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Beowulf is one of the earliest surviving poems in a modern European language, composed in England before the Norman Conquest. As a social document, it offers a vivid portrait of a feudal world of heroes and monsters, blood and triumph, life and death. As...

A widowed veteran gets the shock of her life in this impossible-to-put-down thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix dramas The Stranger and Stay Close. In the course of multiple consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers, millions of readers have...

The earliest of her six major novels, Northanger Abbey remained unpublished until after Jane Austen’s death. A deliciously witty satire of popular Gothic romances, it is perhaps Austen’s lightest, most delightful excursion into a young woman’s world. Catherine Morland, an unlikely heroine—unlikely because she...

In Mansfield Park, first published in 1814, when the author had reached her full maturity as a novelist, Jane Austen paints some of her most witty and perceptive studies of character. Against a genteel country landscape of formal parks and stately homes, the gossipy...

Master the invisible battlefield. Win with wisdom, not war. A timeless masterpiece of strategy and insight, The Art of War by Sun Tzu is one of the most influential works ever written on leadership, warfare, and the psychology of conflict. Composed in ancient China around...

Christmas is coming, and Teddy is so excited! "Is it Christmas yet?" he repeatedly asks Big Bear. Teddy wants to help Big Bear get ready, but every time he tries, he ends up making a mess and making Big Bear angry! Will they be...

Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that...

Over one long, languid summer Edna Pontellier, fettered by marriage and motherhood, becomes acquainted with Robert Lebrun. As the days shorten and the temperature drops Edna succumbs to Robert’s devotion. But as her desire grows so too does her discontentment - with the role...

When the Americans Mr and Mrs Otis and their four children move into Canterville Chase, its previous occupant Lord Canterville warns them that the ghost of his ancestor still haunts the house. Their disbelief is soon shattered by the nightly sound of rattling chains...

When professor of phonetics Henry Higgins wagers with Colonel Pickering that he could teach even a gutter-mouthed flower seller how to speak like a duchess, little does he expect that his social experiment will be riddled with difficulties, and that behind her cockney parlance...

This edition of Hamlet is edited with an introduction by series editor A. R. Braunmuller and was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia. Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican Shakespeare series. The legendary Pelican Shakespeare...

In Athens, Hermia and Lysander are in love, but her father insists she marry Demetrius—who desires Hermia, though he’s pursued by her devoted friend Helena. The young lovers flee to the forest, with Demetrius and Helena close behind. There, the fairy king and queen,...

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud. In this death-filled setting, the movement from love...

One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight—and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he’s an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. His wife, Olivia, is pregnant, and the two of them are closing on their dream house. But...

What does feminism mean in the 21st century? In this bold and personal essay, award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—offers a fresh, inclusive definition of feminism today. With wit, clarity and warmth, Adichie explores the everyday realities of gender inequality—both the obvious and the deeply...

Middle Earth #0 When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim their home from the ruthless dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming hobbit dwelling in peaceful Hobbiton. As they journey...

Middle Earth #1. The dark, fearsome Ringwraiths are searching for a Hobbit. Frodo Baggins knows that they are seeking him and the Ring he bears—the Ring of Power that will enable evil Sauron to destroy all that is good in Middle-earth. Now it is...

Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, carefully guarded, old-money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and inheritance for motherhood, sacrificing more of herself than she ever intended. Sasha, middle-class and from New England, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family and...

Foundation #1. It is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, forty billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet...

What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of...

In this highly anticipated sequel to the “lovely, lighthearted” (School Library Journal) New York Times bestselling To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, Lara Jean still has letters to write and even more to lose when it comes to love. Lara Jean didn’t expect...

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2. After a summer of battling monsters and averting war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson is hoping for a quiet seventh-grade year. His biggest challenge? A towering, awkward new friend named Tyson—who’s more than he seems. But...

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4. Percy Jackson thought his freshman orientation would be boring. Then a familiar mortal shows up out of nowhere—followed by demon cheerleaders and suddenly, he’s fighting for his life before classes even begin. In The Battle of the...

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3. When Percy Jackson receives a desperate call for help from his satyr friend Grover, he doesn’t hesitate. Armed with his celestial bronze sword and joined by his fellow demigods, Percy rushes into danger. Grover has discovered two...

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5. For a year, the demigods of Camp Half-Blood have trained for war, knowing they stand little chance against the growing forces of Kronos, the Titan lord of time. With each fallen ally and every ancient power awakened,...

This moving debut follows a neurodivergent girl determined to give voice to the forgotten. When twelve-year-old Addie learns that her small Scottish town once put women on trial for witchcraft, she can’t let it go. The witches weren’t magical—they were different. Different like her....

In this sweeping tale of adventure, Alexandre Dumas weaves together suspense, intrigue, romance, revenge, and the ultimate triumph of justice—elements that have secured the novel’s enduring status as a literary classic. Set in post-Napoleonic France, the story follows Edmond Dantès, a promising young sailor...

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen’s witty comedy of manners—one of the most popular novels of all time—that features splendidly...

Long ago, in the quiet English village of Wall—where reality ends and magic begins—nothing is quite as it seems. When a star falls from the sky, young Tristran Thorn vows to retrieve it for the woman he loves, the distant and beautiful Victoria Forester....

For years, fans have wondered what became of Ahsoka after she left the Jedi Order at the end of the Clone Wars—and before she emerged as the secretive Rebel operative Fulcrum in Rebels. Now, her story begins to unfold. Scarred by her time with...

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...' Set against the turmoil of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities follows the lives of Doctor Manette, recently freed after eighteen years in the Bastille, and his daughter Lucie, as...

Percy Jackson and the Olympians. After saving the world more times than he can count, Percy Jackson just wants a normal senior year. But the gods have other plans. To earn the three letters of recommendation he needs from Mount Olympus for college, Percy...

Discovered after the Second World War, Anne Frank's diary has become one of the most influential personal accounts of the Holocaust, a profound testament to resilience, hope, and the enduring power of the human spirit. In 1942, after the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands,...

An old woman is awoken in the dead of night by knocks at her front door. The woman opens it to find her daughter, Doruntine, standing there alone in the darkness. She has been brought home from a distant land by a mysterious rider...

Three years have passed since the events narrated in Little Women, and the four March sisters are approaching adulthood, with all its accompanying challenges and expectations. Meg is preparing for her wedding, Beth continues to struggle with her health, Jo is more than ever...

Dante’s dramatic journey through the circles of hell in search of redemption – and his encounter with devils, monsters and the souls of some of the greatest sinners who ever walked on earth – is one of the cornerstones of Western literature, the summit...

A powerful novella about redemption and the nuances of human relationships that helped cement Chekhov's reputation as a major figure in Russian literature. On a visit to a provincial town to see his sister Nina who is suffering from cancer, Alexei Laptev, who works...

Having frittered away his family's fortune in Paris, the profligate Guido, driven by his ungovernable passions, is forced out of his native Genoa and harbours plans for revenge. After a mighty storm, he sees a mysterious, misshapen creature approaching from the sea, with whom...

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy,...

Comprising one finished novel, Lady Susan, which was published posthumously, and two unfinished fragments, Sanditon and The Watsons, this collection – full of melodrama and burlesque, and exploring a range of literary styles and social classes – spans the entirety of Jane Austen's writing...

Pride and Prejudice is one of the most cherished love stories in English literature, delighting generations of readers with its high comedy, social observation and compelling romance, and spawning an entire industry of spin-off books, film adaptations and works of literary criticism. The pride...

Mungo McGrotty's career in Whitehall is going nowhere. But when he finds the mysterious (and deadly) Harbinger Report, he realises he can blackmail his way to the very top.This twisted Grayian retelling of the Aladdin story under the Thatcher regime sees our hero rise...

In exhilarating and lucid prose, Grossman gives us a provocative new take on the story of Samson: his battle with the lion, the three hundred burning foxes, the women he bedded, the one he loved and who betrayed him and the destruction of the...

Harry McCoy#1. When Detective Harry McCoy arrives at the scene of a double shooting in the middle of a busy Glasgow street, he is sure of one thing. This was not a random act of violence. McCoy must enlist the help of his criminal...

Despite multiple warnings, Horace B. Otis and his family move to Canterville Chase, a sprawling English manor with a dark history and a lingering guest. From the brilliant mind of Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost is an irreverent mix of horror and humor. Canterville...

Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks and acts, or is she simply ignorant of...

An English aristocrat, Lord Montbarry, abandons his fiancée for an enigmatic countess with a dark past, before moving with her and her brother, Baron Rivar – who is rumoured to be her lover, and is fond of gambling and alchemy – into a decayed...

One of Tsutsui's best-known and most popular works in his native Japan, The Girl Who Leapt through Time is the story of fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Kazuko, who accidentally discovers that she can leap back and forth in time. In her quest to uncover the identity...

As the sensitive and delicate Gertrude begins to shrink from her drunken and violent husband, their marriage becomes a battleground. Gertrude turns increasingly towards her two eldest sons, William and Paul, and determines that they will not grow up to be coal miners living...

When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham, they appear to be the perfect couple. He is a distinguished soldier and she is beautiful and intelligent. However, what lies beneath the surface of their marriage is far more sinister and their...