Best Classic Literature Novels - April 2024

Harry Potter Complete Book Series Special Edition Boxed Set

The perfect gift for collectors and new readers alike, we now present a breathtaking special edition boxed set of J. K. Rowling's seven bestselling Harry Potter books! The box itself is beautifully designed with new artwork by Kazu Kibuishi, and the books create a gorgeous, magical vista when the spines are lined up together. The Harry Potter series has been hailed as "one for the ages" by Stephen King and "a spellbinding saga" by USA Today. Now is your chance to give this set to a reader who is ready to embark on the series that has changed so many young readers' lives.

• ASIN: 0545596270
• UPC: 718496506769
• ASIN: 0545596270
• ISBN: 0545596270
• Brand: Scholastic
• Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.

Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7)

Now for the first time ever, J.K. Rowling’s seven bestselling Harry Potter books are available in a stunning paperback boxed set! The Harry Potter series has been hailed as “one for the ages” by Stephen King and “a spellbinding saga’ by USA Today. And most recently, The New York Times called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the “fastest selling book in history.” This is the ultimate Harry Potter collection for Harry Potter fans of all ages!

• ASIN: 0545162076
• UPC: 717356278525
• ASIN: 0545162076
• ISBN: 0545162076
• Brand: Brand
• Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books

The Father: A Novel

"I have a story for you."So says a man--head shaved, an arm tattooed black. He goes by the name of Savage.The Father is the story of a man who kidnaps his own daughter in order to save her but, in so doing, loses himself.  Fans of Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD and William Faulkner's ABSALOM, ABSALOM! will love THE FATHER for its language and emotional pull. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING5.0 out of 5 stars"Beautiful, like [Cormac McCarthy's] The Road ..." -- Ross Boone, Author of The Absent Landlord5.0 out of 5 stars"It was riveting from the start. I couldn't put it down!" -- Michael E. Croes, Am... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07LFM83R8
• ASIN: B07LFM83R8
• Manufacturer: Toho Publishing

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, Book 1)

The beloved first book of the Harry Potter series, now fully illustrated by award-winning artist Jim Kay. For the first time, J.K. Rowling's beloved Harry Potter books will be presented in lavishly illustrated full-color editions. Kate Greenaway-award-winning artist Jim Kay has created over 100 stunning illustrations, making this deluxe format a perfect gift as much for a child being introduced to the series, as for the dedicated fan.   Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to ha... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0545790352
• ASIN: 0545790352
• ISBN: 0545790352
• Brand: Arthur a Levine
• Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books

How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, Revised Edition

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Thomas C. Foster’s classic guide—a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper literary meanings interwoven in these texts. How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps us to discover those hidden truths by looking at literature with the eyes—and the literary codes-of the ultimate professional reader, the colle... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062301675
• ASIN: 0062301675
• ISBN: 9780062301673
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Perennial

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel

• ASIN: 0525562028
• ASIN: 0525562028
• ISBN: 0525562028
• Manufacturer: Penguin Press

Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)

All five books in the blockbuster Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, in paperback, have been collected in a boxed set fit for demigods. Now with glorious new cover art and packaged with a special poster, this value-priced set includes the best-selling The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian. Whether it is for readers who are experiencing Percy's thrilling adventures with Greek gods and monsters for the first time, or for fans who want to devour the saga again, this gift will be prized by young and old.

• ASIN: 1484707230
• ASIN: 1484707230
• ISBN: 1484707230
• Brand: Disney-Hyperion
• Manufacturer: Disney-Hyperion

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, Book 2)

Award-winning artist Jim Kay illustrates year two of Harry Potter's adventures at Hogwarts, in a stunning, gift-ready format. The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilder... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0545791324
• UPC: 642688059668
• ASIN: 0545791324
• ISBN: 0545791324
• Brand: Unbranded
• Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books

Pride and Prejudice

In this historic romance, young Elizabeth Bennet strives for love, independence and honesty in the vapid high society of 19th century England.

• ASIN: B008476HBM
• ASIN: B008476HBM

To Kill a Mockingbird

Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American ReadHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatredOne of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060935464
• ASIN: 0060935464
• ISBN: 0060935464
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future.Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451673310
• UPC: 642688055004
• ASIN: 1451673310
• ISBN: 9781451673319
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Clouds of Venus: Free Space trilogy, book 1

Dale Kinmont is a college student in post-catastrophe America. He's lucky; he lives in one of the walled cities for the nation's elite, and life is pleasant. He expects to graduate and find employment in his uncle's company.Everything changes when he's framed for murder. He's tried, convicted, and sentenced to hard labor in the prison colony on Mercury. He ends up in Hesperus instead, a flying city that soars eternally through the acidic skies of Venus. His goal now is to find a way to clear his name and return to Earth before Hesperus erupts in civil war. He also must battle the harsh rea... [Read More]

• ASIN: B075SRFYV8
• ASIN: B075SRFYV8

Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)

One of English literature's classic masterpieces—a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadEmily Brontë's only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence. The Penguin Classics edition is the definitive version of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tem... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0141439556
• ASIN: 0141439556
• ISBN: 0141439556
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.

• ASIN: 0385333846
• ASIN: 0385333846
• ISBN: 0812988523
• Brand: Delta
• Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperback

1984 (Signet Classics)

Written 70 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...• Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read •“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that see... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451524934
• ASIN: 0451524934
• ISBN: 9780451524935
• Brand: Signet Classic
• Manufacturer: Signet Classic

The Killer Angels : The Classic Novel of the Civil War

Portraits of Lee, Longstreet, and other Civil War leaders are interwoven with historical detail to provide a fictional recreation of the bloody battle at

• UPC: 470118
• Rating: 4.433

The Killer Angels : The Classic Novel of the Civil War

Portraits of Lee, Longstreet, and other Civil War leaders are interwoven with historical detail to provide a fictional recreation of the bloody battle at

• UPC: 469078
• Rating: 4.433

My Best Friend's Exorcism : A Novel

An unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist that blends teen angst, adolescent drama, unspeakable horrors, and a mix of '80s pop songs into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller The year is 1988. High school sophomores

• UPC: 55695819
• Rating: 4.087

The Best of Us : A Novel

Paradise isn't quite what it seems as four college friends meet for an island vacation in this captivating new novel from the acclaimed author of "These Girls." An all-expense-paid week at a luxury villa in

• UPC: 21277570
• Rating: 4.222

Make Room! Make Room! : The Classic Novel of an Overpopulated Future

Sometime in a dark future of urban jungles, vast overpopulation, riots, food shortages, and senseless violence, Andy Rusch, a cynical New York City detective, embarks on a desperate hunt for the truth about a killer

• UPC: 8152473
• Rating: 3.474

Best Friends Forever : A Novel

With incomparable humor and heart, Weiner presents her latest novel, which depicts the nuances of female

• UPC: 11975146
• Rating: 3.324

On the Night of the Seventh Moon : The Classic Novel of Romantic Suspense

For generations, Victoria Holt has dazzled and entertained millions of readers with her spine-tingling novels of romantic suspense. On the Night of the Seventh Moon is one of her most evocative, magical, and chilling. Come

• UPC: 12326479
• Rating: 4.2

Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part Two : The Science Fiction Classic Adapted to Manga

Rocket with a group of intergalactic explorers to the Ringworld, a massive artificial world looped like a giant ribbon the size of Earth's orbit around the sun. Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part Two is the

• UPC: 45969086
• Rating: 5.0

Zane Grey, Best Novels

Pearl Zane Grey (1872 -1939) was an American dentist and author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier.

• UPC: 312706690

Bride of Pendorric : The Classic Novel of Romantic Suspense

Favel Farrington meets Roc Pendorric on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Capri, where she was raised and lives with her father. Roc sweeps her off her feet, taking her from her home by an emerald

• UPC: 10786455
• Rating: 4.0