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Romance
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
He throws the biggest parties in New York. Nobody knows who he really is.
Mystery & Crime
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
He can tell where you’ve been just by looking at your shoes.
Mystery & Crime
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
Footprints by the body. Not a man's. The footprints of a gigantic hound.
Horror & Gothic
Tales of Mystery & Terror
Edgar Allan Poe
“I heard the beating of his hideous heart.” Ten tales you'll read with the lights on.
Horror & Gothic
Dracula
Bram Stoker
The Count is a perfect host. The doors only lock from the outside.
Horror & Gothic
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
He wanted to defeat death. He did. And now it's following him.
Mystery & Crime
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
A respectable doctor. A monster in the fog. Why do they share the same key?
Horror & Gothic
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
He stays young and beautiful forever. His portrait pays the price.
Adventure
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Betrayed on his wedding day. Buried alive in prison for 14 years. Now he's back.
Romance
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
She fell for her mysterious employer. Then she heard the laughter from the attic.
Family & Coming-of-Age
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
Four sisters. One war. And Jo March refuses to be anybody's idea of a lady.
Romance
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
She hated him at first sight. That was her first mistake.
Short Stories
The Hungry Stones & Other Stories
Rabindranath Tagore
Every night at midnight, the empty palace wakes up.
Self-Help & Philosophy
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
The most powerful man on Earth, talking himself out of anger.
Business & Money
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefèvre
He made a fortune betting on Wall Street. Then he lost it all. Then he did it again.
Business & Money
My Life and Work
Henry Ford
Everyone said cars were a rich man's toy. So he built one everybody could afford.
Business & Money
The Art of Money Getting
P. T. Barnum
The greatest showman on earth reveals how he really made his millions.
Business & Money
Scientific Advertising
Claude C. Hopkins
Advertising is salesmanship. These are the rules that made the 1920s' best-paid ad man.
Self-Help & Philosophy
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
Win the war before the first battle. A 2,500-year-old playbook for beating any rival.
American Classics
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
He arrived in Philadelphia with a dollar and three bread rolls. He ended up on the $100 bill.
Biography & Memoir
My Inventions
Nikola Tesla
He saw his inventions in visions before he built them. Then he lit up the world.
Self-Help & Philosophy
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
Arnold Bennett
You get 24 hours a day, same as everyone else. Here's how to stop wasting them.
Mystery & Crime
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
He's sure he's above the law. Then he picks up the axe.
Romance
White Nights
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A lonely dreamer meets a crying girl on a bridge. They have four nights.
Horror & Gothic
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
She married the rich one. Heathcliff spent the rest of his life making everyone pay.
Adventure
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
He faked his own death to escape his dad. Then he got on a raft.
Horror & Gothic
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
A nervous schoolteacher. A haunted road. A rider with no head.
Horror & Gothic
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Her husband says she just needs rest. The woman behind the wallpaper disagrees.
Romance
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Their families are at war. They've known each other for one night. They're getting married tomorrow.
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