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1.		To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette ($35.96) At once an intimate memoir of childhood, a complicated exploration of race and poverty in the South, and a moving portrayal of uncompromising conscience, "To Kill a Mockingbird" has been called the greatest American novel of the 20th century.
2.		Lord of the Flies by William Golding Available on: Audio Download | Audio Cassette An adventure tale in its purest form. A thrilling and elegantly told account of a group of British schoolboys marooned on a tropical island.
3.		Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Available on: Audio Download ($13.95) | Audio CD ($17.96) | Audio Cassette ($17.96) | MP3 CD ($26.96) Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury's classic novel of censorship and defiance, as resonant today as it was when it was first published more than 50 years ago.
4.		The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Unabridged Edition Available on: Audio Download ($19.88) | Audio CD ($31.96) | Audio Cassette Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, "The Kite Runner" is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul.
5.		Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Available on: Audio CD ($15.99) With over eight million copies in print, Chinua Achebe's work is perhaps the best-known novel in African literature. No other book so powerfully illuminates the African experience.
6.		Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett Available on: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD ($16.18) There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece.
7.		In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg - BBC Podcast by Melvyn Bragg Available on: Podcast The history of ideas discussed by Melvyn Bragg and guests including Philosophy, science, literature, religion and the influence these ideas have on us today.
8.		Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast by Miette Available on: Podcast Lay yourself down to sleep with the soothing soporific of Miette's purring voice as she reads you classic works of short fiction. Sweet dreams.
9.		The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($19.99) The Things They Carried is a masterful novel of the Vietnam War that has been called the greatest war novel ever written.
10.		Entitled Opinions from Stanford University by Robert Harrison Available on: Podcast Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature) - hosted by Professor Robert Harrison - is a weekly literary talk show that ranges broadly on issues related to literature, ideas, and lived experience.
11.		Night by Elie Wiesel Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($15.99) Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Gold Medal, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel offers an unforgettable account of Hitler's horrific reign of terror in Night.
12.		The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Unabridged Edition Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($23.96) | Audio Cassette At last -- the unabridged recording of this timeless bestseller that has sold millions. "To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation", This quotation taken from "The Alchemist" sums up the focus of the book.
13.		One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($19.96) McMurphy is a life-loving fighter who rallies the other mental patients around him to challenge the dictatorship of Big Nurse in what becomes a struggle for the minds and hearts of men. Includes a bonus author interview from "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross.
14.		Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami Available on: Audio Download ($54.38) | Audio CD ($54.38) Quirky characters, a hotel with a phantom floor, sexy girls, rock music, especially Talking Heads - this gloriously imaginative romp around contemporary Japan defies description.
15.		Toni Morrison - 1993 Nobel Lecture by Toni Morrison Available on: Online Audio "She is worried about how the language she dreams in, given to her at birth, is handled, put into service..."
16.		Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($31.96) | Audio Cassette Andrew Ender Wiggin thinks he is playing computer-simulated war games at the Battle School; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate...
17.		The Crucible by Arthur Miller Available on: Audio Cassette ($14.40) This play was directly inspired by the witch-hunting activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. Though set in the 17th century, "The Crucible" presents issues still of interest to people in modern times.
18.		Beloved by Toni Morrison Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($23.96) Proud and beautiful, Sethe escaped from slavery but is haunted by its heritage--from the fires of the flesh to the heartbreaking challenges to the spirit. Set in rural Ohio several years after the Civil War, this profoundly affecting chronicle of slavery and its aftermath is Toni Morrison's greatest work.
19.		Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($23.96) | Audio Cassette ($25.95) Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic...
20.		Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($35.96) 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.
21.		Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling Available on: Audio CD ($63.96) | Audio Cassette ($63.96) Don't miss the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's bestselling Harry Potter series.
22.		In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($31.46) As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.
23.		On The Road by Jack Kerouac Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD | Audio Cassette ($39.95) Essential Edition handsomely packaged with french flaps, rough fronts, high-quality paper, and a distinctive cover look.
24.		The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Unabridged Edition Available on: Audio Download ($24.47) | Audio CD ($31.46) In 1949 four Chinese women-drawn Together by The Shadow of Their past begin meeting in San Francisco to Play Mah Jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and "Say" stories.
25.		The Natural by Bernard Malamud Available on: Audio Download ($13.95) | Audio CD ($49.50) | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD ($26.96) In The Natural, Bernard Malamud has raised all the passion and craziness and fanaticism of baseball to its ordained place in mythology.