must reads

Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition

George Orwell · 2004

The Idiot (Vintage Classics)

Fyodor Dostoevsky · 2012

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic tale of one man’s pure innocence in the face of a society obsessed with power, money, and manipulation The twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people.” Even before he reaches home he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. In Petersburg the prince finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation. Scandal escalates to murder as Dostoevsky traces the surprising effect of this “positively beautiful man” on the people around him, leading to a final scene that is one of the most powerful in all of world literature.   Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky’s masterful translation of The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English.

The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)

Alexandre Dumas père · 2003

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 2001

Supreme masterpiece recounts in feverish, compelling tones the story of Raskolnikov, an impoverished student tormented by his own thoughts after he brutally murders an old woman. Overwhelmed afterwards by guilt and terror, Raskolnikov confesses and goes to prison. There he realizes that happiness and redemption can only be achieved through suffering. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath · 2024

The Myth of Sisyphus

Albert Camus · 2018

The Art of Seduction

Robert Greene · 2003

Koku. Das Parfüm. ( Parfum)

Patrick Süskind · 2003

Fjodor Dostojewski: Weiße Nächte

Friedrich Nietzsche: Also sprach Zarathustra (Klassiker Auslegen) (German Edition)

Volker Gerhardt · 2011

Kritik Der Urteilskraft

Kant · 1998

Kritik der praktischen Vernunft

I. Kant · 1974

Feeling This Way

Ben Esqueda · 2022

In the spirit of his debut, Intoxicated Heart, Ben Esqueda returns with a fresh, moving collection of poems. From the crushing pain of loss to the elation of new love to the struggle of forging your own path, the messages in this book are ubiquitous, but also distinctly personal to the reader.<br/>Feeling This Way is a tender portrayal of growth and self actualization.

Kritik Der Reinen Vernunft

Immanuel Kant · 1990