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Candide
' ( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism''''' (1947). A young man, Candide, lives a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise, being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. This lifestyle is abruptly ended, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire
Emma
1815 novel by Jane Austen
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1979 novel by Douglas Adams
Black Beauty
1877 novel by Anna Sewell
The Casual Vacancy
2012 novel by J.K. Rowling
After the Funeral
1953 novel by Agatha Christie
The Witches
1983 children's book by Roald Dahl
Cloud Atlas
2004 novel by David Mitchell
4.50 from Paddington
1957 novel by Agatha Christie
Middlemarch
Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot. It appeared in eight installments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872. Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midlands town, from 1829 to 1832, it follows distinct, intersecting stories with many characters. Issues include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. Leavened with comic elements, Middlemarch approaches significant historical events in a realist mode: the Reform Act 1832, early railways, and the accession of King William IV. I
Sleeping Murder
1976 novel by Agatha Christie
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
1980 novel by Douglas Adams
Amadis de Gaula
early 16th century novel
Third Girl
1966 novel by Agatha Christie
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
1968 novel by Agatha Christie
Heartstopper
British webcomic
Postern of Fate
1973 novel by Agatha Christie
James and the Giant Peach
children's book written by Roald Dahl
World Without End
2007 novel by Ken Follett
Passenger to Frankfurt
1970 novel by Agatha Christie
The Vicar of Wakefield
novel by Oliver Goldsmith
The Hours
1998 novel by Michael Cunningham
Hamnet
2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell
Outlander series
sequence of multi-genre novels and shorter works written by Diana Gabaldon
The Railway Children
1906 novel by Edith Nesbit
Women in Love
novel by D. H. Lawrence
Among Others
2011 novel by Jo Walton
The Eagle Has Landed
1975 novel by Jack Higgins
The Little White Horse
novel by Elizabeth Goudge
The Borrowers
British children's novel, 1952, first in the Borrowers series by Mary Norton
Between the Acts
final novel by Virginia Woolf
The Woman in Black
book by Susan Hill
Mason & Dixon
1997 novel by Thomas Pynchon
A Perfect Spy
novel by John le Carré
Juliet, Naked
novel by Nick Hornby
England, England
1998 novel by Julian Barnes
Green for Danger
novel by Christianna Brand
The Sheep-Pig
1983 novel by Dick King-Smith
The Deceiver
novel by Frederick Forsyth
The Years
novel by Virginia Woolf
The Matarese Circle
novel by Robert Ludlum
No Deals, Mr. Bond
novel by John Gardner (British writer)
Scorpius
novel by John Gardner (British writer)
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2002 novel by Georgia Byng
The Devil's Alternative
1979 novel by Frederick Forsyth
Parade's End
tetralogy of novels by Ford Madox Ford
'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'
ghost story written by M.R. James
Enemy of God
1996 novel by Bernard Cornwell
The Nine Tailors
1934 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers
SeaFire
SeaFire, first published in 1994, was the fourteenth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including Gardner's novelization of Licence to Kill). Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam.
The Man from Barbarossa
novel by John Gardner (British writer)