What Should You Read?

Prospero, a former duke and current wizard, has been hiding out on a remote island with his daughter, Miranda, for 12 years. She doesn't remember life before the island and has only known her father and his servants. When her father engineers the wreck of a passing ship, Miranda falls in love with one of the men swept to shore. Her father is pleased but uses his magic to create situations that slow down the romance so that it won't develop too quickly. Meanwhile, one of Prospero's servants and other men from the shipwreck are plotting to kill him and take over the island. Will it have a happy ending? Read it and see!

In 1651, a man rebelling against his conservative parents decides to live a life of adventure and sets sail from England. He is promptly shipwrecked for the first time and, when he goes back to sea, is captured by pirates. But it's not over! He's headed for Brazil when he is shipwrecked again--alone on a deserted island. He has to figure out how to survive. Here starts an account of precisely how he did it, from building a canoe to saving seeds and more. When he witnesses a scene of violence, he rescues a man who becomes his companion. Will he ever get back to civilization? Read it and find out!

If you like romance and drama, why not go back to the beginning? It's not exactly the first romance, or the most tawdry, but it's one of the first scandalous famous romances. There were even court battles over it. A socially prominent, wealthy woman has an affair with the estate's gamekeeper. It was inspired by real people. Hot stuff. Check it out.

Let's go back in time to 1859 and the first mystery novel ever written. It is also hailed as one of the very best. An excerpt from the book description: ''The Woman in White' famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter becomes embroiled in the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons, and poison.'

If you're into comedy, especially adventure comedy, this book is for you. Even though you're probably thinking of it through the lens of children's versions you've seen of this book or references you've heard about it, think again. This book was written in 1726 as a human-nature satire and a parody of travel literature. Yes, there are tiny people and a giant man, but find out what happens!

While many still think he is the final authority on all things psychological, there are as many who wonder if it was all in HIS head. Take a look inside his mind by reading about what he thinks your dreams mean.