The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D.

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

Arguably the best novel to come out of World War II, in which Heller strips away the veneer of martial glory to expose its insanity, and gives our language a new paradoxical phrase to describe mankind at the mercy of its own institutio

The Call of the Wild

by Jack London

Set in the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s, the protagonist of this short adventure novel is Buck, who is part sheepdog, part Saint Bernard.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz

Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister—dreams of

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

Bless Me, Ultima

by Rudolfo Anaya

With exquisite prose and wondrous storytelling, this coming of age classic follows a young boy as he questions his faith and beliefs in family, religion, and other aspects of his Chicano culture.

Beloved

by Toni Morrison

Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby.

Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand’s magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller.

Another Country

by James Baldwin

Set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, among other locales, Another Country is a novel of passions—sexual, racial, political, artistic—that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensu

Anne of Green Gables

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables is the beloved coming-of-age story about freckled 11-year-old orphan Anne Shirley, who is taken in by adult siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert.

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to aisolated mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear.

Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The bestselling novel—a love story of race and identity—from the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematics teacher at Christ Church, Oxford, often took three young daughters of his dean rowing down the Thames River, spinning fairy

Alex Cross Mysteries (series)

by James Patterson

A missing little girl named Maggie Rose.The thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school teacher. A psychopathic serial murderer who calls himself the Son of Lindbergh, Gary Soneji.

The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.