100 Novels That Changed the WorldA look at 100 inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture. Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by scientific tomes, religious tracts and histories of the victorious in war. There had been stories and epic poems from ancient times Homers Iliad and Odyssey recounted ancient Greece, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was a chivalric romance in Middle English, but it was not until the

When an unexpected turn of events draws Marc—her on and off-again ex-boyfriend—back into her world with surprising demands

the novel chills with its subtle allusions to an unknown enemy that is too close for comfort

Even less is known about book the twelfth in this alarming phenomenon

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The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun tells of a childless Breton Lord and Lady (the ‘Aotrou’ and ‘Itroun’ of the title) and the tragedy that befalls them when Aotrou seeks to remedy their situation with the aid of a magic potion obtained from a corrigan

and play the part his abductor has created for him

Sleeping with a client's gorgeous girlfriend may have been the gutsiest move in Jack Hammond's formerly booming law career

He's your vampire

As she puts it

strippers fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world

the distinctive markings on big cats served as camouflage

and dark mysteries