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The Iliad describes the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states. The story unfolds during a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. The Iliad alludes to many Greek legends about the siege.

Having spent ten years fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus embarks on his journey back to Ithica. To get there he must deceive a giant Cyclops, face Poseidon's wrath, and sail between a six-headed monster and a raging whirlpool.

Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince from Jerusalem, who is enslaved by the Romans at the beginning of the first century. Judah's experiences with betrayal and revenge lead to love and compassion after he witnesses the crucifixion of Christ.

Charles Marlow accepts the captaincy of a steamship in the Congo, and is tasked with transporting ivory downriver and rescuing an ivory trader. On his journey, Marlow encounters the darkness within everyone for committing heinous acts of evil.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes includes 12 stories, including the adventures of The Silver Blaze, The Musgrave Ritual, and The Final Problem. This collection introduces the term "smoking gun", Holmes' greatest nemesis, Professor Moriarty.

Stranded deep in Persia, after their leader Cyrus was killed, Xenophon played an instrumental role in encouraging his army of 10,000 to march north across deserts and mountain passes, towards the Black Sea and its Greek shoreline cities.

In the 17th century Hugo Baskerville is killed by a vicious hellhound. Generations later Sir Henry Baskerville is found dead at the family estate. Can Holmes and Watson save the next Baskerville heir from an ancient curse before it's too late?

In What's Wrong With the World Gilbert K. Chesterton identifies social evil, an inability to learn from the past, the destruction of the family unit, the dehumanization of modern industrialism, and commercialism.

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.

Autobiography of a Yogi introduces the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of both the Eastern and the Western world. The book follows him through childhood, to his teachings of Kriya Yoga meditation.

In 1797, Billy Budd is forced into service aboard the HMS Bellipotent. After arousing the antagonism of the ship's master-at-arms, truth and justice are intertwined in a moral dilemma that will decide Billy's very fate.

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.

Inspector Hercule Poirot travel to meet Paul Renauld, who has requested their help. What follows is an enthralling mystery, with Poirot piecing together clues and peculiar events to solve the most difficult case of his detective career.

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.