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From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a classic novel of protest.

Jurgis Rudkus moved to Chicago from Lithuania, hoping to achieve the “American Dream” of prosperity and stability. But once there, he instead faces terrible wages and a dangerous workplace alongside his wife, Ona. 

Exposing the harsh conditions and unsafe practices in the meatpacking district, “Only one American novel, before or since—Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin—has had so powerful an influence on practical affairs” (The New Yorker). 

A golden-age mystery, featuring a killer inspired by nursery rhymes.

A stylish aristocrat, Philo Vance has a knack for puzzles and often advises the police on particularly tricky cases. Attorney John Markham has a doozy: a man was found with an arrow pierced through him and a note signed “The Bishop.” 

As details emerge, Vance realizes the killer is replicating the children’s nursery rhyme “Who Killed Cock Robin?”—and must put a stop to it before they reference other characters. 

Popularizing the concept of time travel, H.G. Wells crafted a thrilling tale of adventure.

An English scientist, known only as the Time Traveler, builds a machine that allows him to move through time. 

While testing the machine, he travels to AD 802, 701, where he discovers a world divided by two species: the peaceful Eloi and the destructive Morlocks. 

When his time machine is stolen, he must outwit the Morlocks in order to save humanity. 

An iconic work of psychological realism from master storyteller Henry James.

Traveling through Europe with her family, Annie “Daisy” Miller is a new-money American girl. While at a retreat in Switzerland, her younger brother introduces her to an older gentleman, Frederick Winterbourne. 

Soon, rumors circulate about her dalliances with a younger Italian man, while Winterbourne decides to follow her to Rome. What follows is a clash between Old World and New World values in this coming-of-age romance.