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Jesmyn Ward

Novelist and National Book Award winner.

A life in letters

Work that stays with us.

Novelist and National Book Award winner. Their work asks readers to slow down, look again, and find the shape of a question that can hold a whole life.

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01Classic pick

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Classic Literature · Fiction · GothicA decadent portrait of beauty, influence, and consequence.

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02Book pick

The Memory Police

Yoko Ogawa

A tender novel about disappearance.

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03New release

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

A debut about grief, faith, and survival.

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04Critics’ choice

James

Percival Everett

A radical reimagining of an American classic.

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05Reader favorite

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

A family story with the scale of a summer storm.

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06Staff pick

The Safekeep

Yael van der Wouden

Secrets, desire, and the rooms we inherit.

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07Classic pick

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Classic Literature · Fiction · Historical Fiction · RomanceA Jazz Age story of wealth, longing, and the American Dream.

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08Classic pick

1984

George Orwell

Dystopian Fiction · Science Fiction · Political Fiction · Classic LiteratureA warning about power, language, memory, and thought.

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09Classic pick

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Classic Literature · Historical Fiction · Coming-of-Age · Social FictionA coming-of-age story about justice and moral courage.

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10Classic pick

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Classic Literature · Fiction · Fantasy · Historical FictionSeven generations, one unforgettable town, and the strange shape of time.

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11Classic pick

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

African Literature · Historical Fiction · Classic LiteratureA powerful story of community, change, and colonial collision.

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12Classic pick

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Classic Literature · Coming-of-Age · FictionHolden Caulfield’s restless, searching voice still rings clear.

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13Classic pick

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Dystopian · Science Fiction · Classic LiteratureA future of conditioned happiness and the cost of freedom.

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14Classic pick

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Adventure · Classic LiteratureA quiet life interrupted by an extraordinary journey.

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15Classic pick

The Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Classic Literature · Fiction · DystopianA stranded society reveals the darkness beneath the rules.

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16Classic pick

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

Classic Literature · Historical Fiction · TragedyFriendship and fragile dreams in Depression-era California.

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17Classic pick

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

Classic Literature · Historical Fiction · Social FictionA family searches for dignity across a country in crisis.

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18Classic pick

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Political Satire · Allegory · Classic LiteratureA sharp allegory about revolution, power, and oppression.

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19Classic pick

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C.S. Lewis

Fantasy · Children’s Literature · Christian LiteratureFour children step through a wardrobe into a world at war.

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20Classic pick

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Dystopian · Science Fiction · Classic LiteratureWhen books are forbidden, curiosity becomes an act of resistance.

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