Books no one should have to live without
Discover the essential books you can't live without—from Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park and The Lost World to Shakespeare’s Hamlet and John Grisham’s The Pelican Brief. A curated reading list of timeless fiction, cloning thrillers, and drama that belong on every bookshelf.
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The Pelican Brief
by John Grisham
A law student in New Orleans writes a legal brief that ends up making her enemies in high places. Movie tie-in. Reprint.
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Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton
An American bioengineering research firm erects a theme park on a Caribbean island, complete with living dinosaurs, and invites a group of scientists to be its first terrified guests.
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The Lost World
by Michael Crichton
"HARROWING THRILLS . . . FAST-PACED AND ENGAGING." --People It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something has survived. . . . "ACTION-PACKED." --New York Daily News "FAST AND GRIPPING." --The Washington Post Book World "A VERY SCARY READ." --Entertainment Weekly "AN EDGE-OF-THE-SEAT TALE." --St. Petersburg Times
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
by William Shakespeare
After seeing the ghost of his murdered father, Hamlet realizes that his new stepfather was the killer and plots revenge and ponders the value of life.
