Chinua Achebe Kathy Acker Peter Ackroyd Douglas Adams Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Aravind Adiga Aesop Shmuel Yosef Agnon Leopoldo Alas Sherman Alexie Nelson Algren Marcel Allain Isabel Allende Margery Allingham Dorothy Allison Hanan Al-Shaykh Jorge Amado Eric Ambler Stephen E. Ambrose Kingsley Amis Martin Amis Niccolò Ammaniti Mulk Raj Anand Rudolfo Anaya Sherwood Anderson V. C. Andrews Ivo Andrić Jerzy Andrzejewski Maya Angelou Antoine de Saint-Exupéry António Lobo Antunes Jeffrey Archer Reinaldo Arenas José María Arguedas Stephen Arterburn Matilde Asensi Jay Asher Isaac Asimov Brent Askari Margaret Atwood Bernardo Atxaga Pierre Audemars Jean M. Auel Saint Augustine Jane Austen Paul Auster Mariano Azuela Richard Bachman Richard Bach Bret Baier James Baldwin J. G. Ballard Rene ben (illus.) Honore de and Sussan Balzac Mariama Bâ Iain Banks Iain Banks Iain M. Banks Russell Banks John Banville Alessandro Baricco Nicola Barker Pat Barker Julian Barnes J. M. Barrie Donald Barthelme John Barth Beverly Barton Fiona Barton Georges Bataille L. Frank Baum Rex Beach Jerome Beatty, Jr. Jurek Becker Samuel Beckett Brendan Behan Saul Bellow Arnold Bennett John Berendt John Berger Bernhard Thomas Bernhard Louis De Bernières Bible House Ambrose Bierce Joseph Black William Peter Blatty Heinrich Böll Karen Blumenthal W. E. B. Du Bois Eavan Boland Roberto Bolaño Matt Bondurant Tadeusz Borowski Elizabeth Bowen Peter Boxall Paul S. Boyer T. C. Boyle Ray Bradbury James Bradley Marion Zimmer Bradley Taylor Branch H. W. Brands William Brandt Richard Brautigan Lisa Brennan-Jobs André Breton André Brink Vera Brittain Hermann Broch Anne Brontë Charlotte Brontë Max Brooks Dan Brown Joe David Brown Carol Rifka Brunt Bill Bryson Mikhail Bulgakov John Bunyan Augusten Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs William S. Burroughs George W. Bush Jim Butcher Samuel Butler A. S. Byatt Meg Cabot James M. Cain Susan Cain Erskine Caldwell Italo Calvino Luís Vaz de Camões Albert Camus Elias Canetti Karel Čapek Truman Capote Orson Scott Card Natalie Savage Carlson Alejo Carpentier John le Carré Jennifer Lee Carrell Lewis Carroll Angela Carter Jimmy Carter Willa Cather Camilo José Cela Javier Cercas Michael Chabon Raymond Chandler Eileen Chang Xianliang Zhang Jung Chang Bruce Chatwin Geoffrey Chaucer Lynne Cheney Tracy Chevalier Erskine Childers Lee Child Kate Chopin Agatha Christie Sandra Cisneros Tom Clancy Arthur C. Clarke Hugo Claus Chris Cleave Ernest Cline Bill Clinton Harlan Coben Jonathan Coe Paulo Coelho J. M. Coetzee Albert Cohen Suzanne Collins Wilkie Collins Rod Colvin Ally Condie Joseph Conrad James Fenimore Cooper Robert Coover Bruce Coville Jim Crace Stephen Crane Christina Crawford Michael Crichton Jonathan D. Culler Clive Cussler Roald Dahl Sandra Dallas Mark Z. Danielewski James Dashner Ellen Datlow Junot Díaz Debra Dean Jeffery Deaver Daniel Defoe Miguel Delibes Don DeLillo Federico De Roberto Anita Desai Kiran Desai G. V. Desani Shashi Deshpande Anita Diamant Jared Diamond Charles Dickens Joan Didion Annie Dillard Isak Dinesen Charles Dixon E. L. Doctorow Bob Dole Stephen R. Donaldson H.D. Tim Dorsey Fyodor Dostoyevsky Apostolos Doxiadis Arthur Conan Doyle Margaret Drabble Slavenka Drakulic Theodore Dreiser Dumas Alexandre Dumas Patricia Duncker Dorothy Dunnett Marguerite Duras Lawrence Durrell Julia Eccleshare Alfredo Bryce Echenique Umberto Eco Maria Edgeworth Rosemary Edghill Emma Edited by Beare with Introduction By Eric and Mary Josephson Edited SparkNotes Frederik van Eeden Jennifer Egan Dave Eggers George Eliot Bret Easton Ellis Joseph J. Ellis Ralph Ellison James Ellroy Nawal El-Saadawi Willem Elsschot Ralph Waldo Emerson Shūsaku Endō Per Olov Enquist Epictetus Olaudah Equiano Louise Erdrich Laura Esquivel Karen Essex Péter Esterházy Jeffrey Eugenides Janet Evanovich Michel Faber Editors of Vanity Fair Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu J. G. Farrell Howard Fast William Faulkner Sebastian Faulks Shaunti Feldhahn Al Feldstein Barbara A. Fennell Elena Ferrante Henry Fielding Lolita Files Timothy Findley Joseph Fink Janet Fitch F. Scott Fitzgerald Fannie Flagg Gustave Flaubert Ian Fleming Gillian Flynn Jonathan Safran Foer Ken Follett Theodor Fontane Ford Madox Ford C. S. Forester Olivia Forsier E. M. Forster John Fowles Janet Frame Julia Franck Miles Franklin Jonathan Franzen Charles Frazier Tana French Esther Freud Max Frisch Carlos Fuentes Diana Gabaldon Neil Gaiman Ernest J. Gaines Carmen Martín Gaite Eduardo Galeano Rómulo Gallegos John Galsworthy Gilbert Gardiner Janet E. Gardner Alex Garland Alan Garner Elizabeth Gaskell David Gemmell Elizabeth George Margaret George William Gibson André Gide David Gilbert Charlotte Perkins Gilman George Gissing Todd Gitlin William Godwin Nikolai Gogol Arthur Golden William Golding William Goldman Oliver Goldsmith Doris Kearns Goodwin Robert Goolrick Nadine Gordimer R. K. Gordon John Grafton Sue Grafton Günter Grass Alasdair Gray Graham Greene Henry Green John Green Philippa Gregory John Grisham George Grossmith Lisa Grunwald Luo Guanzhong Philip Gucker Sunetra Gupta Pedro Juan Gutiérrez Jane Haddam Mark Haddon H. Rider Haggard Daniel Hahn Martin Hallett Radclyffe Hall Ron Hall Mohsin Hamid Shaun Hamill Laurell K. Hamilton Dashiell Hammett Knut Hamsun Neil Hancock Niel Hancock Lorraine Hansberry Chad Harbach Thomas Hardy Amy Harmon Stephen Harrigan Charlaine Harris Thomas Harris Jonathan Harr Bret Harte L. P. Hartley Jaroslav Hašek Stephen Hawking John Twelve Hawks Nathaniel Hawthorne Stephen F. Hayes Eliza Fowler Haywood Bessie Head Lian Hearn Etienne van Heerden Robert A. Heinlein Heliodorus of Emesa Joseph Heller Hemingway Ernest Hemingway Aleksandar Hemon Grady Hendrix O. Henry Brian Herbert Frank Herbert James Herbert John Hersey Hermann Hesse Liz Curtis Higgs Patricia Highsmith Joe Hill Chester Himes S. E. Hinton William Hope Hodgson Peter Høeg Gert Hofmann Alan Hollinghurst Victoria Holt Khaled Hosseini Michel Houellebecq Norris Houghton Bohumil Hrabal Victor Hugo Humphries Dave Hunt Zora Neale Hurston Siri Hustvedt Aldous Huxley Joris-Karl Huysmans M. J. Hyland Andre Dubus, III John Irving Washington Irving Walter Isaacson Kazuo Ishiguro Shirley Jackson Harriet Jacobs Brian Jacques John Jakes E. L. James Henry James Marlon James John Jay Elfriede Jelinek Jerry B. Jenkins Jerome K. Jerome Hamilton Jobson B. S. Johnson Uwe Johnson Tayari Jones Erica Jong Robert Jordan James Joyce L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Ismail Kadare Franz Kafka Walter C. Kaiser Joseph Kanon Yasunari Kawabata Nikos Kazantzakis Daniel Kehlmann Clint Kelly James Kelman Thomas Keneally A. L. Kennedy Jack Kerouac Jamaica Kincaid Laurie R. King Kate Kingsbury Charles Kingsley Barbara Kingsolver Stephen King Danilo Kiš Heinrich von Kleist Ivan Klima William Kloefkorn John Knowles Wolfgang Koeppen Dean Koontz Jerzy Kosiński Elizabeth Kostova William Kotzwinkle A. J. Krailsheimer Jon Krakauer Les; Knight Krantz, Tim Nicole Krauss Milan Kundera Hanif Kureishi Rachel Kushner Mercedes Lackey Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Pär Lagerkvist Tim LaHaye Jhumpa Lahiri Wally Lamb Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Nella Larsen Stieg Larsson Paul Lauter Stephen R. Lawhead D. H. Lawrence Michael Lawrence Camara Laye David Leavitt Harper Lee Laurie Lee Jr. Modesitt,L. E. Modesitt L. E. Madeleine L'Engle Siegfried Lenz Elmore Leonard Seth Lerer Ben Lerner Gaston Leroux Doris Lessing Julius Lester Jonathan Lethem Julie Leung Ira Levin Primo Levi Andrea Levy C. S. Lewis Jon E. Lewis Meriwether Lewis Sinclair Lewis Marina Lewycka David S. Lifton Charles de Lint Clarice Lispector David Liss Jonathan Littell Mario Vargas Llosa Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky Malinda Lo Jack London Longus Tessa de Loo Bret Lott H. P. Lovecraft Lois Lowry Malcolm Lowry Robert Ludlum Eric Van Lustbader Ann-Marie MacDonald Helen Macdonald Niccolò Machiavelli Colin MacInnes Norman Maclean Ian Macpherson Gregory Maguire Naguib Mahfouz Thomas Malory David Malouf Henning Mankell Frederic Manning Thomas Mann Katherine Mansfield Peter Manson Alessandro Manzoni Sándor Márai William March Javier Marías Richard A. Marius Pétros Márkarīs David Markson Christopher Marlowe Gabriel García Márquez Yann Martel Tomás Eloy Martínez George R. R. Martin Joanot Martorell Harry Mathews W. Somerset Maugham Guy de Maupassant Armistead Maupin François Mauriac Daphne du Maurier Doug Mauss Margaret Mazzantini Eimear McBride Patrick McCabe Robert McCammon Cormac McCarthy Horace McCoy Carson McCullers Colleen McCullough David McCullough Ian McEwan John McGahern Heather McGowan Larry McMurtry Tom McNeal Donald McQuade Zakes Mda Jon Meacham Herman Melville Grace Metalious Philipp Meyer Stephenie Meyer Anne Michaels Michigan State University Extension Mike Mignola Arthur Miller Henry Miller Madeline Miller Sarah Miller Dan Millman John Milton Hope Mirrlees Yukio Mishima Pankaj Mishra Rohinton Mistry David Mitchell Margaret Mitchell Nancy Mitford Miyuki Miyabe N. Scott Momaday Manuel Vázquez Montalbán L. M. Montgomery Martha Moody Alan Moore Lorrie Moore Charles Morgan Erin Morgenstern Liane Moriarty Edmund Morris Mary McGarry Morris Toni Morrison Mosley Ezekiel Mphahlele Bharati Mukherjee Harry Mulisch Alice Munro Haruki Murakami Iris Murdoch Yxta Maya Murray Robert Musil Alvaro Mutis Vladimir Nabokov V. S. Naipaul R. K. Narayan Gloria Naylor Paul Negri John G. Neihardt Thomas Nelson Irène Némirovsky Patrick Ness Jerri Nielson Anaïs Nin Garth Nix Cees Nooteboom Charles Nordhoff Amélie Nothomb Joyce Carol Oates Chigozie Obioma Edna O'Brien Flann O'Brien Robert C. O'Brien Flannery O'Connor Tawni O'Dell Ardal O'Hanlon Laurence O'Keefe Mary Oliver Baroness Orczy George Orwell Sembene Ousmane Ovid Delia Owens Amos Oz Arto Paasilinna Thomas Paine Chuck Palahniuk Orhan Pamuk Barbara Parker T. Jefferson Parker John Roderigo Dos Passos James Patterson Paula Paul Gary Paulsen Milorad Pavić Octavio Paz David Peace Mervyn Peake Matthew Pearl Viktor Pelevin Georges Perec Frank E. Peretti Arturo Pérez-Reverte Anne Perry Joseph E. Persico Eugene H. Peterson Nathaniel Philbrick Rodman Philbrick Kevin Phillips Dbc Pierre Ricardo Piglia Christopher Pike Belva Plain Sylvia Plath Plato Edgar Allan Poe Anthony Powell Padgett Powell Douglas Preston Richard Price Annie Proulx Marcel Proust Tyndale House Publishers Manuel Puig Mario Puzo Barbara Pym Thomas Pynchon Raymond Queneau Ann Radcliffe Ayn Rand Ladette Randolph Wilson Rawls Pauline Réage Jim Reese Kathy Reichs Kiley Reid Erich Maria Remarque Jason Reynolds Jewell Parker Rhodes Jean Rhys Anne Rice Samuel Richardson Rainer Maria Rilke Tomas Rivera Alain Robbe-Grillet Tom Robbins Danly Lyons Robert Marilynne Robinson Roxana Robinson Fernando de Rojas James Rollins Gillian Rose Dana Ross Dana Fuller Ross Patrick Rothfuss Henry Roth Philip Roth Veronica Roth Jean-Jacques Rousseau J. K. Rowling Arundhati Roy Gabrielle Roy Gwyn Hyman Rubio Ann Rule Salman Rushdie Edward Rutherfurd Miguel de Cervantes Marquis de Sade Juan José Saer Carl Sagan J. D. Salinger Cora Sandel Jonathan Santlofer Andrzej Sapkowski José Saramago George Saunders Dorothy L. Sayers Cathleen Schine Bernhard Schlink Steven Jay Schneider Robert Scholes Frank Schätzing Christina Schwarz Sir Walter Scott W. G. Sebald Alice Sebold David Sedaris Hubert Selby Will Self Vikram Seth Marion Severynse Jeff Shaara Michael Shaara William Shakespeare Karl Shapiro Akhil Sharma Mary Shelley David E. Shi Carol Shields Carol Diggory Shields Murasaki Shikibu Nevil Shute Henryk Sienkiewicz Alan Sillitoe Iain Sinclair May Sinclair Upton Sinclair Isaac Bashevis Singer Indra Sinha Dan Sleigh Ali Smith Betty Smith Lillian Smith Scott B. Smith Zadie Smith Tobias Smollett Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Victor Sondheim Sophocles Sister Souljah Thomas Sowell Muriel Spark Nicholas Sparks Edward St. Aubyn John Steinbeck Gertrude Stein Stendhal Neal Stephenson Robert Louis Stevenson Kathryn Stockett Bram Stoker Debbie Stoller Harriet Beecher Stowe Botho Strauß Cheryl Strayed Fran Striker August Strindberg Elizabeth Strout Linda (Edt)/ Brown Sunshine, Dan (Int) Jacqueline Susann Patrick Süskind Italo Svevo James L. Swanson Graham Swift Jonathan Swift Andrzej Szczypiorski Antonio Tabucchi Lalita Tademy Rabindranath Tagore Koushun Takami Amy Tan Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Molly Tanzer Booth Tarkington Donna Tartt Sam Taylor Alfred Lord Tennyson William Makepeace Thackeray Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Evan Thomas Hunter S. Thompson Jim Thompson Heidi Thomson Henry David Thoreau James Thurber Uwe Timm Colm Tóibín J. R. R. Tolkien Leo Tolstoy John Kennedy Toole Jean Toomer Robert Traver Rose Tremain Robert Tressell William Trevor Anthony Trollope Jonathan Tropper Chrétien de Troyes Barbara W. Tuchman Ivan Turgenev Scott Turow Mark Twain Sun Tzu Dubravka Ugrešić Thrity Umrigar Sigrid Undset Harlow Giles Unger Lisa Unger Unknown John Updike Vassilis Vassilikos Giovanni Verga Jules Verne Boris Vian Gore Vidal William T. Vollmann Jorge Volpi Voltaire Kurt Vonnegut Alice Walker David Foster Wallace Lew Wallace Robert James Waller Jeannette Walls Horace Walpole Jen Wang Candace Ward Alan Warner Marina Warner Sylvia Townsend Warner Louis S. Warren George Washington Herbjørg Wassmo Sarah Waters Evelyn Waugh Jean Francis Webb Andy Weir Margaret Weis H. G. Wells Irvine Welsh Eudora Welty Franz Werfel Rebecca West Edith Wharton Jeff Wheeler E B White Edmund White Colson Whitehead Patrick White T. H. White Oscar Wilde Lex Williford Seán Michael Wilson Kathleen Winsor Jacqueline Winspear Jeanette Winterson Christa Wolf Tom Wolfe introduction and notes by Pagan Harleman Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf Richard A. Wright Wu Cheng'en John Wyndham Nick Yapp Richard Yates Rick Yoder William P. Young Malala Yousafzai Brenna Yovanoff Jie Zhang Howard Zinn Émile Zola Zondervan Markus Zusak no