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• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

  Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894,

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  A respectable doctor unleashes the monster hiding inside himself — and can't put it back.

• We Have Always Lived in the Castle

  Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965,

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  Two sisters live in eerie isolation after their family was poisoned at dinner — and everyone in town knows one of them did it.

• Night

  Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016

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  A teenager's account of surviving the Holocaust, told with brutal, unforgettable honesty.

• The Awakening

  a Solitary Soul

  Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904

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  A wife and mother starts to want a life beyond the one she's supposed to want, and refuses to pretend otherwise.

• The Turn of the Screw

  James, Henry, 1843-1916,

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  A governess becomes convinced her two young charges are being haunted — or is she the one losing her grip?

• The Yellow Wall-paper, Herland, and Selected Writings

  Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935,

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  A woman confined to a room for "rest" becomes convinced something is moving inside the wallpaper.

• Siddhartha

  An Indian Tale

  Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962

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  A young man walks away from privilege to search for enlightenment, trying nearly everything before he finds it.

• The Stranger

  Camus, Albert, 1913-1960,

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  A man who feels nothing at his mother's funeral is put on trial for who he is, not just what he did.

• Heart of Darkness

  Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924

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  A journey up an African river becomes a descent into the darkest parts of human nature.

• Of Mice and Men

  Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968

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  Two drifters chase a dream of a place to call their own, and it costs them everything.

• Candide, Or, Optimism

  Voltaire, 1694-1778

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  A wide-eyed optimist gets thrown into one disaster after another, testing the idea that "everything happens for the best."

• The Old Man and the Sea

  Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961,

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  An old fisherman battles the biggest catch of his life — and his own limits — alone at sea.