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 Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored EditionThe Picture of Dorian Gray altered the way Victorians understood the world they inhabited. It heralded the end of a repressive Victorianism, and after its publication, literature had--in the words of biographer Richard Ellmann--"a different look." Yet the Dorian Gray that Victorians never knew...
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The Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens's satirical masterpiece, The Pickwick Papers, catapulted the young writer into literary fame when it was first serialized in 1836-37. It recounts the rollicking adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club as they travel about England getting into all sorts of mischief....
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The Perfect Nurse: A Totally Addictive and Unputdownable Psychological Thriller'My name is Darcy, I'm your nurse. I'm here to help you.' I repeat the words I've said so many times. Except this time, I don't mean it... If you saw me, you'd think I was pretty ordinary - I wear a crisp, white...
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The Pelican Child: StoriesLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - A razor-sharp new collection of stories of visionary childhood misfits and struggling adult dreamers from this legendary writer of "perfectly indescribable fiction . . . To read Williams is to look into the abyss" (The Atlantic). "Night...
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The Naming SongA gorgeously imaginative fantasy in the spirit of Hayao Miyazaki and Guillermo del Toro. "The Naming Song understands the fundamental magic of language, and breathes that magic onto every page." --Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestseller There's nothing more dangerous than an unnamed...
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The Naked Sun: The Robot SeriesThe bestselling Robot series continues in this sequel to The Caves of Steel, with detective Elijah Baley taking on the dangerous role of double agent when he's sent to Solaria to solve a brutal murder--and uncover a weakness in Earth's most powerful neighbor. On...
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The Mistress in Black: A Ghost Story for ChristmasWorld-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2025.Reading a ghost story on Christmas Eve was once as much a part of traditional Christmas celebrations as turkey, eggnog, and Santa Claus. World-famous cartoonist Seth selects and beautifully illustrates each book for this...
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The MetamorphosisOften cited as one of the most influential works of short fiction of the 20th century, Metamorphosis is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. Nobel Peace Prize winner Elias Canetti described it as "one of the few great and perfect...
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The Mercy Chair'Macabre and wry' Telegraph 'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' Chris Whitaker 'Washington Poe is a brilliant creation, from one of the finest and most inventive crime writers of today'...
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The Man Who JapedFollowing a devastating nuclear war, the Moral Reclamation government took over the world and forced its citizens to live by strictly puritanical rules--no premarital sex, drunkenness, or displaying of neon signs--all of which are reinforced through a constant barrage of messaging to the public....
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The Man of Middling HeightWhat if our society's deepest prejudices weren't about race, gender, or sexuality--but height? In his groundbreaking allegorical novel, acclaimed Jordanian author and activist Fadi Zaghmout imagines just such a world, crafting a powerful meditation on discrimination and desire that speaks directly to our contemporary...
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The Maidens**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "Alex Michaelides's long-awaited next novel, 'The Maidens, ' is finally here...the premise is enticing and the elements irresistible." --The New York Times "A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read--with a twist that blew my mind. I loved this...
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The Lost SymbolTHE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER FROM THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE DA VINCI CODE AND THE NEW ROBERT LANGDON THRILLER, THE SECRET OF SECRETS "Impossible to put down." --The New York Times "Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster." --Los Angeles Times...
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The Lie She WearsA daughter inherits her mother's deadly secrets in a chilling novel of psychological suspense by Elle Marr, the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Alone Time.Museum curator Pearl Davis always had a strained relationship with her mother, Sally. Growing up, she rarely felt...
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Annotated)The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories, also known as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by American author Washington Irving. It was published serially throughout 1819 and 1820. The collection includes two of Irving's best-known...
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The Last Voyage"Beautifully written, wonderfully paced, with characters I care about--this book has me on the edge of my seat waiting for the second in this trilogy to see what happens next." --Carmen Acevedo Butcher, PhD, poet and award-winning translator of The Cloud of Unknowing, Practice...
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The LastThis propulsive post-apocalyptic thriller "in which Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None collides with Stephen King's The Shining" (NPR) follows a group of survivors stranded at a hotel as the world descends into nuclear war and the body of a young girl is...
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The Lake of Lost GirlsA 2024 November LibraryReads Pick Told in alternating timelines, The Lake of Lost Girls is a haunting novel that will thrill fans of All Good People Here and We Are All the Same in the Dark. Using suspenseful podcast clips to weave a twisty...
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The Kreutzer SonataWhen Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder. Controversial upon publication in 1890, The Kreutzer Sonata illuminates Tolstoy's then-feverish Christian ideals, his conflicts with lust and...
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The Knives Before Christmas: A Santa-In-Training MysteryA cozy holiday whodunit in which a Santa-in-training must solve the mystery of a dead body found in his holiday emporium when the murder weapon-a custom pocketknife--points to one of his six closest friends as the killer.Author: J. Kent HollowayPublisher: Keylight BooksPublished: 11/18/2025Pages: 240Binding...
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