Whether you are reading for the first time, or revisiting your favorites, these classics stand the test of time by evoking our purest emotions and inspiring our most fantastic dreams.
Classic Fiction
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Classic Fiction
Jaws, 50th Anniversary Edition
Peter Benchley
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The shark-versus-man classic that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie—now in a fiftieth anniversary edition with an exclusive foreword from the author’s wife, renowned ocean conservation advocate Wendy Benchley
“A tightly written, tautly paced study of terror.”—The Washington Post
A great white shark terrorizes the beautiful summer getaway of Amity Island, and a motley group of men take to the water to do battle with the beast....
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five is “a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century” (Time).
The Hobbit
The stirring adventure that begins The Lord of the Rings, the greatest fantasy epic of all time.
Interview with the Vampire
The spellbinding classic that started it all, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author—the inspiration for the hit television series
“A magnificent, compulsively readable thriller . . . Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth—the education of the vampire.”
—Chicago Tribune
Cat's Cradle
“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”
—The New York Times
Jurassic Park
In Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton taps all his mesmerizing talent and scientific brilliance to create his most electrifying technothriller.
Rubyfruit Jungle
A landmark coming-of-age novel.
“Groundbreaking.”
—The New York Times
Foundation
A timely and timeless novel of the best—and worst—that lies in humanity, and the power of even a few courageous souls to shine a light in a universe of darkness.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster franchise Blade Runner
“A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet.”
—The New York Times
All Quiet on the Western Front
The masterpiece of the German experience during World War I, considered by many the greatest war novel of all time—with an Oscar–winning film adaptation now streaming on Netflix.
Frankenstein
A dark parable warning against the risks of scientific and creative endeavor, the corrupting influence of technology and progress, and the dangers of knowledge without understanding.
The Metamorphosis
The story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas’s grand historical romance recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dantès, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason.
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I
Since 1887, Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero! Volume I includes A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” “The Musgrave Ritual,” “The Five Orange Pips."
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume II
Volume II includes: The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear, The Adventure of the Red Circle, and the twelve baffling adventures from The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.
Fifty Great Short Stories
A comprehensive selection from the world’s finest short fiction.
Classic Nonfiction
Women Who Run with the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD
Book club pick for Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf
Within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is...
Read an Excerpt of Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD
Singing Over the Bones
Wildlife and the Wild Woman are both endangered species.
Over time, we have seen the feminine instinctive nature looted, driven back, and overbuilt. For long periods it has been mismanaged like the wildlife and the wildlands. For several thousand years, as soon and as often as we turn our backs, it is relegated to the poorest land in the psyche. The spiritual lands of Wild Woman have, throughout history, been plundered or burnt, dens bulldozed, and natural cycles forced into unnatural rhythms to please others.
It’s not by accident that the pristine wilderness of our planet disappears as the understanding of our own inner wild natures fades. It is not so difficult to comprehend why old forests and old women are viewed as not very important resources. It is not such a mystery. It is not so coincidental that wolves and coyotes, bears and wildish women have similar reputations. They all share related instinctual archetypes, and as such, both are erroneously reputed to be ingracious, wholly and innately dangerous, and ravenous.
My life and work as a Jungian psychoanalyst, poet, and cantadora, keeper of the old stories, have taught me that women’s flagging vitality can be restored by extensive “psychic-archeological”...
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“Extraordinary . . . a brilliant, painful, important book.”
—The New York Times
The Diary of a Young Girl
Updated with enlightening new material, this is the complete, definitive edition of Anne Frank’s diary, “the single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust” (The New York Times Book Review)
Mindset
From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement.
A Man Without a Country
“For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person.”
—USA Today
Be Here Now
Beloved guru Ram Dass tells the story of his spiritual awakening and gives you the tools to take control of your life in this “counterculture bible” (The New York Times) featuring powerful guidance on yoga, meditation, and finding your true self.
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