Browsing: Classics

“A masterpiece” (The Wall Street Journal): This classic work offers a satirical and disturbing view of the future — a world in which class roles are reinforced by genetic manipulation and family, freedom, and love are considered grotesque. “Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th-century writer in English” (Chicago Tribune).

A classic work from a Nobel Prize–winning author: When a lethal plague strikes a coastal North African town, the residents struggle with their new reality. “A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair” (The Washington Post).

With over 53,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: This beloved story that inspired the Academy Award–winning film follows the life of eccentric Holly Golightly. “Very funny… Capote makes unique reading” (The New York Times).

A classic with over 7,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: On the Day of the Dead in 1938 Mexico, Geoffrey reunites with his ex-wife — and grapples with the man he’s become. “One of the towering novels of [the 20th] century” (The New York Times).

An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence…

From international bestseller Stephen King, a high-concept, ingenious and terrifying story about the mayhem unleashed when a pulse from a…

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Will discovers a portal to a deserted city, where he meets Lyra, a girl from a parallel universe. “Gallops with ferocious momentum… Devilishly inventive” (The New York Times).