Best Classic Book Recommendations

Transport yourself to the great countryside.

Literary censorship has long been a source of contention.

“Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.”

"We care so much we refuse to burn out. If we burn out, who’s here for the kids?"

Mary McCarthy's books pushed boundaries.

Love her or hate her, Stein is a part of our literary fabric. 

These are the most divisive books in the library.

You do read books, don't you?

Discover masters of letter writing.

Read an excerpt from this classic story.

Read the inspirations behind some of this year’s Oscar contenders!

By treating his students as equals, a schoolteacher creates a unique bond with his class.

How many have you read?

“The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.”―John Updike

From ennui to joie de vivre.

Curl up with a cozy read.

Is there anything more iconic than a love story?

Go beyond Charles Dickens and J.R.R. Tolkein.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and Charles Dickens was there to write it all down.

“I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.” —C.S. Lewis