By Franz Kafka,
Breon Mitchell (Translator), Arthur H. Samuelson (Contributor)
Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka's death, The Trial is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century: the...
By Chinua Achebe
THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a “strong man” of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The...
By John Grisham
They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraces former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax evasion. Another,...
By Joseph Heller
The novel is set during World War II, from 1942 to 1944. It mainly follows the life of Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier...
By Carlos Ruiz Zafón,
Lucia Graves (Translator)
The international literary sensation, about a boy's quest through the secrets and shadows of postwar Barcelona for a mysterious author whose book has...
By J.R.R. Tolkien,
Peter S. Beagle (Introduction)
The Fellowship was scattered. Some were bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Some were contending with the treachery of the...
By George R.R. Martin
Alternate cover editions can be found here, here and here. In this eagerly awaited sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin has created a work...
By Charles Dickens,
David Trotter (Introduction), Charlotte Mitchell (Editor)
See alternate cover edition hereDickens's magnificent novel of guilt, desire, and redemption The orphan Pip’s terrifying encounter with an escaped...
By John Steinbeck
The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers.First published in 1939,...
By William Shakespeare,
Linda Alchin, Antoni Cimolino (Stage Director), Shelagh O'Brien (Film Director)
In 1603, James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne, becoming James I of England. London was alive with an interest in all things Scottish, and...