By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact...
By Joseph Heller
The novel is set during World War II, from 1942 to 1944. It mainly follows the life of Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier...
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 Charles Dickens,
David Trotter (Introduction), Charlotte Mitchell (Editor)
See alternate cover edition hereDickens's magnificent novel of guilt, desire, and redemption The orphan Pip’s terrifying encounter with an escaped...
By Agatha Christie
First, there were ten—a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an...
By Lauren Weisberger
A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses. Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of...
By Haruki Murakami,
Jay Rubin (Translator)
Japan's most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writers with this heroically imaginative novel, which...
By Rick Riordan
An alternate cover edition can be found here.Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal...
By Neil Gaiman ,
Dave McKean (Illustrator), Nīls Geimens
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him...