By George Orwell,
Erich Fromm (Afterword)
1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still...
By Jean Hanff Korelitz
Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he's teaching in a third-rate MFA program and...
By William Golding,
E.L. Epstein (afterword)
Librarian's note: Alternate cover editions can be found here, here, here and here.When a plane crashes on a remote island, a small group of...
By Ray Bradbury,
Neil Gaiman (Introduction)
Sixty years after its publication, Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a...
By Lois Lowry
Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birthmothers produce new children, who is assigned to appropriate family units; one...
By John Lithgow
Following the success of New York Times bestseller Dumpty comes award-winning actor and national bestselling author John Lithgow's next book of...