The most popular books in English
from 46001 to 46200

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.

46001. Man's Place in Nature

Thomas H. Huxley

Known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his impassioned defense of evolutionary theory, Thomas Huxley published this, his most famous book, just a few years after Darwin's The Origin of the Species. Unlike Origin, this book focuses on human ancestry and offers a concise, nontechnical …

46002. The Old English Baron

Clara Reeve

The Old English Baron is an ambitious rewriting of Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto, transporting the trappings of the Gothic to medieval England. The noble hero endures many adventures of romantic horror in order to obtain his rightful heritage, and the story concludes with a …

46003. Table talk

William Hazlitt

Table-Talk is a collection of essays by the English cultural critic and social commentator William Hazlitt. It was originally published as two volumes, the first of which appeared in April 1821. The essays deal with topics such as art, literature and philosophy. Duncan Wu has …

46006. A Legend of Montrose

Walter Scott

A Legend of Montrose is an historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Scotland in the 1640s during the Civil War. It forms, along with The Bride of Lammermoor, the 3rd series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord. The two novels were published together in 1819.

46007. Notebook 1967-68

Robert Lowell

Notebook 1967-68 is a book written by Robert Lowell.

46009. The Last Yankee

Arthur Miller

The Last Yankee is a play by Arthur Miller, which premiered on January 5, 1993 at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City. The cast included Tom Aldredge as John Frick, Frances Conroy as Patricia Hamilton, Rose Gregorio as Karen Frick, John Heard as Leroy Hamilton, and …

46010. Serpent Waltz

Jo Clayton

Serpent Waltz is a book published in 1994 that was written by Jo Clayton.

46012. Night of the Aurochs

Dalton Trumbo

Night of the Aurochs is an unfinished novel by Dalton Trumbo, published posthumously in 1979.

46015. The Screwtape Letters

C. S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters is a Christian apologetic novel by C. S. Lewis. It is written in a satirical, epistolary style and while it is fictional in format, the plot and characters are used to address Christian theological issues, primarily those to do with temptation and …

46016. Dead Man's Thoughts

Carolyn Wheat

Dead Man's Thoughts is a book written by Carolyn Wheat.

46018. The Inheritors

Joseph Conrad

The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story is a quasi-science fiction novel on which Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad collaborated. It looks at society's mental evolution and what is gained and lost in the process. Written before the first World War, its themes of corruption and the …

46019. The Night Land

William Hope Hodgson

The Night Land is a classic horror novel by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1912. As a work of fantasy it belongs to the Dying Earth subgenre. Hodgson also published a much shorter version of the novel, entitled The Dream of X. The importance of The Night Land was …

46021. Red Equinox

James Axler

Red Equinox is the ninth book in the series of Deathlands. It was written by Laurence James under the house name James Axler.

46022. Duende

Tracy K. Smith

Duende: Poems is a book written by Tracy K. Smith.

46029. Alice Rose & Sam

Kathryn Lasky

Alice Rose & Sam is a book by Kathryn Lasky.

46031. Njinsky Dancing

Lincoln Kirstein

Njinsky Dancing is a book written by Lincoln Kirstein.

46035. Beyond This Point Are Monsters

Margaret Millar

Beyond This Point Are Monsters is a book written by Margaret Millar.

46036. Bribery, Corruption Also

H. R. F. Keating

Bribery, Corruption Also is a crime novel by H. R. F. Keating. It is the twenty-third novel in the Inspector Ghote series.

46037. Cold Steal

Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Cold Steal is a novel that was published in 1939 by Phoebe Atwood Taylor writing as Alice Tilton. It is the third of the eight Leonidas Witherall mysteries.

46038. Socratic Puzzles

Robert Nozick

Socratic Puzzles is a 1997 collection of essays by libertarian philosopher Robert Nozick.

46042. Hearts Grown Brutal

Roger Cohen

Hearts Grown Brutal: Sagas of Sarajevo is a non-fiction book by New York Times reporter Roger Cohen chronicling his experiences covering the Bosnian War and the Bosnian Genocide. Random House published the book on August 25, 1998. The book won a Citation for Excellence from the …

46045. A mortal flower

Han Suyin

A Mortal Flower is an autobiography by Han Suyin. It covers the years 1928 to 1938: her growing up in China and her journey to Belgium and her mother's family. Also her marriage to a rising officer in the Kuomintang and the retreat to Chungking in the face of the Japanese …

46046. Double or Nothing

Raymond Federman

Double or Nothing is a concrete novel by Raymond Federman originally published by Swallow Press, Chicago. It was the winner of the Frances Steloff Prize and The Panache Experimental Fiction Prize.

46047. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply …

46048. Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle

Henri Blocher

Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle is a short theological monograph based on Lectures given by Henri Blocher in 1995 at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia. It articulates the major contours of the Christian doctrine of original sin. D. A. Carson, a theologian from …

46049. Fish for Supper

M. Goffstein

Fish for Supper is a book by M. B. Goffstein.

46050. Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword

Jeanette Eaton

Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword is a biography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi written for children by Jeanette Eaton. It is illustrated by Ralph Ray. The biography was first published in 1950 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1951.

46051. Love In Cyberia

Chloë Rayban

Love in Cyberia is a book written by Chloë Rayban.

46052. The Uprooted

Oscar Handlin

The Uprooted is a book by Oscar Handlin.

46054. Mysticism and Morality

Arthur Danto

Mysticism and Morality is a work written by Arthur Danto.

46057. Zaddik

David Rosenbaum

Zaddik is a book written by David Rosenbaum.

46060. What's going on

Nathan McCall

What's Going On is a book collection of personal essays by Nathan McCall.

46061. Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet

James Atlas

Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet is a book by James Atlas.

46062. The Report from Iron Mountain

Leonard C. Lewin

The Report from Iron Mountain is a book published in 1967 by Dial Press which puts itself forth as the report of a government panel. The book includes the claim it was authored by a Special Study Group of fifteen men whose identities were to remain secret and that it was not …

46065. Conan of Venarium

Harry Turtledove

Conan of Venarium is a fantasy novel written by Harry Turtledove and edited by Teresa Nielsen Hayden featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in hardcover by Tor Books in July 2003; a regular paperback edition …

46066. The Crimson Flame

Franklin W. Dixon

The Crimson Flame is the 77th title of the Hardy Boys series, written by Franklin W. Dixon.

46069. The gates

Muriel Rukeyser

The gates is the 1976 collection of poems by Muriel Rukeyser.

46070. The Persistence of Memory

Tony Eprile

The Persistence of Memory is a novel by Tony Eprile. It was published in 2004 by W. W. Norton & Company. The story portrays 1960s and 1970s South Africa through the experiences of Paul Sweetbread, a young Jewish South African with a photographic memory. The novel follows …

46074. Bo's Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches …

Bo Schembechler

Bo's Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership is a book by Bo Schembechler and John U. Bacon.

46075. My Secret Life on the McJob: Lessons from Behind the …

Jerry Newman

My Secret Life on the McJob: Lessons from Behind the Counter Guaranteed to Supersize Any Management Style is a book by Jerry Newman about low-wage work in fast-food outlets. Newman is a distinguished professor at University at Buffalo School of Management who has taught business …

46078. Old Heart

Stanley Plumly

Old Heart is a book written by Stanley Plumly.

46081. The earth policy reader

Lester R. Brown

The earth policy reader is a book written by Lester R. Brown.

46083. X Stands for Unknown

Isaac Asimov

'X' Stands for Unknown is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays written by Isaac Asimov. It was the seventeenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, these being first published between January 1982 and May 1983. …

46086. The Water Gipsies

A. P. Herbert

The Water Gipsies is a romantic comedy novel by the British writer A. P. Herbert, which was first published in 1930. It portrays the adventures of Jane Bell and her sister Lily, who operate a barge along England's rivers and canals. Jane enjoys several romantic entanglements …

46088. Deathscape

Peter David

Deathscape is a book published in 1991 that was written by Peter David.

46089. All Our Yesterdays

Harry Warner, Jr.

All Our Yesterdays by Harry Warner, Jr., is a history of science fiction fandom of the 1940s, an essential reference work in the field. It was originally published by Advent in 1969; the members of the World Science Fiction Society voted its author the Hugo Award for Best Fan …

46090. The Saint Sees it Through

Leslie Charteris

The Saint Sees it Through is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his creation, Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The book was first published in 1946 in the United States by The Crime Club. Hodder and Stoughton published the first British edition in 1947. …

46092. The big jump

Leigh Brackett

The Big Jump is a science fiction novel by Leigh Brackett, centered on the first manned expedition to Barnard's Star.

46094. The Best of Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 is a collection of science fiction short stories by Arthur C. Clarke originally published in 1973. The stories, written between 1937 and 1971 originally appeared in a number of periodicals including Amateur Science Stories, Zenith, The …

46095. Polyphemus

Michael Shea

Polyphemus is a collection of Science fiction, fantasy and horror stories by author Michael Shea. It was released in 1987 by Arkham House . It was published in an edition of 3,528 copies and was the author's first hardcover book. Most of the stories originally appeared in The …

46098. Bring me the head of Oliver Plunkett

Colin Bateman

Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett is the second novel of the Eddie & the Gang with No Name trilogy by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 13 May 2004 through Hodder Children's Books.

46103. The Penguins of Doom

Greg R. Fishbone

The Penguins of Doom is an epistolary humor novel for children written and illustrated by Greg R. Fishbone. The book was published in October 2007 by Blooming Tree Press.

46108. Night Cry

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Night Cry is a book by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

46109. These Old Shades

Georgette Heyer

These Old Shades is a Georgian romance novel written by British novelist Georgette Heyer. It was an instant success, and established her as a writer. It falls into the category of historical romance.

46110. The Hydrofoil Mystery

Eric Walters

The Hydrofoil Mystery was written in 2003 by Canadian author Eric Walters. It is about a teenage boy named Billy McCracken whose mother arranges for him to go away for the summer to work with none other than the well-known inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell. Billy …

46111. Big Susan

Elizabeth Orton Jones

Big Susan is a 1947 children's fantasy story written and illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones. It is generally considered a Christmas story, reflecting the author's love of the holiday season. The plot deals with the Doll family, a family of dolls that belong to Susan, or Big …

46113. Rates of Exchange

Malcolm Bradbury

Rates of Exchange is a novel written by Malcolm Bradbury.

46115. The Post-War Dream

Mitch Cullin

The Post-War Dream is the eighth book by American author Mitch Cullin and was published by Random House in March 2008. Initial reviews of the novel were mixed, with Kirkus calling it "a misstep in Cullin's unpredictable, adventurous and, alas, frustratingly uneven oeuvre," and …

46117. Detour for Emmy

Marilyn Reynolds

Detour for Emmy is a young adult novel by Marilyn Reynolds. It won the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award for 1995-1996. It deals with the impact of an unexpected pregnancy on a teenage girl. Like other novels by the author, it is based on the life challenges of her students. …

46118. Three Men in a Boat

Jerome K. Jerome

Three Men in a Boat, published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford and back to Kingston. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of …

46120. The Heart of a Distant Forest

Philip Lee Williams

The Heart of a Distant Forest was the first novel published by U.S. author Philip Lee Williams. It remains in print 25 years after publication.

46121. Family Secrets

Norma Klein

Family Secrets is a young adult novel written by Norma Klein.

46122. Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Three

Alan Moore

Continuing Alan Moore's award-winning run on THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, this third volume is brimming with visceral horrors including underwater vampires, a werewolf with an unusual curse, the hideous madman called Nukeface. Best of all, this volume features the comics debut …

46124. Bladesman of Antares

Kenneth Bulmer

Bladesman of Antares is a science fiction novel written by Kenneth Bulmer under the pseudonym of Alan Burt Akers, and is volume nine in his extensive Dray Prescot series of sword and planet novels, set on the fictional world of Kregen, a planet of the Antares star system in the …

46129. The course of German history

A. J. P. Taylor

The Course of German History is a non-fiction book by the English historian A. J. P. Taylor. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Hamish Hamilton in July 1945.

46131. The CBS Murders

Richard Hammer

The CBS Murders is a book written by Richard Hammer.

46133. Double Trouble Squared

Kathryn Lasky

Double Trouble Squared is a book by Kathryn Lasky.

46135. The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain

The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547, it tells the story of two young boys who …

46139. Stone and Sky

Graham Edwards

Stone and Sky is a fantasy novel written by Graham Edwards. The novel was first published in 1999 by Voyager Books and HarperPrism. It is the first book in the Stone trilogy, which also includes Stone and Sea and Stone and Sun. The trilogy is a follow-up to Edwards' Ultimate …

46140. Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Safe House

Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers or Net Force Explorers is a series of young adult novels created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik as a spin-off of the military fiction series Tom Clancy's Net Force.

46141. Blood of Dreams

Susan Parisi

Blood of Dreams is a 2007 debut historical fiction and horror novel by Susan Parisi. It follows the story of women who has the power to stop a killer as he stalks the dreams of his victims.

46143. Requiem of Stars

Tracy Hickman

Requim Of stars is a book published in 1996 that was written by Tracy Hickman.

46144. Grace and Truth

Jennifer Johnston

Grace and Truth is a novel by Irish writer Jennifer Johnston, first published in 2005 by Headline Books.

46145. Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social & …

Hermann Scheer

Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social & Technological Case for Renewable Energy is a 2006 book written by Hermann Scheer. It was first published on December 1, 2006 through Routledge and discusses the topic of renewable energy.

46146. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published on 14 October 1892, though the individual stories had been serialised in The Strand Magazine between June …

46149. The Probability Broach

L. Neil Smith

The Probability Broach is the first novel by American science fiction writer L. Neil Smith. It is set in an alternate history, the so-called Gallatin Universe, where a libertarian society has formed on the North American continent, styled the North American Confederacy.

46150. Legacy

Alan Judd

Set in the 1970s London, Legacy is a spy novel by English author Alan Judd. Published in 2001 it continues the story of Charles Thoroughgood, first introduced in his debut novel, A Breed of Heroes, published 20 years earlier. British historian Peter Hennessy described it as 'one …

46151. Shaman of Oberstdorf: Chonrad Stoeckhlin and the …

Wolfgang Behringer

Shaman of Oberstdorf: Chonrad Stoeckhlin and the Phantoms of the Night is a study of the arrest and trial of Chonrad Stoecklin, a German herdsman from the town of Oberstdorf who was accused and executed for the crime of witchcraft after experiencing a series of visions. Written …

46152. Border Country

Raymond Williams

Border Country is a novel by Raymond Williams. The book was re-published in December 2005 as one of the first group of titles in the Library of Wales series, having been out of print for several years. Written in English, the novel was first published in 1960. It is set in rural …

46153. Return to Quag Keep

Andre Norton

Return to Quag Keep is a fantasy novel by Andre Norton and Jean Rabe.

46154. Tales of a Traveller

Washington Irving

Tales of a Traveller, by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. is a collection of essays and short stories composed by Washington Irving while he was living in Europe, primarily in Germany and Paris. The collection was published using Irving's pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon.

46155. Impressions

Doranna Durgin

Impressions is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Angel. Tagline: "Evil always leaves an impact."

46156. Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed

Stuart M. Kaminsky

Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed by Stuart Kaminsky and Photographed by Laurie Roberts is a book by Stuart M. Kaminsky.

46159. The Solar Pons Omnibus

August Derleth

The Solar Pons Omnibus is a collection of detective fiction stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1982 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,031 copies. The collection was published in two volumes with a slipcase. The set collects all of the Solar Pons stories of …

46161. Red Cap

G. Clifton Wisler

'Red Cap' is a historical fiction book, first published by G. Clifton Wisler in 1991 by Lodestar Books. It was published again in 1994 by Puffin Books. The book takes placed during the American Civil War in 1862. Ransom J. Powell, a boy who lives in Frostburg, Maryland, decides …

46165. Night In Werewolf Woods

R. L. Stine

"Reader beware--you choose the scare! GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS! Get out your bathing suit! You and your family are off on a summer vacation to a place called WoodsWorld. You can't wait to mess around down at the lake. Then at the Kids only Campfire you hear the rumor about …

46166. The Night of the Dance

James Hime

The Night of the Dance is a book written by James Hime.

46167. Half in Shadow

Mary Elizabeth Counselman

Half in Shadow is a collection of stories by author Mary Elizabeth Counselman. It had first been published as a fourteen story collection as a Consul paperback by World Distributors, UK, in 1964. It was released in 1978 by Arkham House with fourteen stories and was the author's …

46168. Fifty Classic Climbs of North America

Steve Roper

Fifty Classic Climbs Of North America is a climbing guidebook and history written by Steve Roper and Allen Steck. It is considered a definitive piece of climbing literature, known to many climbers as simply "The Book", and has served as an inspiration for more recent climbing …

46171. The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first …

46174. Death Sentence

Brian Garfield

Death Sentence is the 1975 sequel novel to Death Wish by Brian Garfield.

46175. Bodyguard of Lies

Anthony Cave Brown

Bodyguard of Lies is a 1975 non-fiction book written by Anthony Cave Brown, his first major historical work. Named for a wartime quote of Winston Churchill, it is a narrative account of Allied military deception operations during the Second World War. The British and American …

46177. The Art of Computer Game Design

Chris Crawford

The Art of Computer Game Design by Chris Crawford is the first book devoted to the theory of computer and video games. It was originally published in Berkeley, California by McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media in 1984. The original edition is now out-of-print but from 1997 became …

46183. Alien Scream

Chris Archer

Alien Scream is a book published in 1997 that was written by Chris Archer.

46184. America Behind The Color Line

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

America Behind The Color Line is a book written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

46185. Losing Absalom

Alexs D. Pate

Losing Absalom is the 1994 debut novel by Alexs Pate. The book was first published on April 1, 1994 through Coffee House Press and follows an African-American family's life and daily struggles in a North Philadelphia inner city.

46187. Swimming Home

Deborah Levy

Swimming Home is a novel by British writer Deborah Levy, published on 10 September 2012. The short novel deals with the experiences of poet Joe Jacobs, when his family vacation is interrupted by a fanatical reader. Critical reception for the novel was generally favourable. On …

46188. Ultraviolet

Yvonne Navarro

Ultraviolet is a novelization of the science fiction film of the same name. It was adapted by Yvonne Navarro from the screenplay written by Kurt Wimmer. The novelization provides more backstory that the film was not able to accomplish. The novel is also based on the original …

46189. The Quiet Earth

Craig Harrison

The Quiet Earth is a 1981 science fiction novel by New Zealand writer Craig Harrison. The novel was adapted into a 1985 New Zealand science fiction film of the same name directed by Geoff Murphy. The 2013 Penguin edition includes an introduction by Bernard Beckett.

46191. In Lunacy

William F. Wu

In Lunacy is a book published in 1993 that was written by William F. Wu.

46196. The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. LeGuin; Illustrator-Leo & Diane Dillon

The Left Hand of Darkness is a 1969 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is part of the Hainish Cycle, a series of books by Le Guin set in the fictional Hainish universe, which she introduced in 1966. It is among the first books published in the feminist science …

46197. The Historian

Elizabeth Kozova

The Historian is the 2005 debut novel of American author Elizabeth Kostova. The plot blends the history and folklore of Vlad Țepeș and his fictional equivalent Count Dracula. Kostova's father told her stories about Dracula when she was a child, and later in life she was inspired …

46199. The Sins of the Father

Jeffrey Archer

The fifth book in the internationally bestselling Clifton Chronicles from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer "The conclusion's a turbo-charged cliffhanger" Kirkus Reviews Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV Buckingham's maiden voyage across the …

46200. Fortunately, the Milk

Neil Gaiman

"I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this: t h u m m t h u m m. I looked up and saw a huge silver disc hovering in the air above Marshall Road.""Hullo," I said to myself. "That's not something you see every day. And then …



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