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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s …

How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr

We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the …

How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr

We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the …

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)

In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)

In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.

The Wager by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder is the fifth nonfiction book by American journalist David Grann. The …

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Kathy, a clone about to donate all her organs and die, reflects on her past about her school and the …

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew …

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew …

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …

Orbital by Samantha Harvey (duplicate)

A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize–winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on …

America by Jean Baudrillard