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 The Iliad by HomerOne of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.57 Read Online |  | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 The Odyssey by HomerOdysseus shares tales of monsters he's fought, but more than that he wants to get home to his wife Penelope, after 20 years of war and journey. At: Local Library Amazon $9.75 Read Online | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Julius Caesar by William ShakespeareA tale of honor and betrayal. Pompey is defeated in war by Caesar. A small devoted brotherhood, led by Marcus Brutus, plot the assassination of their new leader. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Paradise Lost by John MiltonHere in one volume are the complete texts of two of the greatest epic poems in English literature, each a profound exploration of the moral... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.95 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Literature |
 Hamlet by William ShakespeareHamlet seeks revenge on Claudius, who has murdered his father, the King, taken the throne and married his mother. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWith their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.17 Read Online | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Ben Hur by Lew WallaceA bestseller since 1880... The classic saga of the Roman Empire From a thrilling sea battle to its famous chariot race to the agony of the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.95 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Les Miserables by Victor HugoIn 19th Century Paris, the lives of several colorful characters cross paths, seemingly randomly, and are each changed dramatically from contact with the others. At: Local Library Amazon $4.38 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Oliver Twist by Charles DickensDickens, the master of descriptive narrative, conjures a grim and compelling view of Victorian London's underside. At: Local Library Amazon $4.96 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensPre-revolutionary France is the turbulent setting of this uncharacteristic Dickens novel. Lacking a primary central character, London and Paris are the real protagonists. At: Local Library Amazon $8.00 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 The Aeneid by VirgilThe adventures of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to embark upon a tortuous course that brings him to Italy and fulfills his destiny as founder of the Roman people. At: Local Library Amazon $10.40 Read Online | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneSet in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Massachusetts, this tale of an adulterous entanglement resulting in an... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.49 Read Online | | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Set in Alabama during the Depression; follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch. A tough, tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up. At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes Celebrated 19th century American poet; father of U.S. Supreme Court jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. At: Local Library Amazon $12.21 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn's first book, this economical, relentless novel is one of the most forceful artistic indictments of political oppression in... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.64 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Literature, Biography |
| Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by J. R. R. Tolkien From a remote and exotic age--of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. In the unique imagination of J.R.R. Tolken the power of these great stories comes to life for modern readers. At: Local Library Amazon $5.24 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Elizabeth Bennet is the perfect Austen heroine: intelligent, generous, sensible, incapable of jealousy or any other major sin. That makes... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.95 Read Online | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Gut-wrenching portrayal of slavery and its effects on families and individuals. A remarkable book - narrative drive, vivid characters, sprawling cast, several completely different worlds masterfully portrayed; At: Local Library Amazon $4.99 Read Online | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare In this play, Shakespeare shows that love makes you do strange things. As Lysander says, "The course of true love never did run smooth." At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Classic tragic romance of the feuding Capulets and Montagues. Romeo (a Montague) falls in love with Juliet (a Capulet) and are married in secret by Friar Lawrence... At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy During the French Revolution's reign of terror, the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel rescues helpless men, women, and children from their doom... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.95 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Henry V by William Shakespeare Historically based play, England's King Henry V invades France. The decisive fight comes at the Battle of Agincourt, where the English are outnumbered five to one. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $12.35 Read Online | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Literature |
| MacBeth by William Shakespeare Elements - Subtle poetry of Macbeth's speeches, the "post-Christian" religious significance, the blood-darkness-water themes, and political connections between Scottish Thanes and British Earls. At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Moby Dick by Herman Melville Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.84 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Short Stories by O. Henry The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume.  The final selection... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $15.61 | | 1800's to Modern | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Everyman by Anonymous As this medieval moral play unfolds, Everyman learns that neither possessions nor accomplishments will follow him to the grave. As Everyman's problem is our problem, the play provokes thought and discussion 700 years later. At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Plays by Sophocles Aristotle called "Oedipus The King," the second-written of the three Theban plays written by Sophocles, the masterpiece of the whole of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 Read Online | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Inferno by Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $12.35 Read Online | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Literature |
| The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare The dialog is very clever if you can understand it - this edition has scene summaries and word definitions to help. The quick witted dialog and the absurd plot make this a pretty good read. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Sonnets by William Shakespeare Of indescribable linguistic beauty, elegance and complexity, Shakespeare's sonnets owe their timeless appeal to their supreme compositional values, the universality of their themes, and their keen insights into the human heart and soul. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 Read Online | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| King Lear by William Shakespeare Based on the legend of King Leir in pre-Roman Britain. King Lear divides his kingdom among his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia, according to their love for him. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Paradise by Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $12.35 Read Online | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Literature |
| Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future -- of a world utterly... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.55 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Literature |
| Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote, errant knight and sane madman, with the company of his faithful squire and wise fool, Sancho Panza, together roam the world... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.49 Read Online | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Othello by William Shakespeare Iago's jealousy rages after being passed over in favor of Cassio. The evil Iago engenders a revengeful scheme that turns jealousy into a weapon to destroy the noble Othello. At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| The Tempest by William Shakespeare Shakespeare's farewell to London, imaginative and enlightening, timeless. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Emma by Jane Austen Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.73 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre, though orphaned becomes an independent and spirited survivor. As governess at Thornfield Hall, she finds love with Rochester, whose terrible secret forces her to make a choice... At: Local Library Amazon $5.42 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Set in the years leading up to and culminating in Napoleon's disastrous Russian invasion, this novel focuses upon an entire society torn by... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $9.95 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Poems by John Donne Finally, I've found a poet I really like reading. Donne's poems suit me more than Shakespeare's sonnets or Poe's verse, and apart from... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.77 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Twelfth Night by Shakespeare A girl, disguised as a man, searches for her twin brother who was lost in a shipwreck. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz The Christian v. lion's story has been around so long that it has pretty much become a kind of myth. It is a phrase one brings up in order... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $13.57 Read Online |  | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Silas Marner by George Eliot Embittered by a false accusation, disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas Marner retreats into a long twilight life alone... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.95 Read Online | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness was first published in 1899 in serial form in London’s Blackwood’s Magazine. Loosely... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
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| The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America’s greatest writers and cultural... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $10.19 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Beauty by Robin McKinley This much-loved retelling of the classic French tale Beauty and the Beast elicits the familiar magical charm, but is more believable and... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | Not History Related | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas A Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene's... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.97 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Frankenstein by Mary Shelley ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATEDBY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPA timeless, terrifying tale of one man's obsession to create life -- and the monster... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.95 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins Hopkins, a Welsh monk, was nearly lost to the public when he renounced his own work, burned a large portion of his creations and sunk into... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.59 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
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| Plays by Euripides The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about social and political problems of Athenian... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.48 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Hard Times by Charles Dickens This story of class conflict in Victorian England serves as a powerful critique of the social injustices that plagued the Industrial... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.95 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
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| Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Far more than a typical romantic comedy, Shakespeare ostensibly intended to write about the complicated theme of exterior versus interior. The value of gold and money against the value of friendship and loyalty. At: Local Library Amazon $4.49 Read Online | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
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| Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte "My greatest thought in living is Heathcliff. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be... Nelly, I am ... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.95 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
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