Of Mice and Men first edition cover. Illustrated by Ross MacDonald. Published by Covici-Friede., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons John Steinbeck was an American author known for his realistic and often socially conscious novels...
Things Fall Apart Signed. McDowell, Obolensky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic, widely regarded as one of Africa’s most influential literary figures. Born on November...
Edgar Allan Poe. Unknown authorUnknown author; Restored by Yann Forget and Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic, best known for his...
A Tale of Two Cities title page. See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Charles Dickens was an English novelist and social critic, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of...
War and Peace cover. Leo Tolstoy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer, philosopher, and social activist, best known for his novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Tolstoy’s literary...
Les Misérables book cover. English – NPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Victor Hugo was a renowned French writer, poet, playwright, novelist, and political activist. He was born on February 26, 1802, in Besançon,...
Ulysses’ first edition cover. James Joyce, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons James Joyce (1882–1941) was an Irish modernist writer and one of the most significant and influential figures in 20th-century literature. He is best...
The Catcher in the Rye cover. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons J.D. Salinger, whose full name is Jerome David Salinger, was an American author best known for his novel “The Catcher in the Rye.”...
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn cover. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American writer, humorist, and lecturer. He was born on November...
The Great Gatsby book cover. English: Cover illustration by Francis Cugat (1893–1981). Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose full name was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, was...
