Books tagged with Fiction[215 found]
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The Road to Sinharat
by Leigh Brackett
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
Across Mars’s dry sea-bottoms, a hard-bitten wanderer must pose as a renegade and ride with warring tribes toward Sinharat, a buried city whose priests promise immortality with forbidden science. Between Earth police, barbarian warlords, and a ruthless queen, he follows the legend through dust storms and ruin-lit catacombs to stop a conquest rising from the dead.
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Thralls of the Endless Night
by Leigh Brackett
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
On a frozen world where generations of castaways toil as thralls, a rebellious youth discovers a hidden way into the mysterious Ship that hoards their last hope of warmth. Caught between his own brutal caste and outlaw rivals, he must risk deadly betrayal, forbidden love, and endless planetary night to unlock the secret of survival.
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The Vanishing Venusians
by Leigh Brackett
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
Driven from a dying Mars, human refugees crash on shrouded Venus, where ancient cities sink in steaming jungles and the native people are mysteriously disappearing. Battling carnivorous mists, alien warlords, lost starships and their own despair, a stubborn captain hunts the secret behind a world’s vanishing race before it is erased forever.
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The Blue Behemoth
by Leigh Brackett
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
On a dying frontier world, a broke prospector teams with a sharp-eyed smuggler to chase a myth: the Blue Behemoth, a city-sized relic buried in salt flats and storm glass. Syndicates, scholars, and native clans all want it. But the closer they come, the more the machine seems awake. To claim its power, they must choose—ignite a new empire, or bury a weapon that could end worlds.
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Citadel of Lost Ships
by Leigh Brackett
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
In the far reaches of space, a smuggler and outcast becomes entangled in rebellion and betrayal among forgotten worlds. As power shifts and secrets unfold, he must choose between survival and sacrifice in a cosmic struggle for freedom and redemption.
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Mr. Spaceship
by Philip K. Dick
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
In a future where humanity battles alien minds, a daring experiment fuses man and machine into a living starship powered by human intellect. As the vessel gains consciousness, it challenges its creators’ control, questioning what it means to be alive—and whether humanity’s salvation might demand its own surrender.
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Black Amazon of Mars
by Leigh Brackett
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A rugged mercenary treks across a frozen Martian wasteland, drawn to a fabled city ruled by a mysterious warrior queen. Battling savage tribes and unearthly beasts, he uncovers ancient secrets that threaten the planet’s fate. This thrilling sci-fi saga blends sword-and-sorcery grit with cosmic wonder, exploring loyalty, power, and destiny in a stark, alien realm.
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The Variable Man
by Philip K. Dick
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
In a future war where prediction machines decide every move, a simple repairman from the past is accidentally dragged forward in time. Lacking a statistical profile, he becomes an unpredictable anomaly who can wreck carefully calculated war plans, forcing generals, rebels, and corporations to gamble on chaos, hope, and terror.
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Daisy Miller: A Study
by Henry James
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A free-spirited American girl captivates European high society with her bold charm, defying rigid conventions. Her flirtations with a dashing Italian spark scandal and intrigue, testing the bounds of propriety. Set in picturesque Rome and Switzerland, this sharp tale probes cultural clashes, innocence, and the price of nonconformity in a world bound by judgment.
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Three Ghost Stories
by Charles Dickens
Three tales of the supernatural unfold: a haunted signalman who foresees disaster on the rails, a guilty man pursued by his own double, and a wedding guest shaken by a sinister bargain. Subtle chills, eerie coincidences and moral dread reveal how the past refuses to stay buried in respectable lives, even by lamplight and in dreams.
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John Ingerfield and Other Stories
by Jerome K. Jerome
Categories: Fiction » Fantasy
A collection of engaging tales blends humor, adventure, and human insight. From everyday mishaps to extraordinary encounters, these stories explore character, society, and the amusing complexities of life with wit and charm.
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Proserpine and Midas
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
Two lyrical dramas reimagine ancient fables: a mother’s frantic search when a springtime maiden is seized to the underworld, and a vainglorious king whose wish for limitless gold curdles into hunger, loneliness, and a secret shame. Desire, loss, and the turning seasons entwine as gods and mortals learn that every gift bears a hidden price.
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Stage-Land
by Jerome K. Jerome
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
A witty and entertaining collection of stories and sketches offers a humorous glimpse behind the scenes of theater life. Full of satire, clever observations, and lively characters, it captures the joys and absurdities of the stage with charm and insight.
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The Vegetable
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
A timid clerk seethes with grand dreams of becoming President, egged on and mocked by his ambitious wife, noisy in-laws, and a blur of speakeasies, trains, and absurd campaign promises. When a wild night hurls him into a surreal shot at power, he must decide whether glory beats simply being left in peace, or if the real joke is on every American dreamer.
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A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge, a stingy loner, despises Christmas until three spirits visit him one night. They unveil his past mistakes, present sorrows, and a dark future, pushing him toward redemption. This enchanting story of transformation weaves humor, heart, and the magic of the holiday spirit, urging readers to embrace kindness and change
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Love and Freindship
by Jane Austen
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
A playful and satirical look at youthful romance and social ambition, following characters whose passions, schemes, and misunderstandings lead to humorous and unexpected outcomes. Wit and irony reveal the folly of love and friendship in a world driven by manners and appearances.
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The Castle of Otranto
by Horace Walpole
On the day his son is crushed by a colossal helmet, a tyrant lord seizes on a prophecy and schemes to divorce his wife and wed his son’s betrothed. In shadowed corridors and hidden chapels, specters stalk and armor walks, while a fugitive youth and a princess flee through trapdoors. Ancient crimes press on the living as the castle itself seems to choose the rightful heir.
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Lady Susan
by Jane Austen
Categories: Fiction » Romance
A sparkling tale of wit, manipulation, and social intrigue, it follows a clever and charming woman who navigates love, ambition, and society’s expectations. Through letters and schemes, her cunning exposes human folly while entertaining with humor and insight.
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Vengeance Is Its Own Reward
by Millie Dynamite
Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Meet Elizabeth Dyer, often called Shortcake. She’s the real deal in vigilante justice. For her, Vengeance Is Its Own Reward. This is a prequel to Vengeance Is Mine.
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Master and Man
by Leo Tolstoy
Categories: Fiction » Inspirational
A profound tale of survival, duty, and human compassion, following a wealthy man and his servant stranded in a deadly snowstorm. Facing nature’s relentless forces, they confront fear, pride, and mortality, discovering the transformative power of selflessness and shared humanity.
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