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"I would prefer not to" - the enigmatic clerk whose passive resistance confounds Wall Street

A mysterious slave ship harbors dark secrets in this tale of deception and power

Canadian author best known for Anne of Green Gables, celebrated for warm regional fiction and stories of resilient young women.

American author of Winesburg, Ohio, known for modernist fiction exploring loneliness, failure, and the collapse of the American dream.

Danish author whose fairy tales became some of the most beloved and widely translated stories in the world.

American journalist and author who became the most celebrated war correspondent of his era.

A timeless tale of love and sacrifice at Christmas

A family road trip becomes a meditation on grace and violence

Canadian author beloved for Anne of Green Gables, known for warmth, rural life, and sharp comic irony.

A conversation about everything and nothing - Hemingway's masterpiece of subtext

American modernist writer whose stories of small-town Midwestern life shaped 20th-century American fiction.

American naturalist and adventure writer who spent the brutal winter of 1897-98 in the Klondike Gold Rush and knew the Yukon wilderness firsthand.

A traveling salesman's pitch becomes a confrontation between faith and fear

A shocking tradition in a small town

Be careful what you wish for in this classic horror tale

American author and journalist best known for this celebrated 1924 thriller.

A story of pride, appearances, and ironic revelation

A Czech immigrant farmer reflects on what makes a good life in rural Nebraska

A condemned man's escape - or is it? A masterpiece of time and reality

Former Texas cattle drover who turned his firsthand experiences on the trail into vivid, authentic Western fiction.

A sensitive boy escapes his dreary Pittsburgh life for a brief taste of luxury in New York

American Naturalist writer whose own poverty and physical struggle shaped every line of this story.

American cattle-drive writer whose frontier realism captured life along the Texas trails and borderlands.

American journalist and author celebrated as the premier war correspondent and adventure writer of the 1890s.

Danish author whose fairy tales—including The Little Mermaid and Thumbelina—are among the most widely read in the world.

American adventure writer known for vivid wilderness tales and naturalist fiction.

American cattleman and author who drew on twelve years of trail-driving experience to write realistic fiction about the open range era.

An hour of forbidden freedom and a shocking reversal

A murderer's descent into madness - or is it guilt? A masterpiece of psychological horror

American adventure writer who survived the Klondike Gold Rush and turned his wild experiences into unforgettable fiction.

American adventure writer and naturalist who drew on brutal personal experience in the Klondike Gold Rush.

Danish author and poet whose fairy tales are among the most widely read and translated works in the world.

Canadian author best known for the Anne of Green Gables series, celebrated for warm domestic storytelling and vivid Prince Edward Island settings.

A Nebraska homesteader returns to Boston for a concert, stirring memories of her former life

Nevermore echoes through this haunting poem of grief and madness

A genre steeped in complex emotions and expressions of individualism, emphasizing human fallibility and sin.

A genre characterized by supernatural elements, mysterious settings, psychological horror, and exploration of the macabre and grotesque.