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As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
After a woman in rural Mississippi dies, her husband and five children begin an arduous journey to convey her coffin back to her hometown.
Gullible’s Travels
Ring Lardner
An exasperated Chicago husband and his status-hungry wife attempt to climb the social ladder in six comic misadventures.
These Old Shades
Georgette Heyer
A duke takes in a young boy, only to discover that the boy is actually a noblewoman in disguise.
Cane
Jean Toomer
An experimental and highly lyrical novel exploring the African-American experience.
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
An ambulance lieutenant and a field nurse have an affair during World War I.
Jibby Jones
Ellis Parker Butler
Five boys who live near the Mississippi River embark on an adventure to find hidden pirate treasure.
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
A once-prominent Mississippi family decays and disintegrates over the first thirty years of the twentieth century.
Bambi
Felix Salten
A roe deer learns the rules of the forest and how to survive in a world inhabited by men as he grows to maturity.
The Transformation of Philip Jettan
Georgette Heyer
In eighteenth-century England, a handsome youth reluctantly transforms himself into a fashionable gentleman in order to win the heart of the girl he loves.
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
An American expatriate socializes in Paris and Spain as one of the Lost Generation.
Sons and Lovers
D. H. Lawrence
A young man from a working-class English coal miner’s family struggles to reconcile romantic and familial love.
The Masqueraders
Georgette Heyer
Two siblings, disguised as members of the opposite sex, navigate the intrigues of 18th-century London while falling in love with unsuspecting suitors.
Pastors and Masters
Ivy Compton-Burnett
The inept master of a preparatory school, along with his students and friends, contend with the day-to-day realities of academic life while exploring what it means to grow up and to age.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
The adventures of a young boy and his friend, an escaped slave, on the Mississippi river in the Antebellum South.
Little Caesar
W. R. Burnett
A small-time gangster in Prohibition-era Chicago tries to climb to the top of a criminal empire.
Short Fiction
Ernest Hemingway
A collection of Ernest Hemingway’s short stories and novellas.
Simon the Coldheart
Georgette Heyer
A lowly squire in medieval England becomes a powerful noble through guile, loyalty, and unexpected love.
Mary Olivier: A Life
May Sinclair
A gifted young woman born into a strict upper middle class Victorian family struggles for decades to balance duty to her controlling mother with a driving need to learn and to create her art.
The Mystery of Cabin Island
Franklin W. Dixon
A group of amateur detectives unravel the mystery of a missing stamps collection.
The Black Moth
Georgette Heyer
An earl turned highwayman repeatedly foils a rake in his attempted pursuit of a young woman.
Manhattan Transfer
John Dos Passos
Several characters strive for happiness and excitement in early twentieth century New York City.
Armed with Madness
Mary Butts
A group of friends staying at a remote cottage discover what could be the Holy Grail in a nearby well.
The Wrong Letter
Walter S. Masterman
A superintendent and an sleuth attempt to solve a locked-room mystery.
Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett
A hard-boiled detective arrives at a small mining town only to find his client murdered and the inhabitants embroiled in complex webs of corruption.
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
A detective becomes embroiled in a series of murders and intrigues, all seemingly related to a mysterious figurine.
The Red House Mystery
A. A. Milne
An amateur sleuth visiting a country house solves the mystery of who shot the man in the locked room.
Room 13
Edgar Wallace
A recently-released prisoner discovers that his love, the daughter of an old friend, has married a sinister imposter.
The Shore Road Mystery
Franklin W. Dixon
Two amateur slueths endeavor to break up a carjacking ring.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
D. H. Lawrence
A woman in an unhappy marriage finds love with the local gameskeeper, while she contemplates her position in the society of early 20th century England.
Short Fiction
Daphne du Maurier
A collection of short stories by Daphne du Maurier.
Beauvallet
Georgette Heyer
A daring English seaman plunders a Spanish ship and woos the beautiful, haughty, and spirited lady he finds aboard.
The White Feather
P. G. Wodehouse
A student tries to restore his honor among his schoolmates by learning to box.
Swallows and Amazons
Arthur Ransome
Four children camping on an island in the Lake District encounter adventures with tomboyish sisters who claim the island as their own.
The Secret of the Caves
Franklin W. Dixon
Four boys vacation at nearby caves only to be swept up in a mystery.
The Tower Treasure
Franklin W. Dixon
After a tower mansion is robbed, two boys are determined to find the culprit and exonerate their friend’s father.
Old Indian Legends
Zitkála-Šá
A collection of Dakota legends retold by Zitkála-Šá.
The House on the Cliff
Franklin W. Dixon
After visiting a suspected haunted house, two brothers and their friends embark on an adventure to see if there’s trouble afoot.
His Family
Ernest Poole
A man sees his life differently through the eyes of his daughters in turn-of-the-century New York City.
Hunting for Hidden Gold
Franklin W. Dixon
Two boy sleuths unravel a mystery about stolen gold.
Laughing Boy
Oliver La Farge
A young Navajo man meets a mysterious young woman as he enters adulthood during the American expansion into the West.
The Missing Chums
Franklin W. Dixon
Two friends go missing on a boat trip, and the Hardy Boys investigate.
The Jade God
Alan Sullivan
Two years after a mysterious murder, a brother and sister move into a countryside manor and begin to notice strange occurrences.
The Man Within
Graham Greene
A young smuggler, haunted by guilt and fear after betraying his comrades, seeks redemption while fleeing from his enemies and confronting his inner demons.
Right Ho, Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves try their hand at matchmaking in upper-class England.
Jeeves Stories
P. G. Wodehouse
A collection of short stories featuring Jeeves and Wooster and the upperclass English life of the early 1900s.
The Able McLaughlins
Margaret Wilson
The eldest son of Scottish immigrants farming the Iowa prairie struggles to help his soon-to-be wife recover from the violent act that could ruin both of their lives.
The Virginian
Owen Wister
A cowboy working on a Wyoming Territory cattle ranch in the 1880s embraces the spirit of the American West.
Continental Op Stories
Dashiell Hammett
A collection of short stories about an unnamed agent of a detective agency in the early 1920s.
Cup of Gold
John Steinbeck
A boy leaves his home in Wales to make a name for himself as a feared buccaneer in the West Indies.
The Secret of the Old Mill
Franklin W. Dixon
The police are out of their depth as counterfeit bills circulate through the city, but two amateur sleuths are on the case.
The House at Pooh Corner
A. A. Milne
A stuffed bear goes on adventures in the woods with his friends.
Ragged Dick
Horatio Alger Jr.
A young shoeshiner rises the social ladder thanks to his wits, his work ethic, his honesty, and a bit of luck.
When God Laughs
Jack London
The eleventh collection of short stories by Jack London.
Riders of the Purple Sage
Zane Grey
On a ranch in southern Utah, Jane Withersteen refuses to marry a local church elder, and together with her ranch hand and a mysterious gunman she must face retaliatory violence, theft, and murder.
The Good Companions
J. B. Priestley
Three unlikely travelers cross paths with a struggling musical troupe, and the whole group decides to tour together.
The Dain Curse
Dashiell Hammett
A detective assigned to investigate a diamond theft finds himself entangled by a family curse.
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
A young German soldier struggles to survive on the Western Front of World War I.
Heidi
Johanna Spyri
A small girl is left with her grandfather and falls in love with his alpine home.
The Bridal Wreath
Sigrid Undset
In 14th-century Norway, a nobleman’s daughter grows up and faces passion, sin, and filial piety.
Kim
Rudyard Kipling
An orphaned street-urchin follows a holy man across India during the time of the British Raj, eventually gaining an education and becoming a recruit to the Great Game of espionage against the Russians.
The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle
The final novel in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series follows the eponymous hero as he investigates a Sussex murder seemingly connected with a secret society.
Short Fiction
Beatrix Potter
A collection of Beatrix Potter’s short stories for children, ordered by date of publication.
Green Forest Stories
Thornton W. Burgess
A collection of four animal tales featuring the denizens of the Green Forest.
The Enchanted Castle
E. Nesbit
Three children discover a wonderful garden and castle, and come into possession of a magic ring which entangles them in many strange adventures.
The Railway Children
E. Nesbit
After their father is forced to leave them, three children and their mother must live in near-poverty in the country, where their lives are enlivened by the nearby presence of a railway line.
Cornelli
Johanna Spyri
A young girl’s emotional hurt requires time and love to heal.
The Painted Veil
W. Somerset Maugham
A superficial young woman is found out in an affair by her husband, who then forces her to accompany him on a mission of great risk.
Betty Zane
Zane Grey
A young woman becomes a heroine of the Revolutionary War on the American frontier.
Household Tales
Jacob Grimm
A collection of Germanic fairy tales containing the classic stories of Cinderella, Snow-White, Rapunzel, and other well known characters.
The Lady of the Barge
W. W. Jacobs
An anthology of several of W. W. Jacobs’ most famous short stories.
The Sport of the Gods
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In a Southern town and then in New York City, an African American family struggles for for its integrity and survival.
Lost Face
Jack London
A collection of short stories by Jack London.
Parnassus on Wheels
Christopher Morley
39-year-old Helen McGill—disgruntled with her life tending to her brother and his farm—becomes the unlikely owner of a traveling bookseller’s wagon, and travels across the New England countryside spreading love and the joy of reading.
Blue Hand
Edgar Wallace
A law clerk takes an interest in the disappearance of a well-known woman and her infant daughter, just as their fortune is about to be distributed to a notorious client.
The Song of the Lark
Willa Cather
A young girl leaves her small-town life in 1890s Colorado to become a highly accomplished singer.
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A young girl is moved to the English countryside where she starts restoring a neglected garden, and uncovers secrets in the process.
O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
A Swedish-American immigrant family builds a farm and community on the Nebraska prairie.
The Duke’s Children
Anthony Trollope
A widowed duke struggles to come to terms with the choices of his children as they attain adulthood.
Alice Adams
Booth Tarkington
A young Midwestern woman tries to climb the social ladder despite her lower-middle-class upbringing.
Huntingtower
John Buchan
A retired grocer seeking a change in his mundane life finds more than he bargained for when he’s asked to aid in the rescue of an imprisoned Russian princess.
The Lodger
Marie Belloc Lowndes
A maid and butler take in a mysterious, eccentric gentleman lodger around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders.
The Story of Gösta Berling
Selma Lagerlöf
A disgraced priest ends up adventuring with a group of societal outcasts.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
A kindhearted doctor who can speak the language of animals embarks on a whimsical adventure to Africa.
Scarlet Sister Mary
Julia Peterkin
A young woman struggles to choose between living as a member in good standing in the church or embracing a life of sin and pleasure.
The Green Hat
Michael Arlen
A young woman’s life begins to unravel when her romantic affairs and long-held secrets are revealed.
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
A coming-of-age story of a young girl growing up on a farm on Prince Edward Island.
Captains Courageous
Rudyard Kipling
A spoiled teenager falls overboard an ocean liner and is rescued by a fishing schooner, where the crew forces him to work.
Greenmantle
John Buchan
The story of a chase through war-torn Europe to prevent an uprising during the First World War.
The Turmoil
Booth Tarkington
A dreamy and sensitive scion of a Midwestern businessman comes to terms with his legacy in a growing city.
Freckles
Gene Stratton-Porter
An orphan discovers the joys of nature and found family in an Indiana swamp.
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony Hope
King Rudolph V of Ruritania is drugged and abducted on the eve of his coronation, and a gentleman on holiday who happens to look like the king has to stop the sinister plot.
The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
An analytical detective is consulted by a young woman who has received a strange communication regarding her long-missing father and a mysterious treasure.
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A young girl discovers a life of unexpected challenges when she goes to live at a London boarding school.
The Fifth Queen
Ford Madox Ford
A young noblewoman arrives at court and quickly gets embroiled in court politics and comes to the attention of the king.
The Amateur Cracksman
E. W. Hornung
A British cricketer and his friend steal valuables in this first collection of A. J. Raffles short stories.
Short Fiction
Ring Lardner
A collection of short stories by Ring Lardner.
Anne of Avonlea
L. M. Montgomery
A young woman enters adulthood as she works as a schoolteacher in a country village.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
A young boy begins his apprenticeship with Doctor Dolittle, accompanying him on a series of adventures in search of a floating island and a missing naturalist.
The Blue Bird
Maurice Maeterlinck
Two children go on a magical adventure in search of the Blue Bird.
White Fang
Jack London
A wild half-wolf survives a harsh existence before finding love and domestication in civilization.
Dr. Wortle’s School
Anthony Trollope
A scandal that threatens the future of an exclusive boys’ school poses a moral dilemma for its headmaster.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
Anthony Trollope
An impoverished clergyman is accused of theft, and this disgrace leads to great suffering for both his family and those that love them.
King Coal
Upton Sinclair
A wealthy student takes a job as a miner in order to learn about dangerous and exploitative working conditions in the coal mining industry.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
A young boy growing up in Missouri gets into all sorts of trouble and, with his friend, stumbles on a treasure.
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
A memoir narrated by a horse whose idyllic time on an English farm prepares him for a life filled with constant change and varied circumstances.
Green Meadow Stories
Thornton W. Burgess
A compilation of four distinct but entwined animal tales featuring the denizens of the Green Meadows.
Not Without Laughter
Langston Hughes
An African-American boy comes of age in a small town in Kansas.
One of Ours
Willa Cather
A young man struggles with finding his purpose in life until the breakout of World War I prompts him to volunteer for the Army.
The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
A self-made man in the Gilded Age struggles to do what’s right when his business is in danger and his family faces an uncertain future.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
A famous detective investigates a mysterious and apparently supernatural threat to the heir of a wealthy Dartmoor estate.
Growth of the Soil
Knut Hamsun
A man builds a farm and a family as society changes around him.
Before Adam
Jack London
A man experiences the memories of a long dead ancestor through his dreams.
Pelle the Conqueror
Martin Andersen Nexø
As a poor boy grows up to be a man, he becomes determined to solve the plight of his fellow men.
The Prime Minister
Anthony Trollope
A duke leads a coalition government while doubting his capacity to do so.
María
Jorge Isaacs
A young man and his distant cousin, who suffers from a mysterious affliction, fall in love in the idyllic Colombian countryside.
The Sea-Wolf
Jack London
Literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is pressed into service aboard a seal-hunting schooner by its cruel, ruthless, but intelligent captain.
Mr. Standfast
John Buchan
An army general chases a network of German spies through Scotland, the Swiss Alps, and the First World War’s Western Front.
The Uncalled
Paul Laurence Dunbar
A man finds himself forced into religious life.
Rachel Ray
Anthony Trollope
The attractions of a young woman provoke both admiration and antipathy in her local town.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan
An expatriate returning to England after many years in South Africa is accused of a murder he did not commit, and has to flee from the police and other more dangerous pursuers.