Browsing: Classics

A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and…

This “immaculate and disturbing masterpiece” (NPR) explores the repercussions of a man’s shocking obsession. “An authentic work of art… Revealing and indispensable” (San Francisco Chronicle).

In the near future, Emperor Cleon I is visited by young Hari Seldon, whose power over the future makes him the most wanted man in the empire… A compelling novel from “one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction” (The Daily Telegraph), with over 23,000 five-star Goodreads ratings.

The iconic, “extraordinary” (The Washington Post) collaboration between #1 bestselling author Stephen King and Peter Straub–an epic thriller about a…

A coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers, from one of the greatest mystery…

A dazzling #1 New York Times bestseller: Lyra risks everything on a daring quest to the North — a land of clever witches, intelligent polar bears, and unimaginable danger. “Marvelous… elegant and challenging” (The New Yorker).

Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of…

Discover the three laws of Robotics — and the robots that test their limits! This visionary sequence of interlinked stories is a landmark sci-fi masterpiece with nearly 95,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads. “Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age” (Carl Sagan).

In the eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, wrote the world’s first novel. But…

From the author of A Town Like Alice: In this “haunting evocation” (The New York Times), society reels from the devastating effects of nuclear war. “Nevil Shute was, in brief, the sort of novelist who genuinely touches the imagination and feeling” (The Times).