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1	Great Gatsby more books like this by F Scott Fitzgerald The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, "The Great Gatsby" (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James; H. L. Mencken praised "the charm and beauty of the writing," as well as Fitzgerald's sharp ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Catcher in the Rye more books like this by J. D. Salinger The hero-narrator of "The Catcher in the Rye" is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £4.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Catch-22 more books like this by Joseph L Heller "Catch-22" is like no other novel we have ever read. It has its own style, its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is totally original. It is set in the closing months of World War II, in an American bomber squadron on a small island ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £7.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	To Kill a Mockingbird more books like this by Harper Lee " "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."" A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel--a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Hamlet more books like this by William Shakespeare The Boynton/Cook editions of four of Shakespeare's most popular plays have been reissued with attractive new cover designs and printed on more opaque, easy-to-read paper. This series is specifically designed for high school classes. Students will be able to see each play as a whole. In their introduction to each of the plays, editors Mack and ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Lord of the Flies more books like this by Sir William Golding One of a series of titles first published by Faber between 1930 and 1990, and in a style and format planned with a view to the appearance of the volumes on the bookshelf. Golding's celebrated story is about small boys marooned on a coral island, where life turns into a nightmare of panic and death. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.07! \| first editions
7	Of Mice & Men more books like this by John Steinbeck A parable of commitment, loneliness, hope and loss, OF MICE AND MEN is a powerful and moving portrayal of two men striving to understand their own unique place in the world. Drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other - and a dream. A dream that one day they will have some land ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Romeo & Juliet more books like this by William Shakespeare The Boynton/Cook editions of four of Shakespeare's most popular plays have been reissued with attractive new cover designs and printed on more opaque, easy-to-read paper. This series is specifically designed for high school classes. Students will be able to see each play as a whole. In their introduction to each of the plays, editors Mack and ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.36! \| first editions
9	Grapes of wrath more books like this by John Steinbeck John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Grapes of Wrath", was published in 1939. Set during the Great Depression, the novel follows failed farmer Tom Joad and his family as they head from Oklahoma's Dust Bowl to the promised land of the West. "Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations" presents the reader with a collection of important ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Beloved more books like this by Toni Morrison It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter Beloved, whose ... see all copies from £1.53! new only from £4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Joy Luck Club more books like this by Amy Tan A collection of anthologies, resource and reference books, including titles from Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, Alex Madina, Jo Phillips and Adrian Barlow. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Gone with the wind more books like this by Margaret Mitchell -- "Gone With The Wind" sold more than 176,000 copies within the first three weeks of its initial publication in 1936. The Warner mass market edition (1993) sold over 330,000 copies. Over 28 million copies of the book have been sold in more than 37 countries. After 60 years, this will be the very first trade paperback edition ever published. -- In ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Farewell to Arms more books like this by Ernest Hemingway The best American novel to emerge from World War I, "A Farewell to Arms" is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Hemingway's frank portrayal of the love between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley, caught in the inexorable sweep of war, glows with an ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens more books like this by Sean Covey Based on his father's bestselling "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," Sean Covey applies the same principles to teens, using a vivacious, entertaining style. To keep it fun, Covey writes, he "stuffed it full of cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world... along with a few other ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.75! \| first editions
15 view cover	Heart of Darkness more books like this by Joseph Conrad The Fourth Edition is again based on Robert Kimbrough's meticulously re-edited text. Missing words have been restored and the entire novel has been repunctuated in accordance with Conrad's style. The result is the first published version of "Heart of Darkness" that allows readers to hear Marlow's voice as Conrad heard it when he wrote the story. ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Official SAT Study Guide more books like this by College Board (Creator) This study guide is geared towards preparing students for the New SAT, which will be introduced in March, 2005. Included in the New SAT are a student essay, an expanded math section, and a critical reading section, which adds brief comprehension passages and eliminates analogies. Eight practice tests, as well as drills, strategies, and other ... see all copies from £7.06! new only from £11.58! \| first editions
17 view cover	Handmaid's Tale more books like this by Margaret Atwood The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Bluest Eye more books like this by Toni Morrison The chronicle of the tragic lives of a poor black family in 1940s America. Every night Pecola, unlovely and unloved, prays for blue eyes like those of her white schoolfellows. She becomes the focus of the mingled love and hatred engendered by her family's frailty and the world's cruelty. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	House on Mango Street more books like this by Sandra Cisneros The story of a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. Capturing her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories, she is able to rise above hopelessness and create a quiet space for herself in the midst of her oppressive surroundings. see all copies from £4.02! new only from £6.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Invisible Man more books like this by Ralph Waldo Ellison Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel, winner of the prestigious American National Book Award, tells the extraordinary story of a man who is invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Yet his powerfully depicted adventures - from a terrifying Harlem race riot to his expulsion from a Southern college - go far beyond the story of ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Cracking the GRE more books like this by Karen Lurie The Princeton Review realizes that scoring well on the GRE is very different from earning straight AUs in school. This guide will teach readers how to think like the test writers, solve analogies, crack even the most complex algebra problems without algebra, and master even the toughest problems in the Verbal and Quantitative sections. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.19! \| first editions
22 view cover	Sun Also Rises more books like this by Ernest Hemingway Published in 1926 to explosive acclaim, "The Sun Also Rises" stands as perhaps the most impressive first novel ever written by an American writer. A roman a clef about a group of American and English expatriates on an excursion from Paris's Left Bank to Pamplona for the July fiesta and its climactic bull fight, a journey from the center of a ... see all copies from £3.53! new only from £6.11! \| first editions
23 view cover	East of Eden more books like this by John Steinbeck Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the interwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	For Whom the Bell Tolls more books like this by Ernest Hemingway High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, has been sent to handle the dynamiting. There, in the mountains, he finds the dangers and the intense comradeship of war. And there he discovers Maria, a young woman who has escaped from Franco's rebels... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £7.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Pearl more books like this by John Steinbeck A classic novella about the fallacy of the American dream, THE PEARL is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.90! \| signed copies \| first editions

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