The most popular books in English
from 47201 to 47400

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.

47201. 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 …

47202. 2150 AD

Thea Alexander

2150 AD is a novel copyrighted by Don Plym and Thea Plym and originally published in 1971. In 1976 it was modified and re-published by Thea Alexander. The story concerns the character of Jon, who travels between his world of 1976 and the future world of 2150, where the Macro …

47206. Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but long enough …

47208. 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 …

47209. 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 …

47210. Rising Tide

Jean Thesman

Rising Tide is a historical young-adult novel by Jean Thesman and a sequel to her novel A Sea So Far.

47213. Night of the Aurochs

Dalton Trumbo

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

47218. The White Abacus

Damien Broderick

The White Abacus is a 1997 science fiction novel by Damien Broderick. It follows the story of Telmah Lord Cima who travels to Earth from a far-off world and becomes friends with a computer-augmented being called Ratio.

47219. 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 …

47220. The Religion

Nicholas Conde

The Religion is a horror novel written in 1982 by Nicholas Conde. It explores the ritual sacrifice of children to appease the pantheon of voodoo deities, through the currently used practice of Santería. This is by no mean accurate, as the practice of Santería has never practiced …

47221. Dead Man's Thoughts

Carolyn Wheat

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

47224. 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 …

47225. 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.

47227. The crack in everything

Alicia Suskin Ostriker

The crack in everything is the book written by Alicia Ostriker.

47235. The Watchmen

John Altman

The Watchmen is a novel by John Altman published in 2004. The novel has a reference about project MKULTRA

47236. Josh

Ivan Southall

Josh is a young-adult novel by Ivan Southall, first published in 1971 by Angus & Robertson of Sydney, Australia. Southall was the first Australian to win the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. …

47237. Time of Trial

Hester Burton

Time of Trial is a young adult historical novel by Hester Burton, first published in 1963. Set in early nineteenth century England, it addresses the themes of social reform and freedom of speech in a time of war. Hester Burton received the 1963 Carnegie Medal for this novel.

47242. The Lord Peter Wimsey Companion

Stephan P. Clarke

The Lord Peter Wimsey Companion is a book written by Stephan P. Clarke.

47243. Beyond the City

Arthur Conan Doyle

Beyond the City is a novel by the Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

47244. Kedrigern in Wanderland

John Morressy

Kedrigern in Wanderland is a book published in 1988 that was written by John Morressy.

47246. The Green Round

Arthur Machen

The Green Round is a horror novel by Welsh author Arthur Machen. It was originally published by Ernest Benn Limited in 1933. The first U.S. edition was published by Arkham House in 1968 in an edition of 2,058 copies. It was the only book by Machen to be published by Arkham …

47248. The Murderer

Roy Heath

The murderer is a novel written by Roy Heath.

47249. A Formal Feeling

Zibby O'Neal

A Formal Feeling is a book written by Zibby Oneal.

47250. The Grange at High Force

Philip Turner

The Grange at High Force is a children's novel by Philip Turner, published by Oxford in 1965 with illustrations by William Papas. It was the second book published in the author's Darnley Mills series. Turner won the annual Carnegie Medal, recognising the year's best children's …

47251. In Every Face I Meet

Justin Cartwright

In Every Face I Meet is a 1995 book by Justin Cartwright.

47252. All Around the Town

Phyllis McGinley

All Around the Town is a book written by Phyllis McGinley and illustrated by Helen Stone.

47253. The Uprooted

Oscar Handlin

The Uprooted is a book by Oscar Handlin.

47259. The Adventures of Lucius Leffing

Joseph Payne Brennan

The Adventures of Lucius Leffing is a collection of supernatural, detective short stories by Joseph Payne Brennan. It was first published in 1990 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies, all of which were signed by the author and the artist. The stories …

47261. One With the Shadows

Susan Squires

One With the Shadows is a book published in 2007 that was written by Susan Squires.

47262. The gates

Muriel Rukeyser

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

47263. 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 …

47264. Born in Exile

George Gissing

Born in Exile is a novel by George Gissing first published in 1892. It deals with the themes of class, religion, love and marriage. The premise of the novel is drawn from Gissing's own early life — an intellectually superior man born into a socially inferior milieu, though the …

47267. All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide …

Vladimir Bogdanov

All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues is a non-fiction, encyclopedic referencing of blues music compiled under the direction of All Media Guide.

47270. Wind of Honor

Ree Soesbee

Wind of Honor is a book published in 2002 that was written by Ree Soesbee.

47271. The Zoot Suit Murders

Thomas Sanchez

The Zoot Suit Murders by Thomas Sanchez is a murder mystery set in Los Angeles of the 1940s and employing the true historical events of the Zoot suit riots as a backdrop.

47272. The earth policy reader

Lester R. Brown

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

47274. Company K

William March

Company K is a 1933 novel by William March, first serialised in parts in the New York magazine The Forum from 1930 to 1932, and published in its entirety by Smith and Haas on 19 January 1933, in New York. The book's title was taken from the Marine company that March served in …

47275. Shipwreck

John Fowles

Shipwreck is a book published in 1974 that contains text by John Fowles and photography by The Gibsons of Scilly.

47279. Witch Weed

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Witch Weed is a book published in 1991 that was written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

47280. Stealing Home

Philip F. O'Connor

Stealing Home is a book written by Philip F. O'Connor.

47281. Oceana Fine

Tom Flood

Oceana Fine is a 1989 Miles Franklin literary award winning novel by the Australian author Tom Flood.

47282. The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction

Samuel R. Delany

The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction is a 1986 collection of short stories and novellas by Samuel R. Delany. The collection includes those works by Delany that have won the Nebula Award.

47285. My Wilderness

William O. Douglas

My Wilderness is a book written by William O. Douglas.

47286. The Toynbee Convector

Ray Bradbury

The Toynbee Convector is a short story collection by Ray Bradbury. Several of the stories are original to this collection. Others originally appeared in the magazines Playboy, Omni, Gallery, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Woman's Day, and Weird Tales.

47287. Book of the Dead

Ashley McConnell

Book of the Dead is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Angel, written by and published by Pocket Books. It was first published in 2004.

47288. Aller retour New York

Henry Miller

Aller Retour New York is a novel by American writer Henry Miller, published in 1935 by Obelisk Press in Paris, France. Published after his breakthrough book Tropic of Cancer, Aller Retour New York takes the form of a long letter from Miller to his friend Alfred Perlès in Paris. …

47289. Undersea City

edited by Frederik Pohl

Undersea City is a book published in 1958 that was written by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson.

47290. Last Flight

Amelia Earhart

Last Flight is a book published in 1937 consisting of diary entries and other notes compiled by aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart during her failed attempt that year at flying solo across the Pacific Ocean. Her husband, publisher George Palmer Putnam, edited the collection which …

47291. 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 …

47292. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her two stern aunts in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca's joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials …

47298. Caught!

Willo Davis Roberts

Caught! is a book by Willo Davis Roberts.

47299. Into the Land of the Unicorns

Bruce Cobille

Into the Land of the Unicorns is a children's fiction book that is part of The Unicorn Chronicles series by Bruce Coville. The series follows a girl named Cara, whose grandmother gives her an amulet that allows her to pass through into Luster, the land of the unicorns. While …

47300. Where Are You Going, Little Mouse?

Robert Kraus

Where Are You Going, Little Mouse? is a book written by Robert Kraus, illustrated by Jose Aruego and Arian Dewey.

47303. 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.

47305. The Mystery of the 99 Steps

Carolyn Keene

The Mystery of the 99 Steps is the forty-third volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1966 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

47308. The Last Companion

Patrick McCormack

The Last Companion is a book published in 1997 that was written by Patrick McCormack.

47309. 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 …

47310. A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian novel by Anthony Burgess published in 1962. Set in a near future English society that has a subculture of extreme youth violence, the novella has a teenage protagonist, Alex, who narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state …

47312. Shooting Script

Gavin Lyall

Shooting Script is a first person narrative novel by English author Gavin Lyall, first published in 1966.

47313. Venus with Pistol

Gavin Lyall

Venus With Pistol is a first person narrative novel by English author Gavin Lyall, first published in 1969.

47324. Modesty Blaise

Peter O'Donnell

Modesty Blaise is an action-adventure/spy fiction novel by Peter O'Donnell first published in 1965, featuring the character Modesty Blaise which O'Donnell had created for a comic strip in 1963.

47326. The Planet Savers

Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Planet Savers is a science fiction novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley in her Darkover series. It was first published in book form in English by Ace Books in 1962, dos-à-dos with Bradley's novel The Sword of Aldones. The story first appeared in the November 1958 issue of the …

47332. Keeper of the Keys

Earl Derr Biggers

Keeper of the Keys is the sixth and last mystery in the Charlie Chan series of Earl Derr Biggers; Biggers was planning on continuing the series, but died in 1933 before he could. The films continued the series for him.

47336. The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life

Ray Kurzweil

The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life is a health book written by computer scientist Raymond Kurzweil in which he explains to readers "How to Reduce Fat in Your Diet and Eliminate Virtually All Risk of Heart Disease and Cancer". Some of his recommendations have been updated and …

47337. 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 …

47341. 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.

47342. The Best of Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson

The Best of Poul Anderson is a collection of writings by science fiction and fantasy author Poul Anderson, first published in paperback by Pocket Books in August 1976. It was reprinted in August 1979. The pieces were originally published between 1953 and 1970 in the magazines …

47344. Evil Triumphant

Michael A. Stackpole

Evil Triumphant is a book published in 1992 that was written by Michael A. Stackpole.

47345. Conan the Valiant

Roland J. Green

Conan the Valiant is a fantasy novel written by Roland Green featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in trade paperback by Tor Books in October 1988; a regular paperback edition followed from the same publisher in August …

47347. Ledfeather

Stephen Graham Jones

Ledfeather is a 2008 novel by Native American author Stephen Graham Jones, published by FC2.

47348. Sandbar Sinister

Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Sandbar Sinister, first published in 1934, is a detective story by Phoebe Atwood Taylor which features her series detective Asey Mayo, the "Codfish Sherlock". This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.

47351. Return to Quag Keep

Andre Norton

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

47352. Monolith

J. G. Passarella

Monolith is a novel by John Passarella set in the fictional universe of the U.S. television series Angel. Tagline:'The two in opposition must agree.'

47353. Soulless: Ann Coulter and the Right-Wing Church of …

Susan Estrich

Soulless: Ann Coulter and the Right-Wing Church of Hate is a nonfiction book which accuses conservative Ann Coulter of repeatedly lying or manipulating the truth to serve her political agenda. Published in October 2006 by liberal political writer Susan Estrich, the book …

47355. The Watsons

Jane Austen

The Watsons is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen. She began writing it circa 1803 and probably abandoned it after her father's death in January 1805. It has five chapters, and is less than 18,000 words long.

47358. What is the truth?

Ted Hughes

What is the truth? is a book written by Ted Hughes.

47364. Lincoln at home

David Herbert Donald

Lincoln at Home is a book written by David Herbert Donald.

47367. 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 …

47369. Unsafe at any speed

Ralph Nader

Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile by Ralph Nader, published in 1965, is a book accusing car manufacturers of resistance to the introduction of safety features, like seat belts, and their general reluctance to spend money on improving safety. …

47370. The art of the lathe

B. H. Fairchild

The art of the lathe is a book written by B.H. Fairchild.

47371. The Invention of Art: A Cultural History

Larry E. Shiner

The Invention of Art: A Cultural History is an art history book by Dr. Larry Shiner, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, History, and Visual Arts at the University of Illinois, Springfield Shiner spent over a decade to finish the work of this book.

47372. Finding Buck McHenry

Alfred Slote

Finding Buck McHenry is a book by Alfred Slote.

47375. Exemplars of Evil

Robert J. Schwalb

Exemplars of Evil is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game written by Robert J. Schwalb.

47377. Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft V

H. P. Lovecraft

Selected Letters V is a collection of letters by H. P. Lovecraft. It was released in 1976 by Arkham House in an edition of 5,138 copies. It is the fifth of a five volume series of collections of Lovecraft's letters and includes a preface by James Turner.

47378. The Clue of the Broken Locket

Carolyn Keene

The Clue of the Broken Locket is the eleventh volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1934, and was written by Mildred Benson under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.

47379. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry …

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and J. K. Rowling's debut novel. The plot follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage as he makes close friends and a few enemies in his first year at the Hogwarts …

47382. The Animals of Farthing Wood

Colin Dann

The Animals of Farthing Wood is the first book of the Animals of Farthing Wood book series, which was later adapted into a TV series of the same name. It was first published in 1979. An abridged version of 70 pages, by the same author, was published in 1993 to accompany the TV …

47383. Conan of the Red Brotherhood

Leonard Carpenter

Conan of the Red Brotherhood is a fantasy novel written by Leonard Carpenter featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in February 1993, and reprinted in 1998.

47385. 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.

47388. Life in the Crystal Palace

Alan Harrington

Life in the Crystal Palace is a book written by Alan Harrington.

47389. Spin State

Christopher Moriarity

Spin State is a book written by Chris Moriarty.

47394. Warcraft: Of Blood and Honor

Chris Metzen

Warcraft: Of Blood and Honor is the fourth novel set in Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft universe. Although being released as the third book in the series, it is set chronologically after the fourth book, Warcraft: The Last Guardian. The book is written by series co-creator …

47395. 77 Shadow Street

Dean Koontz

77 Shadow Street is a New York Times Bestselling 2011 sci-fi horror novel by American author Dean Koontz and his one hundred and first novel. The book was first released on December 27, 2011 through Bantam Books and followed a diverse group of individuals living in an apartment …

47399. Railsea

China Miéville

“Other names besides [Herman] Melville’s will surely come to mind as you read this thrilling tale—there’s Dune’s Frank Herbert. . . . But in this, as in all of his works, Miéville has that special knack for evoking other writers even while making the story wholly his own.”—Los …

47400. The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Richard Flanagan

Winner of the Man Booker Prize “Nothing since Cormac McCarthy’s The Road has shaken me like this.” —The Washington Post From the author of the acclaimed Gould’s Book of Fish, a magisterial novel of love and war that traces the life of one man from World War II to the present. …



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