Curated reading paths

Collections that open a world

Start with a tradition, a question, or a mood—and follow it across authors and languages.

Wu Cheng'en西游记A mythic pilgrimage
Luo Guanzhong三国演义An empire divided
Cao Xueqin红楼梦The story of the stone
Across dynasties

Chinese Classics

Foundational stories, philosophy, strategy, and social worlds from the Chinese literary tradition.

6 works
Wu Cheng'en西游记A mythic pilgrimage
Cao Xueqin红楼梦The story of the stone
Jane AustenPride and PrejudiceA novel
Enduring books across borders

World Classics

Influential works from different literary traditions, read together through character, theme, form, and translation.

6 works
Wu Cheng'en西游记A mythic pilgrimage
Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in WonderlandDown the rabbit-hole
Gods, monsters, transformations

Myths & Legends

Mythic structures and marvellous journeys from sacred story, folklore, literary fantasy, and cultural memory.

2 works
Epic memory and mortal choice

Greek Mythology

Gods, heroes, monsters, and tragic inheritances from the ancient Greek mythic imagination.

0 works
Jane AustenPride and PrejudiceA novel
Cao Xueqin红楼梦The story of the stone
Love inside a social world

Classic Romance

Courtship, desire, judgment, marriage, and the institutions that shape who can choose whom.

2 works
Laozi道德经The way and its power
Sun Tzu孙子兵法Thirteen chapters on strategy
Questions worth returning to

Philosophy Classics

Foundational works on wisdom, action, leadership, conflict, nature, virtue, and the limits of control.

2 works
Wu Cheng'en西游记A mythic pilgrimage
Jane AustenPride and PrejudiceA novel
Mary ShelleyFrankensteinThe modern Prometheus
Stories without borders

World Literature

Enduring works whose characters and questions continue to travel across cultures.

4 works