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- This page provides lists of best-selling books and book series to date and in any language. "Best-selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold...181 KB (11,323 words) - 00:19, 24 July 2024
- The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the real Encyclopædia Britannica. It was developed...45 KB (2,772 words) - 02:52, 4 May 2024
- Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as friendship,...54 KB (6,552 words) - 14:21, 2 July 2024
- Jules Gabriel Verne (/vɜːrn/; French: [ʒyl ɡabʁijɛl vɛʁn]; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration...72 KB (8,428 words) - 03:53, 20 July 2024
- A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring...55 KB (6,556 words) - 13:58, 7 July 2024
- Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature...151 KB (16,941 words) - 11:16, 20 July 2024
- The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was written between 1895 and 1897, and serialised in Pearson's Magazine...58 KB (6,848 words) - 09:18, 20 July 2024
- David John Cawdell Irving (born 24 March 1938) is an English author who has written on the military and political history of World War II, especially Nazi...147 KB (18,071 words) - 20:33, 23 June 2024
- Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and its five...49 KB (5,828 words) - 18:46, 26 June 2024
- Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several...52 KB (6,899 words) - 17:54, 23 July 2024
- The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize...47 KB (5,925 words) - 17:51, 4 July 2024
- The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry, set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to...32 KB (3,945 words) - 06:20, 26 May 2024
- Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted...71 KB (8,820 words) - 14:19, 18 July 2024
- The Necronomicon, also referred to as the Book of the Dead, or under a purported original Arabic title of Kitab al-Azif, is a fictional grimoire (textbook...29 KB (3,647 words) - 11:36, 19 May 2024
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a portal fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published...55 KB (7,218 words) - 20:15, 21 July 2024
- Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published...45 KB (5,216 words) - 02:07, 20 July 2024
- The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji monogatari, pronounced [ɡeɲdʑi monoɡaꜜtaɾi]), also known as Genji Monogatari is a classic work of Japanese literature written...70 KB (7,174 words) - 06:06, 20 July 2024
- As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of high medieval and early modern...32 KB (3,954 words) - 11:43, 16 July 2024
- Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between 12 March 1852 and 12 September 1853. The novel has many characters...44 KB (5,933 words) - 14:44, 10 July 2024
- The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Russian: Архипелаг ГУЛАГ, romanized: Arkhipelag GULAG) is a three-volume non-fiction series...35 KB (4,043 words) - 09:21, 22 July 2024