The most popular books in English
from 36601 to 36800
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.
Han Suyin
The Mountain Is Young is the fourth novel by Chinese-Flemish author Han Suyin. A love story set in Nepal, it was first published by Jonathan Cape, Ltd. London in 1958. It became a New York Times bestseller in Fiction that same year. It was republished by Penguin Books in 1962, …
R. W. B. Lewis
Places the lives of Henry James, the writer, his brother, William, the philospher, and their sister, Alice, in the context of their family history
William Gaddis
The Rush for Second Place is a posthumous collection of essays by William Gaddis. Edited and introduced by Joseph Tabbi, it was published in 2002 by Penguin Press at the same time as Gaddis's last novel, Agapē Agape. The contents were published in Great Britain with Agapē Agape …
Quang Nhuong Huynh
The Land I Lost is an autobiographical book that centers on the life of the author, Quang Nhuong Huynh. The book was first published by Harper & Row in 1982, and was illustrated by Vo-Dinh Mai. Huynh's second book, Water Buffalo Days, used multiple passages originally …
Lionel Trilling
Sincerity and Authenticity is a book by Lionel Trilling, based on a series of lectures he delivered in 1970 as Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard University. The lectures examine what Trilling described as "the moral life in process of revising itself," a period of …
Gherbod Fleming
Predator & Prey: Werewolf is a book published in 2001 that was written by Gherbod Fleming.
John Charmley
Churchill: The End of Glory is a biography of Winston Churchill by notable Churchill scholar John Charmley.
Terry Pratchett
The Colour of Magic is a 1983 comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series. The first printing of the British edition consisted of 506 copies. Pratchett has described it as "an attempt to do for the classical fantasy universe what Blazing …
H. R. F. Keating
Sherlock Holmes: The Man and His World is a book written by H. R. F. Keating.
Jack Kerouac
Old Angel Midnight is a long narrative poem by American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac. It was culled from five notebooks spanning from 1956 to 1959, while Kerouac was fully absorbed by his studies of Buddhism and Buddhist philosophy. Kerouac initially experimented with Old …
Peter Menzel
Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects is a non-fiction book by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Alusio.
Julia O'Faolain
No Country for Young Men is a book written by Julia O'Faolain.
Janet Peery
The river beyond the world is a book written by Janet Peery.
Ruth Sawyer
Journey Cake, Ho! is a book written by Ruth Sawyer and illustrated by Robert McCloskey.
Alan Judd
A Breed of Heroes is a 1981 novel by Alan Judd. It narrates in third person the experiences of a young British Army officer as he is deployed on his first tour of duty, a four-month operation in Armagh and Belfast at the height of The Troubles.
Charles G. Finney
The Magician Out of Manchuria is a fantasy novel by Charles G. Finney. It was first published by itself in 1976 by Panther Books and later in a limited edition of 600 copies from Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. which were signed and numbered. The novel was previously included …
Bram Stoker
The Mystery of the Sea, a novel by Bram Stoker, was originally published in 1902. Stoker is best known for his 1897 novel Dracula, but The Mystery of the Sea contains many of the same compelling elements. It tells the story of an Englishman living in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, who …
Donald Hamilton
The Interlopers, first published in 1969, was the twelfth novel in the Matt Helm spy series by Donald Hamilton, which began in 1960. It represents a middle period in the Helm novels, being about 80,000 words in length, somewhat longer than the first four or five in the series, …
Robin Jones Gunn
Now picture this is a book published in 1998 that was written by Robin Jones Gunn.
Garth Ennis
In celebration of the release of the Warner Bros. Pictures Constantine movie this February, DC Comics presents Constantine: The Hellblazer Collection. This trade paperback showcases the official Vertigo comics adaptation of the film, along with three classic issues of John …
John Hubner
Monkey on a Stick is a book written by Lindsey Gruson and John Hubner.
James Robert Baker
Adrenaline is the first novel written by James Robert Baker, an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction.
Howard Pyle
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table is a 1905 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. The book consists of many Arthurian legends, including those concerning of the young Sir Launcelot, Sir Tristram, and Sir Percival.
Peter David
Main Street D.O.A. is a book published in 1991 that was written by Peter David.
Randall Garrett
The Glass of Dyskornis is a book published in 1982 that was written by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron.
Malcolm Rose
Deep Waters is a book published in 1997 that was written by Malcolm Rose.
Jennifer Johnston
The Illusionist, published in 1995, is a novel by Irish author Jennifer Johnston, and considered one of her best works. It gained positive reviews in The Irish Times, Times Literary Supplement and the New Statesman.
Mary Higgins
A Cry in the Night is a suspense novel by American author Mary Higgins Clark.
Gayle Friesen
Men of Stone is a novel written by Gayle Friesen that was first published in 2000.
F. Sionil José
My Brother, My Executioner is a novel by Filipino author Francisco Sionil José written in Philippine English. A part of the so-called Rosales Saga - a series of five interconnected fiction novels - My Brother, My Executioner ranks third in terms of chronology. In the United …
Chris Pierson
Dezra's Quest is a fantasy novel by Chris Pierson, set in the world of Dragonlance, which is based on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
Jeff Crook
Conundrum is a fantasy novel by Jeff Crook, published in 2001. The story takes place in the Dragonlance setting, based on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
Rebecca St. James
A call to young people to remain sexually pure until marriage. Everyone longs to be loved deeply by someone, and Rebecca St. James is no different, as demonstrated by her hit song "Wait for Me." In this revised and updated version of the 2002 release, Rebecca shares the same …
Charlotte Armstrong
Lemon in the Basket is a book written by Charlotte Armstrong.
Edward Bolme
Bound by Iron is a fantasy novel by Edward Bolme, set in the world of Eberron, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It is the first novel in "The Inquisitives" series. It was published in paperback in April 2007.
Kylie Minogue
Kylie: La La La is a photo/art book released by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The books namesake comes from a line made famous in her hit single "Can't Get You Out of My Head". This is not a traditional biography but rather a pictorial biography that is a photographic look at …
Cao Xueqin
Dream of the Red Chamber, also called The Story of the Stone, composed by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was written sometime in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing Dynasty. It is considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature and is …
Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'
Parti Parikatha, is a Hindi novel written by Phanishwar Nath Renu. The story revolves around a motley group of characters in a remote village of North Eastern Bihar in the backdrop of Zamindari Abolition movement.
Ali Shariati
Fatemeh is Fatemeh is a book written by Ali Shariati. In the book, Fatima Zahra the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad is described as a role model for Muslim women around the world. It was written in the pre-revolutionary era of Iran's history where there were no specific …
Maziar Bahari
Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival is a memoir by Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari with Aimee Molloy, chronicling Bahari's family history, and his arrest and 118-day imprisonment following the controversial 2009 Iran presidential …
Dharamvir Bharati
Andha Yug is 1954 verse play written in Hindi, by renowned novelist, poet, and playwright Dharamvir Bharati. It was the first important play of 20th century India. Set in the last day of the Great Mahabharat war, the five-act tragedy was written in the years following the 1947 …
Adolfo Caminha
A normalista is a novel written by the Brazilian writer Adolfo Caminha. It was first published in 1891.
Katherine Paterson
Bridge to Terabithia is a work of children's literature about two lonely children who create a magical forest kingdom. It was written by Katherine Paterson and was published in 1977 by Thomas Crowell. In 1978, it won the Newbery Medal. Paterson drew inspiration for the novel …
Sun Tzu
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly known to be the definitive work on …