Fall 2025 Book Choices
In no particular order:
The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway
A posthumously published novel exploring desire, identity, and shifting power in the French Riviera.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
A group of classics students at an elite college become entangled in murder, guilt, and the intoxicating pull of beauty and intellect.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
After surviving a terrorist attack, a boy’s life is shaped by grief, crime, and an obsession with a stolen painting.
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
Cosmic horror tales where incomprehensible forces and ancient gods intrude upon human reality.
Inferno by Dante Alighieri
A journey through the circles of Hell, guided by Virgil, in a vision of divine justice and moral reckoning.
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
An elderly widow finds a cryptic note in the woods, unraveling a mystery that may exist only in her mind.
The Years by Virginia Woolf
The lives of the Pargiter family unfold across decades, tracing intimate personal change alongside the shifting tides of history.
Sun and Steel by Yukio Mishima
A lyrical meditation on the relationship between physical training and artistic creation, blending memoir, philosophy, and the cult of the body.
The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche
A meditation on Greek tragedy as the union of Apollonian order and Dionysian ecstasy, and its decline in modern culture.
Madness by Roald Dahl
A collection of dark, twisted short stories exploring human folly, cruelty, and the grotesque.
Anthem by Ayn Rand
In a collectivist future, one man rediscovers the concept of individuality and the word “I.”
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
In a pornographic film set, a record-breaking stunt becomes a darkly comic look at fame, sex, and exploitation.
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
A beautiful socialite navigates New York’s high society, facing ruin when she refuses to conform to its unspoken bargains.
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
A young woman’s trip to Italy challenges her engagement and awakens her desire for a freer life.
The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain
A humorous, tender imagining of the first man and woman’s courtship and life together in Eden.
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
A provincial woman’s romantic longings lead her into affairs and debt, with tragic consequences.