From the Brontë sisters to Kurt Vonnegut to Zora Neale Hurston, these are the best classic books to add to your TBR this year ...

Summer is a great time not only to read bestsellers, but also get caught up on the classics, such as these books by African-American ... snakes and possibly a very small alligator!

Novels from the 21st century may not yet be classics, but some, like "Between the World and Me," could earn that status. It takes a lot for a contemporary book to be considered a modern classic ...