Novel

At Swim-Two-Birds

1939 novel by Irish writer Brian O’Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O’Brien

The Things They Carried

Collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O’Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War

The Famished Road

Novel by Nigerian author Ben Okri, the first book in a trilogy that continues with Songs of Enchantment and Infinite Riches . Published in London in 1991 by Jonathan Cape, the story of The Famished Road follows Azaro, an abiku or spirit child, living in an unnamed African, most likely Nigerian, city

House Made of Dawn

1968 novel by N. Scott Momaday, widely credited as leading the way for the breakthrough of Native American literature into the mainstream

Anne of Green Gables

1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery . Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children’s novel since the mid-20th century

History: A Novel

Novel by Italian author Elsa Morante, generally regarded as her most famous and controversial work

The Tale of Genji

Classic work of Japanese literature written in the early 11th century by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu