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Classics

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Roads of Destiny by O. Henry
The First Forty-Nine Stories by Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Epics and Poetry

The Odyssey by Homer
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

Essays and Memoirs

A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
Consolations by David Whyte
Creative Nonfiction: The Final Issue by Lee Gutkind
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Here is New York by E. B. White
New York Sketches by E.B. White
Self-reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Somehow by Anne Lamott
The Best American Essays 1986 by Elizabeth Hardwick (editor)
The Best American Essays 2024 by Wesley Morris (editor)
The Best American Essays 2025 by Jia Tolentino (editor)
The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
The Glorious American Essay by Phillip Lopate
The Night Country by Loren C Eiseley
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
Will by Will Smith

Graphic Novels

The Walking Dead Compendium 1 by Robert Kirkman
The Walking Dead Compendium 2 by Robert Kirkman

History

Caesar and Christ by Will Durant
Fallen Leaves by Will Durant
John Adams by David McCullough
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant
Rousseau and Revolution by Will Durant
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
The Age of Louis XIV by Will Durant
The Age of Napoleon by Will Durant
The Age of Reason Begins by Will Durant
The Age of Voltaire by Will Durant
The Last Lion: Alone by William Manchester
The Last Lion: Visions of Glory by William Manchester
The Lessons of History by Will Durant
The Life of Greece by Will Durant
The Reformation by Will Durant
The Renaissance by Will Durant
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Trust the Plan by Will Sommer

Horror

Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Blaze by Stephen King
Christine by Stephen King
Cujo by Stephen King
Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
Desperation by Stephen King
Elevation by Stephen King
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Gerald’s Game by Stephen King
Holly by Stephen King
Insomnia by Stephen King
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
Lisey’s Story by Stephen King
Needful Things by Stephen King
Night Shift by Stephen King
Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King
Rose Madder by Stephen King
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
The Regulators by Stephen King
The Running Man by Stephen King
You Like It Darker by Stephen King

Literary Fiction

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven Peck
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Brightness Falls by Jay McInerney
Chess Story by Stefan Zweig
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Departures by Julian Barnes
Fat City by Leonard Gardner
Foster by Claire Keegan
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
James by Percival Everett
Mr Ives’ Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle
Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
Table for Two by Amor Towles
The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Good Life by Jay McInerney
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Hustler by Walter Tevis
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Silentiary by Antonio Di Benedetto
The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart
Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li

Mystery and Suspense

A Perfect Spy by John le Carré
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
City of Glass by Paul Auster
Dead Calm by Charles Williams
Dead Lions by Mick Herron
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
London Rules by Mick Kerron
Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Spook Street by Mick Herron
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
The Colorado Kid by Stephen King
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
The Deep Blue Good-by by John D MacDonald
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Rubber Band by Rex Stout
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Until Proven Guilty by J.A. Jance
We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough

Philosophy and Spirituality

Consolations by David Whyte
Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
Existentialism Is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre
How to Live by Derek Sivers
Laozi’s Dao De Jing by Lao Tzu
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
On Friendship by Marcus Cicero
Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday
The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Book by Alan Watts
The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday

Reading and Writing

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
A System for Writing by Bob Doto
Essayism by Brian Dillon
Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
Stories of Books and Libraries by Jane Holloway (editor)
Storycraft by Jack Hart
Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
The Notebook by Roland Allen
The Private Library by Reid Byers
The Public Library by Robert Dawson
The Work of Art by Adam Moss
Thinking on Paper by V.A. Howard, J.H. Barton
To Show and to Tell by Phillip Lopate
Wordcraft by Jack Hart
Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark

Science and Psychology

Attention Span by Gloria Mark
Basin and Range by John McPhee
Finding Meaning by David Kessler
Grieving Dad by Mark Seidman
How Do We Know Ourselves by David G Myers
Probable Impossibilities by Alan Lightman
Quiet by Susan Cain
Quit by Annie Duke
Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine by Alan Lightman
Selfless by Brian Lowery
The Night Country by Loren C Eiseley
The School of Life by Alain de Botton
This Is What It Sounds Like by Susan Rogers
Your Brain on Art by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross

Science Fiction and Fantasy

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Dune by Frank Herbert
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
The Death of Grass by John Christopher
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
The Peripheral by William Gibson
The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke

Sports, Health and Sobriety

At the Fights by George Kimball
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
Four Kings by George Kimball
How to Retire Happy by Stan Hinden
On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates
Thrive in Retirement by Eric Thurman
We Are the Luckiest by Laura Mckowen

Travel and Nature

Going Back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Move on Down to Mexico by Nicholas Grant
Sibley’s Birding Basics by David Allen Sibley
The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
The Vagabond’s Way by Rolf Potts
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

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