The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Twelve early cases, from a speckled band to a scandal in Bohemia, narrated by Dr. Watson. This is the collection that fixed Holmes in the popular imagination.
Subject
Mystery
Cases, clues, and the pleasure of a pattern clicking shut. Holmes and his cousins are here only when the text is clearly public domain, and the links leave this site for Open Library.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
A family legend about a hound on the Devon moor brings Holmes out of a silence Doyle had meant to be permanent. The rational explanation has to earn its place against the fog.
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Tom Sawyer, Detective
by Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer, Detective is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Sawyer Abroad. Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone
The Moonstone is an early example of the modern detective novel, and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. Its publication was started on 4 January 1868 and was completed on 8 August 1868.
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera was first published as a serial in Le Gaulois from 23 September to 8 January, and was released in volume form in late March by Pierre Lafitte. The Phantom of the Opera is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century, and by an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in a production of Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood was his final novel and was left unfinished when he died. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium addict, who lusts after his pupil, Rosa Bud.
The Dynamiter
The Dynamiter
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter is a gathering of linked short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny van de Grift Stevenson.
The Amateur Cracksman
The Amateur Cracksman
by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
The Amateur Cracksman was published in the UK by Methuen & Co. London, and in the US by Scribner's, New York.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H., and Other Stories
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H., and Other Stories
by Oscar Wilde
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H., and Other Stories includes: "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" "The Canterville Ghost" "The Sphinx Without a Secret" "The Model Millionaire" In later editions, another story, "The Portrait of Mr. W.
To Be Read at Dusk
To Be Read at Dusk
"To Be Read at Dusk" is a short story written by Charles Dickens, first published in The Keepsake.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is set in Soho, London and takes up Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his tales of seafaring.
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado, set in an unnamed Italian city at Carnival time, concerns a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th-century fascination with the subject, the narrative follows a person being buried alive – in this case, by immurement.
The Black Robe
The Black Robe
The Black Robe, which relates the misadventures of one "Lewis Romayne", is noted for its anti-Catholic lens.
The Law and the Lady
The Law and the Lady
The Law and the Lady is not quite as sensational in style as The Moonstone and The Woman in White.
The Secret of the Night
The Secret of the Night
The Secret of the Night is the third in his series of novels featuring the fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille, following on from The Mystery of the Yellow Room and The Perfume of the Lady in Black. Unlike its two predecessors it has never been made into a film.
Armadale
Armadale
Armadale is the third of his four 'great novels' of the 1860s: after The Woman in White and No Name, and before The Moonstone.
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts
The queen of hearts is a playing card in the standard 52-card deck.
A House to Let
A House to Let
A House to Let was originally published the Christmas edition of Dickens's Household Words magazine. Collins wrote the introduction and collaborated with Dickens on the second story and ending, while Gaskell and Proctor wrote the third and fifth chapters respectively.
The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands has been made into feature-length films for both cinema and television. The Riddle of the Sands "owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Haggard, that were a staple of Victorian Britain".
The Pursuit of the House-Boat
The Pursuit of the House-Boat
The original full title was The Pursuit of the House-Boat: Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, Under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. And it has also been titled In Pursuit of the House-Boat and Pursuit of the House-Boat.
The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho tells of Emily St. Aubert, who suffers misadventures that include the death of her mother and father, supernatural terrors in a gloomy castle, and machinations of Italian brigand Signor Montoni.
The Jewel of Seven Stars
The Jewel of Seven Stars
by Bram Stoker
The Jewel of Seven Stars is a first-person narrative of a young man pulled into an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. The Jewel of Seven Stars explores common fin de siècle themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress.
The Beetle: A Mystery
The Beetle: A Mystery
The Beetle: A Mystery initially sold more copies than Bram Stoker's Dracula, a similar supernatural horror story published in the same year.
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
The Midnight Passenger: A Novel is his second book of this type, the first one being Different Seasons. In the introduction, King says that, while a gathering of four novellas like Different Seasons, this book is more strictly horror with elements of the supernatural.
Eugene Aram — Volume 01
Eugene Aram — Volume 01
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
It depicts the events leading up to the execution of Eugene Aram in for murdering his business partner.
Blind Love
Blind Love
Blind Love was completed by historian and novelist Sir Walter Besant. Collins's novel had already begun serialization in The Illustrated London News, even though the author had not yet completed it.
The House on the Borderland
The House on the Borderland
The House on the Borderland is a hallucinatory account of a recluse's stay at a remote house, and his experiences of supernatural creatures and otherworldly dimensions. Lovecraft praised The House on the Borderland and other works by Hodgson at length.
Mr. Meeson's Will
Mr. Meeson's Will
by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
Mr. Meeson's Will was based on a well known anecdote of the time. The plot concerns a marooned man's will tattooed on the back of a woman.
The Necromancers
The Necromancers
The Necromancers is set in year, to the Spiritualist movement in modern England. The main character of the story is Laurie Baxter, a young man who has lost his love, Amy Nugent, who has died tragically.
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh is a first-person narrative told from the viewpoint of one of the main characters. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike.
A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
by Guy Boothby
A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta was his first novel to feature his recurring character Dr. Nikola. A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta was originally serialised in The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women over 22 issues, and was then published in the United Kingdom by Ward, Lock and Bowden in the same year.
The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life"
The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life"
The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life" first appeared in Town Topics.
The Big Bow Mystery
The Big Bow Mystery
The Big Bow Mystery was originally serialised in The Star newspaper, before being published as a novel the following year. Set in London's East End, it is one of the earliest examples of the locked-room mystery genre.
The Childerbridge Mystery
The Childerbridge Mystery
by Guy Boothby
The Childerbridge Mystery was originally serialised in The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) in 21 instalments in January, before its initial book publication in England. The Childerbridge Mystery was also serialised in several other Australian newspapers in the first half.
Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch
Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch depicts a story of racial tension on the California ranch owned by the progressive-minded Arthur Weldon and Louise Merrick Weldon, who have entrusted their baby, Jane, nicknamed "Toodlums," to a Mexican governess named Inez.
In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3
In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3
In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3: the second and third stories are revised versions of previously published stories. The first three stories are short stories, and the fourth and fifth are long enough to be called novellas (the fourth is over 44,500 words long, and the fifth is over 27,500 words long).
Confessions of a Thug
Confessions of a Thug
Confessions of a Thug was a best-seller in 19th-century Britain, becoming the British Empire's most sensational ethnographic fiction in the first half of the 19th century; its avid readers included Queen Victoria. Confessions of a Thug was one of the best-selling crime novels of the 19th century, and was the most influential novel about India prior to Rudyard Kipling's Kim.
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 2
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 2
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 2 depicts the first case of Monsieur Lecoq, an energetic young policeman who appears in other novels by Gaboriau.
The Romance of the Forest, interspersed with some pieces of poetry
The Romance of the Forest, interspersed with some pieces of poetry
The Romance of the Forest, interspersed with some pieces of poetry combines an air of mystery and suspense with an examination of the tension between hedonism and morality. The Romance of the Forest, interspersed with some pieces of poetry was her first major success, going through four editions in its first three years, and establishing her reputation as a leading figure in the Gothic romance genre.
The goddess: a demon
The goddess: a demon
The goddess: a demon was originally serialized in Manchester Weekly Times and Salford Weekly News in twelve installments between 12 January and 30 March. The goddess: a demon was one of eight books Marsh published in as many months.
The cloven foot
The cloven foot
by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
The Cloven Foot is an 1879 novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon that combines aspects of the sensation novel and detective novel, and may even be considered an early legal thriller.
The trail of the serpent
The trail of the serpent
by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
The trail of the serpent concerns the schemes of the orphan Jabez North to acquire an aristocratic fortune, and the efforts of Richard Marwood, aided by his friends, to prove his innocence in the murder of his uncle.