To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
1960
A classic novel depicting racial injustice in the American South.
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1925
A tale of the American Dream, wealth, and love during the Roaring Twenties.
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
1851
The epic tale of Captain Ahab's obsession with the white whale.
The Catcher in the Rye
J.d. Salinger
1951
A classic coming-of-age novel following Holden Caulfield's journey.
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
1988
A philosophical novel about a shepherd boy's journey to find his personal legend.
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
1982
A novel about the life of African-American women in the Southern United States.
