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Don Quixote is often named as the novel most likely to be on your shelf, but unread.It is almost as though the eponymous hero of the novel and wannabe knight is laying down a chiva ...

The book that set the stage for Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘The Worm Ouroboros’ tells a sweeping tale of political – and mystical - battles between heroic warriors, witches ...

Sir Peter Pendragon is running from his woes. Caught up in the luck of a large fortune, a life of decadence and indulgence is hard to fight when you’re battling inner demons. But m ...

"Då Sarastro spelar på sin trollflöjtöppnar sig jorden gyllene i solskenet –som en väl skalad, vacker apelsinöppnar sig jorden i Sarastros händeravslöjande sina klyftors hemlighet. ...

‘Erewhon Revisited’ the sequel to ‘Erewhon’, Samuel Butler’s acclaimed first novel, finds adventurer Higgs returning to the mysterious, distant land of Erewhon. There he discovers ...

‘The Sandman‘ (1844) was written by the German romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his novella ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ (1816) which inspired Tchaikovsky’ ...

Written by the 'father of science fiction', H.G. Wells, 'Men Like Gods' is a science fiction, dystopian novel that transports readers to another world - an advanced version of Eart ...

A sequel ‘The Wolf Hunters’, ‘The Gold Hunters’ re-joins Wabigoon and Mukoki as they chase down their friend Roderick, who is on his way home following their previous adventures. R ...

Imagine you wake up hundreds of years into the future. The world has been turned into an industrial hellscape, ruled over by the authoritarian White Council. And to your horror, yo ...

A young traveller sets out to make his fortune and discovers the idyllic distant land of Erewhon. Its people welcome him with open arms, but this apparent utopia soon reveals its d ...

Back when Louisa May Alcott was an aspiring author she took to the art of writing short stories – much like her character Jo March in ´Little Women’.A thrilling and chilling story, ...

Den episka kärlekssagan fortsätter Året är 1779 och äntligen har Claire och Jamie återförenats med sin dotter Brianna, hennes man Roger och deras familj. Den annalkande amerikanska ...

"Den svarta boken. Små berättelser om död och förvandling" är Magnus Västerbros första skönlitterära bok. Här blandas historia och nutid, ibland med utgångspunkt i verkliga händels ...

Paris, 2027. Ett presidentval står för dörren. Plötsligt dyker det upp en viral film föreställande en skenavrättning av ministern och kandidaten Bruno Juge. Det kommer an på Paul R ...

Tolvåriga Bird Gardner har inte sett sin mamma på över tre år. Margaret försvann efter att hennes dikter använts i protesterna mot de stränga lagar som införts för att värna ”ameri ...

I norr har Lucan länge planerat att återskapa Terazurs forna imperium, men när det visar sig att hans lönnmördare döljer livsavgörande hemligheter tvingas han tänka om. Victor är h ...

‘The Sea Lady’ is ‘The Little Mermaid’ for grownups. Set in Folkestone, the story focuses on a mermaid who comes ashore, with the intent of seducing Harry Chatteris. Living under t ...

Siblings Robert and Laura McIntyre have fallen on hard times following the death of their mother and their father’s subsequent descent into alcoholism, which is bankrupting the fam ...

Professor Challenger is back - this time with some haunting encounters to handle.Challenger's friend Edward Malone, a journalist, begins to investigate spiritualist meetings for hi ...

‘The power to destroy, was continually increasing. There was no increase whatever in the ability to escape’. H.G. Wells creates a hauntingly prophetic narrative of the upcoming ato ...

First published in 1918 ‘Danger! And Other Stories’ is a collection of short stories by Sherlock Homes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The titular tale was originally published in ...

Den siste iguanodon är en samling färgsprakande noveller av Sture Lönnerstrand. I en av novellerna bjuds vi på en spektakulär flykt från ett futuristiskt mardrömdsfängelse, och i e ...

Mary Shelley was ahead of her time - arguably by 200 years.For when her novel 'The Last Man' was published in 1826 with a plot featuring a deadly global pandemic, the public was no ...

‘The Daughters of the Night’ follows Jim Bartholomew, an unconventional bank manager as his life is turned upside down. Thrust in to a chaotic situation with an ensemble of brillia ...

Set in Paris during King Louis the fourteenth's reign, E.T.A Hoffmann's 'Mademoiselle Scuderi' throws the reader into a city under siege from an organised group of thieves who rob ...