Virginia Woolf Romance Satire Night and Day – Virginia Woolf (1919) Night and Day by Virginia Woolf follows the personal and romantic dilemmas of Katharine Hilbery and Ralph Denham, set against the backdrop of Edwardian London.
Aldous Huxley Classics Historical Crome Yellow – Aldous Huxley (1921) A witty satire of post-WWI England, set in a country estate where eccentric guests discuss art, love, and the absurdities of modern life.
EM Delafield The Provincial Lady Satire The Diary of a Provincial Lady – EM Delafield (1930) The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield humorously chronicles the daily life of an upper-middle-class woman navigating social duties and personal struggles.
Aldous Huxley Classics Science Fiction Ape and Essence – Aldous Huxley (1948) In a post-apocalyptic world, a New Zealand expedition uncovers a society shaped by nuclear devastation, moral decay, and survivalist extremes.
HP Lovecraft Psychological Supernatural The Outsider – HP Lovecraft (1926) The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft follows an unnamed narrator’s haunting journey of self-discovery, leading to a shocking realization about his true nature.
HG Wells Psychological Science Fiction The Food of the Gods – HG Wells (1904) The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells explores the unintended consequences of a scientific formula that causes plants, animals, and humans to grow to gigantic proportions.
Bram Stoker Supernatural The Lair of the White Worm – Bram Stoker (1911) The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker blends horror and folklore in a dark tale of ancient legends, serpentine creatures, and supernatural horrors in rural England.
William Golding Historical Psychological The Spire – William Golding (1964) Dean Jocelin is obsessed with constructing an impossibly high spire atop a cathedral, testing his faith, ambition, and the limits of human endurance.
DH Lawrence Classics Psychological Romance The Virgin and the Gipsy – DH Lawrence (1930) The Virgin and the Gipsy by D.H. Lawrence explores Yvette’s attraction to a gypsy man, questioning repression, desire, and societal expectations in rural England.
DH Lawrence Historical Psychological The Fox – DH Lawrence (1923) The Fox by D.H. Lawrence portrays the psychological and emotional conflict between two women and a soldier in a rural English setting after World War I.
