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Animal Farm
1945 novella by George Orwell
The Hobbit
1937 fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
James Bond
series of books about a British spy
Pride and Prejudice
1813 novel by Jane Austen
Robinson Crusoe
1719 novel by Daniel Defoe
Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature from different body parts in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 and staying in Bath, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.
Treasure Island
1883 novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson
Oliver Twist
1837–1839 novel by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. In the process, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.
The War of the Worlds
1897 serialized novel by H. G. Wells
A Tale of Two Cities
1859 novel by Charles Dickens
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Study in Scarlet
first Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Heart of Darkness
1899 novella by Joseph Conrad
Sense and Sensibility
1811 novel by Jane Austen
And Then There Were None
1939 novel by Agatha Christie
A Clockwork Orange
1962 novel by Anthony Burgess
Ivanhoe
thumb|Ivanhoe on the Scott Monument, Edinburgh (sculpted by John Rhind)
Emma
1815 novel by Jane Austen
The Invisible Man
1897 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells
Lord Jim
1900 novel by Joseph Conrad
Casino Royale
novel by Ian Fleming
King Solomon's Mines
novel by Henry Rider Haggard (1885)
The Island of Dr Moreau
1896 novel by Herbert George Wells
Discworld
Discworld is a collection of fantasy comedy novels, graphic novels, short stories, and associated works conceived and primarily written by the English author Terry Pratchett. They are united by their being set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. The novel series consists of forty-one books, the first being The Colour of Magic, published in 1983, and the last ''The Shepherd's Crown'', published posthumously in 2015. Pratchett also wrote eleven short stories related to the Discworld. The novels often satirise
Watership Down
1972 novel by Richard Adams
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
novel by Laurence Sterne
Coraline
Coraline () is a 2002 British fantasy horror children's novella by author Neil Gaiman. Gaiman started writing Coraline in 1990, and it was published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and HarperCollins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers. The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. It was adapted as a 2009 stop-motion animated film, directed by Henry Selick under the same name.
Fanny Hill
1748 novel by John Cleland
The Big Four
1927 novel by Agatha Christie
American Gods
2001 novel by Neil Gaiman
The Colour of Magic
1983 Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
From Russia, with Love
1957 novel by Ian Fleming
Diamonds Are Forever
1956 novel by Ian Fleming
Live and Let Die
novel by Ian Fleming
The BFG
1982 British children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake
The Light Fantastic
Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
Moonraker
1955 novel by Ian Fleming
Far from the Madding Crowd
1874 novel by Thomas Hardy
Mort
Mort is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the fourth Discworld novel and the first to focus on the character Death, who only appeared as a side character in the previous novels. The title is the name of its main character, and is also a play on words: in French, mort means "death" or "dead"; the French-language edition is titled Mortimer.
The Gadfly
novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich
I, Claudius
1934 novel by Robert Graves
Guards! Guards!
1989 novel by Terry Pratchett
Kidnapped
1886 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Graveyard Book
2008 novel by Neil Gaiman
A Dog of Flanders
1872 novel by Ouida
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
1904 novel by H. G. Wells
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car is a children's story written by Ian Fleming and illustrated by John Burningham. It was initially published in three volumes, the first of which was released on 22 October 1964 by Jonathan Cape, before being published as one book. The story concerns the exploits of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang—a car with hidden powers and abilities—and its owners, the Pott family.
Five Children and It
1902 novel by E. Nesbit
Simon Templar
fictional character known as The Saint
Lorna Doone
1869 novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Biggles
James Charles Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and hero of the Biggles series of adventure books, written for young readers by W. E. Johns (1893–1968). Biggles made his first appearance in the story "The White Fokker", published in the first issue of Popular Flying magazine and again as part of the first collection of Biggles stories, The Camels Are Coming (both 1932). Johns continued to write "Biggles books" until his death in 1968. The series eventually included nearly a hundred volumes – novels as well as short story collections – m
Redwall
1986 novel by Brian Jacques
The Tripods
British young adult novel series
Green Mansions
novel by William Henry Hudson
The Spook's Apprentice
novel by Joseph Delaney
The House on the Borderland
novel by William Hope Hodgson
Hothouse
novel by Brian W. Aldiss
Billy Bunter
fictional character created by Charles Hamilton (using the nom de plume of Frank Richards)
Playback
novel by Raymond Chandler