Highly original and influential collection of short stories linked together around a theme of future colonization first published in 1950 by Ray Bradbury

Published in 1965 by Frank Herbert even more relevant today with epic themes of religous extremism, environmentalism, and pseudophilosophies a great novel winner of the first nebula award

published in 1978 by John Irving it won the National Book Foudation's award for paperback fiction and secured his place in the affectionns of a generation of readers

first published in 1962 it was banned in England for years for inciting violence but is really an indictment against violence and state control

Joseph Heller's acclaimed novel published in 1961 initially received adulation and confused hostility now considered a classic

published in 1958 hailed as a masterpiece of Italian fiction. the book's stature has grown it is now considered a great work of the 20th century literature

this novel published in 1976 allowed readers to consider the immortals and thier predicament for the fist time and began a trend

first published in 1968 it is Gore Vidal's exuberantly outragous and campy contribution to the sexual revolution of the 1960s

first published in 1925 its employs the "strema of consciousness" narrative it had major impact on the development of the novel

first published in France in 1959 it opened the floodgates to a world of gossip and gave a drive to rip down icons

first published in 1968 Wolfe was a leading light in the "New Journalisms" movement of the 1960s and this is best selling account of a psychedelic road trip

published in 1951 classic novel of World War II Jones is writng from his own experience

Classic of Lesbian fiction first published in 1928 banned for 20 years it still provokes discussion and academic debate