Classic General Fiction

A major modern classic: the turbulent story of a businessman torn between middle-class respectability and sensational bohemia. Antal Szerb is one of the great European writers - Ali Smith A novel to love as well as admire, always playful and ironical, full of brilliant descriptions, bon mots and absurd situations - The Guardian Mihály and Erzsi are on honeymoon in...

Heart of Darkness has unsettled generations of readers with its haunting portrait of colonialism in Africa. Acclaimed illustrator Peter Kuper delivers a visually immersive and profound interpretation of this controversial classic, evoking the danger and suspense at the heart of this brutal story. Longtime admirers of the novella will appreciate his innovative interpretations, while new readers will discover a brilliant...

You don't own yourself any longer. Society owns you. Had it not been for society, you would not be lying here now. Bruno, a young magazine editor, seems to live a charmed life until he discovers a growth on his neck—the first sign of incurable cancer. However, his doctor offers him a unique opportunity: Bruno can choose to be 'frozen...

“From this period, the intimacy between the Families of Fitzroy, Drummond, and Falknor daily increased, till at length it grew to such a pitch, that they did not scruple to kick one another out of the window on the slightest provocation.” Jane Austen's juvenilia are widely admired both for their auguries of her future greatness and for the spirit of...

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world. In addition to the other famous adventures, come three episodes in the career of this eminent, if disreputable, adventurer. Plumbing the depths of...

Endo is one of the world's greatest novelists - Washington Post A group of Japanese tourists journey to the sacred River Ganges, each on a secret personal pilgrimage. Widower Isobe mourns for the devoted wife he neglected; gentle children's writer Numanda seeks out the bird he believes saved his life; Kiguchi is haunted by his time as a soldier along...

The course of true love never did run smooth, but now you have only yourself to blame. No more throwing books across the room in frustration at the naïve, hasty or downright dumb decisions made by the protagonist - this time you're in charge! Will you choose to play as Helen - young, beautiful, excited about exploring the big, wide...

An oversized, slipcase-housed, art book edition of A WONDER BOOK, Nathaniel Hawthorne's collection of adapted Greek myths, now illustrated with a suite of paintings from the renowned Spanish artist Das Pastoras and an introduction from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro. In the summer of 1851, directly off the success of The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne decided to update a series...

The Golden Hours is the brilliant new instalment in the beloved Cazalet Chronicles, started by Elizabeth Jane Howard and now continued by bestselling author - and Elizabeth Jane Howard's niece - Louisa Young. It's Christmas, 1962, and the Cazalet family are gathering to celebrate. With the family's beloved Home Place long sold, Polly and Gerald have offered up their rambling...

The Golden Hours is the brilliant new instalment in the beloved Cazalet Chronicles, started by Elizabeth Jane Howard and now continued by bestselling author – and Elizabeth Jane Howard's niece – Louisa Young. It's Christmas, 1962, and the Cazalet family are gathering to celebrate. With the family's beloved Home Place long sold, Polly and Gerald have offered up their rambling...

All for one, and one for all Enjoy this classic tale of chivalry and swashbuckling fun in this hardback gift edition, complete with ornate gold cover foiling and printed page edges. Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers is a timeless classic that has inspired countless films and spin-offs, as well as generations of adventurers. A must-have for anyone looking to dive...

This deluxe hardback pocket edition presents one of the most celebrated American novels of all time, The Great Gatsby, with silver gilded page edges and foil-stamping. Jay Gatsby is a mystery to Nick. On the surface, he is a man of wealth and excess—throwing wild, extravagant parties that run deep into the night. But cracks begin to show in this...

This handsome gift edition brings together 10 stories of Lovecraft's iconic Cthulhu mythos, beautifully presented with a silver embossed cover design, ivory pages, and gilded page edges. From the classic The Call of Cthulhu to the eerie 'The Shunned House', these stories exemplify Lovecraft's extravagant imagination. Terrifying rituals, grotesque comedies, and tales of insanity form some of the best writing...

"Mark Twain was the first truly American writer, and all of us since are his heirs." - William Faulkner This elegant collector's edition presents Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, featuring gold cover embossing and gilded page-edges. Mark Twain's classic of smalltown life along the banks of the Mississippi features the loveable rascal Tom Sawyer and his...

This beautiful hardback edition brings together Andrew Lang's selection of 26 tales taken from One Thousand and One Nights, luxuriously presented with gold cover embossing and gilded page edges. These classic folk tales from Asia, Arabia, and Persia are taken from the reputed 1001 stories told by Scheherazade to entertain her husband, the Sultan, to prevent him from having her...

In this chilling tale, Lieutenant Thornhill vanishes after visiting Sweeney Todd: The String of Pearls, unveiling gruesome mysteries in London. Todd's apprentice Tobias faces abuse and terror as the barber's behaviour grows more sinister. Menace and murder lurk as criminals operate in plain sight. Adapted by Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd remains a British horror classic, with its iconic villain enduring....

Plunge into a trio of high-seas adventures! A perfectly curated gift for ocean lovers, this elegant boxed set houses three compelling classics in artful new editions. Stories for Seafarers brings together three timeless tales in one beautiful collection: Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island offers classic swashbuckling charm. H. G. Wells' The Sea Lady delivers satirical social commentary in the guise...

Let yourself be swept off your feet! A perfectly curated gift for your literary valentine, this elegant boxed set houses three compelling classics in artful new editions. Stories for Romantics brings together three timeless works in one beautiful collection: Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South is both a sweeping love story and a vivid portrait of Britain in the midst of...

This elegant gift edition presents Jane Austen's best-loved work, Sense and Sensibility, featuring beautiful gold-embossed cover designs, gilded page edges and patterned endpapers. Sense and Sensibility tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Left almost penniless and homeless on the death of their father, they rely on the kindness of relatives and friends to find a new...

This deluxe edition presents Herman Melville's classic nautical adventure novel, Moby Dick, in a striking hardback edition with gold cover accents and printed page edges. Described by D. H. Lawrence as "the greatest book of the sea ever written" and now heralded as a classic of American literature, Moby Dick tells the story of sailor Ishmael who signs up for...

For anyone who loves Little Women, or still cherishes the joy of letter writing, this book illuminates a favourite story in a whole new way. Louisa May Alcott's classic tale follows the March sisters as they come of age, and these unforgettable characters come alive in their letters and other writings. When Laurie invites Jo to join him for a...

The orphaned lowlander David Balfour seeks out his sole living relative, estranged uncle Ebeneezer of the House of Shaws. Ebeneezer strips him of his inheritance and David soon finds himself kidnapped! Everything changes when Alan Breck Stewart, Jacobite fugitive and scoundrel, boards the ship carrying David to his grim fate. Together, David and Alan overthrow the crew and begin an...

This deluxe edition features Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth with a lavish gold-embossed cover, gilded page edges, and patterned endpapers. Join Professor Lidenbrock and Axel on an extraordinary subterranean adventure, encountering wonders and dangers alike. Preserving the classic text, this pocket-sized edition is perfect for classic fiction enthusiasts. Part of the Arcturus Ornate Classics series, these...

This handsome gift edition presents Joseph Conrad's celebrated work, Heart of Darkness, featuring striking gold-embossed cover designs, gilded page edges, and patterned endpapers. The inspiration behind Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness tells the story of Charlie Marlowe, who takes a steamboat on a voyage into the heart of Africa. His mission is to relieve an ivory agent named Kurtz, who...

Charles Dickens' enduring coming-of-age novel is brought to you in a luxury hardback gift with gold embossing and striking printed page edges. The story of David Copperfield (1850) began as a memoir of Dickens' boyhood experiences in a blacking factory and grew into one of his most popular novels, echoing aspects of the author's own life and providing a wealth...

Leo Tolstoy's classic novel of love and self-destruction is spectacularly presented in this ornate hardback gift edition with gold cover foiling and printed page edges. It is no surprise that Leo Tolstoy's peers should have hailed this Russian literary masterpiece as one of the best novels ever written. Even in the 21st century, it has regularly been voted as one...

Georgia Oakley, director of the upcoming adaptation starring Daisy Edgar Jones, presents Sense & Sensibility, Jane Austen’s charming first novel; a story of two sisters, one ruled by reason, the other by romance, and the trouble each invites. After their father’s death leaves the Dashwood sisters with little security, Marianne and Elinor must navigate love and loss under the strict...

This gripping and emotional account of life on the front lines in World War I continues to resonate with modern readers. One of the most profound accounts of the horrors of war, All Quiet on the Western Front is Erich Maria Remarque's semi-autobiographical novel that continues to touch readers more than a century after its initial publication. The story is...

A stunning new edition of Book One of the Patternist series, in which two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together - and changing the destiny of the human race. A book that shifted my life... Epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant - VIOLA DAVIS Will rewire the mind of whoever reads it... you don't emerge...

L. Frank Baum's fantastical tale of a young girl named Dorothy's adventures in the magical land of Oz, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Gilded Classics line. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz begins as Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, are swept away from their home in Kansas by a powerful tornado and...

Machiavelli's classic works of political philosophy, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Gilded Classics line. Niccolo Machiavelli's 16th-century political treatise has been controversial and influential for centuries. Written as a guide for new princes and royals, Machiavelli provides a candid and unflinching assessment of the realities of power and politics. The Prince is...

Franz Kafka's bizarrely comedic meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation is expressed through the story of a man who is transformed overnight into a giant beetle. Now, this classic is repackaged with a beautifully designed jacket by noted illustrator Malika Favre. Only yesterday, Gregor Samsa was a meek salesman, browbeaten by his unappreciative employer and depended on...

A collected edition of two classic texts by Fitzgerald that explore love, greed, and the American Dream, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Clothbound Editions line. The Great Gatsby is not only Fitzgerald's greatest work—to many, it is the Great American Novel. When Nick Carraway moves to West Egg, Long Island, he has...

A stunning new edition of Book Five of the Patternist series, in which two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together - and changing the destiny of the human race. 'A book that shifted my life... Epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant' – Viola Davis on Wild Seed 'If we're talking must-read authors like Maya Angelou,...

A stunning new edition of Book Two of the Patternist series, in which two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together - and changing the destiny of the human race. 'A book that shifted my life... Epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant' VIOLA DAVIS on WILD SEED 'A literary pioneer' VANITY FAIR on OCTAVIA E. BUTLER...

A comprehensive collection of the mysteries, dread figures, poetry, and horror stories of Edgar Allan Poe, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Clothbound Editions line. Featured in these pages are Edgar Allan Poe's best-loved and most-feared literary creations: the clever C. August Dupin, precursor to Sherlock Holmes; the terrifying ghouls of Tales of...

Clay's Ark is a stunning new edition of Book Three of the Patternist series, in which two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together - and changing the destiny of the human race. 'A book that shifted my life... Epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant' - Viola Davis on Wild Seed 'Butler's evocative, often troubling novels...

Sheridan Le Fanu's queer Gothic pre-Dracula vampire tale, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Gilded Editions line. Laura's sheltered life in Austria is forever changed by the arrival of Carmilla, a beautiful and enigmatic stranger whose obsession with Laura is both sensual and destructive. A foundational and unconventional work of vampire literature that...

A collected edition of the first two volumes of Lucy Maud Montgomery's highly influential Anne books, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Gilded Classics line. Follow the exciting adventures of spunky heroine Anne Shirley in the first two volumes of the iconic Anne series. First, the impetuous, red-haired orphan meets and must win...

Leo Tolstoy's classic of Russian literature in its first—and still, arguably, the best—translation by Constance Garnett, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Clothbound Editions line. Anna Karenina is the wife of a well-respected government official. When she travels to St. Petersburg to reconcile her brother and his wife, she meets Count Vronsky and...

When Mr. Earnshaw, master of Wuthering Heights, returns from a trip with an unkempt orphan in tow, he announces that the child, Heathcliff, is now a member of the family. While young Catherine Earnshaw becomes close with Heathcliff, her older brother, Hindley, sinks into bitter resentment. As Catherine and Heathcliff mature, and their affection blossoms into desire, Hindley's resentment boils...

Three thousand years of encounters with malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmares. A Penguin Classic For millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnate—otherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation, and moral decline. The Penguin Book of Demons summons these supernatural creatures—and the humans who have hunted and been haunted by them—across cultures and continents:...

The Last Man by Mary Shelley is a landmark novel that invented the human extinction genre and initiated climate fiction. It imagines a world where newly forged communities and reverence for nature rise from the ashes of a pandemic-ravaged society. This edition is now available for the first time in Penguin Classics, with a foreword by Rebecca Solnit. Written while...

Inspired by Dostoevsky’s own gambling addiction and written under pressure in order to pay off his creditors and retain his rights to his literary legacy, The Gambler is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich. As he succumbs to the temptations of the roulette table,...

No home library is complete without the classics! The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a keepsake to be read and treasured. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of twelve short stories by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle, is considered a milestone in the genre of detective fiction. With Sherlock Holmes’s clever disguises and ability to solve even the most...

From the author of The English Patient and Running in the Family, a breathtaking novel about love and the horrors of civil war. Anil's Ghost transports us to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of a bloody civil war. Enter Anil Tissera, a young woman and forensic...

Part of the new Penguin James Joyce collection—reissues of Joyce's work with fresh new settings and contemporary introductions and notes by leading scholars. Following the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th of June 1904, and what happens to the characters Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly, Ulysses is a monument to the human condition. It...

The Vagabond is Colette's subversive and witty tale of a dancer in Belle Époque France, presented here in a fresh new Penguin Classics translation. Renée, aged thirty-three and divorced from her serially unfaithful husband, reinvents herself as a dancer in France's music halls. When a wealthy suitor appears, promising marriage and stability, Renée must choose between the security he represents...

An essential exploration of Polish literature, with a foreword by Olga Tokarczuk. The thirty-nine superb stories of The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories run the length of the literal and imaginative creation of Poland, from 1918 (when Poland regained its independence after 123 years of colonisation by neighbouring empires) to the present. The stories include 'Miss Winczewska', by the...

Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy. A Penguin Classics Hardcover So begins Robert Fagles's magnificent translation of The Odyssey, literature's grandest evocation of an everyman's journey through life. Odysseus's reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival against...

A definitive, exquisite collection of stories exploring class, relationships, and the beauty and banality of ordinary life by an underappreciated master of the form, with an introduction by bestselling novelist and essayist Sloane Crosley. "I was jealous of her writing. The only writing I have ever been jealous of." -Virginia Woolf In New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield's brief yet blazing...

A masterwork of modern Chinese literature, Taipei People is a collection of dark, wistful stories following the lives and losses of those who fled to Taipei after the 1949 Communist takeover of mainland China. Welcome to Taipei, Taiwan. The Chinese Civil War is now long over, but its shadow still haunts the city's lost souls. On the eve of her...

James Joyce's final, dazzlingly experimental masterpiece, with a new introduction by Brian Fox. Joyce's final work, Finnegans Wake, is his masterpiece of the night, as Ulysses is of the day. Supreme linguistic virtuosity conjures up the dark underground worlds of sexuality and dream. Joyce undermines traditional storytelling and all official forms of English and confronts the different kinds of betrayal—cultural,...

Part of the new Penguin James Joyce collection—reissues of Joyce's work with fresh new settings and contemporary introductions and notes by leading scholars. Dubliners, Joyce's first major work and written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time. His stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated...

Colette's irresistible depiction of a childhood in rural France, in a lush new translation by Belinda Jack. 'I was an independent, stray dog who answered to no one...' Claudine lives in a large house with a rose-filled garden and a vegetable patch smelling of tomato leaves and apricots. Beyond her house is the village, where travelling performers stop for the...

Discover Puffin Clothbound Classics - gorgeously giftable editions of the best-loved classics for young readers. Adventure awaits in this stunning Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of A Tale of Two Cities, abridged for readers aged 9-12 years. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' Charles Darnay is an exiled French aristocrat, fleeing a Paris torn apart...

Discover Puffin Clothbound Classics - gorgeously giftable editions of the best-loved classics for young readers. Travel the world with this stunning Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Around the World in Eighty Days. 'Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.' After betting that he could travel across the entire world in just eighty days, Phileas Fogg had better...

Joyce's lyrical, poetic, semi-autobiographical novel in a new annotated edition, with an introduction by Joseph Brooker. The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art and his gradual emancipation from the claims of family, religion and Ireland itself, is also an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce and a universal testament to the...

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY JOANNE HARRIS 'Feverish, hungry, astonishing' New York Times 'One of the greatest imaginative achievements of English culture' Guardian Amid a raging snowstorm, Mr. Lockwood seeks shelter at Wuthering Heights, a house high on the barren Yorkshire moors. It's not long before the house's secrets reveal themselves: carved into the windowsill, the names Cathy and Heathcliff...

INTRODUCED BY LUCY CALDWELL 'With brilliant dialogue and intense passages of elation and despair, The Weather in the Streets takes you on the rollercoaster of their relationship' — ESTHER FREUD, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Lehmann legitimised a type of writing that took on deep personal themes' — ENGLISH PEN 'The first writer to filter her stories through a woman's feelings & perceptions'...

One of the most remarkable British writers of the twentieth century 'A love triangle of bruising intensity, with a highly intricate and elegant structure' Clare Chambers 'Full of her sensibility, her funniness, her own peculiar acumen' Elizabeth Jane Howard 'Lehmann has always written brilliantly of women in love' Margaret Drabble Two sisters: Madeleine and Dinah. One husband: Rickie Masters. For...

Fyodor Dostoevsky's passionate and philosophical final novel, freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line. Set in 19th-century Russia, when a landowner is murdered, the lives of his sons are changed forever: the sentimental Dmitri, whose contentious relationship with his father immediately places him under suspicion for the murder; Ivan, the intellectual, whose mental tortures lead to...

King's iconic, beloved classic is 'so beautifully paced that you cannot help but be pulled in' Guardian. Pet Sematary 'Sometimes ... dead is better' The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed. Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine...

The book that translated the dark and stormy ethos of the gothic novel into the foundation for the tale of modern science fiction, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Clothbound Editions line. Dr. Victor Frankenstein never considers the consequences of his obsession. In his zeal to understand and harness the secret of life, he neglects his...

Charles Dickens's classic tale A Christmas Carol, along with more of his Christmas writings, freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line. Dickens's widely adapted A Christmas Carol follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly, misanthropic businessman who is visited by spirits. These spirits take him on a journey to become a man who truly appreciates Christmas and the...

First published in 1874, For the Term of His Natural Life is a powerful tale of an Australian penal settlement. This compelling story originally appeared in serial form in a Melbourne paper. The narrative follows Rufus Dawes, a young man transported for a murder which he did not commit. The harsh and inhumane treatment handed out to the convicts, some...

New York: A Literary Anthology - the city that never sleeps - is brought to life in this vivid and lively collection. From Staten Island to the Statue of Liberty, for centuries authors and poets have been inspired to write about the heady highs and formidable lows of New York: its people, places, and unique history. One sweltering summer's day,...

Boats, beaches, magic, mysteries and more abound in this sun-drenched collection of summer stories. Two strangers embark on a feverish, dreamlike encounter abroad in Algernon Blackwood's The Olive. A man impulsively meets his first love in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Between Two Planes. Willa Cather writes of sunset island explorations, and Virginia Woolf depicts the all-too-familiar drowsy garden nap. Yet summer...

Agatha Christie’s complete Tommy and Tuppence short story collection. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance. After their triumphant recovery of a pink pearl, intriguing cases kept on coming their way: a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal...

This extremely beautiful novel has a ripeness and wisdom all too rare in modern literature — Telegraph There's a certain time in life when one needs to read Hesse — Jenny Erpenbeck With an introduction by Graham Coxon In a monastery in medieval Germany, brilliant, analytical monk Narcissus is drawn to his new student, the impulsive, charismatic Goldmund. Despite their...

When a peacock's days are over, they're over. Oliver is precocious, black and gay. He reads Baudelaire, plays with his pet peacock, eats smoked oysters and fends off the maid Della Mae whenever she gets the 'Nasties'. He lives in rural Michigan with two elderly ladies: the white, wealthy Etta and her devoted housekeeper, Harry, his aunt. When a psychic...

One of the Library of Congress’s “Books That Shaped America” One of The Guardian's 100 Best Novels in English "A perfect work of the American imagination."—D.H. Lawrence In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our storied catalogue. A groundbreaking tale of injustice and perseverance that...

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. ‘It’s reactionary to believe in God in our days,’ I said, ‘but I am the devil, so I may be believed in.’ When corrupt landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered awaiting an illicit rendezvous, his estranged sons immediately fall under suspicion. Was it Dmitri, the reckless hedonist engaged in a...

A young woman found murdered. A scandal in the making. When Mrs Bantry wakes to find a body in her library, there’s only one woman to call: her good friend Jane Marple. But she hasn’t called her old friend for comfort. The body in her library has been murdered and Miss Marple is so very good at solving murders. Her...

One of the greatest adventure stories ever written, freshly repackaged for a new generation of readers and featuring an exclusive introduction from the author’s grandson. ‘This latest edition of the novel has been redesigned, resulting in an authentic looking cloth-bound book ... Exciting and thrilling, this should be read by all.’ – The Sun ‘A handsome new edition’ – The...

The enduring romance that has captivated readers for centuries – now repackaged in a striking new edition. First published in 1811, Sense and Sensibility remains one of Jane Austen’s most beloved and most successful novels, with over 10 million copies sold worldwide. This timeless classic still captures readers with its emotional depth and social observation more than two centuries after...

Fall in love with one of the most beloved romance stories ever written. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a timeless novel about love, class, and the courage to challenge first impressions. The narrative centres on the reluctance of the sharp-witted Elizabeth Bennet to be forced into a ‘suitable’ marriage, and her equally strong dislike for the enigmatic Mr...

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick Moby Dick is a book you come back to, again and again, to find new treasures and delights, a storehouse of language, incident and strange wisdom. — The Guardian In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our...

A special fiftieth anniversary edition of N. Scott Momaday’s magnificent Pulitzer Prize–winning classic, set against the incomparable landscape of the American Southwest. A young Native American, Abel, has come home to New Mexico from war to find himself caught between two worlds. The first is the world of his grandfather’s, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh...

From the author of Herc, a Waterstones Best Book of the Year ‘Particularly skilled in evoking the strangeness and contradictoriness of Greek myths’ Sunday Times ‘A joyful exploration of one woman's quest for home, power, identity and ultimately, freedom from fate. A genuine pleasure to read!’ Clare North, author of Ithaca ‘I’m a liar, to begin with.’ I wasn’t always...