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Novels & Fiction (284)

A Christmas CarolCharles DickensA Journal of the Plague YearDaniel DefoeA Little Girl in Old PittsburgAmanda Minnie DouglasA London LifeHenry JamesA Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary RowlandsonMary RowlandsonA Pair of Blue EyesThomas HardyA Pickle for the Knowing OnesTimothy DexterA Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJames JoyceA Study in ScarletArthur Conan DoyleA Tale of Two CitiesCharles DickensA Tramp AbroadMark TwainA Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary WollstonecraftAdam BedeGeorge EliotThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan DoyleThe Age of InnocenceEdith WhartonAgnes GreyAnne BrontëThe AmbassadorsHenry JamesAmerican Indian StoriesZitkala-SaAmerican NotesCharles DickensAn Essay on CriticismAlexander PopeThe Angel in the HouseCoventry PatmoreAnn VeronicaH. G. WellsAnna KareninaLeo TolstoyAreopagiticaJohn MiltonArgonauts of the Western PacificBronisław MalinowskiAtalaFrançois-René de ChateaubriandAutobiography of a YogiParamahansa YoganandaThe AwakeningKate ChopinBabbittSinclair LewisThe Ballad of Reading GaolOscar WildeBarchester TowersAnthony TrollopeBarnaby RudgeCharles DickensBartleby, the ScrivenerHerman MelvilleThe Beast in the JungleHenry JamesBeasts and Super-BeastsSakiThe Beautiful and DamnedF. Scott FitzgeraldThe BeetleRichard MarshBel-AmiGuy de MaupassantThe BetrothedAlessandro ManzoniBilly Budd and Other Prose PiecesHerman MelvilleBleak HouseCharles DickensThe Blithedale RomanceNathaniel HawthorneThe Blue CastleLucy Maud MontgomeryThe Brothers KaramazovFyodor DostoevskyBulfinch's MythologyThomas BulfinchThe Canterbury TalesGeoffrey ChaucerCarmenProsper MériméeCarmillaSheridan Le FanuThe Castle of OtrantoHorace WalpoleChildhoodLeo TolstoyColombaProsper MériméeThe Conduct of LifeRalph Waldo EmersonConfessions of an English Opium-EaterThomas De QuinceyCranfordElizabeth GaskellCrime and PunishmentFyodor DostoevskyDaisy MillerHenry JamesDaniel DerondaGeorge EliotDavid CopperfieldCharles DickensThe DecameronGiovanni BoccaccioDemocracy and EducationJohn DeweyThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexCharles DarwinDesperate RemediesThomas HardyThe Devil's PoolGeorge SandDevotions upon Emergent OccasionsJohn DonneThe Diary of a NobodyGeorge and Weedon GrossmithDombey and SonCharles DickensDoña PerfectaBenito Pérez GaldósDraculaBram StokerDracula's GuestBram StokerDublinersJames JoyceThe Economic Consequences of the PeaceJohn Maynard KeynesEmmaJane AustenThe Enchanted AprilElizabeth von ArnimEthan FromeEdith WhartonEugénie GrandetHonoré de BalzacEvelinaFrances BurneyExemplary NovelsMiguel de CervantesThe Expedition of Humphry ClinkerTobias SmollettThe Expression of the Emotions in Man and AnimalsCharles DarwinThe Fall of the House of UsherEdgar Allan PoeFar from the Madding CrowdThomas HardyFather GoriotHonoré de BalzacFathers and SonsIvan TurgenevFirst Love and Other StoriesIvan TurgenevThe Four MillionO. HenryFrankensteinMary ShelleyFree AirSinclair LewisThe French Revolution: A HistoryThomas CarlyleThe GamblerFyodor DostoevskyGarden Cities of To-morrowEbenezer HowardThe Garden Party and Other StoriesKatherine MansfieldGargantua and PantagruelFrançois RabelaisGerminalÉmile ZolaGhost Stories of an AntiquaryM. R. JamesThe Gilded AgeMark Twain and Charles Dudley WarnerThe Golden BoughJames George FrazerThe Grand Babylon HotelArnold BennettGreat ExpectationsCharles DickensThe Great GatsbyF. Scott FitzgeraldThe Great God PanArthur MachenGrowth of the SoilKnut HamsunHard TimesCharles DickensHeart of DarknessJoseph ConradHenrietta TempleBenjamin DisraeliHerlandCharlotte Perkins GilmanHis Last BowArthur Conan DoyleThe History of Human MarriageEdvard WestermarckThe History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingHenry FieldingThe Home and the WorldRabindranath TagoreThe Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan DoyleThe Hour of the DragonRobert E. HowardThe House by the Medlar TreeGiovanni VergaThe House of MirthEdith WhartonThe House of the Seven GablesNathaniel HawthorneThe House of the WolfingsWilliam MorrisHow the Other Half LivesJacob RiisHow to Live on 24 Hours a DayArnold BennettThe Hunchback of Notre-DameVictor HugoThe Hunting of the SnarkLewis CarrollThe IdiotFyodor DostoevskyIndianaGeorge SandThe Innocence of Father BrownG. K. ChestertonThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah EquianoOlaudah EquianoThe Invisible ManH. G. WellsIrene IddesleighAmanda McKittrick RosThe Iron HeelJack LondonThe Island of Doctor MoreauH. G. WellsJacob's RoomVirginia WoolfJane EyreCharlotte BrontëThe JucklinsOpie ReadJude the ObscureThomas HardyKalila and DimnaIbn al-MuqaffaThe King in YellowRobert W. ChambersKippsH. G. WellsThe KybalionThree InitiatesThe Ladies' ParadiseÉmile ZolaLady Audley's SecretMary Elizabeth BraddonLady Chatterley's LoverD. H. LawrenceThe Lady of the LakeWalter ScottThe Lady with the Dog and Other StoriesAnton ChekhovLamiaJohn KeatsThe LandloperHolman DayThe Legend of Sleepy HollowWashington IrvingLes MisérablesVictor HugoThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanLaurence SterneLife of Samuel JohnsonJames BoswellLittle DorritCharles DickensLooking BackwardEdward BellamyLost IllusionsHonoré de BalzacMadame BovaryGustave FlaubertMaggie: A Girl of the StreetsStephen CraneMain StreetSinclair LewisThe Man Who LaughsVictor HugoManon LescautAbbé PrévostMansfield ParkJane AustenMartin EdenJack LondonThe Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas HardyMcTeagueFrank NorrisThe Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan DoyleThe Merry Adventures of Robin HoodHoward PyleThe MetamorphosisFranz KafkaMicrographiaRobert HookeMiddlemarchGeorge EliotThe Mill on the FlossGeorge EliotMonday or TuesdayVirginia WoolfThe MonkMatthew Gregory LewisThe MoonstoneWilkie CollinsMosses from an Old ManseNathaniel HawthorneMotherMaxim GorkyMrs DallowayVirginia WoolfMy ÁntoniaWilla CatherThe Mysteries of UdolphoAnn RadcliffeThe Mystery of the Yellow RoomGaston LerouxNew AtlantisFrancis BaconNicholas NicklebyCharles DickensNiels LyhneJ. P. JacobsenNight and DayVirginia WoolfNinety-ThreeVictor HugoNorth and SouthElizabeth GaskellNorthanger AbbeyJane AustenNostromoJoseph ConradNotes on NursingFlorence NightingaleNotre-Dame de ParisVictor HugoO Pioneers!Willa CatherThe Old Curiosity ShopCharles DickensOliver TwistCharles DickensOn Growth and FormD'Arcy Wentworth ThompsonOn Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in HistoryThomas CarlyleThe Open BoatStephen CraneOpticksIsaac NewtonOrthodoxyG. K. ChestertonOur Mutual FriendCharles DickensThe Outline of HistoryH. G. WellsPamela, or Virtue RewardedSamuel RichardsonPanKnut HamsunThe People of the Black CircleRobert E. HowardPersuasionJane AustenPhantastesGeorge MacDonaldThe Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other TalesRudyard KiplingThe Phantom of the OperaGaston LerouxThe Pickwick PapersCharles DickensThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar WildePierre and JeanGuy de MaupassantThe PirateWalter ScottPolicing the PlainsR. G. MacBethPoor FolkFyodor DostoevskyThe PossessedFyodor DostoevskyPride and PrejudiceJane AustenThe Princess of ClèvesMadame de La FayetteThe Principles of Scientific ManagementFrederick Winslow TaylorThe Promised LandMary AntinPuck of Pook's HillRudyard KiplingThe Red and the BlackStendhalRed NailsRobert E. HowardReminiscences of a Stock OperatorEdwin LefèvreResurrectionLeo TolstoyThe Return of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan DoyleThe Return of the NativeThomas HardyRip Van WinkleWashington IrvingRobert ElsmereMary Augusta WardThe Rose of Old St. LouisMary DillonSalammbôGustave FlaubertSartor ResartusThomas CarlyleThe SatyriconPetroniusThe Scarlet LetterNathaniel HawthorneThe Sceptical ChymistRobert BoyleThe Science of Getting RichWallace WattlesThe Secret AgentJoseph ConradSelf-HelpSamuel SmilesSense and SensibilityJane AustenThe Seven Lamps of ArchitectureJohn RuskinShadows in the MoonlightRobert E. HowardShadows in ZamboulaRobert E. HowardShirleyCharlotte BrontëThe Sign of the FourArthur Conan DoyleSilas MarnerGeorge EliotSister CarrieTheodore DreiserSketches New and OldMark TwainThe Small House at AllingtonAnthony TrollopeThe Song of HiawathaHenry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Song of the LarkWilla CatherSons and LoversD. H. LawrenceThe Sorrows of Young WertherJohann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Soul of Man Under SocialismOscar WildeStonewall Jackson and the American Civil WarGeorge Francis Robert HendersonThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeRobert Louis StevensonThe Subjection of WomenJohn Stuart MillSwann's WayMarcel ProustTancredBenjamin DisraeliTen Days in a Mad-HouseNellie BlyThe Tenant of Wildfell HallAnne BrontëTender ButtonsGertrude SteinTess of the d'UrbervillesThomas HardyThis Side of ParadiseF. Scott FitzgeraldThought-FormsAnnie BesantThree Men in a BoatJerome K. JeromeThe Time MachineH. G. WellsThe Turn of the ScrewHenry JamesTwelve Years a SlaveSolomon NorthupTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaJules VerneTwice-Told TalesNathaniel HawthorneTwo on a TowerThomas HardyUlyssesJames JoyceUncle SilasSheridan Le FanuUncle Tom's CabinHarriet Beecher StoweThe Upper BerthFrancis Marion CrawfordUtilitarianismJohn Stuart MillThe Valley of FearArthur Conan DoyleThe VampyreJohn William PolidoriVanity FairWilliam Makepeace ThackerayThe Vicar of WakefieldOliver GoldsmithVilletteCharlotte BrontëThe Voyage OutVirginia WoolfWar and PeaceLeo TolstoyThe War of the WorldsH. G. WellsThe WardenAnthony TrollopeWashington SquareHenry JamesThe Way We Live NowAnthony TrollopeThe WendigoAlgernon BlackwoodThe WillowsAlgernon BlackwoodThe Woman in WhiteWilkie CollinsWomen in LoveD. H. LawrenceWuthering HeightsEmily BrontëThe Yellow WallpaperCharlotte Perkins Gilman

Adventure & Epics (106)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtMark TwainA Martian OdysseyStanley G. WeinbaumA Princess of MarsEdgar Rice BurroughsThe Adventures of Ferdinand, Count FathomTobias SmollettThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark TwainThe Adventures of Roderick RandomTobias SmollettThe AeneidVirgilAllan QuatermainH. Rider HaggardThe Arabian NightsAnonymousAround the World in Eighty DaysJules VerneAt the Mountains of MadnessH. P. LovecraftBen-HurLew WallaceBeowulfAnonymousThe Black ArrowRobert Louis StevensonThe Black TulipAlexandre DumasThe Blue LagoonH. De Vere StacpooleThe Call of CthulhuH. P. LovecraftThe Call of the WildJack LondonCaptain BloodRafael SabatiniCaptains CourageousRudyard KiplingThe Case-Book of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan DoyleCatrionaRobert Louis StevensonThe Chessmen of MarsEdgar Rice BurroughsChilde Harold's PilgrimageLord ByronThe CossacksLeo TolstoyThe Count of Monte CristoAlexandre DumasThe Country of the Blind and Other StoriesH. G. WellsThe DeerslayerJames Fenimore CooperThe Divine ComedyDante AlighieriDon QuixoteMiguel de CervantesThe Dunwich HorrorH. P. LovecraftErewhonSamuel ButlerThe Farther Adventures of Robinson CrusoeDaniel DefoeThe First Men in the MoonH. G. WellsFive Weeks in a BalloonJules VerneFlatlandEdwin Abbott AbbottFollowing the EquatorMark TwainThe Food of the GodsH. G. WellsThe Gods of MarsEdgar Rice BurroughsGreenmantleJohn BuchanGulliver's TravelsJonathan SwiftThe House on the BorderlandWilliam Hope HodgsonThe IliadHomerIn Search of the CastawaysJules VerneThe Innocents AbroadMark TwainIvanhoeWalter ScottJourney to the Centre of the EarthJules VerneThe KalevalaElias LönnrotKidnappedRobert Louis StevensonKimRudyard KiplingKing Solomon's MinesH. Rider HaggardThe Last Days of PompeiiEdward Bulwer-LyttonThe Last ManMary ShelleyThe Last of the MohicansJames Fenimore CooperLife on the MississippiMark TwainLord JimJoseph ConradLorna DooneR. D. BlackmoreThe Lost WorldArthur Conan DoyleThe Man Who Was ThursdayG. K. ChestertonThe Man Who Would Be KingRudyard KiplingThe Master of BallantraeRobert Louis StevensonMetamorphosesOvidMichael StrogoffJules VerneMoby-DickHerman MelvilleMr StandfastJohn BuchanThe Mysterious IslandJules VerneThe Mystery of Edwin DroodCharles DickensThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon PymEdgar Allan PoeNew Arabian NightsRobert Louis StevensonThe Nigger of the "Narcissus"Joseph ConradThe OdysseyHomerOne Wonderful NightLouis TracyOrlando FuriosoLudovico AriostoThe PathfinderJames Fenimore CooperThe Prairie WifeArthur StringerThe Prisoner of ZendaAnthony HopeThe Red Badge of CourageStephen CraneThe Riddle of the SandsErskine ChildersRob RoyWalter ScottRobinson CrusoeDaniel DefoeRoughing ItMark TwainScaramoucheRafael SabatiniThe Scarlet PimpernelBaroness OrczyThe Sea-WolfJack LondonSheH. Rider HaggardThe Sleeper AwakesH. G. WellsThe Song of RolandAnonymousSouthErnest ShackletonTales of Terror and MysteryArthur Conan DoyleTaras BulbaNikolai GogolTarzan of the ApesEdgar Rice BurroughsThat Girl MontanaMarah Ellis RyanThe Thirty-Nine StepsJohn BuchanThe Three MusketeersAlexandre DumasThuvia, Maid of MarsEdgar Rice BurroughsThe Toilers of the SeaVictor HugoThe Travels of Ibn BattutaIbn BattutaTreasure IslandRobert Louis StevensonTwenty Years AfterAlexandre DumasTwo Years Before the MastRichard Henry DanaTypeeHerman MelvilleTyphoonJoseph ConradThe Voyage of the BeagleCharles DarwinThe Warlord of MarsEdgar Rice BurroughsWaverleyWalter ScottWhite FangJack London

Drama & Poetry (51)

A Doll's HouseHenrik IbsenA Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam ShakespeareAn Enemy of the PeopleHenrik IbsenAn Ideal HusbandOscar WildeAntony and CleopatraWilliam ShakespeareArms and the ManGeorge Bernard ShawAs You Like ItWilliam ShakespeareThe Duchess of MalfiJohn WebsterFablesJean de La FontaineFaustJohann Wolfgang von GoetheThe GeorgicsVirgilGhostsHenrik IbsenGitanjaliRabindranath TagoreThe Government InspectorNikolai GogolHamletWilliam ShakespeareHedda GablerHenrik IbsenThe Importance of Being EarnestOscar WildeJulius CaesarWilliam ShakespeareKing LearWilliam ShakespeareLady Windermere's FanOscar WildeLeaves of GrassWalt WhitmanLove's Labour's LostWilliam ShakespeareLyrical BalladsWilliam Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeMacbethWilliam ShakespeareMajor BarbaraGeorge Bernard ShawThe Merchant of VeniceWilliam ShakespeareMrs. Warren's ProfessionGeorge Bernard ShawMuch Ado About NothingWilliam ShakespeareOthelloWilliam ShakespeareParadise LostJohn MiltonThe Passionate FriendsH. G. WellsPhaedraJean RacinePoems by Emily DickinsonEmily DickinsonPygmalionGeorge Bernard ShawThe Real AdventureHenry Kitchell WebsterThe RivalsRichard Brinsley SheridanThe RobbersFriedrich SchillerRomeo and JulietWilliam ShakespeareSaloméOscar WildeThe School for ScandalRichard Brinsley SheridanShakespeare's SonnetsWilliam ShakespeareShe Stoops to ConquerOliver GoldsmithThe Silent BarrierLouis TracySongs of Innocence and of ExperienceWilliam BlakeThe Taming of the ShrewWilliam ShakespeareTartuffeMolièreThe TempestWilliam ShakespeareTwelfth NightWilliam ShakespeareVolponeBen JonsonThe Wild DuckHenrik IbsenThe Winter's TaleWilliam Shakespeare

Philosophy & Essays (59)

An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid HumeAn Essay on ManAlexander PopeAn Essay on the Principle of PopulationThomas MalthusThe AnalectsConfuciusApologyPlatoThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin FranklinBeyond Good and EvilFriedrich NietzscheThe Book of TeaOkakura KakuzōBushido: The Soul of JapanInazo NitobeCandideVoltaireCapital, Volume IKarl MarxCivil DisobedienceHenry David ThoreauCommon SenseThomas PaineThe Communist ManifestoKarl Marx & Friedrich EngelsThe Confessions of Jean-Jacques RousseauJean-Jacques RousseauThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethiusThe Descent of ManCharles DarwinDialogues Concerning Natural ReligionDavid HumeThe Elements of StyleWilliam Strunk Jr.EssaysMichel de MontaigneEssays: First SeriesRalph Waldo EmersonExtraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsCharles MackayThe Federalist PapersAlexander Hamilton, James Madison & John JayHayy ibn YaqdhanIbn TufaylIdle Thoughts of an Idle FellowJerome K. JeromeIn Praise of FollyDesiderius ErasmusIncidents in the Life of a Slave GirlHarriet JacobsLeviathanThomas HobbesMeditationsMarcus AureliusNarrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick DouglassNatureRalph Waldo EmersonNicomachean EthicsAristotleNotes from UndergroundFyodor DostoevskyOn LibertyJohn Stuart MillOn the Origin of SpeciesCharles DarwinOn the Principles of Political Economy and TaxationDavid RicardoThe Origin and Development of the Moral IdeasEdvard WestermarckPhaedoPlatoThe Pilgrim's ProgressJohn BunyanPoeticsAristotleThe PrinceNiccolò MachiavelliPrinciples of Political EconomyJohn Stuart MillThe ProphetKahlil GibranThe RepublicPlatoThe Ring of the DoveIbn HazmThe Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamOmar KhayyamSecond Treatise of GovernmentJohn LockeSymposiumPlatoTao Te ChingLaoziThe Theory of Moral SentimentsAdam SmithThe Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein VeblenThus Spake ZarathustraFriedrich NietzscheUp from SlaveryBooker T. WashingtonUtopiaThomas MoreThe Varieties of Religious ExperienceWilliam JamesWaldenHenry David ThoreauWalkingHenry David ThoreauThe Wealth of NationsAdam SmithWhat Is Man?Mark Twain

Children's Classics (43)

A Little PrincessFrances Hodgson BurnettThe Adventures of PinocchioCarlo CollodiThe Adventures of Tom SawyerMark TwainAesop's FablesAesopAlice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis CarrollAn Old-Fashioned GirlLouisa May AlcottAndersen's Fairy TalesHans Christian AndersenAnne of AvonleaLucy Maud MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesL. M. MontgomeryAnne of the IslandLucy Maud MontgomeryAnne's House of DreamsLucy Maud MontgomeryAt the Back of the North WindGeorge MacDonaldBlack BeautyAnna SewellThe Canterville GhostOscar WildeDorothy and the Wizard in OzL. Frank BaumFive Children and ItE. NesbitGrimm's Fairy TalesJacob & Wilhelm GrimmThe Happy Prince and Other TalesOscar WildeHeartEdmondo De AmicisJo's BoysLouisa May AlcottThe Jungle BookRudyard KiplingJust So StoriesRudyard KiplingLittle Lord FauntleroyFrances Hodgson BurnettLittle MenLouisa May AlcottLittle WomenLouisa May AlcottLord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other StoriesOscar WildeThe Marvelous Land of OzL. Frank BaumPeter PanJ. M. BarriePollyannaEleanor H. PorterThe Prince and the PauperMark TwainThe Princess and the GoblinGeorge MacDonaldThe Railway ChildrenE. NesbitRebecca of Sunnybrook FarmKate Douglas WigginRinkitink in OzL. Frank BaumThe Road to OzL. Frank BaumThe Secret GardenFrances Hodgson BurnettThe Story of Doctor DolittleHugh LoftingThe Story of the Treasure SeekersE. NesbitThrough the Looking-GlassLewis CarrollThe Water-BabiesCharles KingsleyThe Wind in the WillowsKenneth GrahameThe Wonderful Adventures of NilsSelma LagerlöfThe Wonderful Wizard of OzL. Frank Baum