Yuval Noah Harari's sweeping account of how Homo sapiens came to dominate the Earth — from the Stone Age to the modern era — and what it means for our future.

George Orwell's allegorical novella in which farm animals overthrow their human farmer, only to find that their leaders become just as oppressive as those they replaced.

Herman Melville's monumental novel follows the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab, who pursues the white sperm whale Moby Dick across the world's oceans.

Oscar Wilde's dark novel about a beautiful young man whose portrait ages in his place while he pursues a life of hedonism and moral corruption in Victorian London.

Charlotte Brontë's classic follows the orphaned Jane Eyre from a miserable childhood to employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls for the brooding Mr. Rochester.

Mary Shelley's groundbreaking Gothic novel follows scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates a living creature from dead body parts, with terrifying and tragic consequences.

Bram Stoker's classic horror novel told in diary entries and letters, following Count Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood.

Fyodor Dostoevsky's psychological masterpiece follows a young student who murders a pawnbroker and then grapples with guilt, paranoia, and redemption in St. Petersburg.

Victor Hugo's sweeping novel follows ex-convict Jean Valjean as he seeks redemption in 19th-century France, against the backdrop of revolution and the relentless pursuit of Inspector Javert.

Anne Frank's moving diary written while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam — one of the most powerful personal accounts of the Holocaust ever written.

Daniel Kahneman's landmark book explores the two systems that drive the way we think — fast, intuitive System 1 and slow, deliberate System 2 — and how they shape our decisions.

Leo Tolstoy's tragic masterpiece follows the beautiful and aristocratic Anna Karenina as her passionate affair with the dashing Count Vronsky leads to her downfall.