Hawaii by James A. Michener
Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener brings Hawaii’s epic history vividly to life in a classic saga.
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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse.
Read MoreThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Allende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations…
Read MoreThe Republic by Plato
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors…
Read MoreThe Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
One of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction.
Read MoreRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…
Read MoreWatership Down by Richard Adams
Set in England’s Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures…
Read MoreEmma by Jane Austen
Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances’ love affairs.
Read MoreThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe
The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel.
Read MoreBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima enters his life. She is a curandera, one who heals with herbs and magic…
Read MoreThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Set in the deep American South between the wars, it is the tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation…
Read MoreThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Set in the author’s girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove.
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