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Name↕ | Title↕ | Author↕ | First Published↕ | Subjects↕ | Editions↕ | Languages↕ |
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | 1865 | Alice (fictitious character : carroll), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, JUVENILE FICTION | 3,546 | guj, jpn, por |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | 1890 | British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Conduct of life, fiction, Fantasy fiction, Appearance (Philosophy) | 3,011 | arm, cos, jpn |
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus | Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus | Mary Shelley | 1818 | Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character), Fiction, Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character) | 2,188 | spa, rus, ger |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1899 | Witches, Toy and movable books, Spanish language materials, Fiction | 2,052 | arm, jpn, alb |
The Art of War | The Art of War | 孙武, Sun Tzu | 1900 | Open Library Staff Picks, Early works to 1800, Military art and science, great_books_of_the_western_world | 1,434 | jpn, por, cmn |
The Prince | The Prince | Niccolò Machiavelli | 1515 | Political science, early works to 1800, Machiavel, Nicolas, 1469-1527. Prince, Classic Literature, Fiction | 1,407 | jpn, por, spa |
The Time Machine | The Time Machine | H. G. Wells | 1895 | Self-experimentation in medicine in fiction, Fiction, Time travel in fiction, Dystopias in fiction | 1,146 | epo, pol, spa |
Walden | Walden | Henry David Thoreau | 1854 | Biography, Homes and haunts, American Authors, Social life and customs | 1,138 | eng, fre, chi |
Moby Dick | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | 1851 | American Sea stories, Mentally ill, Whaling, Science Fiction & Fantasy | 1,118 | jpn, kor, gre |
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass | Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass | 1845 | Douglass, frederick, 1818-1895, Biography, African American abolitionists, Abolitionists | 1,032 | eng, spa, und |
Hard Times | Hard Times | Charles Dickens | 1854 | Fiction, Social problems, Utilitarianism, Education | 1,028 | pol, heb, spa |
Romeo and Juliet | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | 1597 | Classical Literature, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Conflicto entre generaciones, Conflict of generations | 979 | arm, guj, sin |
Die Verwandlung | Die Verwandlung | Franz Kafka | 1915 | Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction, Lectures et morceaux choisis, Fantastique | 953 | spa, jpn, ger |
πολιτεία | πολιτεία | Πλάτων | 1554 | Political science, Early works to 1800, Utopias, Ouvrages avant 1800 | 794 | guj, por, dan |
The Princess and the Goblin | The Princess and the Goblin | George MacDonald | 1872 | Classic Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction | 750 | eng, chi, ger |
The Lost World | The Lost World | Arthur Conan Doyle | 1900 | Adventure stories, Atlantis, Dinosaurs, Discovery and exploration | 747 | spa, rus, cze |
Dracula | Dracula | Bram Stoker | 1897 | English literature, Fiction, Horror, Horror stories | 736 | eng, por, fre |
Brave New World | Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | 1932 | Utopias, Brainwashing, Moral and ethical aspects of Science, Fiction | 721 | pol, heb, est |
The Jewel of Seven Stars | The Jewel of Seven Stars | Bram Stoker | 1902 | Mummies, Horror, Fiction, Archaeologists | 653 | ger, eng |
Animal Farm | Animal Farm | George Orwell | 1945 | British and Irish fiction (fictional works by one author), political satire, classic, animal drama | 648 | eng, ger, tur |
Tao te Ching | Tao te Ching | 老子 | 1842 | Chinese Philosophy, Chinese language materials, Peace, Tao | 648 | heb, spa, may |
Sonnets | Sonnets | William Shakespeare | 1609 | English Sonnets, History and criticism, Bibliography, Translations into Yiddish | 646 | arm, por, kor |
The Emerald City of Oz | The Emerald City of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1910 | Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Oz (Imaginary place), Fantasy | 634 | eng |
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1908 | Fairy tales, Fiction, Oz (Imaginary place), Fantasy | 622 | eng, pol, spa |
The Iron Heel | The Iron Heel | Jack London | 1907 | Revolutions, fiction, Oligarchy, fiction, Utopias, fiction, Revolutionaries, fiction | 597 | eng, chi, por |
Flatland | Flatland | Edwin Abbott Abbott | 1884 | Fourth dimension, Fiction, general, Open Library Staff Picks, Denkbeeldige landen | 584 | epo, heb, spa |
The Invisible Man | The Invisible Man | H. G. Wells | 0 | Ciencia-ficción, Classic Literature, Fiction, Mentally ill | 563 | spa, rus, ger |
The Complete Life and Adventures of Santa Claus | The Complete Life and Adventures of Santa Claus | L. Frank Baum | 1902 | Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy | 560 | eng, fre |
Nineteen Eighty-Four | Nineteen Eighty-Four | George Orwell | 1949 | futurology, censorship, surveillance, rebels | 532 | jpn, por, urd |
She | She | H. Rider Haggard, 殷雄 | 1886 | Fiction in English, Adventure and adventurers, Reincarnation, Fiction inEnglish | 506 | pol, heb, epo |
The Princess and Curdie | The Princess and Curdie | George MacDonald | 1832 | Fairy tales, Princesses, Fiction, Fiction, general | 487 | und, eng |
Phantastes | Phantastes | George MacDonald | 1850 | Fairy tales, Scottish Fantasy fiction, Fiction, romance, fantasy, Fiction, science fiction, general | 472 | eng, por, fre |
A history of New York | A history of New York | Washington Irving | 1800 | Dutch Americans, Social life and customs, Literature, Fiction | 472 | ger, eng, fre |
The Hobbit | The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien | 1937 | Arkenstone, Battle of Five Armies, invisibility, thrushes | 460 | epo, ger, pol |
The War of the Worlds | The War of the Worlds | H. G. Wells | 0 | Imaginary wars and battles, Juvenile fiction, Space warfare, Science Fiction & Fantasy | 457 | spa, und, ger |
The Napoleon of Notting Hill | The Napoleon of Notting Hill | Gilbert Keith Chesterton | 1904 | Fiction, Classic Literature, Science Fiction, Politics and government | 454 | spa, rus, jpn |
The Last Man | The Last Man | Mary Shelley | 1826 | Fiction, Plague, Twenty-first century, End of the world | 430 | ita, eng, ger |
Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours | Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours | Jules Verne | 1872 | Viajes alrededor del mundo, Translations into Gujarati, Fiction, Translations from French | 426 | guj, spa, jpn |
The Norsemen in the West, or, America before Columbus | The Norsemen in the West, or, America before Columbus | Robert Michael Ballantyne | 1872 | Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, historical, general, United states, fiction, Indians of north america, fiction | 425 | spa, eng |
De la démocratie en Amérique | De la démocratie en Amérique | Alexis de Tocqueville, Gustave de Beaumont | 1835 | Early America, American government, Democracy, American culture | 421 | heb, spa, rus |
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