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Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. When released, the novel was considered controversial because it challenged strict Victorian ideals of the day, including religious hypocrisy, morality, social classes and gender inequality.

Huckleberry Finn befriends a runaway slave escaping the abuse of his owners. The two set out on a journey that involves theft, murder, and revenge. Huckleberry meets Tom Sawyer, and they hatch a plan to save Jim from a lifetime of slavery.

The Kybalion is divided into mentalism, correspondence, vibration, polarity, rhythm, gender, and cause and affect. Based upon ancient Hermeticism, the philosophies became founding pillars within the New Thought movement of the early 1910s.

The Communist Manifesto is recognised as one of the world's most influential political manuscripts. It presents an analytical approach to the class struggle and the problems of capitalism and the capitalist mode of production.

The Souls of Black Folk is a cornerstone of African-American literature, and an early work in sociology. To develop this work, Du Bois drew from his own experiences as an African American in American society.

As a Man Thinketh is a self-help book which deals with the power of thought, and the use of thought to create happiness. The book shows how each person holds the key to every condition, good or bad, that enters into their life.

Testing his time machine for the first time, a Victorian scientist finds himself in the year 802,701 AD. When his time machine is stolen by the Morlock, the Time Traveller must enter their realm in order to continue his journey through time.

Elinor Dashwood approaches life in a rational manner, while her sister Marianne is wildly romantic. The story shows how the two sisters must learn from each other as they experience love, romance, and heartbreak.

Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after Mr Bingley and Mr Darcy move to their neighbourhood. The story shows how Elizabeth deals with issues of manners, morality, education, and marriage.

Shortly after astronomers observe explosions on the surface of Mars, meteor-like objects begin crashing into Earth. Martians tripods emerge, wiping out army units with heat-rays as they roam the English countryside.

Nick Carraway rents a bungalow next to Jay Gatsby, an enigmatic multi-millionaire who hosts dazzling soirées. Nick is quickly swept up in Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories that form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early 20th century. The stories deal with the lives and concerns of progressively older people.

Nell's grandfather gambles away everything in an attempt to make a better life for his granddaughter. Portrayed as infallibly good and angelic, Nell leads her grandfather on their journey to save them from misery.

Black Beauty begins with a young horse's carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness.

American Indian Stories details the hardships encountered by the Yankton Dakota writer Zitkala-Sa in missionary schools. Old Indian Legends is a collection of 14 Sioux stories that she learned as child and had gathered from various tribes.

Childhood friends Tommy and Tuppence are hired for a job that take them to dangerous situations, including the wreck of the Lusitania, encounters with international spies, and an arch-criminal who's identity remains a secret to the very end.

Against Nature centers on Jean des Esseintes, an eccentric ailing aesthete. The last scion of an aristocratic family, Des Esseintes loathes 19th century bourgeois society and tries to retreat into an artistic world of his own creation.

The Discourses is a work of political history and philosophy. Machiavelli discusses what can be learned from many eras including contemporary politics. He describes political greatness as something which comes and goes among peoples in cycles.

The Imitation of Christ is a Christian devotional text which provides detailed spiritual instructions. The books' emphasis is on the interior life and withdrawal from the world, as opposed to an active imitation of Christ by friars.

On an expedition to find a giant sea monster, three men are rescued by Captain Nemo. Their adventures take them to the submerged land of Atlantis, the Antarctic ice shelves, and to the ocean floor in diving suits to hunt sharks with air-guns.

Gulliver's is shipwrecked, abandoned, attacked by strangers, then attacked by his own crew. Gulliver believes what he is told, never perceives deeper meanings, is an honest man, and expects others to be honest.

The Blue Fairy Book includes a wide range of tales including seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d'Aulnoy, three from the Arabian Nights, and four Norwegian fairytales. The Fairy Books are some of Andrew Lang's most notable works.

Plato was one of the devoted young followers of Socrates. Plato never speaks in his own voice in his dialogues, and speaks as Socrates. The five dialogues includes the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, and Phaedo.

A Journal of the Plague Year is an account of one man's experiences when the bubonic plague struck London in 1665. It is presented as an eyewitness account of the events at the time, identifying specific houses in which events took place.

In Norway in 1879, Nora Helmer forges her deceased father's signature for a loan. She has not told her husband, Torvald, that her illegal activities are funding their future trip to Italy.

The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the 431-404 BC war between Sparta and Athens. It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as an Athenian general during the war.

The Decameron is a collection of 100 tales told by ten young people sheltering in a secluded villa outside Florence to escape the Black Death. To pass the evenings, each member of the party tells a story each night.

Walden details Henry Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years and two months in a cabin owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The work is part social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and-to some degree-a manual for self-reliance.

The Origin of Species is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin and is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve through a process of natural selection.