The Phantom of the Opera – Gaston Leroux (1910)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux follows a masked figure haunting the Paris Opera House, entangling a young singer in a tragic romance.
Mystery
Romance
Supernatural
Restart Reading
Historical
Psychological
The Storyteller – Jodi Picoult (2013)
A scarred baker is asked to forgive a confessed Nazi - a haunting tale of memory, guilt, and the price of justice that binds past and present in unforgiving ways.
Adventure
Classics
Historical
The Pearl – John Steinbeck (1947)
When Kino, a poor fisherman, finds a magnificent pearl, hope turns to danger as greed and fate test his family’s survival in this timeless parable.
Classics
Romance
Satire
David Copperfield – Charles Dickens (1850)
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens is a semi-autobiographical novel chronicling David’s journey from childhood to maturity, facing love, loss, and personal growth.
Fantasy
Historical
Science Fiction
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England – Brandon Sanderson (2023)
A memory-wiped man awakens in a medieval world he unknowingly owns, uncovering buried truths, high-tech secrets, and the cost of playing god in a world of myth.
Adventure
Historical
Science Fiction
Timeline – Michael Crichton (1999)
Quantum science sends historians into the heart of medieval France, where survival depends on wit, courage, and the brutal truths of a past that won't stay buried.
Classics
Historical
Satire
Julius Caesar – William Shakespeare (1599)
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a historical tragedy that explores power, loyalty, and betrayal through the political conspiracy against the Roman leader.
Historical
Supernatural
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame – Victor Hugo (1831)
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo follows Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer, as he navigates love, fate, and cruelty in 15th-century Paris.
Classics
Historical
Blood Meridian – Cormac McCarthy (1985)
A teenage runaway drifts through a blood-soaked frontier, where violence reigns and a monstrous judge reshapes the fate of men beneath a sky that never forgives.
Psychological
The Idiot – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1869)
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky follows Prince Myshkin, whose pure-hearted innocence clashes with the corruption and cynicism of Russian society.