Camus, Albert.  The Plague.  A coastal city in Algeria is struck by bubonic plague and is shut off from the world for months.

Camus, Albert.  The Stranger.  Caught in the grip of forces he does not understand, a quiet, ordinary clerk in Algiers commits a murder.

Carroll, Lewis.  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.   A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovic.  The Cherry Orchard.  An aristocratic Russian family struggles to maintain their status in a changing world as they are faced with the prospect of selling the family estate to a land developer in order to pay off their debts.

Dumas, Alexandre.  The Three Musketeers.  During the reign of France's King Louis XIII, d'Artagnan and three musketeers unite to defend the honor of Anne of Austria against the plots of Cardinal Richeliu.

Gardner, John Champlin.  Grendel.  Grendel, the monster, tells his side of the Beowulf story, and compares his values with the chief values of human beings.

Herbert, Frank.  Dune.  Duke Leto Atreides and his family are forced by the all powerful Emperor of the known universe to exchange their rich land for the barren planet Dune.

Hornby, Nick.  High Fidelity.  Recently dumped by his wealthy girlfriend, record store owner Rob Fleming finds himself in financial trouble and sets out on a pilgrimage to ask his former girlfriends where their relationships went wrong and to learn where his life went off track.

Hornby, Nick.  How To Be Good.  Just when the pair is on the verge of divorce, English doctor Katie Carr's cynical husband, David, undergoes a spiritual awakening and invites a faith healer to live with them and their two children.

Lahiri, Jhumpa.  The Namesake.  A young man born of Indian parents in America struggles with issues of identity from his teens to his thirties.

Rand, Ayn.  The Fountainhead.  The story of a gifted young architect, his violent battle against conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him.

Shakespeare, William.  Much Ado About Nothing.  Shakespeare's classic comedy about two couples who are united with the help of the bumbling Constable Dogberry.

Shakespeare, William.  The Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare's play about a man who sets out to subdue a shrewish wife.

Stoker, Bram.  Dracula.  Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel).  The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.  The Fellowship of the Ring -- The Two Towers -- The Return of the King.  A young hobbit named Frodo Baggins assumes responsibility which he is charged with taking the Dark Lord's dangerously powerful One Ring on a perilous journey to the Cracks of Doorm, where it can be destroyed.

White, T. H. (Terence Hanbury).  The Once and Future King.  The fantasy epic of King Arthur and Camelot, telling the story of how Wart, the adopted son of Sir Ector, becomes the King of England when he is sent in search of a sword by his brother Kay, and is forced to pull one out of an anvil in the churchyard.

Wilde, Oscar.  The Picture of Dorian Gray.  A remarkably handsome youth, Dorian Gray, meets Lord Henry Wotton and is corrupted by his influence into a life of terrible evil.