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1	Alchemist more books like this by Paulo Coelho This international bestseller about the shepherd boy Santiago who learns how to live his dreams includes an inspiring afterword by the author. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.23! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Hamlet more books like this by William Shakespeare Shakespeare's classic tragedy of love, madness, and revenge, first enacted in London in 1602. Young Prince Hamlet, in mourning for his dead father, receives an apparition of his father's ghost telling him that he was murdered by his own brother Claudius, who then assumed the throne and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Intent on revenge, Hamlet ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Catcher in the Rye more books like this by J. D. Salinger J. D. Salinger's famous and enduring chronicle of Holden Caulfield's journey from innocence to experience is the quintessential coming-of-age novel--though it's an unusual one, in which the hero tries to cling to the simplicity of childhood, achieving a kind of maturity almost in spite of himself. As the novel begins, Holden runs away from his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Romeo & Juliet more books like this by William Shakespeare Set during five of the most intensely dramatic days ever portrayed, ROMEO AND JULIET was probably written in 1594 or 1595, and first published in a 1597 edition, as transcribed by actors who had performed it. Other editions appeared later, but even the more authoritative versions, such as that of 1599--probably drawn from Shakespeare's own ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Their Eyes Were Watching God more books like this by Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston's now-classic novel about Janie Crawford, the granddaughter of an ex-slave, and her three husbands: Mr. Killicks, Mayor Starks and, finally, Tea Cake--the love of her life. The novel is set in a black community in rural Florida, and the characters speak in dialect--a technique that inspired both anger and praise from other black ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Atlas Shrugged more books like this by Ayn Rand Rand's 1200-page novel is a hymn of praise to the concept of rugged individualism, personified in John Galt. This polemic for Rand's philosophy of "rational self-interest" has been a steady seller since it was published in 1957. see all copies from $2.25! new only from $5.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Handmaid's Tale more books like this by Margaret Atwood In this futuristic fantasy, the Republic of Gilead--formerly the United States--is a fundamentalist regime that has reduced women to a state of servitude and suppressed all civil rights. The protagonist, a woman called Offred, becomes the Handmaid of the Commander, expected to bear him a child in exchange for her freedom. Old enough to remember ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Fountainhead more books like this by Ayn Rand Ayn Rand's bestseller tells the story of a staunchly individualist architect (based on Frank Lloyd Wright) who combats the collectivist (i.e., mediocre) impulses of his fellow Americans. The book is both a compulsively readable, steamy novel and an articulation of Rand's views. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Stranger more books like this by Albert Camus 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 $1.99! new only from $6.07! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Me Talk Pretty One Day more books like this by David Sedaris David Sedaris, author of NAKED, continues his humorous exploration of himself, focusing on his humorous attempts to learn French after moving to Paris; his topics include restaurants, his quirky dislikes, his career dreams, and the habits of his increasingly eccentric family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.61! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Crucible more books like this by Arthur Miller Set during the Salem witchcraft trials, this play is most famous for its metaphor for McCarthyism--in fact, three years after the play was produced, Miller himself was called before HUAC. In the play, Miller used colonial language to near-poetic effect; the plot involves characters who have to make certain moral choices concerning their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Macbeth more books like this by William Shakespeare Shakespeare's dark portrait of ambition begins when three prophesying witches conspire to meet with Macbeth. Obliging his fate, he indeed encounters these "Weird Sisters," who mysteriously refer to him by the title Thane of Cawdor, and moreover, as the future king. Macbeth's companion Banquo is told that his descendants will inherit the throne. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Naked more books like this by David Sedaris Through a series of comic anecdotes, quirky essayist David Sedaris touches on the highlights of his life to date, including his cross-country hitchhiking trip; his discovery of Shakespeare in rural North Carolina; his various odd jobs as a migrant fruit picker, a jade polisher, and a woodwork refinisher; a family Christmas Eve spent with a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Brave New World more books like this by Aldous Huxley A satirical novel depicting a scientific and industrialized utopia in which Ford and Freud are worshipped, eugenics policies have eliminated class conflicts (while strengthening the division of the classes), and personal unhappiness is assuaged through drugs and pornography. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Midsummer Nights Dream more books like this by William Shakespeare Confusions of the heart reign in Athens, where everyone is pining away for the wrong person except Theseus, the Duke and his fiancée, Hippolyta, whose wedding day is fast approaching. Hermia, the Duke's daughter, is intent on marrying Lysander, although her father disapproves and threatens to make her a nun if she refuses to marry his choice for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Joy Luck Club more books like this by Amy Tan When June's mother dies, she is invited to join a long-standing club of Chinese women who urge her not only to take her mother's place at the mah-jongg table, but also to carry the news of her mother's death to her step-sisters in China. Through the stories of the women and their daughters, the values of different generations are articulated. June ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Emma more books like this by Jane Austen First published in 1816, Jane Austen's EMMA is about an unconventional heroine--and one whom Austen thought no one but herself would like. Emma Woodhouse is bright, beautiful, and rich; she is also snobbish and judgmental, and she can be cruel, with a tendency to interfere in other people's lives. The novel chronicles Emma's attempts to make a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Red Tent more books like this by Anita Diamant A novel set in Biblical times about Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Anna Karenina more books like this by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Count Tolstoy's great novel, one of his last works of fiction, tells the story of a harmless flirtation that gradually develops into a destructive passion: the love affair between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky. Anna turns to Vronsky, a dashing military man, as a refuge from her passionless marriage to a pompous, chilly bureaucrat--a move that results ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Othello more books like this by W Shakespeare This newly revised Signet classic includes an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, a unique introduction to the play, a comprehensive stage history of notable actors, and historical and contemporary dramatic criticism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	All Quiet on the Western Front more books like this by Erich Maria Remarque Remarque's famous novel about a soldier's experiences in World War I. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Prophet more books like this by Kahlil Gibran Kahlil Gibran worked on the manuscript for "The Prophet"--his second work in English after "The Madman"--for several years before it was published in October 1923. Both the author and the world consider this his masterpiece, and it has been translated into dozens of languages. "The Prophet" concerns Almustafa, "the chosen one," who, after exile on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.05! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	On the Road more books like this by Jack Kerouac Sal Paradise, a young writer, travels from New York to Los Angeles with his friend Dean Moriarty, and an assorted hodgepodge of women, bohemians, and others. Rich descriptions of characters, places and music show Kerouac's exuberance and his love of the freedom of the road. Revolutionary not only in subject matter but also in style, this book ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.62! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Native Son more books like this by Richard Wright Bigger Thomas, a young black man in Chicago, murders two women and is condemned to death. Bigger, whose crimes escalate as the story takes its sad and terrible course, feels--like Dostoyevsky's Raskolnikov in CRIME AND PUNISHMENT--that the act of murder is a kind of existential act, and is the only kind of freedom he has ever known. Wright ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Bluest Eye more books like this by Toni Morrison In this novel about the nature of black identity, narrated by Pecola's friend Claudia, we learn that Pecola was raped by her father, and is plagued with a desire to be white. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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