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The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Goodreads Rating: 3.41
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. Set in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years...
Aug 31, 2020 Tags: Classics, Young Adult, Academic, Historical
The Souls of Black Folk
by W.E.B. Du Bois
Goodreads Rating: 4.27
The Souls of Black Folk is a 1903 work of American literature by W. E. B. Du Bois. It is a seminal work in the history of sociology and a cornerstone of African-American literat...
Aug 31, 2020 Tags: Classics, Nonfiction, Essays, History, Race
Anthem
by Ayn Rand
Goodreads Rating: 3.63
Anthem has long been hailed as one of Ayn Rand’s classic novels, and a clear predecessor to her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In Anthem, Rand ex...
Aug 31, 2020 Tags: Classics, Philosophy, Politics, Fiction, Science Fiction
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
Goodreads Rating: 4.25
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte...
Aug 29, 2020 Tags: Classics, Adventure, Fiction, Novels, Historical, France
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
Goodreads Rating: 3.82
The Prince (Italian: Il Principe [il ˈprintʃipe], Latin: De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavell...
Aug 29, 2020 Tags: Classics, Philosophy, Politics, Nonfiction
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
Goodreads Rating: 4.12
In Russia’s struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. Greater than a historical chronicle, War and Peace is an affirmation of life itself, `...
Aug 29, 2020 Tags: Classics, Novels, Historical, Literature, Russia, War
Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
Goodreads Rating: 3.79
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, is a vivid account of the time that Henry D. Thoreau lived alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. It is one of the most influential and compell...
Aug 29, 2020 Tags: Classics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Nature, Autobiography, Biography, Essays
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Goodreads Rating: 3.83
Treasure Island (originally The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys) is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of “buccaneers and buried gol...
Aug 29, 2020 Tags: Classics, Childrens, Adventure, Young Adult, Fiction, Historical, Literature
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
Goodreads Rating: 3.91
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer revolves around the youthful adventures of the novel’s schoolboy protagonist, Thomas Sawyer, whose reputation precedes him for causing mischie...
Aug 28, 2020 Tags: Childrens, Adventure, Young Adult, Fiction, Historical, Literature