A boy on the Mississippi River turns a chore into a game, finds adventure in childhood romance and graveyard secrets, and outwits adults with his cleverness.
Through the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, a mythical town deals with the repeating patterns of time, love, and solitude, as the extraordinary mixes with the ordinary.
After the Dust Bowl, the Joad family's difficult trip to California shows humanity's strong, but often broken, spirit against unfair systems and brief hope.
Imprisoned for a betrayal he didn't commit, a naive sailor transforms into the enigmatic Count of Monte Cristo, meticulously orchestrating a grand, decades-long scheme of vengeance against those who stole his life and love.
In the chaos of WWII, Captain Yossarian desperately navigates a military where the only sane choice is to pretend madness, all to escape endless bombing missions and survive.
During the Nazi occupation of France, two sisters choose different, dangerous paths of resistance and sacrifice to protect what they love and defy war.
In the squalor of 19th-century Paris, an ex-convict's lifelong quest for redemption clashes with an unyielding inspector, set against a backdrop of revolution, poverty, and the enduring power of human compassion.
In 1870s Russia, a passionate affair ruins a high-society woman's life, while another person searches for happiness amidst social rules and moral problems.
In Victorian London, an American orphan with a mysterious power gets involved with demon-hunting Shadowhunters and two intriguing boys as they try to stop a secret society from taking over the British Empire with an army of clockwork robots.
A zealous missionary's rigid faith clashes with the Belgian Congo's wilderness and people, unraveling his family through the eyes of his five unforgettable women.
In 19th-century England, an orphan's sudden rise to gentlemanly 'great expectations' becomes a gilded cage, showing the true cost of ambition and the pain of misplaced hope.
In 12th-century England, a prior, a mason, and a noblewoman work to build a cathedral, fighting political intrigue, family betrayal, and nature over generations.
A young servant in 17th-century Delft finds her quiet world intertwined with the painter Johannes Vermeer as she becomes his muse, blurring the lines of class, art, and forbidden desire.
A London writer discovers the resilient spirit, quirky humor, and deep friendships formed on German-occupied Guernsey through a book club born from an alibi, all told through a post-war correspondence.
Ebenezer Scrooge, a miser, goes on a journey led by three ghosts, making him face his past, present, and a future without kindness, all on Christmas Eve.
Four Chinese immigrant mothers, connected by mahjong and their pasts, navigate the generational divide with their American-born daughters, who must learn their mothers' stories to understand themselves.
Siddhartha leaves a life of privilege and piety, embracing asceticism, wealth, and love to find enlightenment not in dogma, but in the whispers of a river and the unity of all existence.
From a burning Greek village to Prohibition-era Detroit, a recessive gene unravels the Stephanides family's decades-long story, ending with Cal's discovery of self.
A doctor's snap decision to institutionalize his newborn daughter with Down's Syndrome, unbeknownst to his wife, splinters his family into two separate lives, haunted by a secret that ripples across a quarter-century.
A second chance at love rekindles between a steadfast woman of quiet grace and a now-wealthy captain, years after societal pressures and manipulative advice tore them apart.
A daughter's search to understand her mother, whom she called a "tap-dancing child abuser," through a scrapbook of wild mementos reveals the beauty of imperfect love and the power of forgiveness.
Set in the early 20th century American South, this novel tells the story of Celie, a young black woman who finds her voice and strength through sisterhood and self-discovery amid a life of abuse and hardship.
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon races through Washington D.C.'s hidden Masonic underworld to decipher ancient symbols and save his kidnapped mentor from a terrifying villain obsessed with unlocking esoteric wisdom.
