Fiction

A Nightmare Set in Edwardian-era London, Gabriel Syme is recruited at Scotland Yard to a secret anti-anarchist police corps. He meets Lucian Gregor...

A Classic Children’s Novel The story of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl, who is adopted by Mathew and Marilla Cuthbert to help them on the...

A Romance A classic Gothic novel that follows the trials of Emily St. Aubert, a young woman who endures the loss of her parents and becomes entangl...

A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty A historical novel set in late 17th- and early 18th-century England during the reigns of Queen Anne and Kin...

From the Original Italian Considered the first Gothic novel, Walpole blends elements of romance, the supernatural, and dark intrigue. The story is ...

A Story of Virginia in Colonial Days A historical romance set in early 17th-century Virginia. The story follows Captain Ralph Percy, a rugged and h...

The Life and Adventures The story follows Nicholas Nickleby, who, after the death of his father, is left to care for his mother and sister. Seeking...

Jarndyce and Jarndyce The story weaves together a complex web of characters and plots centered around the interminable Chancery court case of Jarnd...

Amy Dorrit The novel follows Amy Dorrit, a kind and selfless young woman born and raised in Marshalsea Prison, where her father has been imprisoned...

The Posthumous Papers Originally entitled The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, the story follows the adventures and misadventures of Samuel ...

A Romance Inspired by Hawthorne’s brief time at the Brook Farm commune, the story explores the conflicts between personal ambition, romantic entang...

A Romance A gothic novel centered around a mysterious, decaying mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, and the family that inhabits it. The story follows...

Southern California Set shortly after the Mexican–American War, the book explores the life of a Scottish–Native American orphan girl named Ramona. ...

Five Little Peppers Polly, is a sweet, imaginative girl who has a talent for telling stories. The book explores her creative spirit and how her sto...

Five Little Peppers A sequel to Five Little Peppers Midway, the story follows the Pepper siblings—Polly, Joel, Davie, Phronsie, and Ben—as young ad...

The Hardy Boys Series Teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy find themselves embroiled in a perplexing case when they stumble upon a missing person's...

A Psychological Adventure The story follows Humphrey van Weyden, a refined literary critic who finds himself shipwrecked and rescued by a seal-hunt...

Wolfdog Set in the harsh wilderness of the Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush, the story follows the journey of a wolf-dog hybrid named ...

The Tarzan Series The story picks up where The Return of Tarzan left off, with Tarzan settled in his ancestral home in Africa with his wife Jane an...

A Novel Set in Southern California during the early 20th century and revolves around the oil industry, depicting the rise of an ambitious and ruthl...

The Meatpacking Industry The story revolves around the life of Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant who comes to America with his family in search...

Nature The story is set in rural Norway and follows the life of the protagonist, Lieutenant Thomas Glahn, who has chosen to live in isolation in th...

The Father Brown Series A collection of short stories featuring the fictional detective-priest, Father Brown. Father Brown is a clever and unassumi...

The Father Brown Series Father Brown finds himself embroiled in a mysterious case when a famous atheist, Professor Adam, invites him to witness a m...

The Father Brown Series A collection of detective short stories featuring Father Brown, a Catholic priest with a keen intellect and a deep understa...

(To Say Nothing of the Dog) A humorous account of a two-week boating holiday on the River Thames by three men and a dog. Initially intended to be a...

A Dickens Classic Set in England during the middle of the 19th century, the story follows Philip Pirrip, “Pip” for short, a young orphan. Surroundi...

The Life of an English Gentleman Rudolf V of Ruritania is about to be crowned king when he is drugged on the eve of his coronation and is unable to...

India Kari, the elephant, lives in India with his 9 year old owner where they bond during their adventures in the cities, jungles, and countryside....

For These Times The shortest of Dicken’s novels, Hard Times surveys English society and satirizes the social and economic conditions of the era. “M...

‘Are we or they Lords of the World?’ One of the earliest works of fiction to detail a conflict between mankind and an extra-terrestrial race, the s...

A Tale Jim, a young British seaman, becomes first mate on the Patna, a ship full of “pilgrims of an exacting belief.” When the ship starts rapidly ...