Ursula K. Le Guin
Dear HarperCollins: You ask me, “Why do you read? Why do you write?” Well, I mean, duh. More
The Monkey Wrench Gang
Classic, irreverent novel that helped spark the modern movement of environmental activism. More
Down and Out in Paris and London
The first book by the author of the twentieth-century classics Animal Farm and 1984. More
The War of the Worlds
The much-adapted classic from “the father of science fiction.” More
The Crying of Lot 49
This highly original satire is a classic of postmodern literature. More
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Hugo Award winner; widely considered one of the most enduring classics of modern speculative fiction. More
American Gods
An instant classic and winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. More
The Sheltering Sky
Bowles’s landmark literary novel, a classic work of psychological terror. More
Joe Hill
Our lives are increasingly crowded by the instruments of distraction. More
I, Robot
Asimov’s science fiction masterpiece that influenced a legion of future authors. More
A Game of Thrones
First volume in the internationally bestselling series that has sold upward of 70 million copies. More
Brave New World
Huxley’s best-known novel; a prophetic classic of speculative fiction that continues to resonate. More
Fahrenheit 451
Though set in a dystopian world without books, Bradbury’s most famous work has never gone out of print. More
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of fate, tragedy, and the meaning of the human condition. More
Neil Gaiman
I read to travel, and to learn. More
Magician
Bestselling epic fantasy masterpiece that launched Feist’s career and influenced a generation of modern fantasy authors. More
The 42nd Parallel
The first volume of the “brilliantly original” (Alfred Kazan) U.S.A. trilogy, a landmark of modernism. More
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
This 1972 Booker Prize–nominated novel was also made into a 1978 Australian film. More
Under the Volcano
A landmark of modernism, hailed as “one of the towering novels of this century” (New York Times). More
The Poisonwood Bible
Pulitzer Prize finalist and runaway bestseller. More
The Hours
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award; made into an Oscar-winning film. More
At the Mountains of Madness
Lovecraft’s work has influenced the whole spectrum of those working in the horror genre. More
The Corrections
Winner of the National Book Award in 2001 and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2002. More
Nostromo
A sweeping masterpiece considered by many to be Conrad’s greatest novel. More