Fiction

Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh is a 2008 novel that was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It is…

The Rebel by Albert Camus is a book-length essay that examines the metaphysical and historical development of rebellion and revolution…

The Plague by Albert Camus is a 1947 novel that tells the story of a plague epidemic in the French…

The Fall by Albert Camus is a philosophical novel that tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a Parisian expatriate living…

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis is a classic series of seven high fantasy novels that have been (regretfully)…

Mythology by Edith Hamilton is a collection of Greek, Roman, and Norse myths that have been retold from various sources….

Watershed is a historical fiction novel set in rural Tennessee in 1937. The story revolves around the construction of a…

Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers is a captivating and often hilarious novel about family, loss, wilderness, and the…

Wise Blood is a novel by Flannery O’Connor, published in 1952. The story revolves around Hazel Motes, a World War…

Blind Willow Sleeping Woman is a collection of 24 short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The book explores a…

The Son by Philipp Meyer is a fantastic novel by the author of American Rust (one of my favorites). I…

Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle was an ebook that I obtained from Standard Ebooks. It was beautifully formatted and…

After reading Midnight in Siberia, I decided to check out a couple of famous books written by Russians. This book…

I picked this book up for free for Kindle at Standard Books (highly recommended project!). It’s the first of a…

Curse of Saints by Kate Dramis is a captivating debut novel that marks the beginning of an entire trilogy that…

The Book of Nature Poetry by National Geographic is one of those amazing books published for children…but is a hidden…

Trouble in July is part of Erskine Caldwell’s trilogy, alongside Tobacco Road and God’s Little Acre, exploring the American South…

The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers is a 1946 novel that explores themes of identity, belonging, race, and…

I was excited to read this book the day I read the book description in The Economist. The novel made…

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach was published back in September 2011, but I really started hearing about it…

I’ve never been the type to read or really enjoy Crime or Horror as a genre. However, occasionally there will…

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver is a novel that weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry…

I grew up about 10 years too late and on the wrong side of the world to fully appreciate Ready…

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a classic novel that tells the story of Okonkwo, a leader in an…

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver is a story of a family’s journey to the Congo in 1959. The Price…

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is a classic Spanish novel that has been widely regarded as one of the…

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a novel that tells the story of two couples, a young woman in love…