The most popular books in English
from 34201 to 34400

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.

34202. The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion

John Zaller

The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion is a 1992 non-fiction book by political scientist John Zaller that examines the processes by which individuals form and express political opinions and the implications this has for public opinion research. The book has been called "the …

34203. Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island

H. G. Wells

Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island is a 1928 novel by H. G. Wells.

34204. No turning back

Beverley Naidoo

No turning back is a book written by Beverley Naidoo.

34208. Six-legged Soldiers

Jeffrey A. Lockwood

Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War is a nonfiction scientific warfare book written by award-winning author and University of Wyoming professor, Jeffrey A. Lockwood. Published in 2008 by Oxford University Press, the book explores the history of bioterrorism, …

34216. Economy and Society

Max Weber

Economy and Society is a book by political economist and sociologist Max Weber, published posthumously in Germany in 1922 by his wife Marianne. Alongside The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, it is considered to be one of Weber's most important works. Extremely …

34221. Ice in the Bedroom

P. G. Wodehouse

Ice in the Bedroom is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published as a book in the United States on February 2, 1961 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, and in the United Kingdom on October 15, 1961 by Herbert Jenkins, London. The story was originally published, in a …

34223. James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl. The original first edition published by Alfred Knopf featured illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. However, there have been various reillustrated versions of it over the …

34224. The Bladerunner

Alan Edward Nourse

The novel The Bladerunner is a 1974 science fiction novel by Alan E. Nourse.

34226. The Pirate

Walter Scott

The Pirate is a novel by Walter Scott, based roughly on the life of John Gow who features as Captain Cleveland. The setting is the southern tip of the main island of Shetland, around 1700. It was published in 1822, the year after it was finished and the lighthouse at Sumburgh …

34228. The Ace of Knaves

Leslie Charteris

The Ace of Knaves is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom in 1937 by Hodder and Stoughton, and in the United States by The Crime Club. This book continues the adventures of Charteris' creation, Simon Templar, alias The …

34229. The Red Balloon

Anthony Clark

Anthony Clark’s award-winning adaptation of Albert Lamorisse’s Fifties French film, The Red Balloon, follows the adventures of a lonely Parisian boy and a stray balloon which befriends him. It enjoyed a successful run at the National Theatre in 1996.

34231. Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens

Nicholas Nickleby; or, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickens' third novel. The novel centers on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his …

34232. The Dream Songs

John Berryman

The Dream Songs is a compilation of two books of poetry, 77 Dream Songs and His Toy, His Dream, His Rest by the American poet, John Berryman. According to Berryman's "Note" to The Dream Songs, "This volume combines 77 Dream Songs and His Toy, His Dream, His Rest, comprising …

34238. Winding Paths

Bruce Chatwin

Winding Paths is a book containing a collection of photographs taken by British author Bruce Chatwin during his various travels. These include photographs from the period when he was writing his other works: In Patagonia, The Viceroy of Ouidah, On the Black Hill, The Songlines …

34240. The Looney: An Irish Fantasy

Spike Milligan

The Looney: An Irish Fantasy is a comic novel by Spike Milligan. It was first published in 1987 with the paperback edition in 1988. It is his second full-length original novel.

34241. Bubba Ho-Tep

Joe R. Lansdale

Bubba Ho-Tep is a 1994 alternate history novella by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It was first published on August 1, 1994 in the Elvis Presley themed anthology The King is Dead and has since been re-published in various formats. A film adaptation by the same name was …

34242. The Problem of the Wire Cage

John Dickson Carr

The Problem of the Wire Cage, first published in 1939, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr featuring his series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a locked room mystery.

34247. Harpsong

Rilla Askew

Harpsong is a novel by Rilla Askew published in 2007. It is volume one in Oklahoma Stories and Storytellers, from University of Oklahoma Press. Harpsong received the Oklahoma Book Award, the Western Heritage Award, the WILLA Literary Award from Women Writing the West, and the …

34250. Life in Darwin's Universe: Evolution and the Cosmos

Gene Bylinsky

Life in Darwin's Universe: Evolution and the Cosmos is a book written by Gene Bylinsky.

34251. From Hell

Alan Moore

From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally published in serial form from 1989 to 1996 and collected in 1999, speculating upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper. The title is taken from the first words of the "From Hell" …

34252. The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

The Forever War is a military science fiction novel by American author Joe Haldeman, telling the contemplative story of soldiers fighting an interstellar war between Man and the Taurans. It won the Nebula Award in 1975, and the Hugo and the Locus awards in 1976. Forever Free and …

34255. Black Holes and Warped Spacetime

William J. Kaufmann

Black Holes and Warped Spacetime is a book written by William J. Kaufmann.

34259. Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. Though the first edition was published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and re-writing Leaves of Grass, revising it multiple times until his death. This resulted in vastly …

34262. Rain Drop Splash

Alvin Tresselt

Rain Drop Splash is a book written by Alvin Tresselt and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard.

34268. The pilot star elegies

Sherod Santos

The pilot star elegies is a book written by Sherod Santos.

34270. Selected Poems

John Crowe Ransom

Selected Poems is a book written by John Crowe Ransom.

34273. The Mystery of Agatha Christie

Gwen Robyns

The Mystery of Agatha Christie is a book written by Gwen Robyns.

34280. The Thomas Ligotti Reader: Essays and Explorations

Darrell Schweitzer

The Thomas Ligotti Reader: Essays and Explorations is a collection of essays on horror writer Thomas Ligotti and his works, edited by Darrell Schweitzer. It was first published in trade paperback in April 2003 by Wildside Press, with a hardcover edition from the same publisher …

34284. Liberalism and the Limits of Justice

Michael J. Sandel

Liberalism and the Limits of Justice is a book by Michael Sandel, first published in 1982, with a second edition in 1998.

34286. Weapon

Robert Mason

Weapon is a 1989 science fiction novel by Robert Mason. The book was Mason's first novel; he had previously written a memoir about his experiences in Vietnam titled Chickenhawk. The book is about an android, designed to kill, which experiences a crisis of conscience and runs …

34288. The Phish Companion

Mockingbird Foundation

The Phish Companion is an encyclopedia about the band Phish. The first edition was published in 2000, with a second edition released around the time of Phish's breakup in 2004. The Companion was produced by fans of the band, on a volunteer-basis and for charity, under the …

34289. The Night Swimmers

Betsy Byars

The Night Swimmers is a book written by Betsy Byars.

34290. Finders Keepers

William Lipkind

Finders Keepers is a book written by William Lipkind and illustrated by Nicholas Mordvinoff. Released by Harcourt, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1952.

34291. The Green Lantern: A Romance of Stalinist Russia

Jerome Charyn

The Green Lantern: A Romance of Stalinist Russia is a book by Jerome Charyn.

34292. Madder Music

Peter De Vries

Madder Music is a book written by Peter De Vries.

34293. Faithful Are the Wounds

May Sarton

Faithful Are the Wounds is a book written by May Sarton.

34295. The Lambing Flat

Nerida Newton

The Lambing Flat is a novel written by Australian author Nerida Newton and was first published in 2003. It was Newton's first novel. She has since written a second novel, Death of a Whaler. The novel is set in the mid-nineteenth century Australian gold rushes. The main …

34297. The Missing Peace

Dennis Ross

The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace is a 2004 non-fiction book by Dennis Ross on the history of and his participation in the Israeli–Palestinian peace process and the Arab-Israeli peace process. Ross, an American diplomat, was the Director of …

34306. Prince Otto

Robert Louis Stevenson

Prince Otto: A Romance is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1885. The novel was largely written during 1883. Stevenson referred to Prince Otto as "my hardest effort", one of the chapters was rewritten eight times by Stevenson and once by his wife. The …

34309. The Yellow Silk

Don Bassingthwaite

The Yellow Silk is a fantasy novel written by Don Bassingthwaite in 2004. It is the last book in The Rogues, a series of stand-alone novels set in the Forgotten Realms fictional universe.

34312. The Last Wizard

Simon Hawke

The Last Wizard is a book published in 1997 that was written by Simon Hawke.

34315. Close your eyes

Robin Jones Gunn

Close your eyes is a book published in 1996 that was written by Robin Jones Gunn.

34316. Adventures in Two Worlds

A. J. Cronin

Adventures in Two Worlds is the 1952 autobiography of Dr. A. J. Cronin, in which he relates, with much humour, the exciting events of his dual career as a medical doctor and a novelist.

34318. Further Adventures of Lad

Albert Payson Terhune

Further Adventures of Lad, also known as Dog Stories Every Child Should Know, is a 1922 American novel written by Albert Payson Terhune and published by George H. Doran. A follow-up to Lad: A Dog, it contains an additional eleven short stories featuring a fictional version of …

34319. Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root

Nalo Hopkinson

Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction is an anthology of speculative fiction by Caribbean authors edited by Nalo Hopkinson. It was nominated for the 2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. It is out-of-print.

34322. Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from …

David J. Skal

Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage and Screen is a book written by David J. Skal.

34324. Engaging the Muslim World

Juan Ricardo Cole

Engaging the Muslim World is a 2009 non-fiction book about the relationship between the United States and the Arab and Muslim worlds written by University of Michigan historian Juan Cole. His goal in writing the book was to illustrate the true Muslim perspective towards the U.S. …

34329. Stray

A. N. Wilson

Clever, moving, imaginative and funny, this is both a wonderful adventure story, and a sly look at humans through the eyes of a cat. A cat of literary distinction - Naomi Lewis, Observer A.N. Wilson has written a classic... His episodic, quasi-picaresque story is deeply read-on, …

34330. Dear Mr. Rosenwald

Carole Boston Weatherford

Dear Mr. Rosenwald is a children's book written by Carole Boston Weatherford.

34335. Love Not Human

Gordon R. Dickson

Love Not Human is a collection of science fiction stories by Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Ace Books in 1981. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Galaxy Science Fiction, Startling Stories, Fantastic, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Universe, …

34340. The Science of Success: How Market Based Management …

Charles Koch

The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company is a book written by Charles Koch in which he delineates his philosophy of Market Based Management. Koch, the CEO of Koch Industries, Inc., wrote it in 2007. While many similarly-titled …

34341. Justinian

Harry Turtledove

Justinian, was published in 1998 by Tor Books. It is a novel by American writer Harry Turtledove writing under the pseudonym H. N. Turteltaub, a name he used for a time when writing historical fiction.

34343. The Nine Tailors

Dorothy L. Sayers

The Nine Tailors is a 1934 mystery novel by British writer Dorothy L. Sayers, her ninth featuring sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.

34344. Blasting and Bombardiering

Wyndham Lewis

Blasting and Bombardiering is the autobiography of the English painter, novelist, and satirist Percy Wyndham Lewis. It was published in 1937. It was in this work that Lewis first identified the critically oft-mentioned "Men of 1914" group of himself, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and …

34345. Looking for X

Deborah Ellis

Looking for X is a children's novel written for ages 9-12 by Deborah Ellis. This novel is about an eleven-year-old girl named Khyber that lives in a poorer area, Regent Park, in Toronto, Ontario. She lives there with her mother and her twin brothers who are both autistic. One …

34346. The Monkey's Raincoat

Robert Crais

The Monkey's Raincoat is a 1987 detective novel by Robert Crais. It is the first in a series of linked novels centering on the private investigator Elvis Cole and his partner Joe Pike. Cole is a tough, wisecracking ex-Ranger with an irresistible urge to do what is morally right. …

34347. Boba Fett: Hunted

Elizabeth Hand

Boba Fett: Hunted is a 2003 children's science fiction book by Elizabeth Hand set in the Star Wars galaxy at the beginning of the Clone Wars. This sequel to Boba Fett: A New Threat was published by Scholastic Press. The book takes place two months after Star Wars Episode II: …

34348. Halloween A B C

Eve Merriam

Halloween ABC is a book of poetry for children, written by Eve Merriam and illustrated by Lane Smith. It includes a poem related to a scary or Halloween related theme for each letter of the alphabet.

34349. The Hand of Dinotopia

Alan Dean Foster

The Hand of Dinotopia is a book published in 1999 that was written by Alan Dean Foster.

34351. The Kidnappers

Willo Davis Roberts

The Kidnappers is a book by Willo Davis Roberts.

34358. Life Happens: And Other Unavoidable Truths

Connie Schultz

From the 2005 Pulitzer Prize—winning columnist Connie Schultz comes fresh, clever, insightful commentary on life today: love, politics, social issues, family, and much, much more. In the tradition of Anna Quindlen, Molly Ivins, and Erma Bombeck, but with a distinctive voice and …

34360. Honour & Other people's children

Helen Garner

Honour & Other People's Children is a collection of two short stories - also described as novellas - by Australian writer Helen Garner. It was first published by McPhee Gribble in 1980. Garner's second published book, it was written while she lived in Paris, France. …

34361. Where's Wally? The Great Picture Hunt!

Martin Handford

Where's Wally? The Great Picture Hunt was released in May 2006. In the book Wally, Wizard Whitebeard, Wenda, Woof and Odlaw travel to fantasy worlds. The book is the sixth in the Where's Wally? series and the first in nine years.

34362. Big Anthony and the Magic Ring

Tomie dePaola

Big Anthony and the Magic Ring is a book published in 1979 that was written by Tomie dePaola.

34364. David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

David Copperfield, is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published as a serial in 1849–50, and as a book in 1850. Many elements of the novel follow events in Dickens' own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of his novels. In the preface to the 1867 …

34365. Hot Head

Simon Ings

Hot Head is a 1992 science fiction novel by English author Simon Ings. Part cyberpunk, part neo-noir, Ings attracted rave reviews from sci-fi enthusiasts for what was his debut novel.

34366. The Lake of Fire

Robin Wayne Bailey

The Lake of Fire is a book published in 1989 that was written by Robin Wayne Bailey.

34373. Lost Worlds

Clark Ashton Smith

Lost Worlds is a collection of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories by author Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in 1944 and was the author's second book published by Arkham House. 2,043 copies were printed. The stories for this volume were selected by the author. …

34374. Slinky Malinki Open The Door

Lynley Dodd

Slinky Malinki, Open The Door, first published in 1994, is one of the well-known series of books by New Zealand author Lynley Dodd featuring the mischievous cat, Slinky Malinki. Written for pre-school children, with rhythmic, rhyming text it has become a best-selling bedtime …

34376. The Ambidextrous Universe

Martin Gardner

The Ambidextrous Universe is a popular science book by Martin Gardner covering aspects of symmetry and asymmetry in human culture, science and the wider universe. Originally published in 1964, it underwent revisions in 1969, 1979, 1990 and 2005. Originally titled The …

34385. The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. Wells is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term "time machine", coined …

34389. Between Darkness and Light

Lisanne Norman

Between Darkness and Light is the seventh book of the Sholan Alliance series published in 2003 that was written by Lisanne Norman.

34393. Loose Ends

Greg Cox

Loose Ends is the first original novel based on the Roswell TV series.

34398. The Gathering Storm

Brandon Sanderson by Robert Jordan

The Gathering Storm is the 12th book of the fantasy series The Wheel of Time. It was incomplete when its author, Robert Jordan, died on September 16, 2007, from cardiac amyloidosis. His widow Harriet McDougal and publisher Tom Doherty chose Brandon Sanderson to continue the book …



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