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A Farewell To Arms

by Hemingway, Ernest

The unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front during World War I and his love for a beautiful English nurse.

A Lesson Before Dying

by Gaines, Ernest J.

In a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, a young black man named Jefferson is an unwitting party to a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed. The only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

Bless Me, Ultima

by Anaya, Rudolfo

Six-year old Antonio Mares meets Ultima, a curandera who gives him strength through his childhood years in dealing with his demons, his family, and with the many deaths that surround him.

Fahrenheit 451

by Bradbury, Ray

Futuristic story of a society which burns books, and a man who tries to change things.

Housekeeping

by Robinson, Marilynne

Novel about love, loneliness, and loss

In The Time Of The Butterflies

by Alvarez, Julia

Set during the waning days of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republica in 1960, this extraordinary novel tells the story of the Mirabal sisters, three young wives and mothers who are assassinated after visiting their jailed husbands.

Love Medicine

by Erdrich, Louise

"LOVE MEDICINE is a remarkable first novel that stares more boldly at many of the truths of Native American life in this country than any fiction.

My Antonia

by Cather, Willa

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Old School

by Wolff, Tobias

The author of the genre-defining memoir" This Boy's Life, the PEN/Faulkner Award'winning novella "The Barracks Thief, and short stories acclaimed as modern classics, Tobias Wolff now gives us his first novel.

Poems, Series 1

by Dickinson, Emily and Todd, Mabel Loomis and Higginson, T. W.

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Selected Poems

by Jeffers, Robinson

The poems in this volume have been selected from Robinson Jeffers' major works, among them Be Angry at the Sun, Hungerfield, The Double Axe, The Beginning and the End, and Roan Stallion, and Tamar and Other Poems.

Sun, Stone, And Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories

by Hernández, Jorge F.

An anthology of short stories by writers such as Paz, Fuentes, Rulfo, Castellanos, Reyes, Arreola, Pacheco, Elizondo, Revueltas, Garro and more. Published expressly for The Big Read.

The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

by Twain, Mark

Mark Twain's classic story of a young boy's life in a small town on the Mississippi River.

The Age Of Innocence

by Wharton, Edith

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The Bridge Of San Luis Rey

by Wilder, Thornton

The breaking of a bridge causes the death of five people. Brother Juniper investigates their past lives to shed light on the reasons of their deaths.

The Call Of The Wild

by London, Jack

London's classic tale about a dog's adventures in the North.

The Complete Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe

by Poe, Edgar Allan

Well introduced collection.

The Grapes Of Wrath

by Steinbeck, John

Classic tale of the Okie migration to California during the Great Depression.

The Great Gatsby

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers.

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

by Mccullers, Carson

A variety of characters are drawn to a mute man.

The Joy Luck Club

by Tan, Amy

In 1949 four Chinese women, drawn together by the shadow of their past, begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and tell stories.

The Maltese Falcon

by Hammett, Dashiell

A treasure worth killing for.

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