Classic & Older Gothic

Cat's Cradle

by Kurt Vonnegut

A young writer investigates the children of a scientist who helped create the atomic bomb, only to discover a substance capable of ending all life on Earth. Vonnegut's darkly comic apocalyptic tale skewers scientific hubris, religious absurdity, and human folly with signature wit and melancholy.

More Classic & Older Gothic

• Redwall — Brian Jacques
• Chapterhouse: Dune — Frank Herbert
• The Naked Sun — Isaac Asimov
• The Vile Village — Lemony Snicket
• The Pillars of the Earth — Ken Follett
• Christine — Stephen King
• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom — Miguel Ruiz
• Winnie-the-Pooh — A.A. Milne

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