1991 novel by Stephen King
The Sum of All Fears
1991 novel by Tom Clancy
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
1991 novel by Stephen King
Outlander
1991 novel by Diana Gabaldon
The Garden of Rama
1991 novel by Gentry Lee and Arthur C. Clarke
The Firm
novel by John Grisham
Xenocide
Xenocide (first published in 1991) is the third book in the Ender's Game series, a science fiction series by the American author Orson Scott Card. It was first published during a period of increasing globalization and heightened awareness of cultural differences, and the writing reflects this in its techniques, mood, and emotive effect on the reader. Xenocide explores themes of communication, xenophobia, and the potential dangers of advanced technology.
The Dragon Reborn
1991 novel by Robert Jordan
Barrayar
Barrayar is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold. It was first published as four installments in Analog in July–October 1991, and then published in book form by Baen Books in October 1991. Barrayar won both the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1992. It is a part of the Vorkosigan Saga, and is the seventh full-length novel of the series, in publication order. Barrayar is a direct sequel to Bujold's first novel, Shards of Honor (1986), and the two are paired in the 1996 omnibus ''Cordelia's Honor''.
Scarlett
1991 novel by Alexandra Ripley
Ripley Under Water
novel by Patricia Highsmith
Fire Sea
1991 novel by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Redeeming Love
1991 novel by Francine Rivers
Prince of Chaos
novel by Roger Zelazny
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals
philosophical novel by Robert M. Pirsig
The Summer Queen
science fiction novel by Joan D. Vinge
Body of Evidence
1991 novel by Patricia Cornwell
Wartime Lies
1991 novel by Louis Begley
Summer of Night
1991 novel by Dan Simmons
Boy's Life
1991 novel by Robert R. McCammon