The year 2013 marks the seventieth anniversary of The Little Prince, whose intrigue and delightfulness are due both to its wonderful story and illustrations, and to the fascinating life of its author.
This quintessential high-seas adventure deserves to be experienced again or for the first time; either way, it is an American epic that's surprisingly humorous and modern.
Jack Kerouac's classic narrative of the beat generation, On the Road, is a must-read. Friends Dean and Sal take a road trip unlike any other, wild and philosophical, across 1940s America.
This classic young adult novel is as poignant and timeless today as it was when it was originally published in 1978 -- a fitting read for young adults and big adults alike.
You've read and loved Wharton's The Age of Innocence ... now Francesca Segal makes her debut with The Innocents, a modern retelling of the classic that is uniquely her own.
To say that Dorian Gray is an exemplar of self-indulgence, vanity, and sensual greed is too simple, for the novel resonates in more complex -- and always modern -- ways.
Meg Wolitzer's The Interestings: A New York Epic
A New Tale from Paulo Coelho: Manuscript Found in Accra
A Modern Classic That Endures: Robert Penn Warren's All the King’s Men
Oceans Eleven Comes to the YA Set: Ally Carter's Perfect Scoundrels
Some Heat Before Summer: Long Simmering Spring by Elisabeth Barrett
Alice Munro
Barbara Kingsolver
George Saunders
Haruki Murakami
Abigail Pollak
Allyson Pearl
Andrew Agudo
Jen Marshall
Joe Muscolino
Rita D. Jacobs
