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Don Quixote
1605 novel by Miguel de Cervantes
The Lord of the Rings
1954–1955 fantasy novel trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien
Animal Farm
1945 novella by George Orwell
The Hobbit
1937 fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1997 novel by J. K. Rowling
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1883 novel by Carlo Collodi
Gulliver's Travels
1726 novel by Jonathan Swift
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1890–1891 novel by Oscar Wilde
The Chronicles of Narnia
series of children's fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis, 1950–1956
Journey to the West
one of China's Four Great Classical Novels
The Master and Margarita
novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Fellowship of the Ring
1954 novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, first volume of The Lord of the Rings
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis
The Two Towers
1954 novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, second volume of The Lord of the Rings
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1964 children's novel by Roald Dahl
The Return of the King
1955 novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Witcher
series of fantasy novels and short stories by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski
Life of Pi
2001 novel by Yann Martel
The Phantom of the Opera
1910 novel by Gaston Leroux
The Wind in the Willows
English children's novel, 1908, originally unillustrated
The Neverending Story
1979 novel by Michael Ende
Perfume
1985 novel by Patrick Süskind
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
1981 novel by Astrid Lindgren
Matilda
1988 children's book by Roald Dahl
King Solomon's Mines
novel by Henry Rider Haggard (1885)
Watership Down
1972 novel by Richard Adams
Momo
1973 novel by Michael Ende
The Lost World
novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
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.
La Peau de chagrin
novel by Honoré de Balzac (1831)
The Colour of Magic
1983 Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
The Castle of Otranto
novel by Horace Walpole
Northern Lights
1995 novel by Philip Pullman
Carmilla
Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. A foundational work of English-language vampire literature, it predated Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years. First published as a serial in The Dark Blue from 1871–72, the novella subsequently appeared in Le Fanu’s short story collection In a Glass Darkly in 1872. Set in 19th century Styria, it is the story of a young woman who is pursued by the vampire Carmilla. Since its initial publication, Carmilla has often been regarded as one of the most influential vampire stories of all time, and popularized the lesbian v
The Witches
1983 children's book by Roald Dahl
Howl's Moving Castle
1986 novel by Diana Wynne Jones
The Brothers Lionheart
1973 novel by Astrid Lindgren
Froth on the Daydream
1947 novel by Boris Vian
Cloud Atlas
2004 novel by David Mitchell
The BFG
1982 British children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake
No Game No Life
Japanese light novel series
Mary Poppins
1934 novel Mary Poppins and its sequels and adaptations
The Light Fantastic
Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
She: A History of Adventure
novel by H. Rider Haggard
A Princess of Mars
novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Turn of the Screw
1898 novella by Henry James
Stardust
1998 novel by Neil Gaiman
Reaper Man
Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
Dandelion Wine
1957 novel by Ray Bradbury
Lost Horizon
1933 novel by James Hilton
James and the Giant Peach
children's book written by Roald Dahl
Artemis Fowl
novel by Eoin Colfer
Inkheart
Inkheart () is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and is the first book of the Inkheart series, with Inkspell (2005) and Inkdeath (2007) succeeding it. The novel became one of the finalists of 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature and won the Flicker Tale Children's Book Award in 2006. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".
Undine
novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
Going Postal
2004 novel by Terry Pratchett
The Monk
1796 novel by Matthew Lewis
The Man Who Was Thursday
1908 novel by G. K. Chesterton
A Wrinkle in Time
1962 science fantasy novel by Madeleine L'Engle
The Princess and the Goblin
children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald
Hogfather
Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, and a 1997 British Fantasy Award nominee. It was first released in 1996 and published by Victor Gollancz. It came in 137th place in The Big Read, a BBC survey of the most loved British books of all time, making it one of fifteen books by Pratchett in the Top 200.