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Anna Karenina
What if the greatest love of your life could destroy everything you hold dear? In Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, a radiant aristocrat defies the suffocating rules of Russian high society, torn between a love that ignites her soul and the gilded cage of duty—but as whispers of scandal unravel her world and a parallel search for meaning unfolds in the shadows, can liberation ever outweigh the cost of burning it all down… or is the heart’s truth the most dangerous lie of all?
- Originally Published: 1873
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 2002
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 880
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0140449174
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Death of a Salesman
What if everything you believed about success was a lie? Arthur Miller’s tragic masterpiece follows Willy Loman, a salesman clinging to fraying illusions of success and family loyalty as age and failure close in. But when pride collides with delusion, and love battles bitter resentment, the cracks in his fragile world widen—how much of your soul would you trade for a lie everyone else has already stopped believing?
- Originally Published: 1949
- Publisher : Fingerprint Classics, 2017
- Genre: Tragedy
- Pages: 136
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-8175994300
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
What if the monster you fear most is the one you’ve locked inside yourself? In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a brilliant but tormented scientist unleashes a dangerous experiment to split his soul—only to find his darkest impulses taking violent, uncontrollable form. But as the line between man and monster dissolves, will his final act save humanity… or prove that the true horror was hiding in the mirror all along?
- Originally Published: 1886
- Publisher: Vintage Classics Library, 2016
- Genre: Gothic, Horror
- Pages: 240
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781784871604
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Heart of Darkness
What if the greatest darkness you must face isn’t the wilderness—but the abyss inside yourself? In Heart of Darkness, a steamboat captain’s quest to find a rogue ivory trader spirals into a harrowing voyage upriver, where the jungle’s suffocating grip mirrors the rot of greed and imperialism. As whispers of the enigmatic Kurtz unravel into a nightmare, one chilling truth emerges: the line between civilization and savagery is as thin as a shadow… and what stares back from the void might wear your own face.
- Originally Published: April, 1899
- Publisher: Collins Classics, 2016
- Genre: Fiction, Novella
- Pages: 130
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780007368624
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Jude the Obscure
What if the price of defying society’s chains is your own destruction? In Thomas Hardy’s searing novel, Jude Fawley—a stonemason with a scholar’s heart—battles cruel class barriers and a forbidden love that ignites and consumes. But as every dream crumbles under the weight of prejudice and desire, one question remains: Can the human spirit endure when the world conspires to extinguish its light?
- Originally Published: 1895
- Publisher : Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 376
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-1853262616
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Lolita
What if the most seductive love story was really a confession of crimes? In Lolita, a scholar’s intellectual charm veils a perilous obsession with Dolores Haze, a girl ensnared in a gilded prison of manipulation and forbidden desire. As their cross-country odyssey spirals into darkness, her laughter masks silent rebellion—but when obsession eclipses morality, can love ever justify ruin? Prepare to confront a narrative so haunting, you’ll wonder if turning the page is an act of complicity.
- Originally Published: 1955
- Publisher: Penguin, 2011
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 368
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0241953242
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Pride & Prejudice
What if your first impression doomed your chance at true love? In Jane Austen’s timeless duel of wit and will, Elizabeth Bennet navigates a world where marriage is survival and a single misstep could ruin her family’s future. But when sparks of passion clash with cold reality, will pride and prejudice seal their fates—or can love rewrite a story written in judgment?
- Originally Published: 1813
- Publisher : Wordsworth Classics, 1993
- Pages: 325
- Genre: Fiction, Romance novel, Satire, Regency romance, Novel of manners
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-1853260001
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The Brothers Karamazov
What if the truth could damn your soul as easily as save it? In this searing masterpiece, three brothers—a reckless sensualist, a tormented intellectual, and a devout novice—are ensnared in their father’s murder, a crime that unravels their fragile bonds and forces them to confront faith, freedom, and the darkest corners of human desire. As secrets fester and motives blur, Dostoyevsky whispers: If God is dead, is every sin justified—or does redemption lie in the wreckage of our choices?
- Originally Published: November 1880
- Publisher: Penguin Classic, 2003
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 1056
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0679410034
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The Great Gatsby
What if you could rewrite your past—but the future refuses to forget? In the glittering chaos of the Jazz Age, Jay Gatsby builds an empire of champagne and illusion to win back a love frozen in time. But as his mansion overflows with strangers chasing their own mirages, the green light across the bay flickers—a haunting reminder that dreams, like money, can’t buy back what’s already been lost… How much of yourself would you burn to keep a lie alive—and when the smoke clears, will anyone recognize what’s left?
- Originally Published: 1925
- Publisher : Vintage Classics, 2010
- Genre: Novel, Tragedy
- Pages: 148
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 9780099541530
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The House of the Dead
What if survival demanded surrendering your very soul? In The House of the Dead, Aleksandr Petrovich, a disgraced nobleman, navigates the merciless chaos of a Siberian prison camp—where brutality collides with fleeting humanity, and every act of defiance could cost his sanity. As he teeters between revulsion and unexpected kinship with fellow convicts, one haunting truth emerges: the bars of captivity are not iron, but the shadows within. Will his awakening redeem him… or condemn him to a fate worse than chains?
- Originally Published: 1861
- Publisher: Dover Publications, 2004
- Genre: Fiction
- Pages: 446
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0486434094
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The Master and Margarita
What if the Devil himself threw a party in Moscow—and you were invited? In a city gripped by Soviet repression, a mysterious professor and his demonic entourage unleash chaos, exposing the hypocrisy of a regime that denies both God and the supernatural. Meanwhile, a tortured writer and his fearless lover, Margarita, bargain with hell itself to reclaim a banned masterpiece… but in a world where truth is treason, can love and art outwit the devil—or will they burn brighter in the flames?
- Originally Published: 1967
- Publisher : Vintage Classics, 2024
- Pages: 448
- Genre: Romance novel, Satire, Fantasy
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0099540946
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The Odyssey
What if the journey home demanded more than the war itself? In Homer’s immortal epic, Odysseus battles wrathful gods and labyrinthine seas, clinging to the fraying thread of home. But as decades unravel and each cunning triumph deepens his scars, one question haunts every wave: When the sirens’ song fades and the final battle is won, will the man who returns still recognize the hero who left—or has the voyage devoured him whole?
- Originally Published: 800 B.C.E
- Publisher : Everyman’s Library, 1992
- Pages: 509
- Genre: Narrative Poetry, Epic
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-1857150940
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The Social Contract
What if the foundation of every society is built on a lie—and you’ve been complicit since birth? In The Social Contract, Rousseau dissects the fragile pact between citizen and state, where the price of order might be the surrender of humanity’s primal freedom. As revolutions whisper and empires tremble, one question remains: Will you defend the chains that keep you safe, or dare to break them—even if civilization itself crumbles in your hands?
- Originally Published: 1762
- Publisher : Penguin Books, 2005
- Pages: 168
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0141018881
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The Wealth of Nations
What if a nation’s true wealth isn’t in its vaults of gold, but in the invisible web of choices made by butchers, brewers, and bakers? Adam Smith’s revolutionary treatise exposes how governments suffocate prosperity through control—and how liberation of self-interest could unleash unprecedented opulence for all. But when the machinery of free markets collides with human ambition, will society spiral into chaos or ascend to universal abundance… and whose hand really guides our fate?
- Originally Published: 1776
- Publisher: Bantam Classic, 2003
- Genre: Economics, Philosophy
- Pages: 1231
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0553585971
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Things Fall Apart
What if the very traditions that forged your identity could crumble in the blink of an eye? In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo, a warrior clinging to pride in a world shifting beneath his feet, battles to uphold his legacy as colonial shadows encroach on his homeland. But when culture collides with change and defiance dances with despair, will his fire consume him—or light the way for those left behind? Some truths refuse to be buried… and some falls rewrite history.
- Originally Published: 1958
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 1994
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 209
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780385474542
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