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Reading the canon.

A small rotating shelf of the books everyone says they should read.

50 books

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets are love letters to the human condition—each verse a razor-sharp meditation on desire, mortality, and the ache of time.

From $5.00

The Raven and Other Poems

The Raven and Other Poems

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven and Other Poems' is a shadowed journey through love, loss, and the macabre.

From $5.00

Macbeth

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

A Scottish general’s ambition curdles into tyranny after a prophecy twists his fate.

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

Two star-crossed lovers ignite a forbidden passion that threatens to consume their warring families.

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Hamlet

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

A grieving prince spirals into doubt and delay after a ghostly accusation.

From $7.00

Persuasion

Persuasion

Jane Austen

Jane Austen’s final completed novel returns to love after loss, measuring regret, constancy, and second chances with extraordinary emotional poise.

From $8.00

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery

A red-haired orphan’s whimsy turns a staid farmhouse upside down in this tale of mishaps and marvels.

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer’s world is sunlit and sly, where fence-painting becomes a con and treasure hunts turn treacherous.

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

A respected doctor’s dangerous experiments unleash his hidden self, a creature of pure appetite.

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Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

A boy’s adventure becomes a brutal education in deception when a pirate’s map leads to mutiny, buried gold, and the unforgettable Long John Silver.

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The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

When Martian tripods stride across Victorian England, humanity’s fragile dominance crumbles.

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The Time Machine

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

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Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

A steamboat captain’s journey into the Congo unravels into a haunting meditation on power, savagery, and the fragile veneer of civilization.

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Don Quixote

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

A deluded knight and his loyal squire wander the Spanish countryside, mistaking windmills for giants and inns for castles.

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The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A volatile father’s murder ignites a spiritual and moral inferno for his three sons—one a sensualist, one an intellectual, one a mystic—in Dostoyevsky’s searing final novel.

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Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

Emma Bovary’s longing for a life of passion and luxury collides with the banality of provincial France in this piercing exploration of desire and disillusionment.

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War and Peace

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy's sweeping saga captures the chaos of war and the quiet dramas of the heart, weaving together the lives of aristocrats, soldiers, and dreamers against the backdrop of Napol

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Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

A woman risks everything for passion in a world that demands her obedience.

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Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

In 'Sense and Sensibility,' Jane Austen masterfully contrasts the lives of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, sisters navigating love and loss in a society that prizes propriety above p

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The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

In the stark shadows of Puritan New England, Hester Prynne’s scarlet 'A' becomes a symbol of sin and resilience, a haunting meditation on guilt, identity, and the oppressive weight

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Huck Finn flees his abusive father and joins Jim, a runaway slave, on a raft down the Mississippi.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

A haunting fable of beauty and corruption, where a man’s portrait ages in his stead while his soul darkens behind an ageless face.

From $8.00

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë’s 'Wuthering Heights' is a tempest of love and revenge, set against the wild Yorkshire moors.

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A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

Against the backdrop of revolution, Dickens weaves a tale of love, sacrifice, and the shadow of the guillotine.

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