By Chinua Achebe
THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a “strong man” of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The...
By Terry Pratchett
Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. But weren't there supposed to be five? Indeed there were. So...
By Michael Crichton
In an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by...
By Orson Scott Card
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of...
By J.R.R. Tolkien,
Peter S. Beagle (Introduction)
The Fellowship was scattered. Some were bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Some were contending with the treachery of the...
By George R.R. Martin
Alternate cover editions can be found here, here and here. In this eagerly awaited sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin has created a work...
By Stephenie Meyer
About three things I was absolutely positive.First, Edward was a vampire.Second, there was a part of him—and I didn't know how dominant that part...
By Umberto Eco,
William Weaver (Translator), R.C.S. Libri (Idea)
It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade....
By Alan Moore ,
David Lloyd (Illustrator), Steve Whitaker (Contributor), Siobhan Dodds (Contributor)
A powerful story about loss of freedom and individuality, V for Vendetta takes place in a totalitarian England following a devastating war that...