Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
A young man's quest for redemption after a moment of cowardice.
Articles and interviews
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
A young servant's connection to the famous painting and the enigmatic artist who created it.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
A young orphan's transformative journey of self-discovery and social mobility.
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
A murder trial in a small fishing community exposes the lingering effects of racism and past traumas.
Middlemarch by George Eliot
An intricate tapestry of interconnected lives in a 19th-century English town.
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
A day in the life of a high-society woman in post-World War I London.
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
A man's struggle with his dual nature - the civilized and the wild - in a search for meaning and acceptance.
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift narrated by David Hyde Pierce
A man's extraordinary journeys to fantastical lands, revealing the follies and complexities of human nature.
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
A groundbreaking and experimental novel that challenges the boundaries of language and narrative.
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
A young girl's courageous journey to help her Jewish friend escape Nazi-occupied Denmark.
Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
A sweeping historical romance set against the backdrop of World War II in Greece.
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
A tale of chivalry, romance, and the struggle between Normans and Saxons in medieval England.