The Caine mutiny

by Herman Wouk

He was of medium height, somewhat chubby, and good looking, with curly red hair and an innocent, gay face, more remarkab...

The Abhijñānaśākuntalam of Kālidāsa

by Kālidāsa

WATER was the firft work of the Creator; and Fire receives the oblations ordained by law; the Sacrifice is performed wit...

Zoya

by Danielle Steel

Zoya closed her eyes again as the troika flew across the icy ground, the soft mist of snow leaving tiny damp kisses on h...

The Vampire Lestat

by Anne Rice

I am the Vampire Lestat.

The Marble Faun

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Four individuals, in whose fortunes we should be glad to interest the reader, happened to be standing in one of the salo...

Forever Amber

by Kathleen Winsor

THE SMALL ROOM was warm and moist.

A Distant Mirror

by Barbara Tuchman

Codiacum, supposedly derived from Codex, codicis, meaning a tree trunk stripped of its branches such as those the Gauls ...

The Toll-Gate

by Georgette Heyer

Devil's Cub (Alastair-Audley #2)

by Georgette Heyer

Princesse de Clèves

by Madame de La Fayette, Everett Carll Ladd

THE last years of Henri II's reign saw a display of opulence and gallantry such as has never been equalled in France.

The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

El Dorado

by Emma Orczy

AND yet people found the opportunity to amuse themselves, to dance and to go to the theatre, to enjoy music and open air...

The Corinthian

by Georgette Heyer

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes

by Edgar Allan Poe

The Mayor of Casterbridge

by Thomas Hardy

The Elusive Pimpernel (Scarlet Pimpernel)

by Emma Orczy

There was not even a reaction.

Little Lord Fauntleroy

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Cedric himself knew nothing whatever about it.

Labyrinths

by Jorge Luis Borges

I owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia.

Graceling

by Kristin Cashore

Romancing Mister Bridgerton

by Julia Quinn