The Devils We Know by Joe Queenan (FSG Originals)
A story of the New Jersey Devil, who was originally called the Jersey Devil but was eventually officially named the Devil, a team mascot of the New Jersey Devils hockey team that won six Stanley Cups. The idea for a mascot was hatched from a contest in the early ‘80s in which the owner of the New Jersey Devils, John McMullen, asked the fans to help pick a name for their mascot. Eventually, they would come up with a name but the mascot would be nameless. The idea was put on hold until McMullen got into an argument with his team during the 1993 season, and decided to bring the idea back, and this time the choice of a name is the main part of the story.
3. Mister Know-It-All by Ron Covey (FSG Originals)
This book delves into the life and death of one of the first people on the face of the planet, and that’s his son Mister Know-It-All.
4. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (FSG Originals)
For one of the longest running series of books, this book was originally released in 1826 as a novel. The novel involves James Fenimore Cooper’s love for the land of wilderness and his love for a Native American tribe in North America, and this book would end up as one of Cooper’s most notable novels. This book has influenced the way in which some of the other novels were written.
5. King, Queen, Knave by L. Frank Baum (FSG Originals)
The story of one man’s love and one woman’s hatred with the creation of an ancient love, and an epic friendship is now told through this book. This novel was published in 2003 as a series of books, and was adapted into the musical, The Wizard of Oz. It would have become a movie, too, if not for the loss of the rights from MGM to the estate.
6. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (FSG Originals)
This book, which is now considered one of the most famous stories of all time, is the story of a love between a boy and a tree. The story was published in 1969, and was later adapted into a short film and a series of three animated shorts.
7. The Stand by Stephen King (FSG Originals)
King is a king of words. With about a hundred books released in the past three decades, this book is the most widely read and well-loved. But this book made him into a hero; this story has made him an inspiration and more. The Stand is about a man, Randall Flagg, who has an insatiable hunger for blood. It is about one man’s fight for survival. It is about a man who would go to any length to make sure he doesn’t die, and how when this happened, this will make all the difference for him, but for everyone else in the country.
8. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (FSG Originals)
A book about a ring that will become the center of every one’s attention and one small boy’s wish to have a giant home in the forest.
9. The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé (FSG Originals)
A young boy, reporter, and many other things, are the essence of this work, and it’s told through comic books. It’s one of the most talked about comic books ever written, especially by some young men who do not realize the impact the story has had on many young minds all over the world.
10. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (FSG Originals)
For more than seventy years, this book has been the ultimate book of a teenager’s frustration and fear, and how one small action can lead to such anger and anger. It’s the story of a teenager, Holden Caufield, and his relationship with his sister and a woman, whom he would fall in love with.
11. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (FSG Originals)
This book was first published by Thomas of Brittany around 1387. There’s nothing extraordinary in this book except for the fact that it’s an excellent example of poetry, as well as the works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
12. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (FSG Originals)
The story of a young boy who grew up, went down south, and got downright dirty is one of the greatest and most influential story in the literature of America.
13. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (FSG Originals)
A story that inspired many with its message of charity, generosity, and love and the power of love and humanity are now told through a tale about a man who was down on his luck and was given a Christmas gift by his true love, his wife, that changed his life completely.
14. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (FSG Originals)
One of the most talked about novel ever written is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It’s the story of a young man’s rise to fame and the tragedy that brought him down.
15. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (FSG Originals)
The story of a man, Humbert Humbert, and his addiction to a beautiful girl who grew up to be a woman, his nymphet Lolita, was published in 1955. This book tells us of a man’s obsession of the girl he loved, and how his obsession had destroyed him in the end.
16. A Taste for Death by Richard Laymon (FSG Originals)
This book has been in print since 2004, and is one of the most talked about books in the industry. This book is one of the most talked about works of suspense that has a killer, or what the Americans would call a zombie story. The novel tells us the story of a doctor and a boy, and their journey into this zombie apocalypse, and it tells us how they ended up surviving, and how one act that changed their lives forever.
17. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (FSG Originals)
One of the most talked about book of Alice in Wonderland is the story of a girl who grew up in a world not of her own, but a world ruled by a queen with the most unusual rules. There are also princes and lords, and a young girl, named Alice, who lives in a fictional world in a fictional city in a fictional country that the author named after himself.
18. Dread by Dean Koontz (FSG Originals)
A vampire with her very own purpose and feelings with her destiny to find love, as well as find her answers, is one of the main features of this story. This book is based in Los Angeles, and all of the events that take place in the book take place within the state.
19. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (FSG Originals)
A novel by Aldous Huxley was first published on 25th of August, 1932. It was later published in different genres of formats with each generation, and is still known to be one of the most talked about stories that exist in the world today. It tells the story of a dystopian future where humanity is divided into groups, and how the characters learn to create a society of their own, as well as creating their own rules.
20. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (FSG Originals)
The story of a young girl who was taken from her family as a young girl and was adopted by a mother who had the ability to hear voices. The book tells us the story of the many struggles that the girl and her foster sisters, who was also taken from their home, faced after the mother’s death. The book tells us about the woman’s gift and her ability to hear voices, and tells us about the history of domestic workers and how the system treated them.
The Top Ten: Books that Inspired Me The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama (FSG Originals) The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (FSG Originals) The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni (FSG Originals) If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino (FSG Originals) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (FSG Originals) This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz (FSG Originals) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (FSG Originals) Zebra in the Kitchen by David M. Balfour (FSG Originals) A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (FSG Originals) And You Know You are a Mother When… by Maya Angelou (FSG Originals)
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