The Sun Also Rises

The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon

A boy in post-war Barcelona discovers a forgotten novel, then discovers that someone has been systematically destroying every book the author ever wrote.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Haruki Murakami

An ordinary Tokyo man searches for his missing cat and descends into a labyrinth of violence, dreams, and collective Japanese memory.

Pedro Paramo Juan Rulfo

A man travels to a Mexican ghost town to find his father and finds only the dead, still whispering.

The Virgin Suicides Jeffrey Eugenides

The neighbourhood boys spend the rest of their lives trying to understand the five Lisbon sisters, whose deaths they witnessed and could not prevent.

Song of Solomon Toni Morrison

Macon Dead III grows up in a family full of secrets, and the search for his origins becomes a flight through Black American history.