In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
Readers as diverse as TS Eliot and Lou Reed appreciated Delmore Schwartz's work.
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Cathedral
his third collection of stories and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
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Waiting for the Barbarians
The theme of colonial imposition is central to the novel
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The Nose
follows the bizarre misadventures of Major Kovalyov and his missing nose
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Molloy
the novelistic equivalent of abstract painting
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The Count of Monte Cristo
The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean
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The Time Machine
A classic science fiction novel by H.G. Wells published in 1895.
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A Brief History of Time
Hawking takes readers on a journey through the history of cosmology, from ancient Greek philosophers to modern scientific theories.
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
The protagonist, who remains unnamed throughout the novel, is a solitary and introspective man who has never been in love.
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Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia begins with Orwell's arrival in Barcelona in 1936, shortly after the outbreak of the civil war.
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Invisible Cities
In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo—Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan sensed the end of his empire…
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Cannery Row
The story revolves around the people living there, including Lee Chong, the local grocer. Doc, a marine biologist. And Mack, the leader of a group of derelicts.
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Rhinoceros
Theater of the absurd. Throughout three acts, the inhabitants of a provincial French town turn into rhinoceroses.
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Night of Wenceslas
The Night of Wenceslas is the debut novel of British thriller and crime writer Lionel Davidson.
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The Quiet American
In Graham Greene's _The Quiet American_ it's 1955 and British journalist Thomas Fowler has been in Vietnam for two years covering the insurgency against French colonial rule.
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Miss Lonelyhearts
Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West is set in New York during the Great Depression, a time of economic hardship and social upheaval.
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The Dead
Final story in Joyce's collection of short stories, The Dubliners.
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The Marble Faun
In Hawthorne's The Marble Faun, a carefree Italian count commits murder to protect a mysterious painter, shattering their friends' innocence and proving sin is a catalyst for maturity.
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Narcissus and Goldmund
…revolves around the complex and transformative friendship between two contrasting characters. Narcissus, an intellectual and monk, and Goldmund, a restless and artistic wanderer.
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Trainspotting
The narrative of the novel _Trainspotting_ by Irvine Welsh is presented through a series of interconnected short stories, each focusing on different characters within the group.
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Kindred
Dana, a young Black American, and her white husband, Kevin, moving into their new home. Suddenly, Dana is yanked back in time to a Maryland plantation in the early 19th century.
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
A collection of essays divided into two sections - Life Styles in the Golden Land and Personals.
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Zero K
Jeffrey Lockhart’s father, Ross, is a billionaire in his sixties, with a younger wife, Artis Martineau. Her health is failing.
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Heart of Darkness
The story follows Charles Marlow, a sailor and narrator, as he recounts his journey into the heart of Africa to find the enigmatic ivory trader Kurtz.
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The Peregrine
The Peregrine is a nature book written by J. A. Baker and published in 1967. It is a deeply immersive account of the author’s observations of peregrine falcons in the British countryside. Baker divides the book into diary entries spanning several years. During this time, Baker meticulously documents his encounters with these birds of prey. His observations focus on a particular pair of peregrines and their hunting expeditions. Baker’s prose is rich and evocative. It captures the beauty and power...
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The Crying of Lot 49
The story of Oedipa Maas and her investigations into a world of wild conspiracies. Then a stamp auction.
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King Lear
…an aging King Lear who decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters. But the consequences of this decision lead to a series of tragic events, etc.
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The Satanic Verses
A satirical work that revolves around two main characters, Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha, whose lives become intertwined in a series of surreal and fantastical events.
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Any Human Heart
It is a fictional autobiography that follows the eventful life of the protagonist, Logan Mountstuart, during the 20th century.
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To Set Prometheus Free
summarizes the views of his fellow secularist Bertrand Russell