* The Devil's Dictionary: A compendium of words and phrases by Ambrose Bierce, humorously defining them by their opposites or in a satirical way.
* The Book of Nonsense: A collection of light verse and nonsense poetry by Edward Lear.
* Alice in Wonderland: A children's novel by Lewis Carroll about a young girl who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world.
* Through the Looking-Glass: A sequel to Alice in Wonderland, in which Alice steps through a mirror into another fantasy world.
* The Hunting of the Snark: A nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll about a group of people hunting for a creature called the Snark.
Short Stories:
* The Lady, or the Tiger?: A short story by Frank R. Stockton about a king who gives his prisoners a choice between two doors, one of which contains a lady and the other a tiger.
* The Gift of the Magi: A short story by O. Henry about a young couple who are so poor that they can't afford to buy each other Christmas presents.
* The Tell-Tale Heart: A short story by Edgar Allan Poe about a man who murders an old man and is haunted by the sound of the old man's heart beating.
Poetry:
* The Raven: A narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe about a man who is visited by a raven that repeats the word "Nevermore."
* Jabberwocky: A nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll about a fearsome creature called the Jabberwock.
* To a Mouse: A poem by Robert Burns about a mouse that the speaker destroys with his plow.
Other Works:
* The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides: A travelogue by James Boswell about his travels with Samuel Johnson in Scotland.
* A Christmas Carol: A novella by Charles Dickens about a miser who is visited by three ghosts and learns the true meaning of Christmas.
* The Importance of Being Earnest: A play by Oscar Wilde about a young man who pretends to be someone he's not in order to win the love of a woman.