Picks
Editor's reading picks and themed collections to help you choose your next book.
Start with a classic
Pride and Prejudice
Jane AustenFor wit that rewards close attention, and a romance built around learning to look again.
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFor a Gothic story that gives its hardest questions more than one voice.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Herman MelvilleFor a capacious, surprising voice that turns a voyage into a whole way of seeing.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis CarrollFor playful dialogue and imaginative surprises that remain rewarding beyond childhood.
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
Charlotte BrontëFollow Jane Eyre’s search for independence through a story of conscience, love, and hidden histories.
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles DickensRead a story of private loyalty and sacrifice against the upheaval of revolution.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan DoyleStart with Holmes’s compact mysteries and watch small observations change the whole case.
The Odyssey
HomerFollow a homeward voyage shaped by hospitality, danger, and the art of telling stories.
Love & society
Courtship, family expectations, and the choices that reshape a life.
Growing up
Young lives finding their way through friendship, independence, and change.
Journeys & discovery
Voyages into unfamiliar places and unexpected ways of seeing.
Science & identity
Invention and strange encounters raise questions about what makes us human.
Mystery & the uncanny
Follow clues, unsettling voices, and mysteries that resist easy answers.