 | Oliver Twist (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.10 Pub. 1838.
This version is based on the first edition of the book. A good read, certainly. Antisemitic, absolutely. Despite that, I was able look past it and focus on the main story. He did republish a later version that removed almost all racial and stereotypical references to Fagin.
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 | The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) by Alexandre Dumas père
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $6.07 Pub. 1844.
A tale of betrayal and revenge of the thinking mind. Suspense all the way up to page 1300. I dare you to put it down.
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 | Crime and Punishment (Norton Critical Editions) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Buy new: $13.63 / Used from: $2.99 Pub. 1866.
A man's torment between his good and his demons.
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 | Tom Jones (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Henry Fielding
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $0.17 Pub. 1749.
A love story with a happy ending, where the good triumphs over the pretender. I never read any book more beautifully written.
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 | Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.18 Pub. 1952.
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 | The Post-Office Girl (New York Review Books Classics) by Stefan Zweig
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $6.45 Pub. 19xx
A young woman without much is thrown into a world of possibilities, only to be yanked back to reality, forcing here to realize she's still alive with desire.
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 | Les Miserables (Modern Library) by Victor Hugo
Buy new: $18.48 / Used from: $17.45 Pub. 1862.
All that can be said, has been said. It is truly worth the time and effort.
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 | Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Vladimir Nabokov
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $10.92 Pub. 1955.
A man's non-love for a young girl makes him go to great length to fulfill his fantasies at her expense.
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 | The Woman in White (Penguin Classics) by Wilkie Collins
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $2.12 Pub. 1859.
The unlikely heroine here is the one defined by her intelligence and strength of character.
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 | Atlas Shrugged (Penguin Modern Classics) by Ayn Rand
Buy used from: $8.13 Pub. 1957.
A woman's struggle to keep her world intact as the men of ability begin to disappear one by one. But don't let it get to your head by being the one book that defined your ideology.
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 | Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.01 Pub. 1945.
A terrific short read uses allegory to demonstrate the dangers of totalitarianism.
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 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Oxford World's Classics) by Mark Twain
Buy used from: $0.95 Pub. 1876.
A very vivid narrative of youth and innocence.
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 | Cat's Cradle: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.65 Pub. 1963.
An intriguing tale of man's stumble towards his ultimate demise.
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