Fiction
Explore the best fiction books of all time, including top science fiction, fantasy, historical, and romantic novels. Find famous novels and best-selling titles at our online bookstore, offering the best books to read.
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The Silent TwinI'm alone in the dark, please can you find me ... Nine-year-old twins Abigail and Olivia vow never to be parted. But when Abigail goes missing from Blackwater Farm, DS Jennifer Knight must find her before it's too late. Twin sister Olivia has been...
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Old FoodFrom one of the most lauded artists of his generation comes a purging soliloquy: a profound nowt delivered in some spent afterwards. Scorched by senility and nostalgia, and wracked by all kinds of hunger, Ed Atkins' Old Food lurches from allegory to listicle, from...
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Scenes from a ChildhoodScenes from a Childhood is the latest collection of stories by Jon Fosse, one of Norway's most celebrated authors and playwrights, famed for the minimalist and unsettling quality of his writing. In the title work, a loosely autobiographical narrative covers infancy to awkward adolescence,...
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The Treasure of Silver LakeThe Treasure of Silver Lake is one of Karl May's most popular books. The bandits are preparing for a major heist. First they want to steal the wages of the lumberjacks at the Black Bear Creek. Then they want to raid a rich farm...
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PetersburgPetersburg (1913, revised 1922) is the title of Andrei Bely's masterpiece, a Symbolist work that foreshadows Joyce's Modernist ambitions. For various reasons the novel never received much attention and was not translated into English until 1959 by John Cournos, over 45 years after it...
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The Man in the MoonePerhaps the first science fiction tale written in the English language, The Man in the Moone, written by Francis Godwin, was an influential work first published in 1638. In this version, edited for Firestone Books, the spelling and punctuation have been modernized, and some...
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Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey through Sweden, The Complete VolumeNils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey through Sweden (1906-07) is truly unique. Starting life as a commissioned school reader designed to present the geography of Sweden to nine-year-olds, it quickly won the international fame and popularity it still enjoys over a century later. The story of...
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KhatynBased on previously sealed war archives and rare witness records of the survivors, Khatyn is a heart wrenching story of the people who fought for their lives under the Nazi occupation during World War II. Through the prism of the retrospect perception as narrated...
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Conversations with SpiritsDecember, 1917. The Great War is rampaging through Europe - yet Trelawney Hart has scarcely noticed. The arch-sceptic and former child prodigy has lost his way and now ekes out a lonely existence, taking his only comfort from the bottle. This dissolute lifestyle is...
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The Green Man's FoeWhen you do a good job for someone, there's a strong chance they'll offer you more work or recommend you elsewhere. So Daniel Mackmain isn't particularly surprised when his boss's architect brother asks for his help on a historic house renovation in the Cotswolds.Except...
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How to Fare Well and Stay FairInside this book bursts a kaleidoscope of characters in historical settings from the Balkans to Scandinavia, which they seek to escape, fit in, or change. Following a few female leads after they leave war-torn Bosnia, this book compresses simmering emotions ranging from loss, fear,...
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A Christmas Carol the Graphic Novel: Original TextOne Christmas Eve, after being particularly cruel to his employee, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley, who tells him that he will be visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, Future. Each ghost...
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Moby DickMelville's tale of the whaling industry, and one captain's obsession with revenge against the Great White Whale that took his leg. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions and...
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The Suicide ShopWith the twenty-first century just a distant memory and the world in environmental chaos, many people have lost the will to live.Business is brisk at The Suicide Shop. Run by the Tuvache family, the shop offers a variety of ways to end it all,...
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LumenPastor's plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection.--Publishers WeeklyA mystery, it rivets the reader until the end and beyond, with its twist of historical realities. A historical piece, it faithfully reproduces the grim canvas...
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Blood Brothers in LouisbourgAs the son of an officer, Jacques was expected to pursue a career in the military. In the spring of 1744, at the age of fifteen, Jacques and his father leave France for Louisbourg, the French capital of le Royale, where Jacques is to...
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The Wizard of Oz (Qualitas Classics)The Wizard of Oz, popular abbreviation for the originally titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum originally published in 1900. The story follows the adventures of a girl named Dorothy in the Land of Oz. Thanks...
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The Safety of Unknown Cities"One of the most impressive debut novels . . . centered around relationship-driven fiction catalyzed by horrific events, mostly realistic, sometimes supernatural. . . . Indeed it's sexual, it's graphically written, but it's also . . . an affecting and powerful novel about heartbreak...
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RedA novel of a man and his dog... Red... who is ruthlessly attacked by rich kids who don't appreciate life.. of any kind. And before the whole thing is done there'll be more red. Red for blood... "...intelligent and real ...deeply felt..." -Ed GormanAuthor:...
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Bitter RecoilSecond book in the Posadas County Mystery SeriesHavill delivers an evocative tale of hard lives on the edge of society. His portly detective is a genuine low-key pleasure.--Publishers WeeklyWhen Undersheriff Bill Gastner heads to New Mexico's mountains for some respite, the last thing he...
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