The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett

“Follett is a master,” extolled The Washington Post on the release of The Pillars of the Earth.

The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan

The Pilgrim’s Progress is John Bunyan’s allegory for Puritan morals and teachings, set in contrast to the growing Anglicanism of his day.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray (published in two versions, in 1890 and 1891) is Oscar Wilde’s Gothic novel about the price of vanity and selfishness.

The Outsiders

by S.E. Hinton

Set in 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Outsiders follows the first-person narration of 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis over a two-week period.

Outlander (series)

by Diana Gabaldon

Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendiafami

The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks

The Notebook is a story-within-a-story: we first meet a nameless elderly man reading a story from a notebook to an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s.

Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

“Call me Ishmael.” And so begins one the most famous journeys in literature—the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod, with its scarred Captain Ahab and a universe of compelling crewmen, including the islander Queequeg, the harpooneer

Mind Invaders

by Dave Hunt

Originally entitled The Archon Conspiracy, Mind Invaders is a Cold War thriller in which both sides are fighting to get their hands on psychic power.

Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden

A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.

The Martian

by Andy Weir

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold

When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven.

The Lord of the Rings (series)

by J.R.R. Tolkein

"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."

Looking for Alaska

by John Green

Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home.

Lonesome Dove

by Larry McMurtry

A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Lonesome Dove, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America.