The Crocodile – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1865)
A pompous official is swallowed by a crocodile and, rather than despairing, embraces it as his path to fame in this biting satire of ego, bureaucracy, and absurd ambition.
Classics
Satire
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Psychological
Supernatural
The Outsider – HP Lovecraft (1926)
The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft follows an unnamed narrator’s haunting journey of self-discovery, leading to a shocking realization about his true nature.
Classics
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Destination: Void – Frank Herbert (1966)
A desperate crew - Bickel, Flattery, Timberlake, and Prudence - races to spark machine consciousness aboard a dying ship, facing isolation, power struggles, and the unknown.
Classics
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Jesus Incident – Frank Herbert (1979)
On a deadly new world, Flattery, Panille, Oakes, and the colonists face a godlike Ship’s demand for worship, while alien kelp stirs with secrets that could shape humanity’s fate.
Classics
Psychological
Rosshalde – Hermann Hesse (1914)
An artist trapped in silence and sorrow must choose between duty and liberation when love, loss, and the promise of distant lands stir his fading spirit.
Psychological
Science Fiction
The Shadow Out of Time – HP Lovecraft (1936)
The Shadow Out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft follows Nathaniel Peaslee as he recovers lost memories, revealing a terrifying exchange with an ancient alien race.
Romance
Satire
The Odd Women – George Gissing (1893)
The Odd Women by George Gissing explores the challenges faced by surplus Victorian women in a society that values marriage over independence.
Science Fiction
The Sleeper Awakes – HG Wells (1899)
The Sleeper Awakes by H.G. Wells follows Graham, who awakens in a dystopian future where he unknowingly holds immense power over a totalitarian society.
Psychological
Science Fiction
The Food of the Gods – HG Wells (1904)
The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells explores the unintended consequences of a scientific formula that causes plants, animals, and humans to grow to gigantic proportions.
Non Fiction
St. Francis of Assisi – GK Chesterton (1923)
St. Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton portrays Francis as a revolutionary figure whose devotion to faith transformed medieval thought and spirituality.