The Armor of Light – Ken Follett (2023)
In a time of upheaval, one woman’s fight for justice and dignity ignites a village’s defiance against tyranny, where love, loss, and revolution shape the dawn of a new world.
Fantasy
Historical
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Adventure
Classics
Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe (1719)
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe follows a man shipwrecked on a deserted island for 28 years, surviving through ingenuity and self-reliance.
Adventure
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe (1719)
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe follows Crusoe as he embarks on new journeys, unable to resist the call of adventure.
Adventure
Fantasy
Satire
Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift (1726)
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift follows Lemuel Gulliver’s satirical adventures in fantastical lands, critiquing human nature and 18th-century society.
Psychological
Romance
Satire
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman – Mary Wollstonecraft (1792)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft argues for women's education and equality, challenging societal norms that limit female intellectual growth.
Historical
Slammerkin – Emma Donoghue (2001)
In 18th-century England, a girl’s hunger for beauty and freedom leads her from poverty to passion to the gallows, in a world where a red ribbon can cost a life.
Adventure
Historical
Young Adult
Mutiny on the Bounty – John Boyne (2008)
A boy dragged from the streets into a world of storm, sea, and mutiny finds his fate forever changed aboard a ship where loyalty and survival are never guaranteed.
Historical
Romance
Life Mask – Emma Donoghue (2004)
A dazzling tale of art, ambition, and hidden desires set in 18th-century London, where love and reputation balance precariously on society’s gilded stage.
Classics
Psychological
Romance
Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman – Mary Wollstonecraft (1788)
Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft follows Maria, confined to an asylum, as she reflects on gender oppression and seeks personal freedom.