Fahrenheit 451 Though set in a dystopian world without books, Bradbury’s most famous work has never gone out of print. More
Our Town Pulitzer Prize–winning drama; hailed by Edward Albee as “The finest play ever written by an American.” More
The 42nd Parallel The first volume of the “brilliantly original” (Alfred Kazan) U.S.A. trilogy, a landmark of modernism. More
Gorky Park First book in the Arkady Renko series, which became an instant bestseller and changed the crime fiction genre. More
Jack Higgins Why I write: Some years ago, although enjoying great success, I was accused by certain literary critics of repeating myself too much in my work. More Jack Higgins
The Monkey Wrench Gang Classic, irreverent novel that helped spark the modern movement of environmental activism. More
Under the Volcano A landmark of modernism, hailed as “one of the towering novels of this century” (New York Times). More
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors A multimillion-copy benchmark of adventure/survival nonfiction. More
A Game of Thrones First volume in the internationally bestselling series that has sold upward of 70 million copies. More
A Prayer for Owen Meany Irving’s beloved coming-of-age tale that ranks among the most cherished of American classics. More
Girl with a Pearl Earring Multimillion-copy global bestseller that won critical acclaim for its beautifully wrought depiction of innocence corrupted. More
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith This 1972 Booker Prize–nominated novel was also made into a 1978 Australian film. More
Michael Chabon The first writer that I really fell in love with was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in particular his Sherlock Holmes stories, and the first story that I ever wrote was a Sherlock Holmes story. More Michael Chabon
Love and War in the Apennines The early life story of a man who would become one of Britain’s best-loved literary adventurers. More