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1	Slaughterhouse-Five: Or the Children's Crusade, a Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. add to wishlist SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, a best-seller when it was first published in 1969, brought Kurt Vonnegut to prominence as a major voice in American fiction. Vonnegut was a POW held in Dresden in 1945 when the city was attacked by American bombers and virtually obliterated, leaving more than 130,000 people dead. He uses that event as the climax of this ... see all copies from $7.99! signed copies \| first editions
2	The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan add to wishlist Featuring cover art from 20th Century Fox's feature film adaptation, opening in theaters on February 12 and starring Uma Thurman and Pierce Brosnan, the first novel in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series is a non-stop thrill-ride and a classic of mythic proportions. see all copies from $7.99! signed copies \| first editions
3	Stranger by Albert Camus add to wishlist In this stylistically simple, first-person tale of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." Through Meursault, Camus portrays a man who rejects the beliefs and life styles imposed on him by society. The events that lead to his ... see all copies from $9.60! signed copies \| first editions
4	Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson add to wishlist "An ingenious and original picture story in which a small boy out for a walk--happily with crayon in hand--draws himself some wonderful adventures. A little book that will be loved".--The Horn Book. Full-color illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
5	Invisible Man by Ralph Waldo Ellison add to wishlist Ellison's classic 1952 novel is about a black man from the South who travels to New York City in the 1930s. He becomes involved with the Communist Party, but is soon disillusioned: the Communists see him not as a person but as a symbol of oppressed humanity, as does the Black Nationalist Group he encounters. This inability of a blind and hostile ... see all copies from $9.70! signed copies \| first editions
6	Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry add to wishlist On their way to the beach for a picnic the Pig family encounters almost every kind of transportation vehicle imaginable--and imaginary. see all copies from $11.99! first editions
7	Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy by Wilson Rawls add to wishlist This classic about a 10-year-old boy growing up in the Ozark mountains with his inseparable pair of coonhounds will warm the hearts of young and old alike. Great Stone Face Award. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	Alas Babylon by Pat Frank add to wishlist The classic apocalyptic novel that portrays a small town's survival after a nuclear holocaust. see all copies from $10.39! first editions
9	The Complete Anne of Green Gables: The Life and Adventures of the Most Beloved and Timeless Heroine in All of Fiction by Lucy Maud Montgomery add to wishlist Here is a deluxe gift-box edition of L.M. Montgomery's classic stories about one of the most beloved fictional heroines of all time--Anne of Green Gables. see all copies from $37.94! first editions
10	Angle of Repose by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist A retired, ailing history professor, Lyman Ward, has been deserted by his wife. To distract himself from pain, both physical and emotional, he embarks on the project of editing the private papers of his grandmother, an artist and writer married to a geologist. Ward recounts the story of his grandparents' life juxtaposed with his own--specifically, ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt add to wishlist In this classic book, readers can play along as Paul and Judy pat their stuffed bunny, look in the mirror, play peek-a-boo, touch their daddy's rough whiskers, and try on their mother's wedding ring. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $8.15!
12 view cover	The Little House Set by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams (Illustrator) add to wishlist This rich, handsomely designed case holds nine favorite classics about the Ingalls family and their life on the prairie. see all copies from $50.39! first editions
13 view cover	Gravity's rainbow by Thomas Pynchon add to wishlist Tyrone Slothrop is an archetypal innocent abroad, but in the worst possible circumstances: he's an American on a mission to locate V-2 rocket-launching sites in war-torn Europe. On a larger level, the novel illustrates the struggle between those who perceive and rebel against the war, seeing it as an overt movement toward the obliteration of the ... see all copies from $16.00! first editions
14 view cover	Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown add to wishlist Once there was a bunny who wanted to run away. No matter how or where he decided to go, his mother was always there to look after him. By the author of "Goodnight Moon" and "Three Little Animals". see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text by William Faulkner add to wishlist THE SOUND AND THE FURY, Faulkner's fourth novel (1929), is his first true masterpiece. Depicting the decline of the once aristocratic Compson family, the novel is composed of four stream-of-consciousness narratives, each told by a different character with his or her own way of relating events. The first is sweet, gentle Benjy Compson, who at the ... see all copies from $10.40! first editions
16 view cover	Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald add to wishlist When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focused on money and pleasure--a phenomenon the high ... see all copies from $8.99! signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Chronicles of Narnia Set by C S Lewis add to wishlist Like Tolkien, C.S. Lewis has redefined the nature of fantasy, adding richness, beauty, and dimension. His Narnia Chronicles are not only breathtaking and heartlifting adventures for young and old, they are, as well, reflections of Lewis' most deeply held beliefs. see all copies from $36.00! first editions
18 view cover	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee add to wishlist TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is about the crisis of human behavior and conscience arising from the racism and prejudice that exist in the small Southern town during the Depression. Scout Finch, age 8, who lives with her brother, Jem, and their lawyer father, Atticus, in Maycomb, Alabama, tells the story of her father's defense of Tom Robinson, a young ... see all copies from $7.99! signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Razor's Edge by W Somerset Maugham add to wishlist Maugham traces the development of six friendships in Paris and London, evoking the sense of loss, despair, and unmoored personalities just after wartime. see all copies from $13.50! signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus, Mark Burgess (Illustrator) add to wishlist It's been 80 years since the publication of "The House at Pooh Corner," in which Christopher Robin says good-bye to Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Now they are all back in new adventures, for the first time approved by the Trustees of the Pooh Properties. see all copies from $15.99! first editions
21 view cover	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain add to wishlist Twain spent seven years writing HUCKLEBERRY FINN--the book Hemingway claimed is the basis for all American fiction. The story of Huck's and Jim's quest for freedom on a raft on the Mississippi provides a panoramic view of Southern society, which Twain saw as beset by greed, violence, and coldhearted brutality in the guise of virtue. At the end of ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery add to wishlist Part fable, part fairy tale, part philosophy of life, THE LITTLE PRINCE tells the story of a pilot who crashes his airplane in the Sahara Desert, where he meets the Little Prince, a visitor from another planet. The Little Prince tells the pilot he has been traveling to many distant asteroids to get advice on how to care for his rose, the only ... see all copies from $8.80! first editions
23 view cover	Christmas Memory by Truman Capote add to wishlist A CHRISTMAS MEMORY is a fictional/autobiographical recollection of the author's boyhood in rural Alabama. Buddy, a seven-year-old orphan, happily prepares for the Christmas season by making fruitcakes with his eccentric cousin, Miss Sook. see all copies from $14.36! signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Odyssey by Sam Homer add to wishlist Perhaps the most celebrated of all Western narratives, the Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus's roundabout voyage home to Ithaca where his beloved Penelope awaits. In stories along the way, he famously encounters Circe, the Sirens, the Cyclops, and many, many others. This translation renders the classic more economically than others. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Animal Farm by George Orwell add to wishlist Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. see all copies from $4.75! signed copies \| first editions