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Greatest Books to Inspire, Educate, and Entertain You Forever
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items Explore a curated collection of the greatest books, featuring timeless classics, thought-provoking reads, and hidden gems that every book lover should dive into. Whether you're looking for epic novels, modern masterpieces, or inspiring non-fiction, t...
Set in the summer of 1922, the novel follows the life of a young and mysterious millionaire, his extravagant lifestyle in Long Island, and his obsessive love for a beautiful former debutante. As the story unfolds, the millionaire's dark secrets and t...
The Great Gatsby: The Only Authorized Edition a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Set in Dublin, the novel follows a day in the life of Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman, as he navigates the city. The narrative, heavily influenced by Homer's Odyssey, explores themes of identity, heroism, and the complexities of everyday life....
Ulysses (Gabler Edition) (Vintage Books) a book by James Joyce
The novel follows the story of a teenager named Holden Caulfield, who has just been expelled from his prep school. The narrative unfolds over the course of three days, during which Holden experiences various forms of alienation and his mental state c...
The Catcher in the Rye. a book by J. D. Salinger
Set in a dystopian future, the novel presents a society under the total control of a totalitarian regime, led by the omnipresent Big Brother. The protagonist, a low-ranking member of 'the Party', begins to question the regime and falls in love with a...
Nineteen Eighty Four a book by George Orwell
A young, impoverished former student in Saint Petersburg, Russia, formulates a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker to redistribute her wealth among the needy. However, after carrying out the act, he is consumed by guilt and paranoia, leading to a...
Crime and Punishment a book by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, et al.
The book One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez is a masterpiece of magical realism and one of the most influential literary works of the 20th century. It chronicles the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the multi...
One Hundred Years of Solitude a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov is a highly acclaimed and controversial novel that delves into the obsessive and doomed love of Humbert Humbert for Dolores Haze, a young girl he nicknames Lolita. This deeply lyrical and darkly humorous work explores the...
Lolita a book by Vladimir Nabokov
1984 by George Orwell is a landmark dystopian novel that explores themes of surveillance, propaganda, and totalitarianism. The story follows Winston Smith, a man living under the oppressive rule of the Party, which controls truth and reality. As Wins...
Nineteen Eighty-Four a book by George Orwell, Sandra Newman, Thomas Pynchon, et al.
Herman Melville's masterpiece of obsession and the untamed sea, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history--a deluxe edition featuring a Foreword by Nathaniel Philbrick and cover art by Tony Millionaire.
Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) a book by Herman Melville, Tony Millionaire, and Nathaniel Philbrick
Digest Edition
To Kill a Mockingbird (Digest Edition) a book by Harper Lee
This epic high-fantasy novel centers around a modest hobbit who is entrusted with the task of destroying a powerful ring that could enable the dark lord to conquer the world. Accompanied by a diverse group of companions, the hobbit embarks on a peril...
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings: The Hobbit, the Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers, the Return of the King a book by J. R. R. Tolkien
Madame Bovary is a tragic novel about a young woman, Emma Bovary, who is married to a dull, but kind-hearted doctor. Dissatisfied with her life, she embarks on a series of extramarital affairs and indulges in a luxurious lifestyle in an attempt to es...
Madame Bovary: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Revised) a book by Gustave Flaubert and Lydia Davis
The book follows the Joad family, Oklahoma farmers displaced from their land during the Great Depression. The family, alongside thousands of other "Okies," travel to California in search of work and a better life. Throughout their journey, they face ...
The Grapes of Wrath: 75th Anniversary Edition a book by John Steinbeck
This classic novel follows the journey of a seaman who travels up the Congo River into the African interior to meet a mysterious ivory trader. Throughout his journey, he encounters the harsh realities of imperialism, the brutal treatment of native Af...
Heart of Darkness a book by Joseph Conrad and Mint Editions
This novel follows the story of a young girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantastical world full of peculiar creatures and bizarre experiences. As she navigates through this strange land, she encounters a series of nonsensical even...
Alices Adventures in Wonderland a book by Lewis Carroll
The novel follows the journey of a young boy named Huckleberry Finn and a runaway slave named Jim as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft. Set in the American South before the Civil War, the story explores themes of friendship, freedom, a...
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a book by Mark Twain, Azar Nafisi, and R. Kent Rasmussen
A young prince from a tiny asteroid embarks on a journey across the universe, visiting various planets and meeting their strange inhabitants. Along the way, he learns about the follies and absurdities of the adult world, the nature of friendship, and...
The Little Prince a book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
This is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age. The stories are told by a young woman, who must weave a new tale each night for her husband, a king, to delay her execution. The tales are filled with magic, ad...
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights a book by Anonymous
This book is a real-life account of a young Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis during World War II, written in diary format. The girl and her family are forced to live in a secret annex in Amsterdam for two years, during which she writes about her exp...
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition a book by Anne Frank, Otto H. Frank, Mirjam Pressler, et al.
This novel follows the life of its titular protagonist from his childhood to maturity. Born to a young widow, David endures a difficult childhood when his mother remarries a harsh and abusive man. After his mother's death, he is sent to a boarding sc...
David Copperfield (Revised) a book by Charles Dickens and Jeremy Tambling