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Pride and Prejudice is one of the most popular novels in English literature and a cornerstone of Jane Austen's reputation as one of the greatest novelists of all time.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
One of English literature's classic masterpieces—a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The world’s most famous work of horror fiction: a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.
Frankenstein by Marry Shelley
It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself.
Moby-Dick: or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Little Women is a classic that everyone should read. The strong female characters and their colorful personalities will encourage all readers to embrace their own unique personalities.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman's quest for freedom.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War.
The Iliad by Homer
a sparkling comedy of love and marriage.
Emma by Jane Austen
The Hunchback of Notre Dame has thrilled generations of readers with its powerfully melodramatic story of Quasimodo, the deformed hunchback who lives in the bell tower of medieval Paris’s most famous cathedral.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks ...
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with a socialite, and by parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922 and more
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Don’t let the page count scare you. The riveting suspense and impossibly layered characters will keep you turning page after joyously endless page as you bandy with countless questions of philosophy. And it all starts with a single act of questionabl...
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A captivating thriller about a group of college students who slowly lose their morality as they search to transcend the triviality of their own lives. Tartt’s writing is lyrically haunting and as our unreliable narrator leads us through the disturbin...
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
A scary look into a society where free thought is punishable. Disturbing and thought-provoking, 1984 warns us of the dangerous possibilities of what would happen if everyone became completely submissive to the state. Remember, Big Brother is always w...
1984 by George Orwell
Lolita tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsession for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
When Mary Lennox begins living with her uncle in the English countryside, she feels bored and lonely. Before long, however, she discovers many mysteries hiding within the walls of the estate. What will it take for Mary to unearth these secrets?
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Set in the religious patriarchy of Gilead, The Handmaid's Tale is a haunting narrative of what America could be. As the threat of Gilead looms ever closer, this seems less like a dystopian novel and more like a prescient warning. Read it before you l...
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood