The most popular books in English
from 31001 to 31200

What books are currently the most popular and which are the all time classics? Here we present you with a mixture of those two criteria. We update this list once a month.

31001. Beowulf and the Critics

J. R. R. Tolkien

Beowulf and the Critics by J. R. R. Tolkien is a book edited by Michael D. C. Drout that presents scholarly editions of the two manuscript versions of Tolkien's essays or lecture series "Beowulf and the Critics", which served as the basis for the much shorter 1936 lecture …

31002. Laura Warholic

Alexander Theroux

A brilliant satire from one of the great novelists of his time. In his first novel in nearly twenty years, Alexander Theroux, National Book Award Nominee, returns with a compendious satire, a bold and inquisitorial circuit-breaking examination of love and hate, of rejection and …

31003. A Kid for Two Farthings

Wolf Mankowitz

A Kid for Two Farthings is a 1953 novel by the British writer Wolf Mankowitz, based on the author's experiences of growing up within a Jewish community in London's East End. The title is a reference to the traditional Passover song, Chad Gadya, which begins "One little goat …

31006. Harriet Said...

Beryl Bainbridge

Harriet Said... was the first novel written by Beryl Bainbridge, based on newspaper reports the Parker–Hulme murder case in New Zealand which involved two young girls. Although completed in 1958 it was rejected by several publishers in the late fifties, one of whom wrote on the …

31009. The Man Who Wasn't Maigret

Patrick Marnham

The Man Who Wasn't Maigret is a book written by Patrick Marnham.

31011. In Broad Daylight

Harry N. MacLean

In Broad Daylight is a true crime book by award-winning writer Harry N. MacLean, detailing the killing of town bully Ken Rex McElroy in 1981 in Skidmore, Missouri. The book won an Edgar Award for best true crime writing in 1989, was a New York Times bestseller for 12 weeks and …

31015. A History of the Mind

Nicholas Humphrey

A History of the Mind is a 1992 book about the mind-body problem by Nicholas Humphrey. It has been called one of the most interesting attempts to solve the problem.

31017. The Journeyman Tailor

Gerald Seymour

The Journeyman Tailor is a book written by Gerald Seymour.

31019. The Chelsea Murders

Lionel Davidson

The Chelsea Murders is a thriller by Lionel Davidson. The book won the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award.

31021. The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov

Howard Nemerov

Collected Poems is a book written by Howard Nemerov.

31022. Murder in Little Egypt

Darcy O'Brien

Murder in Little Egypt is a book written by Darcy O'Brien.

31023. Winter Kills

Richard Condon

Winter Kills is a black comic novel by Richard Condon exploring the assassination of a U.S. President. The novel parallels the real life assassination of John F. Kennedy and the various conspiracy theories that surround the event.

31024. The Wicked and the Witless

Hugh Cook

The Wicked and the Witless is a book published in 1989 that was written by Hugh Cook.

31025. Ascendancy of the Last

Lisa Smedman

Ascendancy of the Last is a book published in 2008 that was written by Lisa Smedman.

31026. King of the Jews

Nick Tosches

King of the Jews is a book by Nick Tosches. On the surface it is a biography of Arnold Rothstein, the man who reputedly fixed the 1919 World Series, inspired the characters of Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, and created the modern system …

31027. The Coral Sea

Patti Smith

The Coral Sea is a book by Patti Smith, published in 1996. In 2008 Smith released The Coral Sea as an album with musical accompaniment by Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, recorded during two live performances of the duo.

31028. A Voice Through A Cloud

Denton Welch

A Voice Through a Cloud is an autobiographical novel by Denton Welch, who became a writer after a serious accident which had long-term effects on his health. The book describes his bicycle accident when he was an art student, and subsequent experiences in hospitals wards and a …

31032. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories

Anton Chekhov

The Chorus Girl, Verotchka, My Life, At a Country House, A Father, On the Road, Rothschild's Fiddle, Ivan Matveyitch, Zinotchka, Bad Weather, A Gentleman Friend, A Trivial Incident. An incredible collection by a master of the genre!

31037. Desire

Frank Bidart

Desire is a book written by Frank Bidart.

31041. The Jungle of Horrors

Joe Dever

The Jungle of Horrors is the eighth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.

31043. The Gay Place

Billy Lee Brammer

The Gay Place is a series of three novellas, with interlocking plots and characters, by American author Billy Lee Brammer. The novellas, published in a single book, include The Flea Circus, Room Enough to Caper and Country Pleasures. Set in an unnamed state identical to Texas, …

31046. The unnatural nature of science

Lewis Wolpert

The Unnatural Nature of Science is a book written by Lewis Wolpert.

31047. The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp

W. H. Davies

The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is an autobiography published in 1908 by the Welsh poet and writer W. H. Davies. A large part of the book's subject matter describes the way of life of the tramp in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States in the final decade of the …

31050. Kingdom's Fury

David Sherman

The eighth novel of the military science fiction StarFist Saga, written by David Sherman and Dan Cragg. This is the second Starfist book taking place largely on the planet called Kingdom, a world with a crazy-quilt religious theocracy involving various flavors of Christians, …

31051. The Men's Club

Leonard Michaels

The Men's Club is a novel written by Leonard Michaels.

31052. A Sense of Reality

Graham Greene

A Sense of Reality is a collection of short stories by Graham Greene, first published in 1963. The book is actually composed of three short stories and a novella, Under the Garden. These stories share a marked change of style from Greene’s usual format, with the author plunging …

31054. The Mysterious Stranger

Mark Twain

The Mysterious Stranger is the final novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it periodically from 1897 through 1908. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the "damned human race". Twain wrote …

31055. The Adventures of the Ectoplasmic Man

Daniel Stashower

The Adventures of the Ectoplasmic Man is a book written by Daniel Stashower.

31056. Death is Forever

John Gardner

Death Is Forever, first published in 1992, was the twelfth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States by …

31057. The Hidden Side of the Moon

Joanna Russ

The Hidden Side of the Moon is a feminist science fiction collection of short stories by Joanna Russ, first published in 1987 by St. Martin's Press. The collection covers stories published from 1952 to 1983.

31060. The Devil is Dead

R. A. Lafferty

The Devil is Dead is a novel by R. A. Lafferty.

31063. The Ruling Class

Francine Pascal

The Ruling Class is a teen novel by Francine Pascal, released in 2004.

31064. The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness: …

Reinhold Niebuhr

The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness: A Vindication of Democracy and a Critique of Its Traditional Defenders is a book by Reinhold Niebuhr.

31068. Three Cheers for the Paraclete

Thomas Keneally

Three Cheers for the Paraclete is a novel by the Australian author Thomas Keneally.

31069. The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne

Ann Radcliffe

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. A Highland Story is a gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe first published in London by Thomas Hookham in 1789. The novel is a set in a powerful landscape which became familiar in her later work, with complex clan feuds and mysterious romantic …

31072. The Redwall Cookbook

Brian Jacques

The Redwall Cookbook is a cookbook based on food from the Redwall series. It contains recipes mentioned in the books, from Deeper'n'Ever Pie and Summer Strawberry Fizz to Abbey Trifle and Great Hall Gooseberry Fool.

31073. The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia

Michael Gray

The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia is a compendium of articles written by Michael Gray covering the life and work of Bob Dylan. It includes reviews of varying length for each album and numerous songs in Dylan's musical output, but is not just a work of music criticism. The topics for …

31074. Quofum

Alan Dean Foster

Quofum is a science fiction novel written by Alan Dean Foster.

31075. This Island Earth

Raymond F. Jones

This Island Earth is a 1952 science fiction novel by Raymond F. Jones. It was first published in Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine as a serialized set of three novelettes by Raymond F. Jones: "The Alien Machine" in the June 1949 issue, "The Shroud of Secrecy" in the December …

31076. Where's Wally? The Wonder Book

Martin Handford

Where's Wally? The Wonder Book is the fifth book in the Where's Wally? illustration book series by Martin Handford, released in 1997. In the book Wally/Waldo, Wizard Whitebeard, Wenda, Woof, and Odlaw travel to fantasy worlds. The book was the last Where's Wally? book for nine …

31077. The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow

Thea Astley

The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow is Thea Astley's second last novel. It won The Age Book of the Year in 1996, and was shortlisted for the 1997 Miles Franklin Award.

31080. The City and the Stars

Arthur C. Clarke

The City and the Stars is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1956. This novel is a complete rewrite of his earlier novella, Against the Fall of Night, which was Clarke's first novel, and was published in Startling Stories magazine in 1948, after John W. …

31087. Summer Gone

David Macfarlane

Summer Gone is the first novel by Canadian writer David Macfarlane. Published in 1999 by Knopf Canada, Summer Gone was a national bestseller in Canada. It was nominated for the Giller Prize, and won the Books in Canada First Novel Award.

31090. SH: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The famous detective Sherlock Homes and his loyal friend Dr John Watson undertake ten further adventures: A STUDY IN SCARLET THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LADY FRANCES CARFAX THE VALLEY OF FEAR THE SIGN OF THE FOUR THE ADVENTURE OF THE BRUCE-PARTINGTON PLAN THE ADVENTURE OF THE CARDBOARD …

31091. Hyperborea

Clark Ashton Smith

Hyperborea is a collection of fantasy short stories by Clark Ashton Smith, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the twenty-ninth volume of its celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in April 1971. It was the second themed …

31093. Sweet, Savage Death

Jane Haddam

Sweet, Savage Death is a book written by Jane Haddam.

31100. Autopsy For An Empire: The Seven Leaders Who Built …

Dmitri Volkogonov

Autopsy For An Empire: The Seven Leaders Who Built the Soviet Regime is a book by Dmitri Volkogonov.

31102. Horn of Africa

Philip Caputo

Horn of Africa is a novel written by Philip Caputo.

31103. Predator: The South China Sea

Jeff VanderMeer

Predator: The South China Sea is a book published in 2008 that was written by Jeff VanderMeer.

31104. The Decameron

Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron, subtitled Prince Galehaut, is a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just …

31110. Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?

Mel Glenn

Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? is a book written by Mel Glenn.

31112. The Memory Cathedral

Jack Dann

The Memory Cathedral: A Secret History of Leonardo da Vinci is a 1995 historical fantasy fiction novel by Jack Dann. It follows Leonardo da Vinci constructing his flying machine and then travelling to the East.

31114. The Wizard of Sunset Strip

Simon Hawke

The Wizard of Whitechapel is a book published in 1989 that was written by Simon Hawke.

31115. The Nine Lives of Catseye Gomez

Simon Hawke

The Nine Lives of Catseye Gomez is a book published in 1992 that was written by Simon Hawke.

31119. Ardneh's Sword

Fred Saberhagen

Ardneh's Sword is a book published in 2006 and written by Fred Saberhagen.

31120. Dagger's Point

Anne Logston

Dagger's Point is a book published in 1995 that was written by Anne Logston.

31123. The Horse God Built

Lawrence Scanlan

"For anybody who loves horses, and for all of those who are thrilled by horse racing and the behind-the-scenes drama of the track, The Horse That God Built is must reading."--Michael Korda, author of Horse PeopleMost of us know the legend of Secretariat, the tall, handsome …

31124. Sentinels From Space

Eric Frank Russell

Sentinels From Space is a science-fiction novel written by Eric Frank Russell and first published in 1952 by Bouregy & Curl, Inc., New York. It was adapted from a story that appeared in the Nov 1951 issue of Startling Stories.

31126. The Weight-Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You to Know …

Kevin Trudeau

The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You to Know About is a weight loss book written by controversial author Kevin Trudeau. It was released in April 2007 by Alliance Publishing. Trudeau was convicted of felonies and fined by the Federal Trade Commission for making fraudulent …

31128. The Quincunx of Time

James Blish

The Quincunx of Time is a short science fiction novel by James Blish. It is an extended version of a short story entitled "Beep", published by Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in 1954. The novel form was first published in 1973.

31135. Dead Folks' Blues

Steven Womack

Dead Folks' Blues is a book written by Steven Womack.

31139. Midnight Dreary

John Evangelist Walsh

Midnight Dreary is a book written by John Evangelist Walsh.

31141. Basic Chess Endings

Reuben Fine

Basic Chess Endings is a book on chess endgames which was written by Grandmaster Reuben Fine and originally published on October 27, 1941. It is considered the first systematic book in English on the endgame phase of the game of chess. It is the best-known endgame book in …

31150. The Missing Link

Kate Thompson

The Missing Link is a book published in 2000 that was written by Kate Thompson.

31152. An Insider's View of Mormon Origins

Grant H. Palmer

An Insider's View of Mormon Origins is a 2002 book on the origins of Mormonism by Grant H. Palmer, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who is a retired Church Educational System instructor and Institute director with a master's degree in history. Palmer's …

31154. Season of the Jew

Maurice Shadbolt

Season of the Jew is an historical novel by Maurice Shadbolt, published in 1987. Set in mid-nineteenth century New Zealand it is a semi-fictionalized account of the story of the Māori leader Te Kooti, told from the perspective of one of his pursuers, an officer in the colonial …

31155. Irish Linen

Andrew Greeley

Irish Linen is the tenth of the Nuala Anne McGrail series of mystery novels by Roman Catholic priest and author Father Andrew M. Greeley.

31161. Razor's Edge

Lisanne Norman

Razor's Edge is the fourth book of the Sholan Alliance series published in 1997 that was written by Lisanne Norman.

31162. Warrior Angel

Margaret Weis

Once a dedicated soldier of the Knights Templar, Derek de Molay was betrayed and killed. So instead of an eternity in Heaven, he has decided to battle the Dark Angels of Hell. But as the war between good and evil rages, he is summoned back to the mortal realm to protect a woman …

31167. The Promise of the New South

Edward L. Ayers

The Promise of the New South is a book by Edward L. Ayers.

31173. The Only Three Questions That Count

Ken Fisher

The Only Three Questions that Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don't is a book on investment advice. It was released in December 2006 and spent three months on The New York Times list of "Hardcover business bestsellers" . It was also a Wall Street Journal and a …

31178. Business dynamics

John Sterman

Business Dynamics is a book by John Sterman that applies system dynamics to business. Sterman, John D.. Business Dynamics: Systems thinking and modeling for a complex world. McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-231135-5. The book introduces systems dynamics modeling for the analysis of policy …

31182. Alice in Wonderland (Penguin Readers, Level 2)

Lewis Carroll

Alice follows a rabbit down a hole and arrives in Wonderland. Here, caterpillars can talk, the rabbit is always late and the Queen wants to cut off everyone's head.

31188. A Time to Run

Barbara Boxer

A Time to Run is a political novel written by Senator Barbara Boxer with Mary-Rose Hayes. It was published by Chronicle Books and released late in 2005, to mixed and frequently partisan reviews.

31193. Brigham Young: American Moses

Leonard J. Arrington

Brigham Young: American Moses is a biography about Brigham Young by Dr. Leonard J. Arrington, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1985.

31195. If I Knew Then

Amy Fisher

If I knew Then was a book written by Amy Fisher.

31198. Diary of a Groupie

Omar Tyree

Diary of a Groupie is a book written by Omar Tyree.



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