Canon reads from every continent and time period; the books you should’ve read in school, and might want to now that you don’t have to.

Our all time favorite reads. If you ask us for a recommendation, we'll start with these.

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The Portuguese language has travelled far and wide across the globe. Its rich literary community includes authors from Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Discover Lusophone authors old and new in translation.

Lusophone Authors

The Booker Prize is one of the most important literary prizes in the English language. Here you will find all of the nominated, and winning, titles for this year's Booker and International Booker Prizes.

The International Booker Prize 2024

Small ou independent presses are publishing houses that do not make part of the big five companies that publish most of the books in the world. These independent publishers are some os the great taste makers of our time, taking chances on books beyond their commercial appeal.

Small Presses

The Vintage Minis, are the perfect collection to sample some of the world's most renowned authors, each in a subject they are experts in.

Vintage Minis

Our booklists are curated from the diverse personal tastes and interests of our team. We organize these lists around themes to highlight exciting reads that you might not otherwise encounter.&nbsp;

Booklists

Our Literary fiction category encompasses everything from the historical narratives, to modern day ones. Here you will find a broad selection of novels, from the genre bending to the realistic.

Literary Fiction

Immerse yourself in the beauty of verse and the power of words.

Poetry

Collections from established and new story tellers.

Short Stories

Romance

Ghost stories, slashers, and all the gore in between.

Horror

Thrillers, detective novels, true crime, and everything in between.

Mystery & True Crime

From riding spaceships to dragons, everything here is out of this world!

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Graphic novels ranging in genre and artistic styles, from writers and artists across the world.

Graphic Novels

From the great classics to the experimental, our fiction collection encompasses the best of every genre to transport you to other worlds and other lives through many different narratives.&nbsp;

Fiction

Know the world with real stories, through eyes and words of those who lived them.

Memoir

Dive into personal and critical reflections on a wide range of topics.

Essays

Writings on writing, reading, and everything literary.

Lit Crit

Books on cooking and traveling. Find here your next destination or recipe.

Food & Travel

Nonfiction about global history and the people that defined it.

History & Biography

Explore the world of creativity, from timeless art to contemporary design.

Art, Architecture & Fashion

Engage with ideas that challenge and inspire, from ancient to modern times.

Philosophy & Religion

In this category you will find nonfiction titles on current events, politics, sociology, and culture. Everything that you need to understand the world we live in and the ideas that shape it.

Politics, Society & Current Events

Titles on the natural world, psychology, technology, and much more.

Science

In this list you'll find new culture, criticism, biography, and scientific writing alongside classics of each genre.&nbsp;

Nonfiction

Books from all genres for middle-grade readers ages 8-12 , and Young adults ages 13-17, and all who are still young at heart.

YA & Middle-Grade

Children's

Comics

Books to guide young readers through the first years of their reading lives.&nbsp;

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The Idiot

The House of the Dead & The Gambler

The Book of Disquiet

Blindness

The Dispossessed

The Peter Rabbit Stories

Notes From Underground

Parable of the Sower

The Handmaid's Tale

White Nights

The Hobbit

Deep River

Frankenstein

Beowulf

The End of the Affair

Shakespeare's Sonnets

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

The Colossus

The House of the Spirits

Beatrix Potter

Brave New World

The Age of Innocence

The Haunting of Hill House

Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments

Macunaima

Flight Without End

Farmer Giles of Ham

The Journey to the East

Uncle Vanya

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Classic Horror Stories

The Idiot: New Translation

Ulysses

Herland

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wall-Paper, Herland, and Selected Writings

The House at Pooh Corner

The Grapes of Wrath

The Yellow Wall-Paper and Selected Writings

The Iliad

The Great Gatsby

The Honorary Consul

The Glass Bead Game

Kokoro

The Copenhagen Trilogy

The Human Stain

Invisible Cities

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Around the World in 80 Days

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

Cautionary Tales

Cosmicomics

The Alienist and Other Stories of Nineteenth-Century Brazil

Remembrance of Things Past: Volume 3

Remembrance of Things Past: Volume 2

Remembrance of Things Past: Volume 1

From Russia With Love

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