Library

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Genre
Era
Length

TitleAuthorGenreYearLengthProgressAction
Aesop's FablesAesopfables600 BC188k0 / 645Open
The Secret AdversaryAgatha Christiefiction—414k0 / 3319Open
The Federalist PapersAlexander Hamiltonessay17881141k0 / 3716Open
The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumasadventure18442588k0 / 16341Open
The Three MusketeersAlexandre Dumasadventure18441270k0 / 8537Open
LocrineAlgernon Charles Swinburnefiction—96k0 / 1266Open
Black BeautyAnna Sewellchildren1877299k0 / 1187Open
The Prisoner of ZendaAnthony Hopefiction—284k0 / 1948Open
Relics of General ChasseAnthony Trollopefiction—44k0 / 180Open
The Cherry OrchardAnton Chekhovfiction—375k0 / 2767Open
The SeagullAnton Chekhovfiction—101k0 / 770Open
Three SistersAnton Chekhovfiction—346k0 / 1586Open
Uncle VanyaAnton Chekhovfiction—88k0 / 684Open
The Nicomachean Ethics of AristotleAristotlefiction—604k0 / 2063Open
The Poetics of AristotleAristotlefiction—85k0 / 253Open
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doylemystery1892555k0 / 2981Open
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doylefiction—510k0 / 2625Open
The Scarlet PimpernelBaroness Orczyfiction—464k0 / 2202Open
A Theological-Political Treatise [Part Iv]Benedict of Spinozafiction—159k0 / 494Open
Heartbreak HouseBernard Shawfiction—264k0 / 1697Open
Man and Superman: a Comedy and a PhilosophyBernard Shawfiction—380k0 / 2175Open
DraculaBram Stokergothic1897833k0 / 3188Open
The Adventures of PinocchioCarlo Collodichildren1883209k0 / 1787Open
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural SelectionCharles Darwinscience1859926k0 / 3041Open
The Descent of ManCharles Darwinfiction—1820k0 / 7290Open
A Christmas Carol in ProseCharles Dickensfiction1843157k0 / 816Open
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickensfiction1859406k0 / 2065Open
Barnaby RudgeCharles Dickensfiction—1407k0 / 5742Open
Dombey and SonCharles Dickensfiction—1945k0 / 8760Open
Great ExpectationsCharles Dickensfiction1861974k0 / 4575Open
Life and Adventures of Martin ChuzzlewitCharles Dickensfiction—1858k0 / 8614Open
Oliver TwistCharles Dickensfiction1838868k0 / 4306Open
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyCharles Dickensfiction—1831k0 / 8625Open
The Old Curiosity ShopCharles Dickensfiction—1200k0 / 4991Open
Jane Eyre: an AutobiographyCharlotte Brontefiction18471012k0 / 4960Open
The Yellow WallpaperCharlotte Perkins Gilmanfiction189231k0 / 270Open
The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusChristopher Marlowefiction—112k0 / 785Open
Moll FlandersDaniel Defoefiction—701k0 / 1998Open
The Life and Adventures of Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoeadventure1719590k0 / 1568Open
Howards EndE. M. Forsterfiction—605k0 / 3601Open
Five Children and ItE. Nesbitfiction—272k0 / 2471Open
The Railway ChildrenE. Nesbitfiction—320k0 / 2222Open
The RavenEdgar Allan Poefiction—42k0 / 194Open
Spoon River AnthologyEdgar Lee Mastersfiction—207k0 / 945Open
At the Earth's CoreEdgar Rice Burroughsfiction—263k0 / 941Open
The Beasts of TarzanEdgar Rice Burroughsfiction—333k0 / 1439Open
The Gods of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughsfiction—439k0 / 1901Open
The Return of TarzanEdgar Rice Burroughsfiction—476k0 / 1919Open
The Son of TarzanEdgar Rice Burroughsfiction—568k0 / 2109Open
The Warlord of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughsfiction—308k0 / 1343Open
Thuvia, Maid of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughsfiction—180k0 / 631Open
The House of MirthEdith Whartonfiction—358k0 / 1279Open
GerminalÉmile Zolafiction—110k0 / 367Open
Thérèse RaquinÉmile Zolafiction—401k0 / 1491Open
Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontegothic1847640k0 / 2569Open
The Riddle of the SandsErskine Childersfiction—594k0 / 2590Open
EvelinaFrances Burneyfiction—855k0 / 4079Open
The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnettchildren1911424k0 / 2381Open
MetamorphosisFranz Kafkafiction1915118k0 / 318Open
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveFrederick Douglassautobiography1845223k0 / 612Open
Thus Spake ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzschefiction—621k0 / 4134Open
Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich Wilhelm Nietzschefiction—379k0 / 1075Open
DemonsFyodor Dostoevskyfiction—1402k0 / 6580Open
Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevskyfiction18661125k0 / 5162Open
Notes From the UndergroundFyodor Dostoyevskyfiction1864236k0 / 855Open
The IdiotFyodor Dostoyevskyfiction—1309k0 / 6147Open
White Nights, and Other StoriesFyodor Dostoyevskyfiction—643k0 / 2601Open
The Innocence of Father BrownG. K. Chestertonfiction—437k0 / 1860Open
The Man Who Was ThursdayG. K. Chestertonfiction—317k0 / 1515Open
The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucerfiction—1513k0 / 5140Open
Arms and the ManGeorge Bernard Shawfiction—138k0 / 866Open
Caesar and CleopatraGeorge Bernard Shawfiction—207k0 / 1541Open
PygmalionGeorge Bernard Shawfiction—186k0 / 1234Open
The Mill on the FlossGeorge Eliotfiction—550k0 / 2175Open
Adam BedeGeorge Eliot [pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans]fiction—1146k0 / 3951Open
The Princess and the GoblinGeorge MacDonaldfiction—270k0 / 1490Open
Madame BovaryGustave Flaubertfiction1856645k0 / 3276Open
Floor Games; a Companion Volume to "Little Wars"H. G. Wellsfiction—37k0 / 102Open
The First Men in the MoonH. G. Wellsfiction—374k0 / 1776Open
The Invisible ManH. G. Wellsfiction—268k0 / 1322Open
The Time MachineH. G. Wellsfiction1895178k0 / 560Open
The War of the WorldsH. G. Wellsfiction1898321k0 / 1199Open
Tono-BungayH. G. Wellsfiction—731k0 / 3434Open
When the Sleeper WakesH. G. Wellsfiction—467k0 / 2124Open
At the Mountains of MadnessH. P. Lovecraftfiction—236k0 / 789Open
A Doll's HouseHenrik Ibsenplay1879139k0 / 1358Open
Hedda GablerHenrik Ibsenfiction—144k0 / 3379Open
On the Duty of Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreauessay184951k0 / 143Open
Walden, and on the Duty of Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreauessay1854629k0 / 1747Open
The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingHenry Fieldingfiction—1942k0 / 6280Open
Daisy MillerHenry Jamesfiction—121k0 / 653Open
The AmbassadorsHenry Jamesfiction—853k0 / 3835Open
The AmbassadorsHenry Jamesfiction—853k0 / 3835Open
The Bostonians, Vol. II (Of Ii)Henry Jamesfiction—453k0 / 1750Open
The Portrait of a LadyHenry Jamesfiction—651k0 / 3154Open
The Princess CasamassimaHenry Jamesfiction—24k0 / 184Open
The Turn of the ScrewHenry Jamesgothic1898209k0 / 1024Open
Washington SquareHenry Jamesfiction—348k0 / 1908Open
What Maisie KnewHenry Jamesfiction—517k0 / 2265Open
Bartleby, the Scrivener: a Story of Wall-StreetHerman Melvillefiction185381k0 / 351Open
Billy Budd, SailorHerman Melvillefiction—86k0 / 599Open
Moby DickHerman Melvilleadventure18511179k0 / 3961Open
TypeeHerman Melvillefiction—652k0 / 1999Open
The OdysseyHomerfiction—673k0 / 2121Open
Eugénie GrandetHonoré de Balzacfiction—370k0 / 1803Open
Père GoriotHonoré de Balzacfiction—4k0 / 36Open
Fathers and ChildrenIvan Sergeevich Turgenevfiction—423k0 / 2360Open
Peter PanJ. M. Barriechildren1906234k0 / 1710Open
The Call of the WildJack Londonadventure1903154k0 / 481Open
The Sea-WolfJack Londonfiction—569k0 / 2596Open
DublinersJames Joycefiction—365k0 / 2002Open
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austenfiction1813688k0 / 3059Open
Sense and SensibilityJane Austenfiction—655k0 / 2501Open
Three Men in a BoatJerome K. Jeromefiction—356k0 / 1590Open
Hermann and DorotheaJohann Wolfgang von Goethefiction—131k0 / 375Open
The Sorrows of Young WertherJohann Wolfgang von Goethefiction—234k0 / 771Open
HeidiJohanna Spyrifiction—485k0 / 1903Open
The Thirty-Nine StepsJohn Buchanfiction—212k0 / 856Open
The Forsyte SagaJohn Galsworthyfiction—248k0 / 890Open
On LibertyJohn Stuart Millfiction—303k0 / 832Open
A Modest ProposalJonathan Swiftessay172919k0 / 56Open
Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the WorldJonathan Swiftfiction1726579k0 / 1655Open
Heart of DarknessJoseph Conradfiction1899131k0 / 362Open
Lord JimJoseph Conradfiction—706k0 / 1948Open
The Secret AgentJoseph Conradfiction—499k0 / 2112Open
A Journey to the Centre of the EarthJules Vernefiction—467k0 / 2533Open
Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verneadventure1873350k0 / 1843Open
Five Weeks in a BalloonJules Vernefiction—527k0 / 2973Open
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaJules Verneadventure1870588k0 / 2800Open
The Communist ManifestoKarl Marxessay184871k0 / 264Open
The Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesKate Chopinfiction1899353k0 / 1560Open
The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahamechildren1908298k0 / 1115Open
Ozma of OzL. Frank Baumfiction—391k0 / 1301Open
The Marvelous Land of OzL. Frank Baumfiction—232k0 / 1602Open
The Wonderful Wizard of OzL. Frank Baumchildren1900203k0 / 1195Open
Anne of Green GablesL. M. Montgomerychildren1908554k0 / 2242Open
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanLaurence Sternefiction—1017k0 / 3627Open
War and PeaceLeo Tolstoyfiction—2948k0 / 13226Open
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carrollchildren1865130k0 / 817Open
Orlando FuriosoLodovico Ariostofiction—1541k0 / 4915Open
Little WomenLouisa May Alcottfiction1868951k0 / 4360Open
MeditationsMarcus Aureliusphilosophy180395k0 / 1310Open
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twainfiction1884559k0 / 2682Open
Following the EquatorMark Twainfiction—1050k0 / 3643Open
Personal Recollections of Joan of ArcMark Twainfiction—424k0 / 1913Open
Pudd'nhead WilsonMark Twainfiction—291k0 / 1339Open
The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twainchildren1876387k0 / 2397Open
The Mysterious Stranger and Other StoriesMark Twainfiction—220k0 / 912Open
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twainfiction—155k0 / 811Open
Life on the MississippiMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)fiction—815k0 / 3070Open
The Prince and the PauperMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)fiction—388k0 / 1902Open
Hans Brinker, or The Silver SkatesMary Mapes Dodgefiction—465k0 / 2425Open
FrankensteinMary Wollstonecraft Shelleygothic1818385k0 / 1192Open
Don QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes Saavedrafiction16052241k0 / 7376Open
TartuffeMolierefiction—98k0 / 821Open
The PrinceNiccolo Machiavelliphilosophy1532277k0 / 800Open
Dead SoulsNikolai Gogolfiction—804k0 / 3190Open
Taras BulbaNikolai Gogolfiction—613k0 / 2226Open
The Importance of Being Earnest: a Trivial Comedy for Serious PeopleOscar Wildeplay1895115k0 / 976Open
The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wildefiction1890423k0 / 1868Open
ApologyPlatofiction—59k0 / 182Open
The Metamorphoses of OvidPublius Ovidius Nasofiction—709k0 / 2402Open
The Coral IslandR. M. Ballantynefiction—535k0 / 1975Open
GitanjaliRabindranath Tagorefiction—74k0 / 551Open
Essays by Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emersonessay1841530k0 / 1945Open
A Discourse on MethodRene Descartesfiction—127k0 / 257Open
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis Stevensongothic1886125k0 / 475Open
Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevensonadventure1883359k0 / 1605Open
"Captains Courageous": a Story of the Grand BanksRudyard Kiplingfiction—291k0 / 1496Open
Just So StoriesRudyard Kiplingfiction—155k0 / 758Open
The Jungle BookRudyard Kiplingchildren1894269k0 / 1146Open
ErewhonSamuel Butlerfiction—459k0 / 1334Open
The Way of All FleshSamuel Butlerfiction—868k0 / 2693Open
Confessions of an Inquiring SpiritSamuel Taylor Coleridgefiction—253k0 / 772Open
The Country of the Pointed FirsSarah Orne Jewettfiction—227k0 / 779Open
The Oedipus TrilogySophoclesfiction—203k0 / 1496Open
The Red and the BlackStendhalfiction—1065k0 / 4212Open
Maggie: A Girl of the StreetsStephen Cranefiction—127k0 / 752Open
The Art of WarSun Tzuphilosophy500 BC309k0 / 1474Open
The FinancierTheodore Dreiserfiction—1074k0 / 3824Open
Common SenseThomas Paineessay1776124k0 / 380Open
AeneidUnknownfiction—563k0 / 1529Open
Age Of InnocenceUnknownfiction—571k0 / 2517Open
Aladdin and the Magic LampUnknownfiction—28k0 / 76Open
Anna KareninaUnknownfiction—1405k0 / 6528Open
Anne Of AvonleaUnknownfiction—482k0 / 2064Open
BeowulfUnknownfiction—234k0 / 1493Open
Black TulipUnknownfiction—404k0 / 2864Open
Bleak HouseUnknownfiction—1921k0 / 8781Open
Brothers KaramazovUnknownfiction—1846k0 / 7942Open
Connecticut YankeeUnknownfiction—631k0 / 2673Open
Country Of Blind WellsUnknownfiction—889k0 / 3784Open
David CopperfieldUnknownfiction—1915k0 / 8596Open
Doctor MoreauUnknownfiction—236k0 / 989Open
Earth To MoonUnknownfiction—524k0 / 2580Open
EmmaUnknownfiction—314k0 / 1141Open
Ethan FromeUnknownfiction—161k0 / 781Open
FaustUnknownfiction—190k0 / 2194Open
Food Of The GodsUnknownfiction—420k0 / 2307Open
Golden BowlUnknownfiction—205k0 / 893Open
Hard TimesUnknownfiction—566k0 / 2614Open
Herodotus HistoriesUnknownfiction—875k0 / 2999Open
Hound Of The BaskervillesUnknownfiction—315k0 / 1749Open
Innocents AbroadUnknownfiction—1085k0 / 3474Open
John BarleycornUnknownfiction—133k0 / 1092Open
Julius CaesarUnknownfiction—114k0 / 1071Open
KidnappedUnknownfiction—417k0 / 1856Open
KimUnknownfiction—520k0 / 2697Open
King LearUnknownfiction—152k0 / 1399Open
Land Time ForgotUnknownfiction—181k0 / 607Open
Last Of The MohicansUnknownfiction—832k0 / 3068Open
Legend Sleepy HollowUnknownfiction—69k0 / 194Open
Les MiserablesUnknownfiction—3156k0 / 16054Open
Little DorritUnknownfiction—1862k0 / 8176Open
Little Lord FauntleroyUnknownfiction—311k0 / 1480Open
Little PrincessUnknownfiction—358k0 / 1945Open
Major BarbaraUnknownfiction—27k0 / 162Open
Man Iron MaskUnknownfiction—961k0 / 6179Open
Mansfield ParkUnknownfiction—859k0 / 2865Open
Martin EdenUnknownfiction—763k0 / 3100Open
Merchant Of VeniceUnknownfiction—119k0 / 863Open
MiddlemarchUnknownfiction—1761k0 / 6623Open
Midsummer Nights DreamUnknownfiction—94k0 / 717Open
Mrs Warrens ProfessionUnknownfiction—191k0 / 1068Open
Mysterious Affair StylesUnknownfiction—292k0 / 2477Open
Mysterious IslandUnknownfiction—1101k0 / 5513Open
Northanger AbbeyUnknownfiction—429k0 / 1593Open
O PioneersUnknownfiction—294k0 / 1119Open
Oliver Goldsmith VicarUnknownfiction—347k0 / 1017Open
OresteiaUnknownfiction—117k0 / 560Open
OthelloUnknownfiction—151k0 / 1484Open
Our Mutual FriendUnknownfiction—1789k0 / 9545Open
Paradise LostUnknownfiction—452k0 / 1099Open
PersuasionUnknownfiction—446k0 / 1482Open
Phantom Of OperaUnknownfiction—463k0 / 2655Open
Pickwick PapersUnknownfiction—1709k0 / 9174Open
Plutarchs LivesUnknownfiction—1115k0 / 3275Open
PollyannaUnknownfiction—309k0 / 2017Open
Portrait ArtistUnknownfiction—457k0 / 2506Open
Princess Of MarsUnknownfiction—366k0 / 1300Open
Red Badge Of CourageUnknownfiction—235k0 / 990Open
Return Of Sherlock HolmesUnknownfiction—602k0 / 3079Open
Roughing ItUnknownfiction—928k0 / 3692Open
Sherlock His Last BowUnknownfiction—319k0 / 1658Open
Short Stories PoeUnknownfiction—502k0 / 1598Open
Sign Of FourUnknownfiction—213k0 / 917Open
Silas MarnerUnknownfiction—364k0 / 1254Open
Sister CarrieUnknownfiction—845k0 / 5293Open
Star RoverUnknownfiction—547k0 / 2157Open
Study In ScarletUnknownfiction—236k0 / 1015Open
Tales From ShakespeareUnknownfiction—559k0 / 1590Open
Tarzan Of The ApesUnknownfiction—454k0 / 2598Open
Tess DubervillesUnknownfiction—820k0 / 3858Open
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 04Unknownfiction—772k0 / 2231Open
The Call Of CthulhuUnknownfiction—69k0 / 208Open
The Good SoldierUnknownfiction—407k0 / 1315Open
The IliadUnknownfiction—1024k0 / 3355Open
The Iron HeelUnknownfiction—494k0 / 1900Open
The JungleUnknownfiction—757k0 / 2598Open
The Lost WorldUnknownfiction—416k0 / 1706Open
The MoonstoneUnknownfiction—1061k0 / 4585Open
The ProphetUnknownfiction—64k0 / 906Open
The RepublicUnknownfiction—1145k0 / 6036Open
The Scarlet LetterUnknownfiction—483k0 / 1624Open
The TempestUnknownfiction—96k0 / 807Open
Through The Looking GlassUnknownfiction—160k0 / 1016Open
Turn Of ScrewUnknownfiction—209k0 / 1024Open
Twelfth NightUnknownfiction—111k0 / 1123Open
Twenty Years AfterUnknownfiction—1321k0 / 10357Open
TyphoonUnknownfiction—173k0 / 699Open
UlyssesUnknownfiction—1375k0 / 7376Open
Up From SlaveryUnknownfiction—418k0 / 1261Open
Valley Of FearUnknownfiction—309k0 / 1711Open
Vanity FairUnknownfiction—1699k0 / 5623Open
Vicomte BragelonneUnknownfiction—1049k0 / 7147Open
White FangUnknownfiction—380k0 / 1376Open
Wings Of DoveUnknownfiction—574k0 / 2593Open
Notre-Dame De ParisVictor Hugofiction18311046k0 / 5078Open
CandideVoltairefiction—198k0 / 952Open
The Souls of Black FolkW. E. B. Du Boisessay1903317k0 / 951Open
Of Human BondageW. Somerset Maughamfiction—1387k0 / 7400Open
The Moon and SixpenceW. Somerset Maughamfiction—399k0 / 2142Open
IvanhoeWalter Scottfiction—1094k0 / 4070Open
The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collinsfiction—1083k0 / 4450Open
My AntoniaWilla Catherfiction—427k0 / 1486Open
The Song of the LarkWilla Catherfiction—806k0 / 2912Open
HamletWilliam Shakespeareplay1603174k0 / 1520Open
MacbethWilliam Shakespeareplay1606101k0 / 744Open
Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeareplay1597107k0 / 643Open
Mr. Crewe's Career - Volume 3Winston Churchillfiction—261k0 / 1388Open