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A Winter's Tale

We don't know if it's the long nights or the stark landscape of winter, but somehow classics just lend themselves to this season. If you're like us, you might be surprised at the books that have escaped you but shouldn't any longer. Eleven must-reads from our experts:

1) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

2) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

3) Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Life of Three American Families by J. Anthony Lukas

4) Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin

5) Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

6) In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

7) The Bacchae by Euripides

8) Three Selections by Ian McEwan

9) A Separate Peace by John Knowles

10) The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels

11) Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

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