A Book That is Considered to be in the "Classic" Literary Canon

These books fulfill this category for UBN 2025.

Updated January 28, 2025
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The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Paper Book
This edition presents the manuscript of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the earliest full version of the novel that survives. Study of this manuscript reveals much about the composition of the novel - about the development of its characters and themes and the revision of its language....
One hundred years of solitude
García Márquez, Gabriel
Paper Book
Now a Netflix original series! "One Hundred Years of Solitude is the first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race. . . . García Márquez has done nothing less than to create in the reader a sense of all that is profound,...
El alquimista : una fb̉ula para seguir tus sueǫs
Coelho, Paulo
Paper Book
El Alquimista, de Paulo Coelho, sigue cambiando la vida de sus lectores para siempre. Con más de dos millones de copias vendidas alrededor del mundo, El Alquimista se ha establecido como un clásico moderno, admirado universalmente. La obra maestra de Paulo Coelho cuenta la mágica historia...
Nineteen eighty-four : a novel
Orwell, George
Paper Book
Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever... This 75th Anniversary Edition includes: *...

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