List of fictional books
Encyclopedia
A fictional book
is a non-existent book created specifically for (i.e. within) a work of fiction
. This is not a list of works of fiction (i.e., actual novels, mysteries
, etc), but rather imaginary books that do not actually exist.
by supplying plausible background, or (3) act as a common thread in a series of books or the works of a particular writer or canon
of work. A fictional book may also (4) be used as a conceit
to illustrate a story within a story, or (5) be essentially a joke title, thus helping to establish the humorous or satirical
tone of the work. (Fictional books used as hoax
es or as purported support for actual research are usually referred to as false document
s.)
' short story
collection entitled Ficciones
are reviews
of fictional books; in this case, the fictional book is the basis of the story. As an example of the second use of fictional books, Susanna Clarke
's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
includes scholarly footnote
s to invented biographies, magical texts and journals to add to the texture and depth of the story. H. P. Lovecraft
's Necronomicon
might be considered an example of the third usage, since it appears as a recurring motif in several of the Cthulhu Mythos
stories. Many (but not all) of the fictional books mentioned in the work of Douglas Adams
are of the joke title variety. H. G. Wells
' "The Shape of Things to Come
", which purports to be a history textbook published in 2106, includes - just like actual history books - numerous footnotes, some of them referring to actual historical sources but most to fictional ones.
This is not a list of works of fiction (i.e., actual novels, mysteries, etc), but rather imaginary books that do not actually exist. The fictional books on this list are ordered alphabetically under the name of the actual author who invented them.
Works invented by Gilbert Adair
In The Act of Roger Murgatroyd
:
In A Mysterious Affair of Style
:
In A Closed Book
:
Works invented by Douglas Adams
In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
series:
Works invented by Lloyd Alexander
Works invented by Martin Amis
In The Information:
Works invented by Poul Anderson
In The Earth Book of Stormgate:
Works invented by Piers Anthony
In The Source of Magic:
Works invented by Kate Atkinson
In Emotionally Weird
:
Works invented by Margaret Atwood
In The Blind Assassin
:
In Lady Oracle
:
In The Robber Bride
:
Works invented by John Barnes
In One For the Morning Glory
:
Works invented by L. Frank Baum
In The Road to Oz
:
In the Oz books, by Baum and his successors:
Works invented by John Bellairs
In The Face in the Frost
:
In Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull:
In The Dark Secret of Weatherend
:
In The Figure in the Shadows:
In The House with a Clock in Its Walls
:
In The Letter, The Witch, and the Ring:
In The Mummy, The Will, and the Crypt:
In The Doom of the Haunted Opera (with Brad Strickland
):
In Vengeance of the Witch-Finder (with Brad Strickland
):
Works invented by Jedediah Berry
In The Manual of Detection:
Works invented by Robert Bloch
In The Man Who Collected Poe:
In The Mannikin:
In The Shambler from the Stars:
In The Suicide in the Study:
Works invented by Roberto Bolaño
In 2666
: (all by Benno von Archimboldi
)
Works invented by Jorge Luis Borges
In Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
:
In stories named after the fictional books:
Miscellaneous:
Works invented by William Boyd
In Any Human Heart
:
In Brazzaville Beach
:
In Restless (novel)
:
Works invented by Richard Brautigan
In The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966
:
Works invented by Elinor Brent-Dyer
In the Chalet School series:
Works invented by John Brunner
In Stand on Zanzibar
:
Works invented by Steven Brust
In Athyra
:
In Five Hundred Years After
:
In Jhegaala
: Six Parts Water (play) by Miersen
Works invented by Lois McMaster Bujold
In The Curse of Chalion:
The Legend of the Green Tree by Behar
Works invented by A. S. Byatt
In The Biographer's Tale
: The Golden Cage of Princes by Sir Elmer Bole
How Beautiful Are Thy Feet by Sir Elmer Bole
A Humble Maid of Acre by Sir Elmer Bole
A Journey Through Seven Climates, alleged translation of Evliya Çelebi
by Sir Elmer Boles, likely to have been written by Boles himself Life of Sir Elmer Bole, Volume 1: A Singular Youth by Scholes Destry-Scholes
Life of Sir Elmer Bole, Volume 2: The Voyager by Scholes Destry-Scholes
Life of Sir Elmer Bole, Volume 3: Vicarage and Harem by Scholes Destry-Scholes
The Orchard Walls by Sir Elmer Bole
A Princess Among Slaves by Sir Elmer Bole
Rose of Sharon
by Sir Elmer Bole The Scimitar by Sir Elmer Bole
Shulamith by Sir Elmer Bole
A Spring Shut Up by Sir Elmer Bole
In The Children's Book
: Daughters of Men by Herbert Methley
The Giant on the Hill by Herbert Methley
Marsh Lights by Herbert Methley
Mr. Wodehouse and the Wild Girl by Herbert Methley
The Fairy Castle by Olive Wellwood
The Girl Who Walked a Long Way by Olive Wellwood
The Runaway by Olive Wellwood
The Shrubbery by Olive Wellwood
Tom Underground a play by Olive Wellwood
Miscellaneous The Yellow Chair play by Alexander Wedderburn, in Still Life
Babbletower: A Tale for the Children of Our Time by Jude Mason, in Babel Tower
A Sense of Glory by Julia Corbett, in The Game
The Silver Swan by Julia Corbett, in The Game
The Trivial Round by Julia Corbett, in The Game
In Possession: A Romance
: Ask to Embla
poem-cycle by Randolph Henry Ash Cassandra
verse drama by Randolph Henry Ash Chidiock Tichbourne by Randolph Henry Ash
Christabel LaMotte: A Selection of Narrative and Lyric Poems, Leonora Stern, editor
The City of Is by Christabel LaMotte
Complete Poems and Plays of by Randolph Henry Ash, compiled by James Blackadder
Complete Correspondence of by Randolph Henry Ash, compiled by Mortimer Cropper
Cromwell verse drama by Randolph Henry Ash
Debatable Land Between This World and the Next by Robert Dale Owen
The Fairy Melusina epic poem by Christabel LaMotte
The Garden of Proserpina
by Randolph Henry Ash Ghosts and Other Weird Creatures by Unknown
Gods, Men, and Heroes by Randolph Henry Ash
The Great Collector by Randolph Henry Ash
The Great Ventriloquist, a biography of by Randolph Henry Ash by Mortimer Cropper
The Grecian Way of Love by Randolph Henry Ash
The Incarcerated Sorceress by Randolph Henry Ash
La Mer by Michelet {these 4 books by Michelet are all genuine. To look no further see wiki: Michelet]
La Montagne by Michelet
L'Insecte by Michelet (edited by Hachette, Paris, 1858 !)
L'Oiseau by Michelet
LaMotte's Strategies of Evasion: A collection of essays Leonora Stern, compiler
Last Tales by Christabel LaMotte
Last Things by Christabel LaMotte
Mummy Possest poem by Randolph Henry Ash
No Place Like home by Leonora Stern
Pranks of Priapus
by Randolph Henry Ash Ragnarök
by Randolph Henry Ash The Shadowy Portal by Mrs. Lees
Jan Swammerdam
poem by Randolph Henry Ash St. Bartholomew's Eve verse drama by Randolph Henry Ash
Tales for innocents by Christabel LaMotte
Tales Told in November by Christabel LaMotte
Tallahassee Women Poets, Leonora Stern, editor
Unknown Sex Life of Eminent Victorians by Unknown
White Linen by Unknown
Works invented by James Branch Cabell
In the Biography of the Life of Manuel:
The Chart of Postures
The Dionysiac Formulæ
Dirghâghama
Litany of the Centre of Delight
The Spintrian Treatises
System of Worshipping a Girl
Thirty-two Gratifications
In The Nightmare Has Triplets:
Works invented by Italo Calvino
In If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
:
:
Works invented by Jonathan Carroll
In A Child Across the Sky:
In The Land of Laughs
: The Land of Laughs by Marshall France
Night Races Into Anna by Marshall France
Peach Shadows by Marshall France
An untitled biography of Edward Abbey by Stephen Abbey
An untitled biography of Marshall France by Stephen and Gardner Abbey
In Sleeping in Flame
:
Works invented by Michael Chabon
In Summerland
: The Wa-He-Ta Brave's Official Tribe Handbook
In "The God of Dark Laughter": Uber das Finstere Lachen, by Friedrich Von Junzt
Khndzut Dzul (The Unfathomable Ruse)
In Wonder Boys
: The Arsonist's Girl by Grady Tripp
The Bottomlands by Grady Tripp
Fans and Fadeaways by John Jose Fahey
Eight Solid Light-years of Lead by John Jose Fahey
Kind of Blue by John Jose Fahey
The Land Downstairs by Grady Tripp
The Love Parade by James Leer
Sad Tidings by John Jose Fahey
Wonder Boys by Grady Tripp
Works invented by Robert W. Chambers
by Castaigne in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
(Castaigne is either the author or the translator)
Works invented by Raymond Chandler
Attributed to Aaron Klopstein (Klopstein committed suicide at the age of 33, shooting himself with an Amazonian blowgun
): The Seagull Has No Friends (novel)
The Hydraulic Facelift (poetry)
Cat Hairs in the Custard (poetry)
Twenty Inches of Monkey (short stories)
Works invented by Agatha Christie
Attributed to Ariadne Oliver
: The Body in the Library
The Cat it Was Who Died
Death of a Debutante
Murder on the Orient Express
The Mysterious Mr. Quinn
The Lotus Murder
The Clue of the Candle Wax
The Woman in the Woods
The White Cockatoo
The Tendency of the Criminal (article)
Famous Crimes Passionnels (article)
Murder for Love v. Murder for Gain (article)
Attributed to Salome Otterbourne:
Works invented by Clamp
In the manga
Chobits
Works invented by Jonathan Coe
In What a Carve Up!:
Works invented by Eoin Colfer
In And Another Thing...
: The Quick Guide to the Complete Maximegalon Statistics, Volumes 1—25,000
Works invented by Joseph Conrad
) [Conrad is probably either conflating or making Marlow conflate two books: J. T. Towson's navigation tables, 1848 and 1849, and Nicholas Tinmouth's An Inquiry relative to various points of seamanship, 1845: so not really an invented book.
Letters to Brother Matthew by Brother Francis of York (later called Saint Francis)
A Perspective of the Christian Dilemma by Brother Matthew (writing as V. O. V.)
In The Road to Corlay: The Avian Apocrypha, anonymous
The Book of Gyre, anonymous
The Book of Morfedd, anonymous
Carlisle ms, anonymous
Old Peter's Tale, anonymous
Orgen's Dream, anonymous
In A Tapestry of Time: Catalogue by Dean Pardoe
Consolations of Philosophy by Pargeter
History of Kinship in the United Kingdoms, Vol. 1 by Franscombe
Kentmere Psalter, author unknown
Leaves from an Antiquarian's Notebook by Dean Pardoe
Lexicon by Langley
Revelations by St. Francis
The True History of the Boy by St. Francis
An unknown title by Master Surgeon Brynlas
An unknown title (contains the word "Life") by Dom Sarega
In The Twilight of Briareus: Reminiscences by Margaret Hardy
W. H. O. Regeneration Statistics. Vol. 3. 2004, author unknown
Works invented by Edmund Crispin
)
Works invented by Andrew Crumey
) Tales from Rreinnstadt by Muller (in D'Alembert's Principle
) Epistemology and Unreason by Ian Muir (in Mr Mee) Rosier's Encyclopedia by Jean-Bernard Rosier (in Mr Mee) The Angel Returns by Heinrich Behring, translated by Celia Carter (in Mobius Dick
) Professor Faust by Heinrich Behring, translated by Celia Carter (in Mobius Dick
) Evolution Towards Perfection by Otto Hinze (in Mobius Dick
) The Teleology of Mental Degeneration by Otto Hinze (in Mobius Dick
) Synchronicism and Coincidence by Otto Hinze (in Mobius Dick
)
Works invented by Mark Z. Danielewski
In House of Leaves
: All in All by Bernard Porch
All Accurate by Nam Eurtton
All In the Name of Feminism: A Collection of Essays by Nadine (ed.) Muestopher
American Psychology: The Ownership of Self by Helen Hodge
Ancient Devotions by Tab Fulrest
The Anti-Present Trunk by Philippa (ed.) Frake
The Architecture of Art by Cassandra Rissman LaRue
Artistic Peril by Deacon Lookner
The Bad Bodhi Wall by Bazine Naodook
Beyond the Grasp of Commercial Media by Gabriel Reller
Black Heart, Blue Heart by Rita Mistopolis
Cinematic Projections by Naguib Paredes
Collected Essays on Self-Portraiture by Haldor (ed.) Nervene
Collected Essays on "Exploration #5 by Hans Staker
The Complete Feng Shui Guide for the Navidson Record by Luther Shepard
Concatenating Corbusier by Aristides Quine
The Constancy of Carl Jung by Oona Fanihdjarte
The Courage to Withstand by Daphne Kaplan
Creationist Myths by Hanson Edwin Rose
Delial by Dennis Stake
Delial, Beatrice, and Dulcinea by Jennifer Caps
Dialects of Divorce In American Film In the Twentieth Century by Anita Massine
Esau by Freed Kashon
The Faraday Conclusion by Devon Lettau
Fear Mantras by Alicia Hoyle
Flawed performances: A Consideration of the Actors in the Navidson Opus by Isaiah Rosen
The Fraying of the American Family by Florencia Calzatti
Gathered God by Darren Meen
Glorious Garrulous Graphomania by T. N. Joseph (ed.) Truslow
Gotta Go by Mary Widmunt
Greek Mythology AgaIn by Ivan Largo Stilets
Grief's Explorations by Hank Leblarnard
Heaven's Door by Alan P. Winnett
The Holloway Question by Newt Kuellster
The House by Daniel Bowler
House Cleaning by David N. Braer
House of Leaves by Zampano
How Have You Who Have Loved Ever Love A Next Time? by Rosemary Enderheart
In These Things I Find by Mace Roger-Court
Incarnation of Spirit Things by Lantern C. Pitch
The Incident by Iben Van Pollit
Inside Out by Rosemary Park
Killing Badly, Dying Wise by Nupart Jhunisdakazcriddle
The Language of Torture by Rafael Geethtar Servagio
A Lexicon of Improbable Theories by Blair Keepling
The Many Wall Fugue by Eugenio and Scholfield Rosch
Maternal Intrusions by Eric Keplard
The Navidson Record by Johanne Scefing
The Navidson Record: Action and Chronologies by Thorton J. Cannon
The Navidson Record: The Novelization
Not True, Man: Mi Ata Beni? by Eta Ruccalla
Notes From Tomorrow by Lisbeth (ed.) Bailey
Objects of a Thousand Facets by Edwin Minamide
Operation #4: The Art of Internal Medicine by Leon Robbins
Origins of Faith by Candida Hayashi
Our Father by Tad Exler
Pale Micturitions by Justin Krape
Palladian Grammar and Metaphysical Appropriations: Navidson's Villa Malcontenta by Sebastiano Perouse de Montclos
Passion For Pity and Other Recipes For Disaster by Helmut Muir
Perversity In Dullness... and Vice-Versa by Celine Arlesey
The Phenomenology of Coincidence in the Navidson Recort by Marla Hulbert
Pieces by Will Navidson
The Places I've Seen by Teppet C. Brookes
Privacy and Intrusion in the Twenty-First Century by Clarence Sweeney
Recovery: Methods and Manner by Cora Minehart
Red Cross Faith by Janice Whitman
Riddles WithIn by Amon Whitten
Semiotic Rivalry by Yuriy Pleak
Shots in the Dark by Gavin Young
Simple Themes by Brendon Beinhorn
Sketches: The Process of Entry by Denise Lowery
Smile by Lester T. Ochs
The Study: Tom's Place by Neekisha Dedic
Tamper With This by Patricia B. Nesselroade
Terrible Thoughts: The Psychology and Biology of Navidson's Nightmares by Ernest Y. Hartmann
Theater In Film by Cassady Roulet
The Third Beside you: An Analysis of the Epistemological Echo by David Eric Katz
Thru Lines by Esther Hartline
Tick-Tock-Fade: The Representation of Time in Film Narrative by Frizell Clary
Twentieth Century Dub, Dub by Tony (ed.) Ross
Twenty Years in the Program by Cynthia Huxley
Ultrapure Water, the Super-Kamiokande Detector and Cherenkov Light by Gordon Kearns, L. Kajita and M. K. Totsuka
Understanding the Self: The Maze of You by Daniel Hortz
Violent Seeds: The Holloway Roberts Myst by Jeremy Flint
Violent Verses: Cinema's Treatment of Death by Danton Blake
War's Children by Melanie Proft Knightley
"What Are You Gonna Do Now, Little Man?" and Other Tales of Grass Roots Distribution by Kevin Stanley
When a Woman's Fear Makes Her Run from Commitment and What a Smart Man Can Do About It by Steve and Carter Sokal
Wilder Ways by Ryan Murray
Wishing Well by Virginia Posah
Works invented by Robertson Davies
In Fifth Business
: Forgotten Saints of the Tyrol by Dunstable Ramsay
A Hundred Saints for Travellers by Dunstable Ramsay
Works invented by John DeChancie
In Castle Murders:
The Moswell Plan by Dorcas Bagby, a book believed to be fictional even in its own world
In Castle Perilous:
Works invented by Philip K. Dick
In The Man in the High Castle
:
In A Maze of Death
:
Works invented by Paul Di Filippo
In Plumage From Pegasus:
Forever Plus! by Amber Max
A History of Supermarket Fiction: How SF Swept the World by Roger Barnard
Imaginary Realist: The Life of Timothy Eugene by Milton Sharp
The Magazine Chums Meet the Distributor of Doom by C.J. Cutlyffe Heintz-Ketzep
The Magazine Chums and the Case of the Disappearing Readers by C.J. Cutlyffe Heintz-Ketzep
The Magazine Chums and the Great Paper Shortage by C.J. Cutlyffe Heintz-Ketzep
The Magazine Chums Apply for an Arts Council Grant by C.J. Cutlyffe Heintz-Ketzep
The Unsurrendered Fembot by Richard Calder
The Big Book of High-Tech Texas Bar-B-Q by Bruce Sterling
A History of Science Fiction and Fantasy in the New Yorker by Ursula K. Le Guin
Faith-Based Fictions: A Conversation by Orson Scott Card, Andrew Greeley and Barry Malzberg
Women Write Fantasy, Men Write Science fiction by Nancy Kress and Charles Sheffield
I was a Teenaged Pornographer! by Robert Silverberg
Boy Magnate by Gordon Van Gelder
Great Mafia Science by Ben Bova
How to Pick Up Guys by Samuel Delany
Corn Likker, Drag Racin' and Coon Huntin by Andy Duncan and Michael Bishop
Andre Norton's Smackdown by Andre Norton
Works invented by Arthur Conan Doyle
In the Sherlock Holmes
series:
In the Professor Challenger
series:
Works invented by Umberto Eco
In Foucault's Pendulum
:
In The Name of the Rose
:
Works invented by Sebastian Faulks
In A Week in December
:
Works invented by Joshua Ferris
In Then We Came to the End
:
Works invented by Ronald Firbank
In Caprice:
In Inclinations:
In Vainglory:
Works invented by Jasper Fforde
In the Thursday Next
novels:
In the Nursery Crimes novels:
In Kothar and the Demon Queen:
Works invented by Michael Frayn
In A Landing on the Sun
:
Works invented by Neil Gaiman
Works invented in Good Omens
, co-authored by Terry Pratchett, are listed in the "Terry Pratchett" section of this article.
Works invented in The Sandman comics are listed in the "DC Comics" section of List of fictional books from periodicals.
Works invented by Stella Gibbons
In Cold Comfort Farm
:
Works invented by Robert Goddard
In Play to the End
:
Works invented by Radclyffe Hall
In The Well of Loneliness
:
Works invented by Carolyn Hart
In The Christie Caper:
In Death on Demand
:
Works invented by Mark Helprin
In Winter's Tale
:
Works invented by Frank Herbert
In the Dune
series:
Works invented by William Hope Hodgson
In Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder
stories:
Works invented by Aldous Huxley
In Brave New World
:
In Crome Yellow
:
Works invented by James Hynes
In The Lecturer's Tale:
In Publish and Perish:
Works invented in iCarly
Works invented by John Irving
In The World According to Garp
:
In Last Night In Twisted River
:
Works invented in Johnny Bravo
Works invented by Robert Jordan
In The Eye of the World
:
In The Great Hunt
:
In The Dragon Reborn
:
In The Shadow Rising
:
In 'The Fires of Heaven
:
In Lord of Chaos
: Men of Fire and Women of Air by Elora daughter of Amar daughter of Coura
A Study of Men, Women, and the One Power Among Humans by Ledar son of Shandin son of Koimal
Works invented by Franz Kafka
Die Rache des Kommandeurs [series of columns] (in Tagebücher/Diaries)
Works invented by Caitlín R. Kiernan
") The Ark of Poseidon by Sarah Crowe
Bloody Mary, La Llorona, and the Blue Lady: Feminine Icons in a Child's Apocalypse by Judith Louise Darger
The Boats of Morning by Alex Marlowe
The Breathing Composition by Welleran Smith
The Children of Artemis by Fera Delacroix
Closing the Door: Anatomy of Hysteria by Elenore Ellis-Lincoln
The Ecstatic River by Reese Callicot
Evening at the Gates of Dawn by Sadie Jasper
Famous Film Monsters and the Men Who Made Them by Ben Browning
The Far Red World by Andre Tyson
Hauntings of Old New England by Sadie Jasper
Hollywood Land by William Faulkner
The Last Loan Shark of Bodega Bay by Theo Angevine
Lemming Cult by William L. West
The Light Beyond Centre by Reese Callicot
A Long Way To Morning by Sarah Crowe
Looking for Moreau: A Posthumanist Manifesto by Maxwell White
The Man Who Laughed at Funerals by Theo Angevine
Memoirs of a Martian Demirep (author unknown)
The Mound Builders and the Stars: An Archaeo-Astrological Investigation by Charles L. Patrick Akeley
New American Monsters: More Than Myth? by Gerald Durrell
Ode to Fanny Brawne by John Keats
Pornographies of Pnakotus (author unknown)
Pretoria by Theo Angevine
Red Book of Riyadh (author unknown)
The Red Tree by Sarah Crowe and Dr. Charles L. Harvey
Seven at Sunset by Theo Angevine
Silent Riots by Sarah Crowe
The Travels of Odysseus by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Waking Leviathan by Jacova Angevine
Werewolvery in Europe and Rituals of Corporeal Transformation by Arminius Vambery
What the Cat Dragged In by Theo Angevine
The Magdalene Grimoire by Roderick Burgess (from The Girl Who Would Be Death miniseries, based on Neil Gaiman's Sandman series)
Works invented by Stephen King
Works invented by Barbara Kingsolver
In The Poisonwood Bible
:
In The Lacuna: Pilgrims of Chapultepec by Harrison W. Shepherd
The Unforetold by Harrison W. Shepherd
Works invented by Elizabeth Kostova
In The Historian
: The Cannibals by Henricus Curtius
The "Chronicle" of Zacharias of Zographou by Atanas Angelov and Anton Stoichev
The Damned by Giorgio of Padua
Sisyphus by Thomas Aquinas
Fortunes of an Assassin by Erasmus
History of Central Europe by Lord Gelling
The King of Tashkani by William Shakespeare
, as a "lost work" Life of Saint George
Philosophie of the Aweful
Tales from the Carpathians published by Robert Digby
The Torture Commissioned by the Emperor for the Good of the People by Anna Comnena
Works invented by Nicole Krauss
In The History of Love
: How to Survive in the Wild by Alma Singer
Life as We Didn't Know It
The Remedy
Words for Everything
Works invented by R. A. Lafferty
In Fourth Mansions
: Broken Cisterns and Living Waters by Endymion Ellenbogen
New Bestiary by Audifax O’Hanlon
The Precursors by Dr. Jurgens
Prose Poems by Maurice Craftmaster
Second Trefoil Lectures by Michael Fountain
Simplicitas by Orthcutt
Miscellaneous Lafferty: Beard in Existential by Aristotle in Through Other Eyes
The Contingent Mutation by Dr. Minden in Ginny Wrapped in the Sun
Euntes Ergo Docete Omnes ("Going therefore Teach Ye All") by Pope Pious XV in Name of the Snake
Exaltation Philosophy by Audifax O’Hanlon in Entire and Perfect Chrysolite
History of Philosophy by Cobblestone in Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne
Joint Report to the General Dubuque PTA Concerning the Primary Education of the Camiroi by Piper, Paul, et al. in Primary Education of the Camiroi
Lost Skies by Audifax O’Hanlon in Incased in Ancient Rind
Report of Field Group for Examination of Off-Earth Customs and Codexes to the Council for Government Renovation and Legal Re-Thinking by Piggot, Paul, et al. in Polity and Custom of the Camiroi
The Relationship of Extradigitalism to Genius by Zubarin in The Six Fingers of Time
The Sexagintal and the Duodecimal in the Chaldee Mysteries by Schimmelpenninck in The Six Fingers of Time
Twenty-second Century Comprehensive Encyclopedia in Land of the Great Horses
World as Perfection by Diogenes Pontifex in Entire and Perfect Chrysolite
Weapons Systems of the Twenty-first Century: The Upside-down Evolution, 2105
The World as Cataclysm
In Imaginary Magnitude: GOLEM XIV, by GOLEM; foreword by Irving T. Creve, M.A., PH.D.; introduction by Thomas B. Fuller II, General, U.S. Army, RET.; afterword by Richard Popp, Indiana University Press, 2047
A History of Bitic Literature, by Juan Rambellais, et al.
Necrobes, by Cezary Strzybisz
Vestrand's Extelopedia in 44 Magnetomes
In A Perfect Vacuum
: Gigamesh, by Patrick Hannahan
Gruppenfuhrer Louis XVI (or Nazi Squad Leader Louis the Sixteenth), by Alfred Zellermann
Idiota (or The Idiot), by Gian Carlo Spallanzani
Die Kultur als Fehler (or Civilization as Mistake), by Wilhelm Klopper
Odysseus of Ithaca, by Kuno Mlatje
Pericalypsis, by Joachim Fersengeld
Rien du tout, ou la consequence (or Nothing, or the Consequence), by Mme Solange Marriot
Les Robinsonades (or The Robinsonad), by Marcel Coscat
Sexplosion, by Simon Merrill
Toi (or You), by Raymond Seurat
U-Write-It
In Solaris
:
Works invented by Madeleine L'Engle
In A Ring of Endless Light
:
In A Severed Wasp
:
In A Swiftly Tilting Planet
:
Works invented by C. S. Lewis
In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
:
In Prince Caspian
:
In That Hideous Strength
:
Works invented by H. P. Lovecraft
This includes works by others in the Cthulhu Mythos
.
Works invented by Ian McEwan
In Saturday
:
Works invented by Anne Michaels
In Fugitive Pieces
:
Works invented by David Mitchell
In Ghostwritten
:
In Cloud Atlas:
Works invented by Monty Python
In All You Need Is Cash
:
In The Wrestling Epilogue (off Monty Python's Flying Circus
, Episode 2: Sex And Violence):
series:
Works invented by Vladimir Nabokov
In Lolita
:
In Look at the Harlequins!
:
The book begins with a list of "Other Books by the Narrator" (that is, Vadim rather than Vladimir Nabokov). Many (if not all) of these titles appear to be doppelgangers of Nabokov’s real novels.
In Pale Fire
:
In Pnin
:
In The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
:
In Invitation to a Beheading
:
Works invented by Geoff Nicholson
In Hunters and Gatherers:
Works Invented by Garth Nix
In Sabriel:
In Lirael:
Works invented by Patrick O'Brian
In Desolation Island
:
In The Wine-Dark Sea
:
In Treason's Harbour
:
Works invented by Flann O'Brien
In At Swim-Two-Birds
:
In The Third Policeman
:
Works invented by George Orwell
In Nineteen Eighty-Four
:
In Keep the Aspidistra Flying
:
Works invented by Charles Palliser
In Betrayals:
Works invented by Orhan Pamuk
In The Black Book:
:
In The Deeds of the Disturber:
In Die For Love:
In Naked Once More:
Works invented by Stephen Potter
In Gamesmanship:
In Lifemanship: Kninghts, and How to Reasuure Them about their Social Position by unknown
MP-manship 1953 by T. Driberg
Periodship (volume 2) by J. Betjeman
Springs on the Arun by A.C.Y. Davis
In One-Upmanship
: Bricks Without Straw by Olaf Pepacanek
The Muse in Chains by Stephen Potter
The Tea Party by T.D. Pontefract
In Supermanship: ' Down to Sixteen or Less by Stephen Potter
Literary Guide to the Thames Valley by Stephen Potter
My Fayre Sussex by Otto Carling
Rhododendron Hunting in the Andes by Dr. Preissberger
Works invented by Anthony Powell
In Books Do Furnish a Room:
Sweetskin by Alaric Kydd
Bin Ends by F.X. Trapnel
Camel Ride to the Tomb by F.X. Trapnel
Dogs Have No Uncles by F.X. Trapnel
Profiles in String by F.X. Trapnel
In the A Dance to the Music of Time
series:
In Fisher King
:
In Hearing Secret Harmonies
:
In What's Become of Waring
:
Works invented by Terry Pratchett
In the Discworld
series:
In The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
:
In Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman
):
In Wintersmith
:
Works invented by Malcolm Pryce
In Aberystwyth Mon Amour:
Works invented by Thomas Pynchon
Works invented by François Rabelais
Baby I was Nothing Before You
Baby Madeleine, What Happened
By Patricia Yellow:
A Dime of Two for Your Thoughts
By Douglas McDonald:
Jesus Rides Shotgun
By Ian Falk:
Shame on All of You
By Nicholas Rapley:
I'm All Out of Tea
By Laureen Hoper:
Lightbulbs and Dreams
By Gerry Ewes:
Diamonds Out of Diapers
Works invented by Mary Renault
In The Friendly Young Ladies:
Works invented by J. K. Rowling
This is a list of books mentioned in the Harry Potter
series.
History
Historical magic
Historical magical people
Historical magical things, places and events
Other
Hogwarts textbooks
Arithmancy
Care of Magical Creatures
Charms
Defence Against the Dark Arts
Gilderoy Lockhart's works
Divination
Herbology
History of Magic
Muggle Studies
Potions
Study of Ancient Runes
Transfiguration
Magical creatures
Dragons
Other magical creatures
Magic
Dark Arts
Defence Against the Dark Arts
Magical cooking and housecare
Magical healthcare
Magical how-to
Magical theory
Other magical
Spellbooks
General spells
Spells for fun and profit
Sports and games
Quidditch
Transportation
Muggles
Other books
Of those, these three books have since been written and published in the real world:
Works invented by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
In The Shadow of the Wind:
The Cathedral Thief
The Red House
The Shadow of the Wind
Works invented by May Sarton
In Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, by F. Hilary Stevens:
From a Hospital Bed, poems
Themes & Variation, poems
Dialogues, poems
Country Spells, poems
The Silences, poems
Most of the book is an interview of Mrs. Stevens at 70, and each book represents a section of her life.
Works invented by Dorothy L. Sayers
In The Documents in the Case
: I to Hercules by Jack Munting
In Gaudy Night
: Death Twixt Wind and Water by Harriet Vane
The Sands of Crime by Harriet Vane
Gas-Filled Bulbs by Jacqueline Squills
The Position of Women in the Modern State by Mrs. Barton
History of Prosody by Miss Lydgate
Passion-Flower Pie by Mrs. Snell-Wilmington
Mock-Turtle by Tasker Hepplewater
Ariadne Adams
Dusk and Shiver
Jocund Day
Primrose Dalliance
Serpent's Fang
The Squeezed Lemon
In Have His Carcase
: The Fountain Pen Mystery by Harriet Vane
A Bid for a Throne
The Girl who gave All
The Trial of the Purple Python
In Strong Poison
: Can the Dead Speak?
In Thrones, Dominations
: This Forked Plague by Claude Amery
Gee-up Edward by Mr. Clandon
Distinguished Gathering
Modern Aircraft, A Manual for Trainee Pilots
The Brazen Serpent
In Unnatural Death
: Notes on the Collecting of Incunabula by Lord Peter Wimsey
In Whose Body?
: An Examination into the Treatment of Pauper Lunacy in the United Kingdom by Sir Julian Freke
Cerebro-Spinal Diseases by Sir Julian Freke
Criminal Lunacy by Sir Julian Freke
Functional Disturbances of the Nervous System by Sir Julian Freke
Modern Developments in Psycho-Therapy: A Criticism by Sir Julian Freke
Some Notes on the Pathological Aspects of Genius by Sir Julian Freke
Statistical Contributions to the Study of Infantile Paralysis in England and Wales by Sir Julian Freke
Structural Modifications Accompanying the More Important Neuroses by Sir Julian Freke
The Application of Psycho-Therapy to the Treatment of Shell-Shock by Sir Julian Freke
The Borderland of Insanity by Sir Julian Freke
The Physiological Bases of the Conscience by Sir Julian Freke
Works invented by Davis Schneiderman
In Drain:
In Multifesto: The Henri d'Mescan Reader: Abstractions by Henri d'Mescan
Marginalia by Henri d'Mescan
The Trial and Death of Henri d’Mescan: Apoplectic by Henri d'Mescan
Spacecats of the World, Untie! by Henry Mescaline
Tupeat, Frompeet, Repeit by Henry Mescaline
Hallucigenome: The Henry Mescaline Reader by Henry Mescaline
Post-America" by Henri d'Mescan
'Touching a Careless God, or Were by Hans Dialectic
And the Pleasure Dome Decrees… by Lucien Spume
Kaballah?—Cab Allah! by Henri d’Mescan
Crocodilopolis, or, The Ribcage Sounds Like A Wooden Chest by Gact
The Breakers — Newport, RI. in 103 New World Sites: A Compendium of the Obtuse
Try and Catch God before God ACTs Up. by Tacg
In Dis:
Works invented by Charles M. Schulz
The Six Bunny-Wunnies series by Helen Sweetstory
The Six Bunny-Wunnies Go To Long Beach
The Six Bunny-Wunnies Make Cookies
The Six Bunny-Wunnies Join an Encounter Group
The Six Bunny-Wunnies and Their XK-E
The Six Bunny-Wunnies and Their Water Bed
The Six Bunny-Wunnies and Their Layover
in Anderson, Indiana
The Six Bunny-Wunnies and Their Female Veterinarian
The Six Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out
The Six Bunny-Wunnies Visit Plains, Georgia
Works invented by Michael Shea
In Nifft the Lean:
Thaumaturgicon, by Undle Nine-fingers
The Life and Personal Recollections, as well as Many pointed Observations, of Grahna-Shalla, son of Shalla-hedron of Lower Adelfi, who Fished in the Demonsea and Returned with Booty Marvelous to Tell
Thaumaturge's Pocket Pandect, by Balder Xolot
Pan-Demonion, by Parple
Works invented by Clark Ashton Smith
Histoire d'Amour, by Bernard de Vaillantcoeur
The Testament of Carnamagos
Works invented by Lemony Snicket
In The Bad Beginning
:
In The Miserable Mill
: Encyclopedia Hypnotica
The History of Lucky Smells Lumbermill
The Paltryville Constitution
In The Reptile Room
: The Care and Feeding of the Androgynous Cobra
An Introduction to Large Lizards
The Mamba du Mal: A Snake That Will Never Kill Me by Tony "Mommy" Eggmonteror, quoted in Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
.
In The Wide Window
: Basic Rules of Grammar and Punctuation
Handbook for Advanced Apostrophe Use
How Water Is Made
Ivan Lachrymose - Lake Explorer
Lachrymose Trout
The Bottom of Lake Lachrymose
The Correct Spelling of Every English Word That Ever, Ever Existed
The History of the Damocles Dock Region
The Tides of Lake Lachrymose
In The Penultimate Peril
:
In The End:
In Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography:
On Lemonysnicket.com: The Complete History Of Absolutely Everything, Volume 127 - Cauldron to Caution
From Molars To Incisors: A Pictorial History Of The Tooth
Banking
Works invented by Muriel Spark
In The Finishing School
: Who Killed Darnley? by Chris Wiley
In The Girls of Slender Means
:
In Loitering with Intent
:
In Memento Mori
:
In A Far Cry From Kensington
:
Jennings Buys a New Dress by Anthony Buggery
Jennings and the Hormone Implants by Anthony Buggery
Jennings Gradually Begins to Feel More at Ease When He is With Other Women by Anthony Buggery
Jennings Spends an Intimate Evening with a Signals Officer from the Royal Navy by Anthony Buggery
Jennings Undergoes Specialist Surgery by Anthony Buggery
Mrs. Jennings Has Twins by Anthony Buggery
Works invented by Neal Stephenson
In Cryptonomicon
:
In Anathem
:
In The Diamond Age
:
Works invented by Laurence Sterne
In The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
: De Fartandi et Illustrandi Fallaciis by Didius
Military Architecture and Pyroballogy by Gobesius
Notes for a Sermon to be Preached at Court by Dr. Homenas
Treatise on the Animus and the Anima by Metheglingius
De Concubinis Retinendis by Phutatorius
Works by Prignitz
De Partu Difficili by Lithopaedus Senonesis
A (short) List of the Virtues of the Widow Wadman by Toby Shandy
Apologetical Oration by Toby Shandy
The Campaigns of Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim by Tristram Shandy
Dissertation upon the Word 'Tristram by Walter Shandy
Life of Socrates by Walter Shandy
Philippicks by Walter Shandy
Plain Stories by Tristram Shandy
Remarks Made on a Tour of France in the Year 1765 by Tristram Shandy
Tristrapaedia by Walter Shandy
De Nasis by Hafen Slawkenbergius
Treatise on Midwifery by Dr. Slop
Works by Ludovicus Sorbonensis
The Second Council of Carthage by St. Cyprian
Code Louis by unknown
Dramatic Sermons by Parson Yorick
Works invented by Peter Straub
Works invented by J. R. R. Tolkien
Works invented by Harry Turtledove
In American Empire: Blood and Iron
:
In American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold
:
In Settling Accounts: In at the Death
:
Works invented by Jack Vance
In Araminta Station
:
In Cugel's Saga
:
In the Demon Princes series:
In The Eyes of the Overworld
:
In The Palace of Love
:
In The Star King:
Miscellaneous
Works invented by Kurt Vonnegut
Attributed to Kilgore Trout
:
Attributed to Beatrice Rumfoord:
Attributed to other authors:
Works invented by Bill Watterson
Works invented by Evelyn Waugh
In Brideshead Revisited
: (all by Chares Ryder)
Works invented by P. G. Wodehouse
In the Jeeves
stories
In Joy in the Morning
Spindrift by Florence Craye
Spinning Wheel
With Guns and Camera in Little Known Borneo
In "The Artistic Career of Corky" The Children's Book of American Birds by Muriel Singer
More American Birds by Alexander Worple
In Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
(U.S. title The Cat-nappers) The Mystery of the Handsom Cab
In The Mating Season Murder at Greystone Grange
Miscellaneous In Cocktail Time: Cocktail Time by Sir Raymond Bastable
In Leave it to Psmith: Songs of Squalor by Ralston McTodd
In Pigs Have Wings: On the Care of the Pig by Augustus Whiffle
In Sam in the Suburbs: Is There a Hell?
In Sleepy Time: Hypnotism As A Device To Uncover the Unconscious Drives And Mechanism In An Effort To Analyse the Functions Involved Which Gives Rise To Emotional Conflicts In the Waking State by Professor Pepperidge Farmer
In Something Fresh: The Adventures of the Secret Six by Felix Clovelly
In Strychnine in the Soup: Strychnine in the Soup by Slingsby, Blood on the Banisters
Works invented by Gene Wolfe
In Bibliomen :
Voices Vocable by Adam Poor
In "Bernard A. French":
Great Lost Art of Western Europe by Bernard A. French, editor
Perfection Unto Death by Bernard A. French
In "Captain Roy C. Mirk, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.":
A Post-Modernist Critic Views the Antebellum Middle West by Roy C. Mirk
Poultry as Symbolism in Nineteenth Century American Literature by Roy C. Mirk
Tea-Time Talk in the Novels of Louise May Alcott by Roy C. Mirk
Washing as a Euphemism in the Works of Jack London by Roy C. Mirk
In "Gertrude S. 'Spinning Jenny' Deplatta":
In "John Glaskin :
In "John J. Jons, Jr." :
In "Kirk Patterson Arthurs, Ph.D.":
In "Paul Rico":
In The Book of the Long Sun
:
In The Book of the New Sun
:
In The Book of the Short Sun
:
In The Doctor of Death Island :
In The Fifth Head of Cerberus
:
In From the Desk of Gilmer C. Merton (from the short story collection Storeys from the Old Hotel
)
In Peace :
In Seven American Nights (from the short story collection The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories)
In Useful Phrases (from the short story collection Strange Travelers) :
In Xavier McRidy :
Works invented by John Wyndham
In The Chrysalids
In The Day of the Triffids
Fictional book
A fictional book is a book that sometimes provides the basis of the plot of a story, a common thread in a series of books, or the works of a particular writer or canon of work. A fictional book may also be used as a mode of conceit to illustrate a story within a story.-Prominent fictional...
is a non-existent book created specifically for (i.e. within) a work of fiction
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
. This is not a list of works of fiction (i.e., actual novels, mysteries
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
, etc), but rather imaginary books that do not actually exist.
Uses
Such a book may (1) provide the basis of the novel's plot, (2) add verisimilitudeVerisimilitude
Verisimilitude is the quality of realism in something .-Competing ideas:The problem of verisimilitude is the problem of articulating what it takes for one false theory to be closer to the truth than another false theory...
by supplying plausible background, or (3) act as a common thread in a series of books or the works of a particular writer or canon
Canon (fiction)
In the context of a work of fiction, the term canon denotes the material accepted as "official" in a fictional universe's fan base. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction, which are not considered canonical...
of work. A fictional book may also (4) be used as a conceit
Conceit
In literature, a conceit is an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem. By juxtaposing, usurping and manipulating images and ideas in surprising ways, a conceit invites the reader into a more sophisticated understanding of an object of comparison...
to illustrate a story within a story, or (5) be essentially a joke title, thus helping to establish the humorous or satirical
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
tone of the work. (Fictional books used as hoax
Hoax
A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment, or rumors, urban legends, pseudosciences or April Fools' Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.-Definition:The British...
es or as purported support for actual research are usually referred to as false document
False document
A false document is a literary technique employed to create verisimilitude in a work of fiction. By inventing and inserting documents that appear to be factual, an author tries to create a sense of authenticity beyond the normal and expected suspension of disbelief for a work of art...
s.)
Examples
Several stories in Argentine author Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
' short story
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
collection entitled Ficciones
Ficciones
Ficciones is the most popular anthology of short stories by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges, often considered the best introduction to his work. Ficciones should not be confused with Labyrinths, although they have much in common. Labyrinths is a separate translation of Borges' material,...
are reviews
Book review
A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is analyzed based on content, style, and merit. A book review could be a primary source opinion piece, summary review or scholarly review. It is often carried out in periodicals, as school work, or on the internet. Reviews are also often...
of fictional books; in this case, the fictional book is the basis of the story. As an example of the second use of fictional books, Susanna Clarke
Susanna Clarke
Susanna Mary Clarke is a British author best known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell , a Hugo Award-winning alternate history. Clarke began Jonathan Strange in 1993 and worked on it during her spare time...
's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is the 2004 first novel by British writer Susanna Clarke. An alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars, it is based on the premise that magic once existed in England and has returned with two men: Gilbert Norrell and...
includes scholarly footnote
Footnote
A note is a string of text placed at the bottom of a page in a book or document or at the end of a text. The note can provide an author's comments on the main text or citations of a reference work in support of the text, or both...
s to invented biographies, magical texts and journals to add to the texture and depth of the story. H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
's Necronomicon
Necronomicon
The Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound", written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in...
might be considered an example of the third usage, since it appears as a recurring motif in several of the Cthulhu Mythos
Cthulhu Mythos
The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe, based on the work of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.The term was first coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, who used the name of the creature Cthulhu - a central figure in Lovecraft literature and the focus...
stories. Many (but not all) of the fictional books mentioned in the work of Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television...
are of the joke title variety. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells
Herbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
' "The Shape of Things to Come
The Shape of Things to Come
The Shape of Things to Come is a work of science fiction by H. G. Wells, published in 1933, which speculates on future events from 1933 until the year 2106. The book is dominated by Wells's belief in a world state as the solution to mankind's problems....
", which purports to be a history textbook published in 2106, includes - just like actual history books - numerous footnotes, some of them referring to actual historical sources but most to fictional ones.
Inclusion criteria
This is a list of fictional books that appear in literature. Fictional books appearing in other print media, such as comics, are listed in List of fictional books from periodicals. Fictional books that appear in other types of media, such as television shows, are listed in List of fictional books from non-print media.This is not a list of works of fiction (i.e., actual novels, mysteries, etc), but rather imaginary books that do not actually exist. The fictional books on this list are ordered alphabetically under the name of the actual author who invented them.
Works invented by Gilbert AdairGilbert AdairGilbert Adair is a Scottish author, film critic and journalist. He won the Author's Club First Novel Award in 1988 for his novel The Holy Innocents. In 1995 he won the Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize for his book A Void, which is a translation of the French book La Disparition by Georges Perec...
In The Act of Roger MurgatroydThe Act of Roger Murgatroyd
The Act of Roger Murgatroyd: An Entertainment is a whodunit by Gilbert Adair first published in 2006. Set in the 1930s and written in the vein of an Agatha Christie novel, it has all the classic ingredients of a 1930s mystery and is, according to the author, "at one and the same time, a...
:
- The Case of the Family Jewels by Evadne Mount
- Death Be My Deadline by Evadne Mount
- The Mystery of the Green Penguin by Evadne Mount
- No Murder in the Title by Evadne Mount
- Oedipus vs. Rex by Evadne Mount
- The Proof of the Pudding by Evadne Mount
- The Stroke of 12 by Evadne Mount
- The Timing of the Stew by Evadne Mount
- The Urinal of Futility by Evadne Mount
- The Wrong Voice by Evadne Mount (play)
In A Mysterious Affair of Style
A Mysterious Affair of Style
A Mysterious Affair of Style is a whodunit by Gilbert Adair first published in 2007. An homage to the Golden Age of Detective Fiction in general and Agatha Christie in particular, the novel is a sequel to Adair's 2006 book, The Act of Roger Murgatroyd.-Plot summary:Set in post-war London and at...
:
- Death: A User's Manual by Evadne Mount
- Eeny-Meeny-Murder-Mo by Evadne Mount (play)
- Murder Without Ease by Evadne Mount
- The Tourist Trap by Evadne Mount (play)
In A Closed Book
A Closed Book
A Closed Book is a short novel by Gilbert Adair, published in 2000.The book starts with a slightly awkward meeting between a crotchety blind author and a sighted interviewee he seeks to employ as his assistant....
:
- Sitting at the Feet of Ghosts by Sir Paul
- The First Fruits by Sir Paul
- The Lion of Beltraffico by Sir Paul
- The Spirit of the Place by Sir Paul
Works invented by Douglas AdamsDouglas AdamsDouglas Noel Adams was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television...
In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon...
series:
- The Big Bang Theory: A Personal View by Eccentrica Gallumbits
- Celestial Homecare Omnibus
- Encyclopedia GalacticaEncyclopedia GalacticaThe Encyclopædia Galactica is a fictional or hypothetical encyclopædia of a future human galaxy-spanning civilization, containing all the knowledge accumulated by a society with quadrillions of people and thousands of years of history...
- Fifty-Three More Things to do in Zero Gravity
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mark II
- How I Scaled the North Face of the Megapurna with a Perfectly Healthy Finger But Everything Else Sprained, Broken or Bitten Off By a Pack of Mad Yaks
- How I Survived an Hour with a Sprained Finger
- Life Begins at Five Hundred and Fifty
- Practical Parenting in a Fractally Demented Universe
- Sidereal Daily Mentioner's Book of Popular Galactic History
- Songs of the Long Land by Lallafa
- Sqornshellous Swamptalk
- Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations by Dr. Dan Streetmentioner
- The Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionary of Every Language Ever
- Where God Went Wrong by Oolon Colluphid
- Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes by Oolon Colluphid
- Who Is This God Person Anyway? by Oolon Colluphid
- Well That About Wraps It Up for God by Oolon Colluphid
- Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Guilt But Were Too Ashamed To Find Out by Oolon Colluphid
- Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Sex But Have Been Forced To Find Out by Oolon Colluphid
- You and Your Planets by Gail Andrews
Works invented by Lloyd AlexanderLloyd AlexanderLloyd Chudley Alexander was a widely influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books...
- In The Book of Three, there is a distinct and fictional tome named The Book of Three
Works invented by Martin AmisMartin AmisMartin Louis Amis is a British novelist, the author of many novels including Money and London Fields . He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester, but will step down at the end of the 2010/11 academic year...
In The Information:
- Aforethought by Richard Tull
- Amelior by Gwyn Barry
- Dreams Don't Mean Anything by Richard Tull
- Invisible Worms (unpublished) by Richard Tull
- Summertown by Gwyn Barry
- Untitled by Richard Tull
Works invented by Poul AndersonPoul AndersonPoul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories...
In The Earth Book of Stormgate:
- Far Adventure, an autobiography by Maeve Downey
- The Sky Book of Stormgate by Rennhi
- Tales of the Great Frontier by A. A. Craig. (Poul Anderson had used the pseudonym ""A. A. Craig"" for two earlier stories.)
- A "running set of reminiscences" by James Ching
- Private journals of Hirharouk
Works invented by Piers AnthonyPiers AnthonyPiers Anthony Dillingham Jacob is an English American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is most famous for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.Many of his books have appeared on the New York Times Best...
In The Source of Magic:
- The Anatomy of Purple Dragons, author unknown
- Hailstones: Magic vs. Mundane, author unknown
- The Status of Spirits in Royal Abodes, author unknown
- Tales for Ghosts, author unknown
Works invented by Kate AtkinsonKate AtkinsonKate Atkinson MBE is an English author.She was born in York, and studied English Literature at the University of Dundee, gaining her Masters Degree in 1974. She subsequently studied for a doctorate in American Literature. She has often spoken publicly about the fact that she failed at the viva ...
In Emotionally WeirdEmotionally Weird
Emotionally Weird is the third novel by Kate Atkinson published in 2000. The novel begins with chapter one of a murder mystery set in a seaside resort. This tale is later revealed as being written by Euphemia Stuart-Murray as part of a creative writing class at the University of Dundee in 1972...
:
- by Effie Andrews, the 'Madame Astarti' novels:
- Hand of Fate
- The Wheel of Fortune
- Mermaids Ahoy!
- The Finger of Fate
- Pick a Card, Any Card
- by Martha Sewell (poetry)
- Chicken Spirits
- Cherry Picking in Vermont
- by Andrea Garnet
- The Adventures of Anthea
- Anthea's Anguish (Booker prizewinner 2001)
- Wards of Love by Philippa McCue
- The Expanding Prism of J by Archie McCue
- The Balniddrian Conspiracy (in the Chronicles of Edrakonia series) by Kevin Riley
- The Invasion of the Tara-Zanthians by Colin Hardy
Works invented by Margaret AtwoodMargaret AtwoodMargaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
In The Blind AssassinThe Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin is an award-winning, bestselling novel by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 2000. Set in Canada, it is narrated from the present day, referring back to events that span the twentieth century.The work was awarded the Man...
:
- The Blind Assassin by Laura Chase
- The Chase Industries: A History
In Lady Oracle
Lady Oracle
Lady Oracle is a novel by Margaret Atwood. It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1976.-Plot summary:The novel's protagonist, Joan Foster, is a romance novelist who has spent her life running away from difficult situations. The novel alternates between flashbacks from the past and...
:
- Lady Oracle by Joan Foster
- by Louise K. Delacroix (pen-name of Joan Foster)
- The Lord of Chesney Chase
- The Secret of Morgrave Manor
- Turrets of Tantripp
- Escape from Love
- Love Defied
- Stalked by Love
- by Mavis Quilp
- Janet Holmes, Student Nouse
- Helen Curtis, Senior Nurse
- Anne Armstrong, Junior Nurse
- Romance in Paradise
- Lucy Gallant, Army Nurse
- Judith Morris, Arctic Expedition Nurse
- Nurse of the High Arctic
In The Robber Bride
The Robber Bride
The Robber Bride is a Margaret Atwood novel first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1993. Set in present-day Toronto, Ontario, the novel begins with three women who meet once a month in a restaurant to share a meal....
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- Five Ambushes by Antonia Fremont
- Four Lost Causes by Antonia Fremont
- Deadly Vestments: A History of Inept Military Couture by Antonia Fremont (in progress)
Works invented by John BarnesJohn Barnes (author)-Writing:Two of his novels, The Sky So Big and Black and The Duke of Uranium have been reviewed as having content appropriate for a young adult readership, comparing favorably to Robert A. Heinlein's "juvenile" novels...
In One For the Morning GloryOne For the Morning Glory
One For the Morning Glory is a fantasy novel by John Barnes, published 1996. It is a fairy tale where the characters know that they are in a fairy tale. The novel has a humorous tone similar to William Goldman's The Princess Bride — quite different from Barnes' usual science fiction...
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- Highly Unpleasant Things It Is Sometimes Good To Know, compilation
- Things That Are Not Good To Know At All, compilation
- Chronicles, by Cedric
- The Codwalloper's Daughter, traditional story ballad
- Penna Pike, traditional story ballad, extended by Prince Amatus
- The Masque of Murder, by Roderick
- The Tragical Death of Boniface the Good, by Roderick
- The Third Part of Prince Amatus, by Roderick
- King Boniface, by Roderick
- Robber Baron: The Rise of the Thunder Family from Terror of the North to the Kingdom's Most Respected Barony, by Deacon (Prime Minister) Dick Thunder (authorship disputed)
- Memoirs, by King Amatus
Works invented by L. Frank BaumL. Frank BaumLyman Frank Baum was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...
In The Road to OzThe Road to Oz
The Road to Oz: In Which Is Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and Followed it All the Way to the Marvelous Land of Oz. is the fifth of L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz books...
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- Encyclopedia Donkaniara, by an unknown author
In the Oz books, by Baum and his successors:
- Glinda's Great Book of Records
Works invented by John BellairsJohn BellairsJohn Anthony Bellairs was an American author, best known for his well-respected fantasy novel The Face in the Frost as well as many gothic mystery novels for young adults featuring Lewis Barnavelt, Anthony Monday, and Johnny Dixon.-Biography:After earning degrees at University of Notre Dame and...
In The Face in the FrostThe Face in the Frost
The Face in the Frost is a short 1969 fantasy novel by author John Bellairs. Unlike most of his later works, this book is meant for adult readers. It centers on two accomplished wizards, Prospero and Roger Bacon, tracking down the source of a great magical evil. The subject matter prompted Ursula K...
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- An Answer for Night-Hags
- Krankenhammer by Stefan (the mad cobbler of Mainz) Schimpf
- Nameless Horrors and What to Do About Them
- Six Centuries of English Spells
- Table of Rust Rates by Captain Monkhouse
In Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull:
- Clavicule de Saloman, La by Warren Windrow
- Weird Tales of the Maine Seacoast
In The Dark Secret of Weatherend
The Dark Secret of Weatherend
The Dark Secret of Weatherend is a gothic fantasy novel directed at child readers. It was written by John Bellairs and originally published in 1984. The book was illustrated by Edward Gorey.-Plot summary:...
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- A History of Hoosac County
- Eminent Minnesotans
- Peculiarities of American Cities
- The Book of the Dead by Simon of Salisbury
- The Testament of J. K. Borkman by Jorgen Knut Borkman
In The Figure in the Shadows:
- Free Inquiry into the Properties of Magic Amulets by Florence Helene Zimmermann
In The House with a Clock in Its Walls
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
The House With a Clock in Its Walls is a gothic horror novel directed at child readers. It was written by John Bellairs and originally published in 1973. The book was illustrated by Edward Gorey.-Plot:...
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- Cloud Formations and Other Phenomena by Isaac Izard
- Hardesty's Universal Omnium Gatherum
In The Letter, The Witch, and the Ring:
- A Cyclopedia of Jewish Antiquities by Reverend Merriwether Burchard
In The Mummy, The Will, and the Crypt:
- Stately Homes of New England
In The Doom of the Haunted Opera (with Brad Strickland
Brad Strickland
William Bradley Strickland is an American author known primarily for his fantasy and science fiction. He was born in New Holland, Georgia....
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- Transactions of the Capharnaum County Magicians Society (6 volumes)
In Vengeance of the Witch-Finder (with Brad Strickland
Brad Strickland
William Bradley Strickland is an American author known primarily for his fantasy and science fiction. He was born in New Holland, Georgia....
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- History of the Barnavelt Family and the Rebellion Against King Charles I by James Barnavelt
- Persecution, for Witch-Craft, of Martin Christian Barnavelt by Martin Christian Barnavelt
Works invented by Jedediah BerryJedediah BerryJedediah Berry is an American writer. He is the author of a novel, The Manual of Detection .-Background and education:Berry was born in Randolph, Vermont, and spent his childhood in Catskill, New York. He attended Bard College, and earned a graduate degree from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers...
In The Manual of Detection:
- The Manual of Detection
Works invented by Robert BlochRobert BlochRobert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock...
In The Man Who Collected Poe:
- The Crypt by Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
- The Further Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Worm of Midnight by Edgar Allan Poe
In The Mannikin:
- Cabala of Saboth
- Commentaries on Witchcraft by Mycroft
In The Shambler from the Stars:
- De Vermis MysteriisDe Vermis MysteriisDe Vermis Mysteriis, or Mysteries of the Worm, is a fictional grimoire created by Robert Bloch and incorporated by H. P. Lovecraft into the lore of the Cthulhu Mythos.-Creation:...
(Mysteries of the Worm)
In The Suicide in the Study:
- Cultes des Goules by Comte d'Erlette
- Black Rites by Luveh-Keraphf
Works invented by Roberto BolañoRoberto BolañoRoberto Bolaño Ávalos was a Chilean novelist and poet. In 1999 he won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Los detectives salvajes , and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel 2666, which was described by board member Marcela Valdes...
In 26662666 (novel)
2666 is the penultimate novel written by Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño. Released in 2004, it depicts the unsolved and ongoing serial murders of Ciudad Juárez , the Eastern Front in World War II, and the breakdown of relationships and careers...
: (all by Benno von Archimboldi
Benno von Archimboldi
Benno von Archimboldi is the pen name of the fictional German author Hans Reiter , one of the central characters in Roberto Bolaño's 2666....
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- Lüdicke
- The Endless Rose
- The Leather Mask
- Rivers of Europe
- Bifurcaria Bifurcata
- Inheritance
- Saint Thomas
- The Blind Woman
- The Black Sea
- Lethaea
- The Lottery Man
- The Father
- The Return
- D'Arsonval
- The Garden
- Mitzi's Treasure
- Railroad Perfection
- The Berlin Underworld
- Bitzius
- The King of the Forest
- The Head
Works invented by Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis BorgesJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
In Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis TertiusTlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" is a short story by the 20th century Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. The story was first published in the Argentine journal Sur, May 1940. The "postscript" dated 1947 is intended to be anachronistic, set seven years in the future...
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- Anglo-American Cyclopedia 1917 edition
- A First Encyclopaedia of Tlön
- History of a Land called Uqbar by Silas Haslam (1874)
In stories named after the fictional books:
- The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim by Mir Bahadur Ali (1932)
- The Book of SandThe Book of Sand"The Book of Sand" is a 1975 short story by Jorge Luis Borges. It has parallels to "The Zahir", continuing the theme of self-reference and attempting to abandon the terribly infinite....
- The Garden of Forking PathsThe Garden of Forking Paths"The Garden of Forking Paths" is a 1941 short story by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges. It is the title story in the collection El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan , which was republished in its entirety in Ficciones in 1944...
by Ts'ui Pen
Miscellaneous:
- April March by Herbert Quain
- Axaxaxas Mlo
- Biography of the Baal Shem by Dr. Marcel Yarmolinsky (1940)
- Combed Clap of Thunder
- The Conversation with the Man Called Al-Mu'tasimThe Conversation with the Man Called Al-Mu'tasimThe Conversation with the Man Called Al-Mu'tasim: A Game of Shifting Mirrors is a non-existent novel supposedly by an Indian writer named Mir Bahadur Ali, referenced in the story The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim by Jorge Luis Borges...
: A Game of Shifting Mirrors by Mir Bahadur Ali (1934) -- Illustrated version - Don Quixote and other works by Pierre MenardPierre Menard (fictional character)"Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" is a short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.It originally appeared in Spanish in the Argentine journal Sur in May 1939...
- An Examination of the Philosophy of Robert Fludd by Dr. Marcel Yarmolinsky (1921)
- A General History of Labyrinths by Silas Haslam (1888)
- The God of the Labyrinth by Herbert Quain
- Dem hemlige Fralsaren by Nils Runeberg (1909)
- History of the Sect of the Hasidim by Dr. Marcel Yarmolinsky (1931)
- Kristus och Judas by Nils Runeberg (1904)
- Lesbare und lesenswerthe Bemerkungen über das Land Ukkbar in Klein-Asien by Johann Valentin Andreä
- Plaster Cramp
- Les Problemes d'un probleme by Pierre Menard (1917)
- The Secret Mirror by Herbert Quain
- Statements by Herbert Quain
- Tetragrammaton by Dr. Marcel Yarmolinsky
- Urkunden zur Geschichte der Zahirsage (Documents and Tales: the History of the Zahir) by Julius Barlach (1899)
- A Vindication of the Cabala by Dr. Marcel Yarmolinsky (1938)
- Vindication of Eternity by Jaromir Hladík (1927)
- See also cover art for the books
Works invented by William BoydWilliam Boyd (writer)William Boyd, CBE is a Scottish novelist and screenwriter.-Biography:Of Scottish descent, Boyd spent his early life in Ghana and Nigeria, in Africa...
In Any Human HeartAny Human Heart
Any Human Heart: The Intimate Journals of Logan Mountstuart is a 2002 novel by William Boyd, a Scottish writer. It is written as a lifelong series of journals kept by the protagonist, Logan Mountstuart, a writer whose life spanned the defining episodes of the twentieth century, crossed several...
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- by Logan Montstuart
- The Mind's Imaginings
- The Girl Factory
- The Cosmopolitans
- The Villa by the Lake
- by Peter Scabius
- Beware of the Dog
- Night Train to Paris
- Three Days in Marrakesh
- Guilt
- Iniquity
- The Slaughter of the Innocents
- The Red and the Blue and the Red
- Already Too Late
- by Butler Hughes
- North by Night
In Brazzaville Beach
Brazzaville Beach
Brazzaville Beach is a novel by William Boyd, for which he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 1990, and the McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. The book tells the story of a woman researching chimpanzees, Hope Clearwater, and the circumstances that brought her to...
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- by Eugene Mallabar
- The Peaceful Primate
- Primate's Progress
In Restless (novel)
Restless (novel)
Restless, an espionage novel by William Boyd, was published in 2006 and won the Costa Prize for fiction.The novel depicts the tale of a young woman who discovers that her mother was recruited as a spy during World War II. Its intrigue may well be a function of the style of prose. The book...
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- by Eva Delectorskaya
- The Story of Eva Delectorskaya
- by Sam M Goodforth
- The Hollow Mountain
- by Robert York
- Germany: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Works invented by Richard BrautiganRichard BrautiganRichard Gary Brautigan was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. His work often employs black comedy, parody, and satire. He is best known for his 1967 novel Trout Fishing in America.- Early life :...
In The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966
The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 is a novel by Richard Brautigan first published in 1971 by Simon and Schuster. In subsequent printings the title is often shortened to simply The Abortion.-Plot summary:...
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- Bacon Death, by Marsha Patterson
- Breakfast First, by Samuel Humber
- The Culinary Dostoevski, by James Fallon
- The Egg Laid Twice, by Beatrice Quinn
- Growing Flowers by Candlelight in Hotel Rooms, by Ms. Charles Fine Adams
- He Kissed All Night, by Susan Magar
- A History of Nebraska, by Clinton York*
- Hombre, by Canton Lee
- It's the Queen of Darkness, Pal, by Rod Keen
- Jack, The Story of a Cat, by Hilda Simpson
- Leather Clothes and the History of Man, by S. M. Justice
- Love Always Beautiful, by Charles Green
- Moose, by Richard Brautigan
- My Dog, by Bill Lewis
- My Trike, by Chuck
- The Need for Legalized Abortion, by Doctor O.
- The Other Side of My Hand, by Harlow Blade
- Pancake Pretty, by Barbara Jones
- Printer's Ink, by Fred Sinkus
- The Quick Forest, by Thomas Funnel
- Sam Sam Sam, by Patricia Evens Summers
- The Stereo and God, by Reverend Lincoln Lincoln
- UFO vs. CBS, by Susan De Witt
- Vietnam Victory, by Edward Fox
- Your Clothes are Dead, by Les Steinman
Works invented by Elinor Brent-DyerElinor Brent-DyerElinor M. Brent-Dyer was a children’s author who wrote over 100 books during her lifetime, the most famous being the Chalet School series.-Short Biography :...
In the Chalet School series:
- In A Future Chalet School Girl: Mystery at Heron Lake by Josephine M. Bettany
- In Althea Joins the Chalet School: The Secret of Castle Dancing by Josephine M. Bettany
- In Carola Storms the Chalet School: The Rose Patrol in the Alps by Josephine M. Bettany
- In The Chalet School Goes To It: Gipsy Jocelyn by Josephine M. Bettany
- In Gay from China at the Chalet School: Indian Holiday and Nancy Meets a Nazi by Josephine M. Bettany
- In Jo Returns to the Chalet School: Cecily Holds the Fort and Malvina Wins Through by Josephine M. Bettany
- In Joey Goes to Oberland: Audrey Wins the Trick and Dora of the Lower Fifth by Josephine M. Bettany
- In Lavender Laughs at the Chalet School: Lavender Laughs in Brazil: Lavender Laughs in Cyprus: Lavender Laughs in Libya: Lavender Laughs in Scotland: Lavender Laughs in the West Indies: Lavender Laughs in Turkey and Lavender laughs in New Guinea by Sylvia Leigh; and The Lost Staircase, Luella was a Land Girl, and The Robin Makes Good by Josephine M. Bettany
- In The Chalet School and the Island: The Sea Parrot by Kester Bellever
- In The Chalet School in Exile: Tessa in Tyrol by Josephine M. Bettany
- In The Mystery at the Chalet School: The Leader of the Lost Cause by Josephine M. Bettany
- In The New Mistress at the Chalet School: King's Soldier Maid and Swords Crossed by Josephine M. Bettany
- In A Problem for the Chalet School: A Royalist Soldier-Maid and Werner of the Alps by Josephine M. Bettany
- In Three Go to the Chalet School: Lavender Laughs in Kashmir by Sylvia Leigh
- In Tom Tackles the Chalet School: The Fugitive of the Salt Cave and The Secret House by Josephine M. Bettany
- In Two Sams at the Chalet School: Swords for the King! by Josephine M. Bettany
- In Maids of La Rochelle: Guernsey Folk Tales by Elizabeth Temple
Works invented by John BrunnerJohn Brunner (novelist)John Kilian Houston Brunner was a prolific British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1968 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel. It also won the BSFA award the same year...
In Stand on ZanzibarStand on Zanzibar
Stand on Zanzibar is a dystopian New Wave science fiction novel written by John Brunner and first published in 1968. The book won a Hugo Award for Best Novel at the 27th World Science Fiction Convention in 1969, as well as the 1969 BSFA Award and the 1973 Prix Tour-Apollo Award.-Description:A...
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- The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
- You're an Ignorant Idiot a series by Chad C. Mulligan
- Better ? than ? by Chad C. Mulligan
- You : Beast by Chad C. Mulligan
Works invented by Steven BrustSteven BrustSteven Karl Zoltán Brust is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He was a member of the writers' group The Scribblies, which included Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Will Shetterly, Nate Bucklin, Kara Dalkey, and Patricia Wrede; he also belongs to the Pre-Joycean...
In AthyraAthyra
Athyra is the sixth book in Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series, set in the fantasy world of Dragaera. Originally published in 1993, by Ace Books, it was reprinted in 2003 along with Orca in the omnibus The Book of Athyra...
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In Five Hundred Years After
Five Hundred Years After
Five Hundred Years After is the second novel in the Khaavren Romances fantasy series by Steven Brust. It is set in the fantasy world of Dragaera. The novel is heavily influenced by the d'Artagnan Romances written by Alexandre Dumas, and Brust considers the series an homage to that author...
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In Jhegaala
Jhegaala
Jhegaala is the eleventh book in Steven Brust′s Vlad Taltos series, set in the fantasy world of Dragaera. It was published in 2008. Following the trend of the series, it is named after one of the Great Houses and usually features that House as an important element to its plot.Each house uses a...
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Works invented by Lois McMaster BujoldLois McMaster BujoldLois McMaster Bujold is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works. Bujold is one of the most acclaimed writers in her field, having won the prestigious Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record. Her novella The Mountains of Mourning won both the Hugo...
In The Curse of Chalion:
Works invented by A. S. ByattA. S. ByattDame Antonia Susan Duffy, DBE is an English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner...
In The Biographer's TaleThe Biographer's Tale
The Biographer's Tale is a book by A. S. Byatt. The story is about a postgraduate student, Phineas G. Nanson, who decides to write a biography about an obscure biographer, Scholes Destry-Scholes...
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Evliya Çelebi
Evliya Çelebi was an Ottoman traveler who journeyed through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years.- Life :...
by Sir Elmer Boles, likely to have been written by Boles himself
Rose of Sharon
Rose of Sharon is a common name that applies to several different species of flowering plants that are highly valued throughout the world. The name's colloquial application has been used as an example of the lack of precision of common names, which potentially causes confusion...
by Sir Elmer Bole
In The Children's Book
The Children's Book
The Children's Book is a 2009 novel by British writer A.S. Byatt. It follows the adventures of several inter-related families, adults and children, from 1895 through World War I. Loosely based upon the life of children's writer E. Nesbit there are secrets slowly revealed that show that the...
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Miscellaneous
In Possession: A Romance
Possession: A Romance
Possession: A Romance is a 1990 bestselling novel by British writer A. S. Byatt. It is a winner of the Man Booker Prize.Part historical as well as contemporary fiction, the title Possession refers to issues of ownership and independence between lovers, the practice of collecting historically...
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Ask and Embla
In Norse mythology, Ask and Embla —male and female respectively—were the first two humans, created by the gods. The pair are attested in both the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson...
poem-cycle by Randolph Henry Ash
Cassandra
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy...
verse drama by Randolph Henry Ash
Proserpina
Proserpina or Proserpine is an ancient Roman goddess whose story is the basis of a myth of Springtime. Her Greek goddess' equivalent is Persephone. The probable origin of her name comes from the Latin, "proserpere" or "to emerge," in respect to the growing of grain...
by Randolph Henry Ash
Priapus
In Greek mythology, Priapus or Priapos , was a minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens and male genitalia. Priapus is marked by his absurdly oversized, permanent erection, which gave rise to the medical term priapism...
by Randolph Henry Ash
Ragnarök
In Norse mythology, Ragnarök is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures , the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water...
by Randolph Henry Ash
Jan Swammerdam
Jan Swammerdam was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. His work on insects demonstrated that the various phases during the life of an insect—egg, larva, pupa, and adult—are different forms of the same animal. As part of his anatomical research, he carried out experiments on muscle contraction...
poem by Randolph Henry Ash
Works invented by James Branch CabellJames Branch CabellJames Branch Cabell, ; April 14, 1879 – May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. Cabell was well regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis. His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when his...
In the Biography of the Life of Manuel:- Anonymous Works
- Works by Horace Calverly, Lord Ufford
- Works by John Charteris
- Ashtaroth's Lackey
- In Old Lichfield
- Letters
- Works by Nicolas de Caen
- Le Cocu Rouge (The Red Cuckold; disputed attributed)
- Le Dizain des Reines (Chivalry)
- Madoc et Ettarre (The Music from Beyond the Moon)
- Les Aventures d'Adhelmar de Nointel
- Le Roman de Lusignan (DomneiDomneiDomnei is an Old Provençal word meaning the attitude of chivalrous devotion of a knight for his Lady.-The Cabell Book:In modern times the word is especially known for the use made of it in the title and plot of Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship , a fantasy novel by James Branch Cabell, set in the...
) - Le Roy Amaury
- The Silver Stallion (disputed attribution)
- Works by Felix Bulmer Kennaston
- Chimes at Midnight
- Defence of Ignorance
- Epistles of Ananias, by Marian Winwood (consisting of Felix Kennaston's loveletters to her)
- How Many Angels
- The King's Quest
- Men Who Loved Alison (The Audit at Storisende)
- The Tinctured Veil
- Works by Gerald Musgrave
- The Evolution of Marriage
- Fertility Rites of the Sabbat
- Lingham Worship
- Myth of Anistar and Calmoora
- Seed of Minos
- Study of Priapos
- Tentative Restoration of the Lost Books of Elephantis
- Works by Colonel Rudolph Vartrey Musgrave
- Chart of the Descendants of Zenophon Perkins
- Colonial Lichfield
- Lichfield Legislative Papers prior to 1800
- The Musgraves of Matocton
- Notes on the Vartreys of Westphalia
- Recollections of a Gracious Era
- Right on the Scaffold
- Secession and the South
- Works by Robert Etheridge Townshend
- Afield
- The Apostates
- The Cords of Vanity
- From the Hidden Way
- Works by Other Authors
- Volksagen, by Ackermann
- Roman de Lusignan, unfinished English translation by Wir William Allonby
- Ancetres de la Révolution, by d'Avranches
- Pathologica Dæmonica, by Borsdale
- Poictesme en Chanson et Légende, by Gottfried Johannes Bülg
- Peerage and Baronetage, by Burke
- Storia del Granducato di Toscana sotto il governo d'Allesandro de Medici, by Checino
- Handbook of Literary Pioneers, by E. Noel Codman
- Synopsis of Aryan Mythology, by Angelo de Ruiz
- Urgeschichte der Philistäter, by Douwer
- Hommes Illustres, by Du Maillot
- Histoire de la littérature provençal (History of Provençal Poetry), by Charles Claude Fauriel
- For Love of a Lady, by Marmaduke Fennel
- Biography of Felix Kennaston, by J.V.A. Froser
- Recherches sur le Culte de Sesphra, by Garnier
- The Cream of the Jest, by Richard Fentnor Harrowby
- In Scarlet Sidon, by Elspeth Lancaster
- Key to the Popular Tales of Poictesme, by John Frederick Lewistam
- Life (of John Bulmer, Duke of Ormskirk), by Löwe
- Life of Mrs. Norton, by Perkins
- Origins of Fable, by Prote
- Choix des Poésies originales des Troubadours, by Raimbaut
- Landed Gentry, by Sparks
- Roscius Anglicanus, by Thorsby
- Life of John Charteris, by Robert Etheridge Townsend
- Tudor Tales, by Dr. Paul Vanderhoffen
- Notice sur la vie de Nicolas de Caen, by Paul Verville
- Visitations of Norfolk, by Villiers
- Works in the library of John Charteris
- Works by the "gifted writers of Bookland. You will observe it is extensive; for the wonderful literary genius is by long odds the most common character in fiction."
- Novels and Tales of Mark Ambient
- Billiad, by Lord Bendish
- The Wanderer, by Lord Bendish
- Ashtaroth's Lackey, by John Charteris
- In Old Lichfield, by John Charteris
- Complete Writings of Eustace Cleever
- The Complete Works of David Copperfield
- The Works of Colney Durance
- Works of Bartholomew Josselin
- Poems of Gervase Poore
- The Works of Arthur Pendennis
- Collected Essays, by Ernest Pontifex
- Oeuvres de Lucien de Rubempré
- Novels of Titus Scrope
- The Amber Statuette, by Lucien Taylor
- The Nungapunga Book, by G.B. Torpenhow
- A Man of Words, by Felix Wildmay
- An Essay upon Castrametation, with some particular Remarks upon the Vestiges of Ancient Fortifications lately discovered by the Author at the Kaim of Kinprunes
- Works "planned but never carried through by real authors.
- The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer
- The complete Christabel, by S.T. Coleridge
- The Children of the Fathers, by Charles Dickens
- The Young Person, by Charles Dickens
- An epic by John Keats
- The Unwritten Plays of Christopher Marlowe
- King Arthur, by John Milton
- Affectation, by John Sheridan
- The Faery Queen , by Edmund Spenser
- Cannonmills, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Rising Sun, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Shovels of Newton French, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Sophia Scarlet, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- A mediæval romance of Agincourt by Thackeray
- Familiar works "as the authors meant them to be".
- The Intended Edition of the works of James Branch Cabell, issued through Knappe & Dreme
- The 1599 version of Troilus and Cressida, by William Shakespeare
In The Nightmare Has Triplets:
- Smire Mythos, by Professor Afanyakof
- Mythische Geographie, by Volcher
Works invented by Italo CalvinoItalo CalvinoItalo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,...
In If on a Winter's Night a TravelerIf on a winter's night a traveler
If on a winter's night a traveler is a 1979 novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino. The narrative is about a reader trying to read a book called If on a winter's night a traveler. Every odd-numbered chapter is in the second person, and tells the reader what he is doing in preparation for...
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Works invented by Peter Carey
In Oscar and LucindaOscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize, the 1989 Miles Franklin Award, and was shortlisted for The Best of the Booker.-Plot introduction:...
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Works invented by Jonathan CarrollJonathan CarrollJonathan Samuel Carroll is an American author primarily known for novels, which can be characterized as magic realist, slipstream or modern fantasy...
In A Child Across the Sky:
In The Land of Laughs
The Land of Laughs
The Land of Laughs is fantasy novel by Jonathan Carroll. It was first published by Viking Press in 1980 and is the author's first novel. The novel was notably reprinted by Orion Books in 2000 as volume 9 of their Fantasy Masterworks series.-Plot summary:...
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In Sleeping in Flame
Sleeping in Flame
Sleeping in Flame is a novel by the American writer Jonathan Carroll. Originally published in 1988, the novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award the following year.-Explanation of the novel's title:...
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Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
Works invented by Michael ChabonMichael ChabonMichael Chabon born May 24, 1963) is an American author and "one of the most celebrated writers of his generation", according to The Virginia Quarterly Review....
In SummerlandSummerland (novel)
Summerland is a 2002 fantasy young adult novel by American writer Michael Chabon. It is about young children who save the world from destruction by playing baseball, the central theme and symbol throughout the novel. Summerland weaves elements of a World Series, parallel-universe road trip, and a...
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In Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys is a 1995 novel by the American writer Michael Chabon. It was adapted into a film in 2000.-Plot summary:Pittsburgh professor and author Grady Tripp is working on an unwieldy 2,611 page manuscript that is meant to be the follow-up to his successful, award-winning novel The Land...
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Works invented by Robert W. ChambersRobert W. ChambersRobert William Chambers was an American artist and writer.-Biography:He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers , a famous lawyer, and Caroline Chambers , a direct descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, Rhode Island...
The King in Yellow
The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories written by Robert W. Chambers and published in 1895. The stories could be categorized as early horror fiction or Victorian Gothic fiction, but the work also touches on mythology, fantasy, mystery, science fiction and romance...
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Robert W. Chambers
Robert William Chambers was an American artist and writer.-Biography:He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers , a famous lawyer, and Caroline Chambers , a direct descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, Rhode Island...
(Castaigne is either the author or the translator)
Works invented by Raymond ChandlerRaymond ChandlerRaymond Thornton Chandler was an American novelist and screenwriter.In 1932, at age forty-five, Raymond Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in...
Attributed to Aaron Klopstein (Klopstein committed suicide at the age of 33, shooting himself with an Amazonian blowgunBlowgun
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Works invented by Agatha ChristieAgatha ChristieDame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
Attributed to Ariadne OliverAriadne Oliver
Ariadne Oliver is a fictional character in the novels of Agatha Christie. She is a mystery novelist and a friend of Hercule Poirot.-Profile:Mrs. Oliver often assists Poirot in his cases through her knowledge of the criminal mind. She often claims to be endowed with particular "feminine intuition,"...
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Attributed to Salome Otterbourne:
- Under the Fig Tree
- Snow on the Desert's Face (unpublished)
Works invented by ClampClamp (manga artists), is an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid 1980s. Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. It consists of their leader , who provides much of the storyline and screenplay for all their works and adaptations of those works respectively ,...
In the mangaManga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
Chobits
Chobits
is a Japanese manga created by the Japanese manga collective Clamp. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 to November 2002 and collected in eight bound volumes....
- A City With No People (children's book series)
- Vol. 1: A City With No People
- Vol. 2: Someone Just For Me
- Vol. 3: They Can Do Anything
- Vol. 4: A Wish That Can't Be Granted
- Vol. 5: Little By Little
- Vol. 6: Please Find Me
- Vol. 7: A Warm Heart
Works invented by Jonathan CoeJonathan CoeJonathan Coe is an English novelist and writer. His work has an underlying preoccupation with political issues, although this serious engagement is often expressed comically in the form of satire. For example, What a Carve Up! reworks the plot of an old 1960s spoof horror film of the same name...
In What a Carve Up!:
- Accidents Will Happen by Michael Owen
- Great Plumbers of Albania (unknown author)
- 300 Years of Halitosis (unknown author)
- The Winshaw Legacy: A Family Chronicle by Alan Beamish
- So You Think You Know about Plinths? by Revd. J. W. Pottage
- A Life in Packaging - Fragments of an Autobiography:Volume IX - The StyrofoamStyrofoamStyrofoam is a trademark of The Dow Chemical Company for closed-cell currently made for thermal insulation and craft applications. In 1941, researchers in Dow's Chemical Physics Lab found a way to make foamed polystyrene...
Years (unknown author) - A Pox on the Box: Memoirs of a Disillusioned Broadcaster by Alan Beamish
- Dropping in on Jerry: A Light-Hearted Account of the Dresden Bombings by Wing CommanderWing Commander (rank)Wing commander is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries...
"Bullseye" Fortescue - A Lutheran Approach to the Films of Martin and LewisMartin and LewisMartin and Lewis were an American comedy team, comprising singer Dean Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis as the comedic "foil". The pair first met in 1945; their debut as a duo occurred at Atlantic City's 500 Club on July 24/25, 1946....
(unknown author) - The A-Z of Plinths by Revd. J. W. Pottage
- The Loving Touch by Michael Owen
- Plinths! Plinths! Plinths!" by Revd. J. W. Pottage
- I was Celery (unknown author)
Works invented by Eoin ColferEoin ColferEoin Colfer is an Irish author. He is most famous as the author of the Artemis Fowl series, but he has also written other successful books. His novels have been compared to the works of J. K. Rowling...
In And Another Thing...And Another Thing... (novel)
And Another Thing… is the title of the sixth installment of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy". The book, written by Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series, was published on the thirtieth anniversary of the first book, 12 October 2009, in hardback. It was...
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Works invented by Joseph ConradJoseph ConradJoseph Conrad was a Polish-born English novelist.Conrad is regarded as one of the great novelists in English, although he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties...
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1903 publication, it appeared as a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "100 best novels" and part of the Western canon.The story centres on Charles...
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Works invented by Richard Cowper
In A Dream of Kinship:In The Road to Corlay:
In A Tapestry of Time:
In The Twilight of Briareus:
Works invented by Edmund CrispinEdmund CrispinEdmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery , an English crime writer and composer.-Life and work:Montgomery was born in Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire...
The Case of the Gilded Fly
The Case of the Gilded Fly is a detective novel by Edmund Crispin first published in 1944. Crispin's debut novel, it contains the first appearance of eccentric amateur sleuth Gervase Fen, who is Professor of English Language and Literature in the University of Oxford...
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Works invented by Andrew CrumeyAndrew CrumeyAndrew Crumey is a novelist and former literary editor of the Scotland on Sunday newspaper. He was born in Kirkintilloch, north of Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated with First Class Honours from the University of St Andrews and holds a PhD in theoretical physics from Imperial College, London. In...
Pfitz
Pfitz is a novel by Scottish physicist and author Andrew Crumey. It concerns an 18th century German prince who dedicates his life to the construction of imaginary cities. The name Pfitz is taken from an inhabitant of one of the prince's fanciful cities, Rreinnstadt.In 1997, the book was named a...
) Tales from Rreinnstadt by Muller (in D'Alembert's Principle
D'Alembert's principle
D'Alembert's principle, also known as the Lagrange–d'Alembert principle, is a statement of the fundamental classical laws of motion. It is named after its discoverer, the French physicist and mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert...
) Epistemology and Unreason by Ian Muir (in Mr Mee) Rosier's Encyclopedia by Jean-Bernard Rosier (in Mr Mee) The Angel Returns by Heinrich Behring, translated by Celia Carter (in Mobius Dick
Mobius Dick
Mobius Dick is a novel by Andrew Crumey.It features a parallel world in which Nazi Germany invaded Britain and Erwin Schrödinger failed to find the wave equation that bears his name. This world becomes connected to our world due to experiments with quantum computers.The science-fiction plot...
) Professor Faust by Heinrich Behring, translated by Celia Carter (in Mobius Dick
Mobius Dick
Mobius Dick is a novel by Andrew Crumey.It features a parallel world in which Nazi Germany invaded Britain and Erwin Schrödinger failed to find the wave equation that bears his name. This world becomes connected to our world due to experiments with quantum computers.The science-fiction plot...
) Evolution Towards Perfection by Otto Hinze (in Mobius Dick
Mobius Dick
Mobius Dick is a novel by Andrew Crumey.It features a parallel world in which Nazi Germany invaded Britain and Erwin Schrödinger failed to find the wave equation that bears his name. This world becomes connected to our world due to experiments with quantum computers.The science-fiction plot...
) The Teleology of Mental Degeneration by Otto Hinze (in Mobius Dick
Mobius Dick
Mobius Dick is a novel by Andrew Crumey.It features a parallel world in which Nazi Germany invaded Britain and Erwin Schrödinger failed to find the wave equation that bears his name. This world becomes connected to our world due to experiments with quantum computers.The science-fiction plot...
) Synchronicism and Coincidence by Otto Hinze (in Mobius Dick
Mobius Dick
Mobius Dick is a novel by Andrew Crumey.It features a parallel world in which Nazi Germany invaded Britain and Erwin Schrödinger failed to find the wave equation that bears his name. This world becomes connected to our world due to experiments with quantum computers.The science-fiction plot...
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Works invented by Mark Z. DanielewskiMark Z. DanielewskiMark Z. Danielewski, born March 5, 1966 in New York City, New York, is an American author, best known for his debut novel House of Leaves...
In House of LeavesHouse of Leaves
House of Leaves is the debut novel by the American author Mark Z. Danielewski, published by Pantheon Books. The novel quickly became a bestseller following its March 7, 2000 release. It was followed by a companion piece, The Whalestoe Letters...
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Works invented by Robertson DaviesRobertson DaviesWilliam Robertson Davies, CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRSL was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is variously said to have gladly accepted for himself...
In Fifth BusinessFifth Business
Fifth Business is a 1970 novel by Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor Robertson Davies. It is the first installment of the Deptford Trilogy and is a story of the life of the narrator, Dunstan Ramsay...
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Works invented by John DeChancieJohn DeChancieJohn DeChancie is an American author. A Pittsburgh native, he is most famous for his comic fantasy Castle series, and his science fiction Skyway series...
In Castle Murders:
In Castle Perilous:
Works invented by Philip K. DickPhilip K. DickPhilip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments and altered...
In The Man in the High CastleThe Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle is a science fiction alternate history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It won a Hugo Award in 1963 and has since been translated into many languages....
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In A Maze of Death
A Maze of Death
A Maze of Death is a 1970 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. Like many of Dick's novels, it portrays what appears to be a drab and harsh off-world human colony and explores the difference between reality and perception...
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Works invented by Paul Di FilippoPaul Di FilippoPaul Di Filippo is an American science fiction writer. He has been published in Postscripts...
In Plumage From Pegasus:
Works invented by Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...
In the Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...
series:
- Chaldean Roots in the Ancient Cornish Language by Sherlock Holmes
- The Dynamics of an AsteroidThe Dynamics of an AsteroidThe Dynamics of An Asteroid is a fictional book by Professor James Moriarty, the implacable foe of Sherlock Holmes. The book is described by author Arthur Conan Doyle in "The Valley of Fear" when Sherlock Holmes, speaking of Professor Moriarty, statesWith this class of talent, Professor Moriarty...
by Professor James MoriartyProfessor MoriartyProfessor James Moriarty is a fictional character and the archenemy of the detective Sherlock Holmes in the fiction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Moriarty is a criminal mastermind, described by Holmes as the "Napoleon of Crime". Doyle lifted the phrase from a real Scotland Yard inspector who was... - Early English Charters by Sherlock Holmes
- Giant Rat of Sumatra by Dr. John Watson
- Heavy Game in the Western Himalayas (1881) by Colonel Sebastian Moran
- Malingering by Sherlock Holmes
- Of Tattoo Marks by Sherlock Holmes
- On Secret Writings by Sherlock Holmes
- On the Polyphonic Motets of Lassus by Sherlock Holmes
- On the Study of Tobaccos and their Ashes by Sherlock Holmes
- On the Surface Anatomy of the Human Ear by Sherlock Holmes
- On the Typewriter and Its Relation to Crime by Sherlock Holmes
- Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, with Some Observations upon the Segregation of the Queen by Sherlock Holmes
- Three Months in the Jungle (1884) by Colonel Sebastian Moran
- A Treatise on the Binomial TheoremA Treatise on the Binomial TheoremA Treatise on the Binomial Theorem is a fictional work of mathematics by the young James Moriarty, the evil archenemy of the detective Sherlock Holmes in the fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle...
by Professor James Moriarty - Upon the Dating of Old Documents by Sherlock Holmes
- Upon the Influence of a Trade upon the Form of the Hand by Sherlock Holmes
- Upon the Tracing of Footsteps by Sherlock Holmes
- Upon the Uses of Dogs in the Work of the Detective by Sherlock Holmes
- Whole Art of Detection by Sherlock Holmes
In the Professor Challenger
Professor Challenger
George Edward Challenger, better known as Professor Challenger, is a fictional character in a series of science fiction stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
series:
- Outlines of Vertebrate Evolution by Professor George Edward ChallengerProfessor ChallengerGeorge Edward Challenger, better known as Professor Challenger, is a fictional character in a series of science fiction stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
- Some Observations Upon a Series of Kalmuk Skulls by Professor George Edward Challenger
Works invented by Umberto EcoUmberto EcoUmberto Eco Knight Grand Cross is an Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose , an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory...
In Foucault's PendulumFoucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988; the translation into English by William Weaver appeared a year later....
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- The Carmassi Brothers by Adeodato Lampustri
- Chaste Throbs by Odolinda Mezzofanti Sassabetti
- Chronicles of the Zodiac by Dr. De Amicis
- The Dismissed by Adeodato Lampustri
- Diary of a Village Doctor
- Diary of a Young Girl's Illness
- Panther Without Eyelashes by Adeodato Lampustri
- The Wonderful Adventure of Metals
In The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose is the first novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327, an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory...
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- Manuscript de Dom Adson de Melk, Le by Abbe Vallet
- On the Use of Mirrors in the Game of Chess by Milo Temesvar
Works invented by Sebastian FaulksSebastian Faulks-Early life:Faulks was born on 20 April 1953 in Donnington, Berkshire to Peter Faulks and Pamela . Edward Faulks, Baron Faulks, is his older brother. He was educated at Elstree School, Reading and went on to Wellington College, Berkshire...
In A Week in DecemberA Week in December
A Week in December is a novel by British writer Sebastian Faulks, published in 2009. The story is set in London, England over a week in December, 2007.-Plot:...
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- Alfie the Humble Engine by Sally Higgs (winner of the Pizza Palace Book of the Year)
- Bolivia: Land of Shadows by Antony Cazenove
- The Potter's Tale by R. Tranter
- Shropshire Towers by Alfred Huntley Edgerton
- A Winter Crossing by Alexander Sedley
Works invented by Joshua FerrisJoshua FerrisJoshua Ferris is an American author best known for his debut 2007 novel Then We Came to the End. The book is a comedy about the American workplace, told in the first-person plural...
In Then We Came to the EndThen We Came to the End
Then We Came to the End is the first novel by Joshua Ferris. It was released by Little, Brown and Company on March 1, 2007. A satire of the American workplace, it is similar in tone to Don DeLillo's Americana, even borrowing DeLillo's first line for its title.It takes place in a Chicago...
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- Hiding Places Both Underwater and Underground a McLenox Publication
- The Anarchist's Philosophy a McLenox Publication
- How to Make a Fake Birth Certificate on Your Home Computer a McLenox Publication
Works invented by Ronald FirbankRonald FirbankArthur Annesley Ronald Firbank was a British novelist.-Biography:Ronald Firbank was born in London, the son of society lady Harriet Jane Garrett and MP Sir Thomas Firbank. He went to Uppingham School, and then on to Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He converted to Catholicism in 1907...
In Caprice:
- Ozias Midwinter by unknown
In Inclinations:
- Book of Cats by Miss Neffal
- Notes on the Tedium of Places by William Wordsworth
- Six Strange Sisters by Geraldine O'Brookomore
- Those Gonzagas by Geraldine O'Brookomore
- Three Lilies and a Moustache by unknown
- Travels by Lady Cray
- Violet's Virture (or The Virtue of the Violet) by A Literary Lady (The Scottish Sappho)
In Vainglory:
- Autobiography by Mrs. Cresswell
- Beams by Bishop Pantry
- Even-Tide by Bishop Pantry
- The Home Life of Lucretia Borgia by Mrs. Asp
- Inner Garden by Bishop Pantry
- The Leg of Chicken by Mr. Garsaint
- Love's Arrears by Claud Harvester
- New Poems by Claud Harvester
- Night Thoughts by Bishop Pantry
- The Red Rose of Martyrdom by Mrs. Cresswell
- Sacerdotalism and Satanism by Miss Missingham
- Scroll from the Fingers of Ta-Hor by Miss Hospice
- Vaindreams by Claud Harvester
- Verlaine at Bournemouth by Lady Anne Pantry
- The Women Queens of England by Mrs. Asp
Works invented by Jasper FfordeJasper FfordeJasper Fforde is a British novelist. Fforde's first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001. Fforde is mainly known for his Thursday Next novels, although he has written several books in the loosely connected Nursery Crime series and begun two more independent series: The Last Dragonslayer...
In the Thursday NextThursday Next
Thursday Next is the main protagonist in a series of comic fantasy, alternate history novels by the British author Jasper Fforde. She was first introduced in Fforde's first published novel, The Eyre Affair, released on July 19, 2001 by Hodder & Stoughton. , the series comprises six books, in two...
novels:
- Adventures in the Book Trade by O. Nakajima
- At Long Last Lust by Daphne Farquitt
- Bad Sofa by Landen Parke-Laine
- The Books of H. Paige by Millon de Floss
- Bradshaw's Guide to the Bookworld by Commander Trafford Bradshaw, CBE
- The Brontës by W.H.H.F. Renouf
- Bunyan's Bootscraper by John McSquurd (unpublished)
- Cardenio - Easy Come, Easy Go by Millon de Floss
- Caversham Heights (later retitled Nursery Crime, see also The Big Over EasyThe Big Over EasyThe Big Over Easy is a novel written by Jasper Fforde and published in 2005. It features Detective Inspector Jack Spratt and his assistant, Sergeant Mary Mary....
) - The Commander Bradshaw novels
- Crimean Reminisces by Thursday Next
- Death at Double-X Ranch
- Degeneracy for Pleasure and Profit by Acheron Hades
- Don't Desert Your Desserts by Cilla Bubb
- The Earthcrossers by Mr S.A. Orbiter
- Enid Blyton by Millon de Floss
- The Extraordinary Career of George Formby by John Williams
- The Emperor Zhark novels by Handley Paige
- The Gravitube - Tenth Wonder of the World by Vincentt Dott
- The Global Standard Deity by Professor M. Blessington, PR (ret.)
- Great Expectations, A Study by Millon de Floss
- The Great Samuel Pepys Fiasco
- Hades: Family From Hell by Thursday Next
- The Hardest Job in Fiction by the Bellman
- A History of Gibbons by Ronan Empyre
- How I Think Life Began on Earth by Dr Luciano Spagog
- Journal of a LitreTec by Bowden Cable
- The Jurisfiction Chronicles by Thursday Next
- The Jurisfiction Guide to Book-Jumping by the Unitary Authority of Warrington CatCheshire CatThe Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat popularised by Lewis Carroll's depiction of it in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Known for his distinctive mischievous grin, the Cheshire Cat has had a notable impact on popular culture.-Origins:...
- The Jurisfiction Guide to the Great Library by the Unitary Authority of Warrington Cat
- Jurisfiction Journals by the Unitary Authority of Warrington Cat
- The Land Speed Record by the Very Reverend Toredlyne
- Library Sub-Basement Gazeteer
- Life After Death for Felix Tabularasa by Millon de Floss
- A Life in SpecOpsSpecOpsSpecOps is a fictional overarching British governmental force in Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series of novels. It was established in 1928 to handle policing duties "too unusual or too specialized" to be handled by the regular police. The force and divisions are similar in name to the real world...
by Thursday Next- Also called Thursday Next: A Life in SpecOps and My Life in SpecOps
- Memoirs of A Crimean Veteran by Landen Parke-Laine
- The Middle of Next Week
- Neanderthals: Back After A Short Absence by Gerhard von Squid
- The New Whigs: From Humble Beginnings to Fourth Reich by A.J.P. Milliner
- Once Were Scoundrels by Landen Parke-Laine
- The Perkins and Snell novels
- Remember Them? A Study of Mnemomorphs by Blake Lamme (Ex-SO-5)
- Revealments of St Zvlkx
- Revenge of the Thraals by Handley Paige
- A Short History of the Special Operations Network by Millon de Floss
- Spacestation Z-5 by Handley Paige
- The Squire of High Potternews by Daphne Farquitt
- Story Operating Systems - The Early Years by WordMaster Xavier Libris
- Sword of the Zenobians
- Timestream Navigation for ChronoGuard cadets module 6A by Bendix Scintilla
- Thursday Next: A Biography by Millon de Floss
- Thursday Next Casebook by Millon de Floss
- UltraWord - The Aftermath by Millon de Floss
- UltraWord - The Ultimate Reading Experience by WordMaster Xavier Libris
- The Ups and Downs of Act Breaks by Jeremy Fnorp
- Upstream/Downstream by Colonel Next, QT, CG (non-exst.)
- Wales - Birth of a Republic by Zephania Jones
- Who Put the Poe in Poem? by Millon de Floss
- Wuthering Heights: Masterpiece or Turgid Rubbish? by Millon de Floss
In the Nursery Crimes novels:
- The Berkshire Book of Records
- Chymes - Friend or Foe?
- The Foot Lectures by Professor Tarsus
- A History of Reading
- Inside the Guild of Detectives
- Motoring Into Oblivion by A. Morris
- A Short History of the NCD
- Valleyhills Movie Guide
- Watching the Detectives by Masie Gray
- Who's What?
Works invented by Gardner F. Fox
In Kothar--Barbarian Swordsman:- The Lord Histories of Satoram Mandamor
In Kothar and the Demon Queen:
- Attributed to Gronlex Storbon
- Dialogue of Demons
- Nights of Necromancy
Works invented by Michael FraynMichael FraynMichael J. Frayn is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy...
In A Landing on the SunA Landing on the Sun
A Landing On The Sun is a 1991 novel by Michael Frayn, and was the Sunday Express Book of the Year. It was adapted into a 1994 TV movie with a screenplay written by the author.-Plot introduction:...
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- Natural Man by Dr Elizabeth Serafin
- Fair Do's:Studies in the Perception of Social Justice by E J Maitland
Works invented by Neil GaimanNeil GaimanNeil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
Works invented in Good OmensGood Omens
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch is a World Fantasy Award nominated novel written in collaboration between the English authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman....
, co-authored by Terry Pratchett, are listed in the "Terry Pratchett" section of this article.
Works invented in The Sandman comics are listed in the "DC Comics" section of List of fictional books from periodicals.
Works invented by Stella GibbonsStella GibbonsStella Dorothea Gibbons was an English novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer.Her first novel, Cold Comfort Farm, won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize for 1933...
In Cold Comfort FarmCold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm is a comic novel by Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers such as Mary Webb...
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- The Higher Common Sense and The Pensées by the Abbé Fause-Maigre, translated by H. B. Mainwaring
- Pard-spirit; A Study of Branwell BrontëBranwell BrontëPatrick Branwell Brontë was a painter and poet, the only son of the Brontë family, and the brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne.-Youth:...
by Mr. Meyerburg (Mybug)
Works invented by Robert GoddardRobert Goddard (novelist)Robert Francis Goddard is a British novelist.-Life and career:Goddard was educated at Wallisdean County Junior School and Price's Grammar School in Fareham before going on to study history at the University of Cambridge...
In Play to the EndPlay to the End
Play to the End is a crime novel by Robert Goddard first published in 2004. It is set in Brighton in December 2002 and revolves around a local entrepreneur whose wealth may be based on shady practices carried out by his family business at some point in the past.-Plot summary:Middle-aged actor Toby...
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- Lodger in the Throat by Joe OrtonJoe OrtonJohn Kingsley Orton was an English playwright.In a short but prolific career lasting from 1964 until his death, he shocked, outraged and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies...
- The Plastic Men by Derek Oswin
Works invented by Radclyffe HallRadclyffe HallRadclyffe Hall was an English poet and author, best known for the lesbian classic The Well of Loneliness.- Life :...
In The Well of LonelinessThe Well of Loneliness
The Well of Loneliness is a 1928 lesbian novel by the British author Radclyffe Hall. It follows the life of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family whose "sexual inversion" is apparent from an early age...
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- The Furrow by Stephen Johnson
Works invented by Carolyn HartCarolyn HartCarolyn Gimpel Hart is an award-winning American mystery writer who specializes in traditional mysteries, also known as cozy mysteries.-Biography:...
In The Christie Caper:
- The Ashen Prince by John Border Stone
- Chimera by Bryan Shaw
- The Clue at the Hacienda Dolores by Bryan Shaw
- The Clue of the Chattering Parrot by Bryan Shaw
- Death My Sister by Fleur Calloway
- Death of a Nabob by Lady Gwenolyn Tompkins
- Down These Steps by Natelie Marlow
- Farewell, My Love, Forever by Pamela (as Pamela Gerrard) Bledsoe
- The Grinning Skull by Emma Clyde
- I Won't Let You Die by Fleur Calloway
- Sing a Song of Sorrow by Emma Clyde
In Death on Demand
Death on Demand
Death on Demand is a 2008 horror film, directed by Adam Matalon and distributed by MTI Home Video. It is the first release from the Evil Twins production company.- Plot :...
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- The Agony Chain by Fritz Hemhill
- Blood Tales by Elliot Morgan
- Danny's Delight by Janis and Farley Farley
- Deadly Diamonds by Harriet Edelman
- Death in an Alley by Fritz Hemhill
- Gentleman's Smile by Harriet Edelman
- Kerrigan's Heart by Fritz Hemhill
- Kiss a Stranger by Elliot Morgan
- Murder in Casablanca by Emma Clyde
- Ride a Wave by Harriet Edelman
- Sad Song by Kelly Rizzoli
- San Bernadino Heist by Hal Douglas
- The Secret of the Red Dragon by Janis and Farley Farley
- The Shuttered Mind by Kelly Rizzoli
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- Care and Feeding of the Horse by Robert S. Kahn
- Catalog of Alabama Curry Combs 1760–1823 by Georgia Fatwood
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- Equine Anatomy by Burchfield
- Memoirs of a Military Groom by Moffet Southgate
- Pictures of Big White Horses by unknown
- Ride Like Hell, You Son of a Bitch! by Fulgura Frango
Works invented by Frank HerbertFrank HerbertFranklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. Although a short story author, he is best known for his novels, most notably Dune and its five sequels...
In the DuneDune (novel)
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series:
- Arrakis, The Transformation by Harq al-Ada
- Lectures of Prescience by Harq al-Ada
- Leto Atreides II, a Biography by Harq al-Ada
- Riddles of Arrakis by Harq al-Ada
- Testament of Arrakis by Harq al-Ada
- The Book of Leto by Harq al-Ada
- The Butlerian Jihad by Harq al-Ada
- The Dune Catastrophe by Harq al-Ada
- The Holy Metamorphosis by Harq al-Ada
- The Mahdinate, an Analysis by Harq al-Ada
- The Preacher of Arrakeen by Harq al-Ada
- The Prescient Vision by Harq al-Ada
- The Story of Liet-Kynes by Harq al-Ada
- The Arrakis Workbook by Liet-Kynes
- Bene Gesserit Training Manual
- Dictionary Royal
- Handbook of the Hajj
- Kalima: The Words of Muad' Dib, the Shuloch Commentary
- Orange Catholic BibleOrange Catholic BibleThe Orange Catholic Bible is a fictional book from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert...
, Revised - Palimbasha: Lectures at Sietch Tabr
- Stilgar, The Commentaries
- Tagir Mohandis: Conversations with a Friend
- The Apocrypha of Muad' Dib
- The Book of Ghamina
- The Book of Kreos
- The Instruction Manual: Missionaria Protectiva
- The Mentat Handbook
- The Panoplia Prophetica
- The Pedant Heresy
- The Spacing Guild Handbook
- The Spacing Guild Manual
- Words of My Father: An Account of Muad' Dib
- Works of the Mentat
- Strangler Vines of Ecaz by Holjance Vohnbrook (an anagram of John Holbrook Vance)
- The Pillars of the Universe by Muad' Dib (Paul Atreides)
- St. Alia, Huntress of a Billion Worlds by Pander Oulson
- A Child's History of Muad' Dib by Princess Irulan
- Analysis: The Arrakeen Crisis by Princess Irulan
- Arrakis Awakening by Princess Irulan
- Collected Legends of Arrakis by Princess Irulan
- Collected Sayings of Muad' Dib by Princess Irulan
- Conversations with Muad' Dib by Princess Irulan
- Count Fenring: A Profile by Princess Irulan
- Dictionary of Muad' Dib by Princess Irulan
- In My Father's House by Princess Irulan
- Manual of Muad' Dib by Princess Irulan
- Muad' Dib, Family Commentaries by Princess Irulan
- Muad' Dib, the Man by Princess Irulan
- Muad' Dib: The Ninety Nine Wonders of the Universe by Princess Irulan
- Muad' Dib: The Religious Issues by Princess Irulan
- Private Reflections on Muad' Dib by Princess Irulan
- Songs of Muad' Dib by Princess Irulan
- The Humanity of Muad' Dib by Princess Irulan
- The Wisdom of Muad' Dib by Princess Irulan
- Words of Muad'dib by Princess Irulan
- The Last Jihad by Sumer and Kautman
- Orange Catholic Liturgical Manual by the Commission of Ecumenical Translators
- The Liturgical Manual and the Commentaries by the Commission of Ecumenical Translators
- The Orange Catholic Bible by the Commission of Ecumenical Translators
- Pirate History of Corrino by unknown
- Assassin's Handbook
- History of Muad'dib
- Imperial Dictionary
- Kitab Al-Ibar
- Muad'dib Concordance
- The Almanak en-Ashnof
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- Analysis of History by Bronso of Ix
- Proverbs of Muad' Dib
- The Dune Gospels
- The Dunebook
- The Dunebuk of Irulan
- The Ghola Speaks
- The Hayt Chronicle
- The Irulan Report
- The Qizarate Creed
- The Steersman Guide
- The Stilgar Chronicle
- The Tleilaxu Godbuk
- The Yiam-el-Din (Book of Judgement)
- The Journal of Leto II
- The Oral History
- The Stolen Journal
- Conversations with Leto II
- Lessons of Arrakis
- Leto II: Dar-es-Balat Records
- Muad' Dib Speaks
- Songs of the Scattering
- Teachings of the Golden Path
- The Apocrypha of Arrakis
- The Bene Gesserit Coda
- The Oral History of Rakis
Works invented by William Hope HodgsonWilliam Hope HodgsonWilliam Hope Hodgson was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his...
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stories:
- Experiments with a Medium by Professor Garder
- the Sigsand MS
- Astral and Astarral Co-ordination and Interference by Harzam with addenda by Carnacki
- Astarral Vibrations Compared with Matero-involuted Vibrations Below the Six-Billion Limit by Professor Garder
- Induced Hauntings by Harzam
- Acrostics by John Dumpley
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- Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo; author unknown
- Practical Instructions for Beta-Store Workers; author unknown
In Crome Yellow
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- Biography of Men Who Achieved Greatness, author unknown
- Biography of Men Who had Greatness Thrust Upon Them, author unknown
- Biography of Men Who were Born Great, author unknown
- Biography of Men Who were Never Great at All, author unknown
- Certaine Priuy Counsels by One of Her Maiestie's Most Honourable Priuy Counsels, F.L. Knight by Sir Ferdinando Lapith
- Cosmic Cuts, author unknown
- Dictionary of the Finnish Language by Caprinulge
- History of Crome by Henry Wimbrush
- Humble Heroisms by Mr. Barbecue-Smith
- Pipe-Lines to the Infinite by Mr. Barbecue-Smith
- The Tales of Knockespotch by Knockespotch
- Thom's Works and Wanderings by Tom Thom
- unknown by Denis Stone
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- unknown by Hercules Lapith
- What a Young Girl Ought to Know, author unknown
- Wild Goose Chase, A Novel, author unknown
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In The Lecturer's Tale:
- Les Mortifications by Jean-Claude Evangeline
- Das Ding an Sich: A Cultural History of Cultural Histories by Lorraine Alsace
- To Reign in Hell: The Will to Power in Paradise Lost by Anthony Pescecane
- Where's Waldo? The Representation of Everyman in Emerson by J. O. Schmeaux
- Daughters of the Night: Clitoral Hegemony in LeFanu's Carmilla by Victoria Victorinix
- Rhythm and Metonomy in Coleridge's Christobel by Victoria Victorinix
In Publish and Perish:
- The Barbecued God: Death of a Yorkshireman by Joseph Brody
- The Missionary Position: The Franciscan Construction of Rapanui Gender 1862–1936 by Virginia Dunning
- (Re) Visioning Resurrection: The Myth of Human Sacrifice by Gregory Eyck
- A History of Early Modern Witchcraft by Victor Karswell
- Cooking the Captain: The Colonialist as Yorkshire Pudding by Stanley Tulafale
Works invented in iCarlyICarlyiCarly is an American sitcom that focuses on a girl named Carly Shay who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer. It stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan...
- Bigfoot: True or Real?
- The Jonas Book of World Records
Works invented by John IrvingJohn IrvingJohn Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978...
In The World According to GarpThe World According to Garp
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- A Sexual Suspect by Jenny Fields (autobiography)
- A History of Everett Steering's Academy by Stewart Percy
- The Pension Grillparzer by T.S. Garp
- Procrastination by T.S. Garp
- The Second Wind of the Cuckold by T.S. Garp
- The World According to Bensenhaver by T.S. Garp
- Confessions of an Ellen Jamesian by Anonymous
- Lunacy and Sorrow: The Life and Art of T.S. Garp by Donald Whitcomb
- My Father's Illusions by T.S. Garp
In Last Night In Twisted River
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- The Kennedy Fathers by Danny Angel
- Kissing Kin by Danny Angel
- The Spinster; or, The Maiden Aunt by Danny Angel
- East of Bangor by Danny Angel
Works invented in Johnny BravoJohnny BravoJohnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality...
- Ringo on Ringo by Squint Ringo.
- Never Ever EVER Hit a TV Star by Johnny Bravo.
Works invented by Robert JordanRobert JordanRobert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. , under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reilly.-Biography:Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina...
In The Eye of the WorldThe Eye of the World
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- The Essays of William of Maneches
- The Travels of Jain Farstrider
- Voyages Among the Sea Folk
In The Great Hunt
The Great Hunt
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- The Dance of the Hawk and the Hummingbird by Teven Aerwin
- Mirrors of the Wheel
- To Sail Beyond the Sunset
In The Dragon Reborn
The Dragon Reborn
The Dragon Reborn is the third book of American author Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time. It was published by Tor Books and released on September 15, 1991. The unabridged audio book is read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading...
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- A Study of the War of the Shadow by Moilin daughter of Hamada daughter of Juendan
In The Shadow Rising
The Shadow Rising
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- The History of the Stone of Tear by Eban Vandes
- A Journey to Tarabon by Eurian Romavni
- The Killers of the Black Veil by Soran Milo
- Dealing with the Terrirory of Mayene, 500 - 750 of the New Era
- The Treasures of the Stone of Tear
- Travels in the Aiel Waste, with Observations on the Savage Inhabitants
In 'The Fires of Heaven
The Fires of Heaven
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In Lord of Chaos
Lord of Chaos
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Works invented by Franz KafkaFranz KafkaFranz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century...
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Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...
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William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner worked in a variety of media; he wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays during his career...
Gerald Durrell
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John Keats
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Works invented by Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
Works invented by Barbara KingsolverBarbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in the former Republic of Congo in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona and worked as a freelance writer before...
In The Poisonwood BibleThe Poisonwood Bible
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Works invented by Elizabeth KostovaElizabeth KostovaElizabeth Johnson Kostova is an American author best known for her debut novel The Historian.-Early life:Elizabeth Z. Johnson was born in New London, Connecticut and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee where she graduated from the Webb School of Knoxville...
In The HistorianThe Historian
The Historian interweaves the history and folklore of Vlad Ţepeş, a 15th-century prince of Wallachia known as "Vlad the Impaler", and his fictional equivalent Count Dracula together with the story of Paul, a professor; his 16-year-old daughter; and their quest for Vlad's tomb...
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- The untitled dragon books which different characters in the book find.
Thomas Aquinas
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William Shakespeare
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, as a "lost work"
Works invented by Nicole KraussNicole KraussNicole Krauss is an American author best known for her novels Man Walks Into a Room , The History of Love and, most recently, Great House...
In The History of LoveThe History of Love
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Works invented by R. A. LaffertyR. A. LaffertyRaphael Aloysius Lafferty was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, as well as for his etymological wit...
In Fourth MansionsFourth Mansions
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Miscellaneous Lafferty:
Works invented by Stanisław Lem
In One Human Minute:In Imaginary Magnitude:
In A Perfect Vacuum
A Perfect Vacuum
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In Solaris
Solaris (novel)
Solaris is a 1961 Polish science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem. It is about the ultimate inadequacy of communication between human and non-human species....
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- Historia Solaris, by Hughes and Eugel
Works invented by Madeleine L'EngleMadeleine L'EngleMadeleine L'Engle was an American writer best known for her young-adult fiction, particularly the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time...
In A Ring of Endless LightA Ring of Endless Light
A Ring of Endless Light is a 1980 novel by Madeleine L'Engle. The book tells of a girl named Vicky and her struggle to understand life and significance in the universe as she deals with her dying grandfather, while at the same time finding love....
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- untitled book about medical applications of laserLaserA laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...
s by Dr. Wallace Austin
In A Severed Wasp
A Severed Wasp
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- Curing and Healing by Cardinal Wolfgang von Stromberg (establishes notability of character within the book)
In A Swiftly Tilting Planet
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
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- The Horn of Joy by Matthew Maddox (the book serves as a McGuffin in the novel, being sought after by Charles Wallace and others; but ultimately is not needed) Also seen in An Acceptable TimeAn Acceptable TimeAn Acceptable Time is a 1989 young adult science fiction novel by Madeleine L'Engle, the last of her books to feature Polyhymnia O'Keefe, better known as Poly or Polly ,...
- Once More United by Matthew Maddox. Maddox's first book is incidental to L'Engle's novel.
Works invented by C. S. LewisC. S. LewisClive Staples Lewis , commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as "Jack", was a novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland...
In The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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- The Life and Letters of SilenusSilenusIn Greek mythology, Silenus was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus.-Evolution of the character:The original Silenus resembled a folklore man of the forest with the ears of a horse and sometimes also the tail and legs of a horse...
- Is Man a Myth?
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- Nymphs and Their Ways
In Prince Caspian
Prince Caspian
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- Grammatical Garden or the Arbour of Accidence pleasantlie open'd to Tender Wits by Pulverentus Siccus
In That Hideous Strength
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- Dialect and Semantics by Dr. Elwin RansomElwin RansomElwin Ransom is the prominent character from C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy series. He is the main character in the books Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, which are told almost entirely from his point of view...
Works invented by H. P. LovecraftH. P. LovecraftHoward Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
This includes works by others in the Cthulhu MythosCthulhu Mythos
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- Azathoth and Other Horrors by Edward Pickman Derby
- Black Tome of Alsophocus
- Book of Azathoth
- Chronicles of Nath by James Sheffield
- Chronike von Nath by Rudolf Yergler
- Book of Eibon
- De Vermis Mysteriis
- Derby
- Dhol Chants
- The Eltdown Shards (tr. by Gordon Whitney)
- Ghorl Nigral (also The Book of Night)
- Ilarnek Papyri
- Liber Ivonis
- Liber-Damnatus
- Livre d'Eibon
- NecronomiconNecronomiconThe Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound", written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in...
by Abdul al-Hazred - Pnakotic ManuscriptsPnakotic ManuscriptsThe Pnakotic Manuscripts is a fictional manuscript in the Cthulhu Mythos. The tome was created by H. P. Lovecraft and first appeared in his short story "Polaris"...
- Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan by Hsan the Greater (tr. Etienne-Laurent De Marigny)
- Unaussprechlichen KultenUnaussprechlichen KultenUnaussprechlichen Kulten is a fictional work of arcane literature in the Cthulhu Mythos. The book first appeared in Robert E. Howard's short stories "The Children of the Night" and "The Black Stone" as Nameless Cults. Like the Necronomicon, it was later mentioned in several stories by H. P...
by Friedrich von Junzt
Works invented by Ian McEwanIan McEwanIan Russell McEwan CBE, FRSA, FRSL is a British novelist and screenwriter, and one of Britain's most highly regarded writers. In 2008, The Times named him among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945"....
In SaturdaySaturday (novel)
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- No Exequies (poetry) by John Grammaticus (winner of the Newdigate PrizeNewdigate prizeSir Roger Newdigate's Prize is awarded to students of the University of Oxford for Best Composition in English verse by an undergraduate who has been admitted to Oxford within the previous four years. It was founded by Sir Roger Newdigate, Bt in the 18th century...
) - My Saucy Bark (poetry) by Daisy Perowne (granddaughter of John Grammaticus, and also Newdigate prizewinner)
Works invented by Anne MichaelsAnne Michaels-Background:Anne Michaels was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1958. Michaels attended Vaughan Road Academy and then later the University of Toronto, where she is an adjunct faculty in the Department of English. Her first book, The Weight of Oranges , a volume of poetry, was awarded the Commonwealth...
In Fugitive PiecesFugitive Pieces
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- Bearing False Witness by Athos Roussos
- From Relics to Replica by Athos Roussos
- Groundwork by Jakob Beer
- Dilemma Poems by Jakob Beer
- Hotel Rain by Jakob Beer
- What Have You Done to Time by Jakob Beer
Works invented by David MitchellDavid Mitchell (author)David Stephen Mitchell is an English novelist. He has written five novels, two of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.- Biography :...
In GhostwrittenGhostwritten
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- The Infinite Tether - You and Out of ody Experiences by Dwight Silverwind
In Cloud Atlas:
- Knuckle Sandwich by Dermot 'Duster' Hoggins
Works invented by Monty PythonMonty PythonMonty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
In All You Need Is CashAll You Need Is Cash
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- Out of Me Head by Ron Nasty
- A Cellarful of Goys by Leggy Mountbatten
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- Hello Sailor by Dr Tom Jack — later, Eric IdleEric IdleEric Idle is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer. He was as a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, a member of the The Rutles on Saturday Night Live and author of the play, Spamalot....
published a real novel with this titleHello Sailor (novel)Hello Sailor is a novel written by Eric Idle and consists of several interweaving stories. The novel's structure is jagged, and its characters odd and unusual...
Works invented by Richard Morgan
In the Takeshi KovacsTakeshi Kovacs
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series:
- Poems and Other Prevarications by Quellcrist FalconerQuellcrist FalconerQuellcrist Falconer is the pen name of a fictional political activist/revolutionary often referred to in the Takeshi Kovacs series by Richard K. Morgan...
- Things I Should Have Learned by Now by Quellcrist Falconer
Works invented by Vladimir NabokovVladimir NabokovVladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
In LolitaLolita
Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris and 1958 in New York, and later translated by the author into Russian...
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- Histoire Abrégée de la Poésie Anglaise by Humbert Humbert
- Lolita, or the Confession of a White Widowed Male by Humbert Humbert
- The Proustian Theme in a Letter from Keats to Benjamin Bailey by Humbert Humbert
- Who's Who in the Limelight 1946
- The Little Nymph a play by Clare Quilty
- Dark Age a play by Clare Quilty
- The Strange Mushroom a play by Clare Quilty
- Fatherly Love a play by Clare Quilty
- The Enchanted Hunters a play by Clare Quilty
- The Lady who Loved Lightning a play by Clare Quilty & Vivian Darkbloom
- My Cue a biography of Clare Quilty by Vivian Darkbloom
In Look at the Harlequins!
Look at the Harlequins!
Look at the Harlequins! is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov, first published in 1974. The work was Nabokov's final published novel before his death in 1977.-Plot summary:...
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The book begins with a list of "Other Books by the Narrator" (that is, Vadim rather than Vladimir Nabokov). Many (if not all) of these titles appear to be doppelgangers of Nabokov’s real novels.
- Tamara (1925), relates to Mary
- Pawn Takes Queen (1927), relates to King, Queen, Knave combined with The Defense[1]
- Plenilune (1929), relates to The Defense
- Camera Lucida (Slaughter in the Sun), relates to Laughter in the Dark (UK title, "Camera Obscura")
- The Red Top Hat (1934), relates to Invitation to a Beheading
- The Dare (1950), relates to The Gift ("Dar", in Russian) and Glory
- See under Real (1939), relates to The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, combined with Pale Fire[1]
- Esmeralda and Her Parandrus (1941)
- Dr. Olga Repnin (1946), relates to Pnin
- Exile from Mayda (1947), a short story collection, could relate to Spring in Fialta and Other Stories
- A Kingdom by the Sea (1962), relates to Lolita
- Ardis (1970), relates to Ada or Ardor
In Pale Fire
Pale Fire
Pale Fire is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a 999-line poem titled "Pale Fire", written by the fictional John Shade, with a foreword and lengthy commentary by a neighbor and academic colleague of the poet. Together these elements form a narrative in which both authors are...
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- A book on surnames (title unknown) by Charles X. Kinbote
- Timon Afinsken (translation of Timon of AthensTimon of AthensThe Life of Timon of Athens is a play by William Shakespeare about the fortunes of an Athenian named Timon , generally regarded as one of his most obscure and difficult works...
by Conmal, Duke of Aros - Voluminous correspondence by Ferz and Oswin Bretwit
- ZemblaZemblaZembla is a Dutch television documentary programme by VARA and NPS. The documentaries are based on in-depth research that can take months. The subjects are often controversial....
n variants of the Konungs skuggsjáKonungs skuggsjáKonungs skuggsjá is a Norwegian educational text from around 1250, an example of speculum literature that deals with politics and morality...
collected or forged by Hodinski (also known as Hodyna) - Ten volumes' worth of novels (titles unknown) by Jane de Faun
- Dim Gulf by John Shade
- Hebe's Cup by John Shade
- Night Rote by John Shade
- Poems by John Shade
- Supremely Blest by John Shade
- Taming a Seahorse by John Shade
- A psychology textbook (title unknown) by Professor C.
- Birds of Mexico by Samuel Shade, illustrated by Carolyn Shade
- Historia Zemblica
- The Merman (play)
In Pnin
Pnin
Pnin is Vladimir Nabokov's 13th novel and his fourth written in English; it was published in 1957.-Plot summary:The book's eponymous protagonist, Timofey Pavlovich Pnin, is a Russian-born professor living in the United States...
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- Suhie Gubi (Dry Lips) by Liza Bogolepov
- Russia Awakes by Miss Herring
- Response, A Hundred Love Lyrics by American Women
In The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is the first English novel by Vladimir Nabokov, written from late 1938 to early 1939, and published in 1941 by New Directions Publishers.-Composition:...
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- Lost Property by Sebastian Knight
- Success by Sebastian Knight
- The Doubtful Asphodel by Sebastian Knight
- The Funny Mountain by Sebastian Knight
- The Prismatic Bezel by Sebastian Knight
In Invitation to a Beheading
Invitation to a Beheading
Invitation to a Beheading is a novel by Russian American author Vladimir Nabokov. It was originally published in Russian in 1935-1936 as a serial in Contemporary Notes , a highly respected Russian émigré magazine...
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- Quercus
Works invented by Geoff NicholsonGeoff NicholsonGeoff Nicholson is a British novelist and non-fiction writer. He was born in Sheffield and was educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Essex....
In Hunters and Gatherers:
- The Books of Power (18 vols.) by Thornton McCain
Works Invented by Garth NixGarth NixGarth Nix is an Australian author of young adult fantasy novels, most notably the Old Kingdom series, The Seventh Tower series, and The Keys to the Kingdom series. He has frequently been asked if his name is a pseudonym, to which he has responded, "I guess people ask me because it sounds like the...
In Sabriel:
- The Book of the Dead (anonymous)
In Lirael:
- The Book of Remembrance and Forgetting [anonymous]
- Creatures by Nagi by Nagi
- In the Skin of a Lyon [anonymous]
Works invented by Patrick O'BrianPatrick O'BrianPatrick O'Brian, CBE , born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centred on the friendship of English Naval Captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish–Catalan physician Stephen...
In Desolation IslandDesolation Island (novel)
Desolation Island is an historical novel by Patrick O'Brian. It is the fifth book in the Aubrey-Maturin series, and is set prior to the War of 1812.-Plot summary:...
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- New Operations for Suprapubic Cystotomy by Dr. Stephen Maturin
- Suggestions for the Amelioration of Sick-Bays by Dr. Stephen Maturin
- Thoughts on the Prevention of Diseases most usual among Seamen by Dr. Stephen Maturin
- Tractatus de Novae Febris Ingressu by Dr. Stephen Maturin
In The Wine-Dark Sea
The Wine-Dark Sea
The Wine-Dark Sea is an historical novel set during the Napoleonic Wars, written by British author Patrick O'Brian and published by HarperCollins in 1993. It is the sixteenth volume in the Aubrey-Maturin series, and became Patrick O'Brian's first bestseller in the United States...
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- Mariners: Consensus and Cohesion in Certain States of Adversity by Dr. Stephen Maturin
- Some Remarks on Peruvian Cirripedes by Dr. Stephen Maturin
In Treason's Harbour
Treason's Harbour
Treason's Harbour is a historical novel by British author Patrick O'Brian, set during the Napoleonic period, which follows the life of two friends, naval captain Jack Aubrey and his ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin. It is the ninth book in the Aubrey-Maturin series.-Plot summary:Jack and Stephen are...
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- Modest Proposals for the Preservation of Health in the Navy by Dr. Stephen Maturin
- Remarks on Pezophaps Solitarious by Dr. Stephen Maturin
Works invented by Flann O'BrienFlann O'BrienBrian O'Nolan was an Irish novelist, playwright and satirist regarded as a key figure in postmodern literature. Best known for novels such as At Swim-Two-Birds, The Third Policeman and An Béal Bocht and many satirical columns in The Irish Times Brian O'Nolan (5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966) was...
In At Swim-Two-BirdsAt Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds is a 1939 novel by Irish author Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It is widely considered to be O'Brien's masterpiece, and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction....
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- A Conspectus of the Arts and Sciences by Cowper
- Flower o' the Prairie by William Tracy
- Jake's Last Ride by William Tracy
- Red Flannagan's Last Throw by William Tracy
In The Third Policeman
The Third Policeman
The Third Policeman is a novel by Irish author Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It was written between 1939 and 1940, but after it initially failed to find a publisher, the author withdrew the manuscript from circulation and claimed he had lost it. The book remained...
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- De Selby Compendium by Bassett
- Lux Mundi: A Memoir of de Selby by Bassett
- Recollections by Bassett
- Glauben ueber Ueberalls by Countess Schnapper
- A Memoir of Garcia by de Selby
- Codex by de Selby
- Country Album by de Selby
- Golden Hours by de Selby
- Layman's Atlas by de Selby
- Rural Atlas by de Selby
- Histoire de Notre Temps by Du Garbandier
- Great Towns by Goddard
- The Man Who Sailed Away: A Memoir by H. Barge
- Conspectus of the de Selby Dialetic by Hatchjaw
- De Selby's Life and Times by Hatchjaw
- The De Selby Water-Boxes Day by Day by Hatchjaw
- Hatchjaw and Bassett by Henderson
- De Selbys Leben by Kraus
- Collected Works by Le Clerque
- Extensions and Analyses by Le Clerque
- De Selby - l'Enigme de l'Occident by Le Fournier
- De Selby - Lieu ou Homme? by Le Fournier
- Thoughts in a Library by Peachcroft
- Bibliographie de de Selby
Works invented by George OrwellGeorge OrwellEric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
In Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a dystopian novel about Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the Party...
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- The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism by Emmanuel GoldsteinEmmanuel GoldsteinEmmanuel Goldstein is a character in George Orwell's classic dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is the number one enemy of the people according to Big Brother and the Party, who heads a mysterious and possibly fictitious anti-party organization called The Brotherhood...
In Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-god and status, and the dismal life that results....
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- London Pleasures, lengthy narrative poem which Gordon Comstock is working on but never completes
- Mice, small volume of poetry by Gordon Comstock
- High Jinks in a Parisian Convent by Sadie Blackeyes
- Secrets of Paris and The Man She Trusted, authors not stated
Works invented by Charles PalliserCharles PalliserCharles Palliser is a best-selling novelist, American-born but British-based. His most well-known novel, "The Quincunx", has sold over a million copies internationally. He is the elder brother of the late author and freelance journalist Marcus Palliser.-Life and career:Born in New England he is...
In Betrayals:
- The Armageddon Protocol by Drummond Gilchrist (unfinished)
- The Atlantis Ultimatum by Drummond Gilchrist
- The Importance of Being Jack, a play by Maturin within the fictional television show Biggert.
- The Cincinnatus Papers by Jeremy Prentice
- Down on Whores by Horatio Quaife
- Enough Rope by Auberon Saville
- The Finger Man by Cyril Pattison
- For Richer, For Poorer by Jeremy Prentice
- The Mystic Medicine Man: Henri Galvanauskas in Lithuania 1940-41 by Jacques Gicquiaux
- The Greater Glory by Jeremy Prentice
- Let Not Ambition by
- The Hauptmann Ultimatum by Frederick Ludlum
- The Quintain by Drummond Gilchrist
- The Quintessence by Cyril Pattison
- The Right Lines by Horatio Quaife
- The Sensation Seeker by Cyril Pattison
- Unmasking Strategies of Desire: Texts, Power, and the Phallus in the Work of Henri Galvaunauskas by Graham Speculand
- The Sting in the Tail by Jeremy Prentice, unpublished
- The Throat Surgeon by Lavinia Armitage
- Too Clever by Half by Jeremy Prentice
- The Twister by William Henry Ireland, unpublished
Works invented by Orhan PamukOrhan PamukFerit Orhan Pamuk , generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Turkish novelist. He is also the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches comparative literature and writing....
In The Black Book:
- Obscuri Libri by Bottfolio
- Kitabü’z- Zulmet by İbn Zerhanî
Works invented by Elizabeth Peters
In Curse of the PharaohsCurse of the Pharaohs
The curse of the pharaohs refers to the belief that any person who disturbs the mummy of an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh is placed under a curse.There are occasional instances of curses appearing inside or on the facade of a tomb as in the case of the mastaba of Khentika Ikhekhi of the 6th dynasty at...
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- History of Ancient Egypt by Professor Radcliffe Emerson
In The Deeds of the Disturber:
- Development of the Egyptian Coffin from Predynastic Times to the End of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty, With Particular Reference to Its Reflection of Religious, Social, and Artistic Conventions by Professor Radcliffe Emerson
In Die For Love:
- Crimson Bloom of Love by Valerie Fitzgerald
- The Slave of Lust by Valerie Vanderbilt
- With a Willow in Her Hand by Valerie Valentine
In Naked Once More:
- Lust Among the Savages by Jacqueline Kirby
- Naked in the Ice by Kathleen Darcy
- Passion of the Dark by Jacqueline Kirby
- Priestess of the Ice God by Brunnhilde Karlsdottir
- Red Flag, Red Blood by Jack Carter
Works invented by Stephen PotterStephen PotterStephen Meredith Potter was a British author best known for his mocking self-help books, and film and television derivatives from them....
In Gamesmanship:
- Bird Gamesmanship by Stephen Potter
- Gamesman's Handbook (1949) by Stephen Potter
- Gardens for Gamesmen, or When to be Fond of Flowers by Stephen Potter
- Moth's Way and Bee's Wayfaring by O. Agnes Bartlett
- Origins and Early History of Gamesmanship by Stephen Potter
- The Silver Book of End-Play Squeezes by Stephen Potter
- Twenty-Five Methods of Tee-Leaving by Stephen Potter
In Lifemanship:
In One-Upmanship
One-upmanship
One-upmanship is the art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor.The term originated as the title of a book by Stephen Potter, published in 1952 as a follow-up to The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship and Lifemanship titles in his series of tongue-in-cheek self-help books, and film ...
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In Supermanship: '
Works invented by Anthony PowellAnthony PowellAnthony Dymoke Powell CH, CBE was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975....
In Books Do Furnish a Room:
In the A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by Anthony Powell, inspired by the painting of the same name by Nicolas Poussin. One of the longest works of fiction in literature, it was published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim...
series:
- Dust Thou Art by St. John Clarke
- E'en the Longest River by St. John Clarke
- Fields of Amaranth by St. John Clarke
- The Heart is Highland by St. John Clarke
- Match Me Such Marvel by St. John Clarke
- Mimosa by St. John Clarke
- Never to the Philistines by St. John Clarke
In Fisher King
Fisher King
The Fisher King, or the Wounded King, figures in Arthurian legend as the latest in a line charged with keeping the Holy Grail. Versions of his story vary widely, but he is always wounded in the legs or groin, and incapable of moving on his own...
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- An unknown title by Valentine Beals
In Hearing Secret Harmonies
Hearing Secret Harmonies
Hearing Secret Harmonies is the final novel in Anthony Powell's twelve-volume masterpiece, A Dance to the Music of Time. It was published in 1975 twenty-four years since the first book, A Question of Upbringing appeared in 1951....
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- The Gothic Symbolism of Mortality in the Texture of Jacobean Stagecraft by Emily Brightman
- Cain's Jawbone by Evadne Clapham
- Death's Head Swordsman, The Life and Works of X. Trapnel by Russell Gwinnett
- Bedsores by Ada Leintwardine
- The Bitch Pack meets on Wednesday by Ada Leintwardine
In What's Become of Waring
What's Become of Waring
What’s Become of Waring is the fifth novel by the English writer Anthony Powell. It is his final novel of the 1930s, and the only one not published by Powell’s first employer and publisher, Duckworth. Published in 1939, Powell’s book was overshadowed by international events, limiting sales...
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- Fierce Midnights by O. Guiller-Lawson
- An unknown title by Shirley Handsworth
- Aristogeiton: a Harmony by Minhinnick
- Than Whom What Other? by Redhead
- Athletes Footmen by Quentin Shuckerly
- An unknown title by T.T. Waring
Works invented by Terry PratchettTerry PratchettSir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
In the DiscworldDiscworld
Discworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....
series:
In The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is the 28th novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, published in 2001. It was the first Discworld book to be aimed at the younger market; this was followed by The Wee Free Men in 2003...
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- Mr Bunnsy Has an Adventure
In Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
):
- The Nice And Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
- The "Buggre Alle Thys" Bible (fictional edition of the BibleBible errataThroughout history, printers' errors and peculiar translations have appeared in Bibles published throughout the world.-Manuscript Bibles:-The Book of Kells, circa 800:...
)
In Wintersmith
Wintersmith
This article is about the novel. For the Wintersmith himself, see the WintersmithWintersmith is the title of the third Tiffany Aching novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, published on the 21 September 2006...
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- Survival in the Snow (by T.H. Mouseholder)
- Cooking in Dire Straits (by Superflua Raven)
- Among the Snow Weasels (by K. Pierpoint Poundsworth)
- The Habits of Wolves (by Captain W.E. Lightly)
- Magnaventio Obtusis (by Perspicacia Tick)
- Ancient and Classical Mythology (by Chaffinch)
- Passion's Plaything (by Marjory J. Boddice)
- Sundered Hearts (by Marjory J. Boddice)
- Unexpurgated Dictionary
Works invented by Malcolm PryceMalcolm PryceFor the footballer, see Malcolm Price.Malcolm Pryce is a British author, mostly known for his noir detective novels.Born in Shrewsbury, England, Pryce moved at the age of nine to Aberystwyth, where he later attended Penglais Comprehensive School before leaving to do some travelling. After working...
In Aberystwyth Mon Amour:
- On Pools of Love by Joyce Moonweather
- Governing a SloopSloopA sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
Captain Marcus Trelawney - Towards a New Pathology of Slovenliness Dr Heinz X. Nuesslin
- Roses of Charon by Job Gorseino
- Corruption of the Deep: The Captain's Guide to Last RitesLast RitesThe Last Rites are the very last prayers and ministrations given to many Christians before death. The last rites go by various names and include different practices in different Christian traditions...
and Burials at SeaBurial at seaBurial at sea describes the procedure of disposing of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship or boat. It is regularly performed by navies, but also can be done by private citizens in many countries.-By religion:...
Works invented by Thomas PynchonThomas PynchonThomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. is an American novelist. For his most praised novel, Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon received the National Book Award, and is regularly cited as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature...
- An Account of the Singular Peregrinations of Dr Diocletian Blobb among the Italians, Illuminated with Exemplary Tales from the True History of That Outlandish And Fantastical Race
- The Courier's Tragedy by Richard Wharfinger (a Jacobean revenge play in five acts)
- The Ghastly Fop (from Mason & DixonMason & DixonMason & Dixon is a postmodernist novel by American author Thomas Pynchon published in 1997. It centers on the collaboration of the historical Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in their astronomical and surveying exploits in Cape Colony, Saint Helena, Great Britain and along the Mason-Dixon line in...
) - How I Came to Love the People (anonymous)
- The Italian Wedding Fake Book by Deleuze & Guattari
- King Kong; 18 vls. by Mitchell Prettyplace (a 'definitive study')
- Neil Nosepicker's Book of 50,000 Insults. The Nayland Smith Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts), 1933
- On Preterition by William Slothrop ('among the first books to've been not only banned but ceremonially burned in Boston')
- The Plays of Ford, Webster, Tourneur and Wharfinger by Dr. Emory Bortz
- Plotting the Stealth and Intrigue of the Jacobean Revenge Plays by Dr. Emory Bortz
- Tales of the Schwarzkommando collected by Steve Edelman
- Things That Can Happen In European Politics by Ernest Pudding
- The Wisdom of the Great Kamikaze Pilots (with illustrations by Walt Disney)
- The Chums of Chance and the Evil Halfwit
- The Chums of Chance at Krakatoa
- The Chums of Chance Search for Atlantis
- The Chums of Chance in Old Mexico
- The Chums of Chance and the Curse of the Great Kahuna
- The Chums of Chance in the Bowels of the Earth ('for some reason one of the less appealing of this series, letters having come in from as far away as Tunbridge Wells, England, expressing displeasure, often quite intense, with my harmless little intraterrestrial scherzo.') (Pynchon 2006, p. 117)
- The Chums of Chance and the Ice Pirates
- The Chums of Chance Nearly Crash into the Kremlin
- The Book of Iceland Spar ('commonly described as "like the Ynglingasaga only different"')
- The Chums of Chance at the Ends of the Earth
- Adventures in Neuropathy by Puckpool
- The Chums of Chance and the Caged Women of Yokohama
Works invented by François RabelaisFrançois RabelaisFrançois Rabelais was a major French Renaissance writer, doctor, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs...
Works invented by Corey Redekop
In Shelf Monkey:- By Agnes Coleman:
Works invented by Mary RenaultMary RenaultMary Renault born Eileen Mary Challans, was an English writer best known for her historical novels set in Ancient Greece...
In The Friendly Young Ladies:
- By J.O. Flint:
- Pillar of Cloud
- Remission
- By Tex O'Hara, pseudonym of Leonora Lane:
- Lone Stair Trail
- The Mexican Spur
- Quick on the Draw
- Silver Guns
- Yippee-ih!
Works invented by J. K. RowlingJ. K. RowlingJoanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE , better known as J. K. Rowling, is the British author of the Harry Potter fantasy series...
This is a list of books mentioned in the Harry PotterHarry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
series.
History
Historical magic
- An Anthology of Eighteenth Century Charms
- A Guide to Medieval Sorcery
- Olde and Forgotten Bewitchments and Charmes
Historical magical people
- Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century
- Nature's Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy
- Notable Magical Names of Our Time
- The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts
- The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore by Rita Skeeter
- Armando Dippet: Master or Moron? by Rita Skeeter
Historical magical things, places and events
- Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century
- Hogwarts, A History, by Chroniclus Punnet
- Modern Magical History
Other
- Prefects Who Gained Power
Hogwarts textbooks
Arithmancy
- Book of Numerology
- Numerology and Grammatica
Care of Magical Creatures
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemFantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2001 book written by British author J. K. Rowling about the magical creatures in the Harry Potter universe...
by Newt Scamander - The Monster Book of Monsters
Charms
- Standard Book of Spells (Grades One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and presumably Seven) by Miranda Goshawk
- Quintessence: A Quest
Defence Against the Dark Arts
- Confronting the Faceless
- The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
- Defensive Magical Theory by Wilbert Slinkhard
Gilderoy Lockhart's works
- Break with a Banshee
- Gadding with Ghouls
- Holidays with Hags
- Magical Me
- Travels with Trolls
- Voyages with Vampires
- Wandering with Werewolves
- Year with the Yeti
Divination
- The Dream Oracle by Inigo Imago
- Unfogging the Future by Cassandra Vablatsky
- Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst is Coming
- Broken Balls: When Fortune Turns Foul
- Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself against Shocks"
Herbology
- One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
- Encyclopædia of Toadstools
- Magical Mediterranean Water Plants and their Properties
- Flesh-eating Trees of the World
History of Magic
- A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Muggle Studies
- Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles by Wilhelm Wigworthy (Little Red Books, 1987)
Potions
- Advanced Potion Making by Libatius Borage
- Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
- Asiatic Anti-Venoms
- Moste Potente Potions
Study of Ancient Runes
- Ancient Runes Made Easy
Transfiguration
- A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
- Intermediate Transfiguration
- Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Magical creatures
Dragons
- Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit
- Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland
- Dreadful Denizens of the Deep
- From Egg to Inferno: a Dragon-Keeper's Guide
- Men Who Love Dragons Too Much
Other magical creatures
- Handbook of Hippogriff Psychology
- Fowl or Foul? A Study of Hippogriff Brutality
- Why I Didn't Die When the Augerey Cried by Gulliver Pokeby (Little Red Books, 1824)
- Hairy Snout, Human Heart by an anonymous author (Whizz Hard Books, 1975)
Magic
Dark Arts
- Magick Moste Evile
- Secrets of the Darkest Art
Defence Against the Dark Arts
- A Compendium of Common Curses and Their Counter-Actions
- The Dark Arts Outsmarted
- Self-Defensive Spellwork
- Jinxes for the Jinxed
- Practical Defensive Magic Its Use Against the Dark Arts
Magical cooking and housecare
- Charm Your Own Cheese
- Enchantment in Baking
- Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests
- One-Minute Feasts—It's Magic
Magical healthcare
- Common Magical Ailments and Afflictions
- The Healer's Helpmate
Magical how-to
- Weird Wizarding Dilemmas and Their Solutions
- Where There's a Wand, There's a Way
Magical theory
- Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
- New Theory of Numerology
- Numerology and Grammatica
- Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms
Other magical
- Important Modern Magical Discoveries
- The Invisible Book of Invisibility
- Powers You Never Knew You Had and What to Do With Them Now You've Wised Up
- A Study of Recent Developments in Wizardry
- An Appraisal of Magical Education in Europe
- A Study into the Possibility of Reversing the Actual and Metaphysical Effects of Natural Death, with Particular Regard to the Reintegration of Essence and Matter
Spellbooks
General spells
- Achievements in Charming
- Basic Hexes for the Busy and Vexed
Spells for fun and profit
- Madcap Magic for Wacky Warlocks
- Saucy Tricks for Tricky Sorts
- Curses and Counter-Curses by Professor Vindictus Viridian
Sports and games
Quidditch
- Beating the Bludgers—A Study of Defensive Strategies in Quidditch by Kennilworthy Whisp
- Flying with the Cannons
- Quidditch Through the AgesQuidditch Through the AgesQuidditch Through the Ages is a 2001 book written by British author J. K. Rowling about Quidditch in the Harry Potter universe. It purports to be the Hogwarts library's copy of the non-fiction book of the same name mentioned in several novels of the Harry Potter series.Rowling's name does not...
by Kennilworthy Whisp (Whizz Hard Books, 1952) - Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland
Transportation
- Handbook of Do-It-Yourself-Broomcare
- Which Broomstick?
Muggles
- Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles by Wilhelm Wigworthy (Little Red Books, 1987)
- Muggles Who Notice by Blenheim Stalk (1972)
- The Philosophy of the Mundane: Why the Muggles Prefer Not to Know by Professor Mordicus Egg (Dust & Mildewe, 1963)
Other books
- Sonnets of a Sorcerer (cursed, anyone who reads it speaks in limericks for the rest of their lives)
- Spellman's Syllabary
- The Adventures of Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle - a comic Harry sees in Ron's room
- Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches by Franklin Filibuster
- Tom Riddle's diary
- The Tales of Beedle the BardThe Tales of Beedle the BardThe Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of children's stories by British author J. K. Rowling. It purports to be the storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last book of the Harry Potter series....
is a book of children's stories which is mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. - The Hairy Heart: A Guide to Wizards who Won't Commit
- The Toadstool Tales. by Beatrix Bloxam
- Real publication
Of those, these three books have since been written and published in the real world:
- Quidditch Through the AgesQuidditch Through the AgesQuidditch Through the Ages is a 2001 book written by British author J. K. Rowling about Quidditch in the Harry Potter universe. It purports to be the Hogwarts library's copy of the non-fiction book of the same name mentioned in several novels of the Harry Potter series.Rowling's name does not...
by Kennilworthy Whisp - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemFantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2001 book written by British author J. K. Rowling about the magical creatures in the Harry Potter universe...
by Newt Scamander - The Tales of Beedle the BardThe Tales of Beedle the BardThe Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of children's stories by British author J. K. Rowling. It purports to be the storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last book of the Harry Potter series....
is a book of children's stories which is mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Works invented by Carlos Ruiz ZafónCarlos Ruiz ZafónCarlos Ruiz Zafón is a Spanish novelist who has lived in Los Angeles since 1993, where he spent a few years writing scripts whilst developing his career as a writer....
In The Shadow of the Wind:
- By Julián Carax:
Works invented by May SartonMay SartonMay Sarton is the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton , an American poet, novelist, and memoirist.-Biography:...
In Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, by F. Hilary Stevens:
Works invented by Dorothy L. SayersDorothy L. SayersDorothy Leigh Sayers was a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages...
In The Documents in the CaseThe Documents in the Case
The Documents in the Case is a 1930 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace. It is the only one of Sayers' twelve major crime novels not to feature Lord Peter Wimsey, her most famous detective character.-Plot:...
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In Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night is a mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, the tenth in her popular series about aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, and the third featuring crime writer Harriet Vane....
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In Have His Carcase
Have His Carcase
Have His Carcase is a 1932 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her seventh featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and her second novel in which Harriet Vane appears...
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In Strong Poison
Strong Poison
Strong Poison is a 1929 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her fifth featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.-Plot introduction:It is in Strong Poison that Lord Peter first meets Harriet Vane, an author of police fiction. The immediate problem is that she is on trial for her life, charged with murdering her former...
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In Thrones, Dominations
Thrones, Dominations
Thrones, Dominations is a Lord Peter Wimsey murder mystery novel that Dorothy L. Sayers began writing but abandoned, and which remained as fragments and notes at her death. It was completed by Jill Paton Walsh and published in 1998...
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In Unnatural Death
Unnatural Death
Unnatural Death is a 1927 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her third featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. It has also been published in the United States as The Dawson Pedigree.-Plot introduction:...
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In Whose Body?
Whose Body?
Whose Body? is a 1923 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, which introduced the character of Lord Peter Wimsey.-Plot introduction:Lord Peter is intrigued by the sudden appearance of a naked body in the bath of an architect, and investigates...
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Works invented by Davis SchneidermanDavis SchneidermanDavis Schneiderman is an American innovative writer and academic.-Biography:Schneiderman earned a B.A. from the Pennsylvania State University , an M.A. and Ph.D. from Binghamton University...
In Drain:
In Multifesto: The Henri d'Mescan Reader:
In Dis:
Works invented by Charles M. SchulzCharles M. SchulzCharles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.-Early life and education:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul...
The Six Bunny-Wunnies series by Helen Sweetstory
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
Waterbed
A waterbed, water mattress, or flotation mattress is a bed or mattress filled with water. Waterbeds intended for medical therapies appear in various reports through the 19th century...
Layover
In transportation, a layover, also known as lays over or stopover, is some form of a break between parts of a single trip.-In mass transit:...
in Anderson, Indiana
Anderson, Indiana
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Madison county. Anderson is the headquarters of the Church of God and home of Anderson University, which is...
Veterinarian
A veterinary physician, colloquially called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon , is a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals....
Plains, Georgia
Plains is a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. The population was 776 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Notable people:...
Works invented by Michael SheaMichael SheaMichael Shea is an American fantasy, horror, and science fiction author living in California. He is a multiple winner of the World Fantasy Award.-Life and work:...
In Nifft the Lean:
Works invented by Clark Ashton SmithClark Ashton SmithClark Ashton Smith was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne...
Works invented by Lemony SnicketLemony SnicketLemony Snicket is the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler . Snicket is the author of several children's books, serving as the narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events and appearing as a character within the series. Because of this, the name Lemony Snicket may refer to both a fictional...
In The Bad BeginningThe Bad Beginning
The Bad Beginning is the first of thirteen novels in American author Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. It was later released in paperback under the name The Bad Beginning; or, Orphans! The novel tells the story of three children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, who are orphaned...
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In The Miserable Mill
The Miserable Mill
The Miserable Mill is the fourth of thirteen novels in American author Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. It is to be released in paperback under the name The Miserable Mill; or, Hypnotism! The novel tells the story of the Baudelaire orphans continuing their adventure, but this time...
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In The Reptile Room
The Reptile Room
The Reptile Room is a children's novel and the second of A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. It was later released in paperback under the title The Reptile Room; or, Murder! Having just escaped from the greedy and evil Count Olaf in the first book, the Baudelaire children are now...
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Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography was first released on May 1, 2002. The book's content relates to the author Lemony Snicket and his series of books, A Series of Unfortunate Events...
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In The Wide Window
The Wide Window
The Wide Window is a children's novel and the third novel in the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. It was later released in paperback under the name The Wide Window; or, Disappearance! In The Wide Window, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live with their third...
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In The Penultimate Peril
The Penultimate Peril
The Penultimate Peril is the twelfth novel in the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.-Plot:The book starts off where The Grim Grotto left off...
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In The End:
In Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography:
On Lemonysnicket.com:
Works invented by Muriel SparkMuriel SparkDame Muriel Spark, DBE was an award-winning Scottish novelist. In 2008 The Times newspaper named Spark in its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945".-Early life:...
In The Finishing SchoolThe Finishing School
The Finishing School is the last novel written by Scottish author Muriel Spark and published by Viking Press in 2004. It concerns 'College Sunrise', a mixed-sex finishing school in Ouchy on the banks of Lake Geneva near Lausanne in Switzerland....
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In The Girls of Slender Means
The Girls of Slender Means
The Girls of Slender Means is a novella written in 1963 by Scottish author Muriel Spark. It was included in Anthony Burgess's 1984 book Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 — A Personal Choice.-Plot introduction:...
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In Loitering with Intent
Loitering with Intent
Loitering With Intent is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark. Published in 1981 by Bodley Head it was short-listed for the Booker Prize that year. It contains many autobiographical references to Spark's early career and was shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize...
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In Memento Mori
Memento Mori (novel)
Memento Mori is a novel written by Scottish author Muriel Spark and published by Macmillan in 1959. The title translates to "Remember you must die" and is the message delivered by a series of insidious phone-calls made to the elderly Dame Lettie Colston and her acquaintances...
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In A Far Cry From Kensington
A Far Cry From Kensington
A Far Cry From Kensington is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark published in 1988. It is narrated by Agnes Hawkins; a young war-widow lodging in a rooming house in South Kensington and working as an editor at a struggling publishing house....
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The Spitting Image BookSpitting Image
Spitting Image is a British satirical puppet show that aired on the ITV network from 1984 to 1996. It was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Television. The series was nominated for 10 BAFTA Awards, winning one for editing in 1989....
Works invented by Neal StephensonNeal StephensonNeal Town Stephenson is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction.Difficult to categorize, his novels have been variously referred to as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and postcyberpunk...
In CryptonomiconCryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon is a 1999 novel by American author Neal Stephenson. The novel follows the exploits of two groups of people in two different time periods, presented in alternating chapters...
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- The
In Anathem
Anathem
Anathem is a speculative fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 2008. Major themes include the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics and the philosophical debate between Platonic realism and formalism.-Plot summary:...
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- Second New Revised Book of Discipline
In The Diamond Age
The Diamond Age
The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a postcyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson. It is to some extent a science fiction bildungsroman, focused on a young girl named Nell, and set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. The novel deals with themes of...
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Works invented by Laurence SterneLaurence SterneLaurence Sterne was an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics...
In The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next 10 years....
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Works invented by Peter StraubPeter StraubPeter Francis Straub is an American author and poet, most famous for his work in the horror genre. His horror fiction has received numerous literary honors such as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award, placing him among the most-honored horror authors in...
- In The Hellfire Club: Night Journey by Hugo Driver
- in Ghost Story: The Nightwatcher by Donald Wanderly
Works invented by J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. TolkienJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
- Book of Mazarbul by BalinBalin (Middle-earth)Balin is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He is an important supporting character in The Hobbit, and is mentioned in The Fellowship of the Ring.-In the books:...
and other Dwarves - Book of the Kings
- Dorgannas Iaur by Torhir Iphant
- Equessi Rúmilo by Rúmil
- Grey Annals by scholars of DoriathDoriathIn J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, Doriath is the realm of the Sindar, the Grey Elves of King Thingol in Beleriand. Along with the other great forests of Tolkien's legendarium such as Mirkwood, Fangorn and Lothlórien it serves as the central stage in the theatre of its time, the First Age...
- Lammas by Pengolodh
- Noldolantë by MaglorMaglorIn J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Maglor is a fictional character, the second son of Fëanor and Nerdanel. He was the greatest poet and bard of the Noldor and was said to have inherited more of his mother's gentler temperament....
- Of the Beginning of Time by Quennar i Onótimo
- Old Words and Names in the Shire by Merry Brandybuck
- Parma Culuina
- Quentale Ardanomion
- The Reckoning of the Years by Merry Brandybuck
- The Tale of Years by Quennar i Onótimo
- Yénonótië by Quennar i Onótimo
Works invented by Harry TurtledoveHarry TurtledoveHarry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction.- Life :...
In American Empire: Blood and IronAmerican Empire: Blood and Iron
American Empire: Blood and Iron is the first book of the American Empire trilogy of alternate history fiction novels by Harry Turtledove. It is a sequel to the novel How Few Remain and the Great War trilogy, and is part of the Southern Victory Series.Blood and Iron covers events directly following...
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- Over Open Sights by Jake FeatherstonJake FeatherstonJacob "Jake" Featherston is a fictional character inthe Southern Victory Series novel series by Harry Turtledove. He is the fictional timeline's equivalent of Adolf Hitler.-Character introduction:...
In American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold
American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold
American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold is the second book in the American Empire series by Harry Turtledove. It takes place during the period of the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression...
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- I Sank Roger Kimball by Sylvia Enos, ghost written by Ernest Hemingway
In Settling Accounts: In at the Death
Settling Accounts: In at the Death
Settling Accounts: In at the Death is the last novel of the Settling Accounts tetralogy that presents an alternate history of World War II that was released July 27, 2007. It brings to a conclusion the multi-series compilation by author Harry Turtledove, a series sometimes referred to as Southern...
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- Equality by General Irving Morrell, U.S. Army
- How I Blew Up Philadelphia by Brigadier General Clarence Potter, C.S. Army (retired)
Works invented by Jack VanceJack VanceJohn Holbrook Vance is an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen...
In Araminta StationAraminta Station
Araminta Station is a science fiction novel by Jack Vance. The story is set on the planet Cadwal which has been identified as a planet of extraordinary beauty which must be protected forever from human exploitation...
:
- Charter of the Cadwal Conservancy by the Members of the Naturalist Society of Earth
- The Worlds of Man by the Fellows of the Fidelius Institute
In Cugel's Saga
Cugel's Saga
Cugel's Saga is a 1983 work of science fantasy by Jack Vance, and the sequel to his 1966 book The Eyes of the Overworld. The story picks up where the protagonist, Cugel the Clever, had been left at the end of the previous book: sitting disconsolately on a barren beach far to the north of his...
:
- Intimate Anatomy of Several Overworld Personages by Haruvoit
In the Demon Princes series:
- Better Understanding of the Institute by Charles Bronstein
- Chronicles of Navarth by Carol Lewis
- Civilized Ideas and Civilized Worlds by Michael Yeaton
- A Comparison of Mathematical Processes as Employed by Six "Intelligent" Alien Races by Unspiek, Baron Bodissey
- A Concise History of Oikumene by Albert B. Hall
- The Criminal Mentality by Michael Diaz
- Dar Sai and the Darsh by Joinville Akers
- Encyclopedia of Sociology by B. A. Edgar
- Everyman's Guide to the Stars
- Fauna of the Vegan Worlds by Rapunzel K. Funk
- Games of the Galaxy by Everett Wright
- Gustations by Michael Weist
- The Heham Fjoliot
- Human Institutions by Prade
- The Institute: A Primer by Mary Murray
- Interplanetary Crime: Causes and Consequences by Karen Miller
- The Moral Essence of Civilization by Calvin V. Calvert
- Peccant Souls by Theodore Pederson
- Peoples of the Coranne by Richard Pelto
- The Sexual Habits of the Sarkoy by B. A. Edgar
- Star Directory
- Studies in Comparative Anthropology by Russell Cooke
- The Teachings of Didram Bodo Sime by Didram Bodo Sime
- Ten Explorers: A Study of Type by Oscar Anderson
- Tourist Guide to the Coranne by Jane Szantho
In The Eyes of the Overworld
The Eyes of the Overworld
The Eyes of the Overworld is a fantasy fixup by Jack Vance published in 1966, the second in the Dying Earth series. It features a series of linked stories detailing the travails of the self-proclaimed Cugel the Clever...
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- Thrump's Almanac by Thrump
- Zaraides the Wizard, His Compendium of Spells, Beware by Zaraides
- Zaraides the Wizard, His Workbook, Beware by Zaraides
In The Palace of Love
The Palace of Love
The Palace of Love ia science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, the third in his Demon Princes series.-Plot summary:...
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- Introduction to Old Earth by Ferencz Szantho
- Worlds I Have Known by L. G. Dusenyi
In The Star King:
- The Demon Princes by Caril Carphen
- The IPCC: Men and Methods by Raul Past
- Life by Unspiek, Baron Bodissey
- Men of the Oikumene by Jan Holberk Vaenz LXII
- New Discoveries in Space by Ralph Quarry
- Popular Handbook of the Planets
- Scroll from the Ninth Dimension
Miscellaneous
- Book of Dreams, the by Howard Alan Treesong
- The Killing Machine Peoples of the Concourse by Streck and Chernitz
Works invented by Kurt VonnegutKurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle , Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.-Early...
Attributed to Kilgore TroutKilgore Trout
Kilgore Trout is a fictional character created by author Kurt Vonnegut. He was originally created as a fictionalized version of author Theodore Sturgeon , although Trout's consistent presence in Vonnegut's works has also led critics to view him as the author's own alter ego...
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- Asleep at the Switch
- Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto or This Year's Masterpiece
- The Big Board
- The Dancing Fool
- The Era of Hopeful Monsters
- First District Court of Thankyou
- Gilgongo!
- The Gospel from Outer Space
- The Gutless Wonder
- Hail to the Chief
- How You Doin'?
- Maniacs in the Fourth Dimension
- The Money Tree
- Now It Can Be Told
- Oh Say Can You Smell?
- The Pan-Galactic Memory Bank
- The Pan-Galactic Straw Boss
- The Pan-Galactic Three-Day Pass
- Plague on Wheels
- The Planet Gobblers
- The Protocols of the Elders of TralfamadoreTralfamadoreThe Tralfamadorians are a fictional alien race mentioned in several novels by Kurt Vonnegut. Tralfamadore is their home planet. Details on the inhabitants of the planet vary from novel to novel:...
- The Smart Bunny
- The Son of Jimmy Valentine
- This Means You
- 2BR02B2BR02B2BR02B is a science fiction short story by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in the digest magazine Worlds of If Science Fiction, January 1962, and collected in Vonnegut's Bagombo Snuff Box . The title is pronounced "2 B R naught 2 B", referencing the famous phrase "to be, or not to be" from...
- Venus on the Half-ShellVenus on the Half-ShellVenus on the Half-Shell is a science fiction novel attributed to the fictional author Kilgore Trout but actually written by Philip José Farmer. Kilgore Trout is a recurring character of many of the novels of Kurt Vonnegut and this book was first mentioned as a fictional work in his novel God Bless...
Attributed to Beatrice Rumfoord:
- The Beatrice Rumfoord Galactic Cookbook by Beatrice Rumfoord
- Between Timid and Timbuktu, anonymously published by Beatrice Rumfood
- The True Purpose of Life in the Solar System by Beatrice Rumfoord
Attributed to other authors:
- The American Philosopher Kings by Waltham Kittredge
- Are Adults Harmoniums? by Dr. Frank Minot
- Book of BokononBokononismBokononism is a religion invented by Kurt Vonnegut as a fictional religion, and practiced by many of the characters in his novel Cat's Cradle.It is based on the concept of foma, which are defined as harmless untruths...
by Bokonon - A Child's Cyclopedia of Wonders and Things to Do
- Get With Child a Mandrake Root by Arthur Garvey Ulm
- History of the Rosewaters of Rhode Island by Merrihue Rosewater
- Pan-Galactic Humbug or Three Billion Dupes by Dr. Maurice Rosenau
- Primordial Scales by Crowther Gomburg
- Ramba of Macedon by Eunice Rosewater
- The Winston Niles Rumfoord Authorized Revised Bible by Winston Niles Rumfoord
- The Winston Niles Rumfoord Pocket History of Mars by Winston Niles Rumfoord
- Too Wild a Dream? by Lavinia Waters
- Unk and Boaz in the Caves of Mercury by Sarah Horne Canby
- Winston Niles Rumfood, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo DaVinci by Howard W. Sams
- The Underground by Polly Madison
- The Only Way to Have a Successful Revolution in Any Field of Human Activity by Paul Slazinger
- Private Art Treasures of Tuscony by Kim Bum Suk
Works invented by Scott C. Waring
- West's Time Machine
- George's Pond; Created In The Beloved Tradition of Charlotte's Web
- Dragons of Asgard
- UFO Sightings of 2006-2009
Works invented by Bill WattersonBill WattersonWilliam Boyd Watterson II , known as Bill Watterson, is an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes...
- Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie
- Commander Coriander Salamander and 'er Singlehander Bellylander
Works invented by Evelyn WaughEvelyn WaughArthur Evelyn St. John Waugh , known as Evelyn Waugh, was an English writer of novels, travel books and biographies. He was also a prolific journalist and reviewer...
In Brideshead RevisitedBrideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. Waugh wrote that the novel "deals with what is theologically termed 'the operation of Grace', that is to say, the unmerited and unilateral act of love by...
: (all by Chares Ryder)
- Ryder's Country Seats
- Ryder's English Homes
- Ryder's Village and Provincial Architecture
- Ryder's Latin America
Works invented by P. G. WodehouseP. G. WodehouseSir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be...
In the JeevesJeeves
Reginald Jeeves is a fictional character in the short stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse, being the valet of Bertie Wooster . Created in 1915, Jeeves would continue to appear in Wodehouse's works until his final, completed, novel Aunts Aren't Gentlemen in 1974, making him Wodehouse's most famous...
stories
- All for Love by Rosie M. Banks
- Autumn Leaves by Gwendolen Moon
- Blackness at Night by Adela Cream
- The Case of the Poisoned Doughnut by Rex West
- The Courtship of Lord Strathmorlick by Rosie M. Banks
- Inspector Biffen Views the Body by Rex West
- Jenny, The Girl Jockey
- Madcap Myrtle by Rosie M. Banks
- Memories of Eighty Interesting Years by Lady Carnaby
- Murder in Mauve by Rex West
- The Mystery of the Pink Crayfish by Rex West
- My Friends the Newts by Loretta Peabody
- Only a Factory Girl by Rosie M. Banks
- Pipped on the Post
- Recollections of a Long Life by Sir Willoughby
- A Red, Red Summer Rose by Rosie M. Banks
- Twas on an English June by Gwendolen Moon
- The Woman Who Braved All by Rosie M. Banks
In Joy in the Morning
Joy in the Morning (1946 novel)
Joy in the Morning is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on August 22, 1946 by Doubleday & Co., New York, and in the United Kingdom on June 2, 1947 by Herbert Jenkins, London...
In "The Artistic Career of Corky"
In Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in Britain on October 17, 1974 by Barrie & Jenkins, London, and in the U.S. under the title The Cat-nappers on April 14, 1975 by Simon & Schuster, New York...
(U.S. title The Cat-nappers)
In The Mating Season
Miscellaneous
- In
Works invented by Gene WolfeGene WolfeGene Wolfe is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying into the religion. He is a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the...
In Bibliomen :
- In "Adam Poor":
- an unknown title by Robert T. Brooks
- Brideshead by John Glaskin
- You Can't Go Home at All by John Glaskin
- Guide to the Public Toilets of America (aka Jon's Guide) by John J. Jons, Jr.
- Meditation on the Utilitarian Theory of Literary Merit by John J. Jons, Jr.
- Fiction in Fancy Dress: John Glaskin et al. Exposed by Kirk Patterson Arthurs
- Mask and Coin: Grub Street in the 30's by Kirk Patterson Arthurs
- Maze of Clay: John Glaskin Revisited by Kirk Patterson Arthurs
- Sweet Sword, High Heart: Love and War in the Fiction of John Glaskin by Kirk Patterson Arthurs
- Training the Mind by Paul Rico
In The Book of the Long Sun
The Book of the Long Sun
The Book of the Long Sun is a tetralogy by Gene Wolfe, comprising Nightside of the Long Sun, Lake of the Long Sun, Caldé of the Long Sun, and Exodus from the Long Sun. The first two volumes are published together as Litany of the Long Sun and the last two as Epiphany of the Long Sun...
:
- An unknown title by Scleroderma
- The Chrasmological Writings by unknown author
In The Book of the New Sun
The Book of the New Sun
The Book of the New Sun is a novel in four parts written by science fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe. It chronicles the journey and ascent to power of Severian, a disgraced journeyman torturer who rises to the position of Autarch, the one ruler of the free world...
:
- Lives of the Seventeen Megatherians by Blaithmaic
- The Book of the New Sun by Canog
- The Book of Gold by unknown author
- The Book of the Wonders of Urth and Sky, Being a Collection from Printed Sources of Universal Secrets of Such Age That Their Meaning has Become Obscured with Time by unknown author
In The Book of the Short Sun
The Book of the Short Sun
The Book of the Short Sun is a trilogy by Gene Wolfe, comprising On Blue's Waters , In Green's Jungles , and Return to the Whorl . It is the sequel to Wolfe's tetralogy The Book of the Long Sun, and has connections to The Book of the New Sun...
:
- An unknown title by Man from Urbasecundus
In The Doctor of Death Island :
- The Death of Love by Kinglake
In The Fifth Head of Cerberus
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
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by Richard BachRichard BachRichard David Bach is an American writer. He is widely known as the author of the hugely popular 1970s best-sellers Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, and others. His books espouse his philosophy that our apparent physical limits and mortality are merely... - The Heart Is a Milkman by Balph Eubank in Atlas ShruggedAtlas ShruggedAtlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. Rand's fourth and last novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing...
by Ayn RandAyn RandAyn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.... - The Help by Eugenia Phelan in The HelpThe HelpThe Help is an American situation comedy television series which premiered on The WB on March 5, 2004. The show was a raunchy comedy that focused on the hard-lucked life of a beauty school dropout, who now must work for the wealthy and spoiled Ridgeway family. The rest of the hired help are also...
by Kathryn StockettKathryn StockettKathryn Stockett is an American novelist. She is known for her 2009 debut novel, The Help, which is about African American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s.-Career:... - History of Damar by Astytlet in The Hero and the CrownThe Hero and the CrownThe Hero and the Crown is a fantasy novel written by Robin McKinley and published by Greenwillow Books in 1984. It is the winner of the 1985 Newbery Medal award. The book is the prequel to The Blue Sword, written in 1982. This story focuses on "Aerin Dragon-Killer," also known as "Aerin...
by Robin McKinleyRobin McKinleyRobin McKinley is a distinguished author of fantasy and children's books who has written sixteen books to date. Her latest book Pegasus was published in 2010... - Hyperion Cantos by Martin Silenus in Hyperion by Dan SimmonsDan SimmonsDan Simmons is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction series, known as the Hyperion Cantos, and for his Locus-winning Ilium/Olympos cycle....
- I Love My WillyWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
by Austin Tichenor - Reduced Shakespeare CompanyReduced Shakespeare CompanyThe Reduced Shakespeare Company is an American acting troupe that writes and performs unsubtle, fast-paced, seemingly improvisational condensations of huge topics.- Overview :... - Ieximal Jelimite by an unknown author in The Poet Assassinated by Guillaume ApollinaireGuillaume ApollinaireWilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki, known as Guillaume Apollinaire was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic born in Italy to a Polish mother....
(play) - Inkheart in InkheartInkheartInkheart is a young adult-child fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the Inkworld trilogy....
by Cornelia FunkeCornelia FunkeCornelia Funke is a multiple award-winning German author of children's fiction. She was born on 10 December 1958, in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia. Funke is best known for her Inkworld trilogy, with the English translation of the third book, Inkdeath, released on 6 October 2008. Many of her... - Jacob Wrestling by James Mortmain in I Capture the CastleI Capture the CastleI Capture the Castle is Dodie Smith's first novel, written in the 1940s during a sojourn in America. Smith was already an established playwright and later became famous for authoring the children's classic The Hundred and One Dalmatians....
by Dodie SmithDodie SmithDorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith was an English novelist and playwright. Smith is best known for her novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. Her other works include I Capture the Castle and The Starlight Barking.... - The Labyrinth of the World by an unknown author in Ex-Libris by Ross KingRoss King (author)Ross King is a Canadian novelist and non-fiction writer. He began his career by writing two works of historical fiction in the 1990s, later turning to non-fiction, and has since written several critically acclaimed and best-selling historical works.-Novels and Books:King's first novel, Domino, ,...
(A palimpsest of Galileo's treatise on Jovian moons) - Lady Don't Fall Backwards by Darcy Sarto in The Missing Page by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson (in Hancock's Half Hour)
- The Lair of the Dragon by Judith Adams in Death in Five BoxesDeath in Five BoxesDeath in Five Boxes is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr , who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a whodunnit and features the series detective Sir Henry Merrivale and his associate, Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Humphrey Masters.-Plot summary:Dr...
by Carter Dickson - The Law, Complete by an unknown author in After Hamelin by Bill Richardson (Law Book of the Trolavians)
- The Laws of Human History by Valentin Michael Karstev in Protect and Defend by Eric L. Harry
- Le Guide by Henri (director) LeClercq in Monsieur Pamplemousse on Probation by Michael BondMichael BondThomas Michael Bond, OBE is an English author, most celebrated for his Paddington Bear series of books.-Life:Bond was educated at Presentation College, a Catholic school in Reading...
- Lexicon Corsi by Anon(ymous) in Dictionary of the KhazarsDictionary of the KhazarsDictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel is the first novel by Serbian writer Milorad Pavić, published in 1984. Originally written in Serbian, the novel has been translated into many languages...
by Milorad PavićMilorad Pavic (writer)Milorad Pavić was a Serbian poet, prose writer, translator, and literary historian. He was also a candidate for Nobel Prize in Literature.... - Life is Stranger than Thruth, Volume II: Nine More Miniature Gods by an unknown author in The Paris Stories by Laird Hunt (pamphlet)
- The Lord of the Swastika by Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
in The Iron DreamThe Iron DreamThe Iron Dream is a metafictional 1972 alternate history novel by Norman Spinrad.The book has a nested narrative that tells a story within a story. On the surface, the novel presents an unexceptional pulp, post-apocalypse science fiction action tale entitled Lord of the Swastika...
by Norman SpinradNorman SpinradNorman Richard Spinrad is an American science fiction author.Born in New York City, Spinrad is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. In 1957 he entered City College of New York and graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science degree as a pre-law major. In 1966 he moved to San Francisco,... - The Lost Heir by Phoebe (publish anonymously) Marlow in Sylvester, or the Wicked UncleSylvester, or the Wicked UncleSylvester, or the Wicked Uncle is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer. First published by Heinemann, London and Putnam, New York in 1957, it is the story of intelligent and desperate Phoebe who ends up marrying the man she has run away from home to avoid, and whom she has caricatured as the...
by Georgette HeyerGeorgette HeyerGeorgette Heyer was a British historical romance and detective fiction novelist. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story for her younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. In 1925 Heyer married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer... - The Mad Tryst by Sir Launcelot Canning in The Fall of the House of UsherThe Fall of the House of Usher"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in September 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. It was slightly revised in 1840 for the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque...
by Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective... - The Maxims of Marriage or The Duties of a Married Woman, Together with Her Daily Exercises by an unknown author in The School for WivesThe School for WivesThe School for Wives is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements. It was first staged at the Palais Royal theatre on 26 December 1662 for the brother of the King...
by MolièreMolièreJean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature... - Make Four Million Dollars By Next Thursday! by Dr K. Pinkerton Silverfish in the book of the same name by Stephen ManesStephen ManesStephen Manes is the author of the 2011 nonfiction book Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet. Its subject, the workings of a ballet company, marked a significant departure for an author best known for his journalism on technology and his books for children.Manes wrote the...
- Mixed Moss by James (as Captain Flint) Turner in Swallows and AmazonsSwallows and AmazonsSwallows and Amazons is the first book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome; it was first published in 1930, with the action taking place in the summer of 1929 in the Lake District...
by Arthur RansomeArthur RansomeArthur Michell Ransome was an English author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. These tell of school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Many of the books involve sailing; other common subjects... - A Modest Proposal for the Spreading of Christianity in Foreign Parts, whereby it is hoped its entertainment will become general all over the world by an unknown author in Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles MaturinCharles MaturinCharles Robert Maturin, also known as C.R. Maturin was an Irish Protestant clergyman and a writer of gothic plays and novels.-Biography:...
(Manuscript volume found in an asylum) - Multitudes, Multitudes, an anti-war novel being written by the devious junior officer Tom Keefer in The Caine MutinyThe Caine MutinyThe Caine Mutiny is a 1952 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard a destroyer-minesweeper in the Pacific in World War II and deals with, among other things, the moral and ethical decisions made at sea by the captains of ships...
by Herman WoukHerman WoukHerman Wouk is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author of novels including The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance.-Biography:... - The Murder of Gonzago by an unknown playwright in Hamlet by William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
(also known as ""The Mousetrap") - N. P. by Sarao Takase in N. P. by Banana YoshimotoBanana Yoshimotois the pen name of Mahoko Yoshimoto , a Japanese contemporary writer. She writes her name in hiragana.-Biography:Yoshimoto, daughter of Takaaki Yoshimoto, was born in Tokyo on July 24, 1964...
- Never Whistle While You're Pissing by Hagbard CelineHagbard CelineFreeman Hagbard Celine, H.M., S.H. is a central protagonist in the Illuminatus trilogy of books by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, named after the legendary Viking hero Hagbard who died for love. In the Schrödinger's Cat trilogy, the sequel to Illuminatus!, it is stated that 'Hagbard Celine'...
in the Illuminatus! TrilogyThe Illuminatus! TrilogyThe Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson first published in 1975. The trilogy is a satirical, postmodern, science fiction-influenced adventure story; a drug-, sex-, and magick-laden trek through a number of conspiracy theories, both...
by Robert SheaRobert SheaRobert Joseph Shea was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus!. It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In...
and Robert Anton WilsonRobert Anton WilsonRobert Anton Wilson , known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic... - The Neverending Story by an unknown author in The Neverending Story by Michael EndeMichael EndeMichael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German author of fantasy and children's literature. He is best known for his epic fantasy work The Neverending Story; other famous works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver...
- The Nine Doors to the Kingdom of Shadows by 17th century author Aristide TorchiaAristide TorchiaAristide Torchia is a fictional character from The Club Dumas, a 1993 novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. The events of the novel take place hundreds of years after Torchia's death, and he is referenced only as a historical figure. He is also mentioned in the film The Ninth Gate, which is based on the...
in The Club DumasThe Club DumasThe Club Dumas is a 1993 novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. The book is set in a world of antiquarian booksellers echoing his previous work, The Flanders Panel....
by Arturo Pérez-ReverteArturo Pérez-ReverteArturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for twenty-one years . His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was released in 1986. He is well known outside Spain for his "Alatriste" series of novels... - Off The Road by William Henry Deveraux in The Straight Man by Richard RussoRichard RussoRichard Russo is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher.-Early life and education:Russo was born in Johnstown, New York, and raised in nearby Gloversville...
- One Woman's War by Kate (Unknown) in Lace by Shirley ConranShirley Conran-Background:Shirley Conran is a bestselling author, whose books include Lace, which was made into an 80s US miniseries and Superwoman. She has been a columnist for Vanity Fair, women's editor of The Daily Mail and a feature writer for The Observer newspaper.Conran was educated at the University...
- Or I Will Sell My Soul For Guilt by Thomas Covenant in the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. DonaldsonStephen R. DonaldsonStephen Reeder Donaldson is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for his Thomas Covenant series...
. Covenant is reported to have written at least two other novels prior to the start of the First Chronicles, but these are left unnamed by Donaldson - The Orange and the Apple in Arthur C. ClarkeArthur C. ClarkeSir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...
's A Fall of MoondustA Fall of MoondustA Fall of Moondust is a hard science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1961. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel, and was the first science fiction novel selected to become a Reader's Digest Condensed Book.... - Um Ourives das Palavras by Amadeu Inacio de Almeida Prado in Pascal Mercier's Nachtzug nach LissabonNight Train to LisbonNight Train to Lisbon is a philosophical novel by Pascal Mercier originally published in German in 2004 and published in English in 2008. The novel is an international best seller. The story follows the travels of Swiss Classics Professor Raimund Gregorius, known as Mundus, as he explores the life...
- Pause-O-Men for the Virgin by an unknown author in The Great PursuitThe Great PursuitThe Great Pursuit is a 1977 comic novel by Tom Sharpe. It is a satire encompassing commercialism in publishing and literary criticism.-Plot introduction:...
by Tom SharpeTom SharpeTom Sharpe is an English satirical author, best known for his Wilt series of novels.Sharpe was born in London and moved to South Africa in 1951, where he worked as a social worker and a teacher, before being deported for sedition in 1961... - Penny Has a Plan by Ruthanne Hendry inThe Stepford WivesThe Stepford WivesThe Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical thriller novel by Ira Levin. The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a photographer and young mother who begins to suspect that the frighteningly submissive housewives in her new idyllic Connecticut neighborhood may be robots created by their husbands.Two films of...
by Ira LevinIra LevinIra Levin was an American author, dramatist and songwriter.-Professional life:Levin attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa... - Peter Flowerbuck by Adrian Healey in The Liar by Stephen FryStephen FryStephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also...
(a forgery that Healy tries to pass off as being written by Charles DickensCharles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
) - The Practice of Thinking in Murray LeinsterMurray LeinsterMurray Leinster was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history...
's Med Ship stories - The Princess BrideThe Princess BrideThe Princess Bride is a 1973 fantasy novel written by William Goldman. It was originally published in the United States by Harcourt Brace, while in the UK it is/was published by Bloomsbury Publishing....
by S. Morgenstern - the purportedly abridged, just the good parts version by William GoldmanWilliam GoldmanWilliam Goldman is an American novelist, playwright, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.-Early life and education:...
is the original. Goldman asserted that Morgenstern also wrote a sequel, Buttercup's Baby, but it has never been published apart from a "teaser" chapter at the end of later editions of The Princess Bride - The Principles of Private Detection by Clovis Andersen in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective AgencyThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective AgencyThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a series of twelve novels by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith. The agency is located in Gaborone, capital of Botswana. Its founder is a Motswana woman, Mma Precious Ramotswe, who features as the stories' protagonist and main detective...
series by Alexander McCall SmithAlexander McCall SmithAlexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, is a Rhodesian-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late 20th century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees... - The Ratisutra by Jayamala in Love in a Dead Language by Lee SiegelLee Siegel (professor and novelist)Lee A. Siegel is a novelist and professor of religion at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His 1999 novel, Love in a Dead Language, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a bestseller in India...
- Report of a Reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota by William Ludlow in Legends of the FallLegends of the FallLegends of the Fall is a 1994 epic drama film based on the 1979 novella of the same title by Jim Harrison. It was directed by Edward Zwick and stars Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn. The film was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction , and Best...
by Jim Harrison. - Revelations of Glaaki by an unknown author in The Inhabitant of the Lake by Ramsey CampbellRamsey CampbellJohn Ramsey Campbell is an English horror fiction author.Since he first came to prominence in the mid-1960s, critics have cited Campbell as one of the leading writers in his field: T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today", while S. T...
(in The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome TenantsThe Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome TenantsThe Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by British author J. Ramsey Campbell, who dropped the initial from his name in subsequent publications. It was released in 1964 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,009 copies and was the author's...
) - Rtr's Strbk by an unknown author in Rtr's Strbk by Peter Neumeyer (from "Signal 54")
- Rules and Traffic Regulations, Which May Not be Bent or Broken by an unknown author in The Phantom TollboothThe Phantom TollboothThe Phantom Tollbooth is a children's adventure novel and modern fairy tale published in 1961, written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do,...
by Norton JusterNorton JusterNorton Juster is an American architect and author. He is best known as an author of children's books, including The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line.- Biography :... - The Secret Goldfish by D. B. Caulfield in The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage confusion, angst, alienation, language, and rebellion. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major...
by J.D. Salinger - The Secret of Secrets by Duban the Sage in The Tale of King Yunan and the Sage Duban by Arabian Nights (Richard BurtonRichard BurtonRichard Burton, CBE was a Welsh actor. He was nominated seven times for an Academy Award, six of which were for Best Actor in a Leading Role , and was a recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony Awards for Best Actor. Although never trained as an actor, Burton was, at one time, the highest-paid...
translation) - The Secret Watcher by Halpin Chalmers in The Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap LongFrank Belknap LongFrank Belknap Long was a prolific American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known for his horror and science fiction short stories, including early contributions to...
- The Seven Minutes by J J Jadway in The Seven Minutes by Irving WallaceIrving WallaceIrving Wallace was an American best-selling author and screenwriter. Wallace was known for his heavily researched novels, many with a sexual theme. One critic described him "as the most successful of all the many exponents of junk fiction perhaps because he took it all so seriously, not so say...
- Seven-Day Magic by an unknown author in Seven-Day Magic by Edward EagerEdward EagerEdward McMaken Eager was an American lyricist, playwright, and author of books for children. Eager's works for children were distinctive in their use of the theme of magic making an appearance in the lives of ordinary children - what would now be classed as contemporary fantasy...
(A magic book that writes itself. At times it also has the titles "Wishful Ways for Wizards", "Helpful Hints for Homemakers", and "Dreadful Deeds for Dragons".) - Silvio, the Fishermam's Son by Frederic Moreau in Sentimental EducationSentimental EducationSentimental Education was Gustave Flaubert's last novel published during his lifetime, and is considered one of the most influential novels of the 19th century, being praised by contemporaries George Sand, Emile Zola, and Henry James.-Plot introduction:The novel describes the life of a young man ...
by Gustave FlaubertGustave FlaubertGustave Flaubert was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary , and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style.-Early life and education:Flaubert was born on December 12, 1821, in Rouen,... - The Smugglers of Lost Souls' Rock by an unknown author in October Light by John Gardner
- Songs of a Housepainter by Matthew Harrison in Suzanne's Diary for NicholasSuzanne's Diary for NicholasSuzanne's Diary for Nicholas is a 2001 novel by James Patterson that argues the importance of balance within one's life. Two interwoven stories are told throughout the novel. The framing story is based on Katie Wilkinson, a New York City book editor, whose relationship with poet Matthew Harrison...
by James PattersonJames PattersonJames B. Patterson is an American author of thriller novels, largely known for his series about American psychologist Alex Cross... - The Southern Way by Savannah (as Renata Halpern) Wingo in The Prince of TidesThe Prince of TidesThe Prince of Tides is a 1991 romantic drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy; the film stars Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina...
by Pat ConroyPat ConroyPat Conroy , is a New York Times bestselling author who has written several acclaimed novels and memoirs. Two of his novels, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, were made into Oscar-nominated films.-Early life:... - Speaker for the Dead: The Hive Queen and the Hegemon by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin in Ender's GameEnder's GameEnder's Game is a science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. The book originated as the short story "Ender's Game", published in the August 1977 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Elaborating on characters and plot lines depicted in the novel, Card later wrote additional...
by Orson Scott CardOrson Scott CardOrson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the... - Speaker for the Dead: The Life of Human by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin in Speaker for the DeadSpeaker for the DeadSpeaker for the Dead is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and an indirect sequel to the novel Ender's Game. This book takes place around the year 5270, some 3,000 years after the events in Ender's Game...
by Orson Scott CardOrson Scott CardOrson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the... - Stanzas, Scars and Scandals - A Dramatic History of the Life of Lord Byron by H. J. Ragworth in ChamCham (novel)Cham is the second novel by John Llewellyn Rhys Prize winning British writer Jonathan Trigell.It is set in the French mountain town and extreme sports Mecca of Chamonix Mont Blanc, where the author also resides....
by Jonathan Trigell - Tears, Idle Tears by an unknown author in The Rise of Silas LaphamThe Rise of Silas LaphamThe Rise of Silas Lapham is a realistic novel written by William Dean Howells in 1885 about the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortune in the paint business, but he lacks social standards, which he tries to attain through...
by William Dean HowellsWilliam Dean HowellsWilliam Dean Howells was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel The Rise of...
(one of the characters says it should have been called "Slop, Silly Slop") - Telemachus Sneezed by Atlanta Hope in the Illuminatus! TrilogyThe Illuminatus! TrilogyThe Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson first published in 1975. The trilogy is a satirical, postmodern, science fiction-influenced adventure story; a drug-, sex-, and magick-laden trek through a number of conspiracy theories, both...
by Robert SheaRobert SheaRobert Joseph Shea was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus!. It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In...
and Robert Anton WilsonRobert Anton WilsonRobert Anton Wilson , known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic... - A True and Faithful rendering of the Life of Dona Rosalina Alvarez della Cueva, Abbess of the Convent of Santa Barbara of Tartarus by Domenico Eucaristo Deseos in The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonLeonora CarringtonLeonora Carrington OBE was a British-born Mexican artist, a surrealist painter and a novelist. She lived most of her life in Mexico City.-Early life:...
- The True Grimoire by Alibeck in Casting the Stones by John Pocsik
- The True History of the World by Lucien de Terre in The Werewolves of London by Brian StablefordBrian StablefordBrian Michael Stableford is a British science fiction writer who has published more than 70 novels. His earlier books were published as by Brian M. Stableford, but more recent ones have dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name Brian Stableford...
(4 volumes) - To Serve Man by an unknown author in To Serve ManTo Serve Man"To Serve Man" is a science fiction short story written by Damon Knight. It first appeared in the November 1950 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction and has been reprinted a number of times, including in Frontiers in Space , Far Out and The Best of Damon Knight...
by Damon KnightDamon KnightDamon Francis Knight was an American science fiction author, editor, critic and fan. His forte was short stories and he is widely acknowledged as having been a master of the genre.-Biography:...
(from the planet Kanamit) - Too Many Cousins by Raymond Shears in Too Many Cousins by Douglas G. Browne
- The Twelve Hours of the Night by William AshblessWilliam AshblessWilliam Ashbless is a fictional poet, invented by fantasy writers James Blaylock and Tim Powers.Ashbless was invented by Powers and Blaylock when they were students at Cal State Fullerton in the early 1970s, originally as a reaction to the low quality of the poetry being published in the school...
in The Anubis GatesThe Anubis GatesThe Anubis Gates is a time travel fantasy novel by Tim Powers. It won the 1983 Philip K. Dick Award and 1984 Science Fiction Chronicle Award.- Plot summary :...
by Tim PowersTim PowersTimothy Thomas "Tim" Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare... - Under a Loggia by "Joseph Emery Prank" (pseudonym of Eleanor Lavish) in A Room with a ViewA Room with a ViewA Room with a View is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the repressed culture of Edwardian England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century...
by E. M. ForsterE. M. ForsterEdward Morgan Forster OM, CH was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society... - Universal Principles by an unknown author in Against a Dark BackgroundAgainst a Dark BackgroundAgainst a Dark Background is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1993.It was his first science fiction novel not to be based or set in the Culture.-Plot summary:...
by Iain M. Banks - The Unwritten Book by Jason K. Kingsland in Ex-Libris by John Shire
- The Uselessness of Everything by the HemulenHemulenHemulens are a species of characters in the Moomin series of books by Swedish-speaking Finnish author Tove Jansson. Hemulens feature in several of the books. One Hemulen collects butterflies, and another is an avid skier...
in Finn Family MoomintrollFinn Family MoomintrollFinn Family Moomintroll is the third in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomins books, published in 1948...
by Tove JanssonTove JanssonTove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is best known as the author of the Moomin books.- Biography :... - Vastarien by an unknown author in "Vastarien" by Thomas LigottiThomas LigottiThomas Ligotti is a contemporary American horror author and reclusive literary cult figure. His writings are unique in style, have been noted as major continuations of several literary genres – most prominently Lovecraftian horror – and have overall been variously described as works of...
(in Teatro Grottesco and Other Stories) - Vatican Codex by Mayan in The Philosopher's Stone by Colin WilsonColin WilsonColin Henry Wilson is a prolific English writer who first came to prominence as a philosopher and novelist. Wilson has since written widely on true crime, mysticism and other topics. He prefers calling his philosophy new existentialism or phenomenological existentialism.- Early biography:Born and...
- Viage to the Contree of the Cimmerians by Gervase of Langford in Codex by Lev GrossmanLev GrossmanLev Grossman is an American novelist and journalist, notably the author of the novels Warp , Codex , The Magicians and The Magician King...
- Warren Peece by Chris Crutcher in The Sledding HillThe Sledding HillThe Sledding Hill is a 2005 post-modern metafictional novel by young adult writer Chris Crutcher. By having the novel narrated by a super-omniscient dead boy and placing himself into the novel, Crutcher has written a work that encompasses two literary fads....
by Chris CrutcherChris Crutcher-Biography:Crutcher was born to a World War II bomber pilot and a homemaker on July 17, 1946, in Dayton, Ohio. They later moved to Cascade, Idaho, where Crutcher grew up.... - The Way Out in works by Harry Stephen KeelerHarry Stephen KeelerHarry Stephen Keeler was a prolific but little-known American author.- Biography :Born in Chicago in 1890, Keeler spent his childhood exclusively in this city, which was so beloved by the author that a large number of his works took place in and around it...
- Who Put Back The Clock? by E. H. B. in The Wrong BoxThe Wrong BoxThe Wrong Box is a British comedy film made by Salamander Film Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne.The cast includes a...
by Robert Louis StevensonRobert Louis StevensonRobert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.... - The Vault of Mr.Curwen by Alice Waite (short story)
- The Wings of Death by Osric Dane in "Xingu" by Edith WhartonEdith WhartonEdith Wharton , was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.- Early life and marriage:...
(short story) - Yellow Dragon by M. de Bac in The Devil's Manuscript by Sidney Kilner Levett-YeatsSidney Kilner Levett-YeatsSidney Kilner Levett-Yeats CIE, , an English novelist known professionally as S. Levett-Yeats, was the descendant of an old English trading family with connections to British India. S. Levett-Yeats became a soldier with the Indian Army and later joined the Indian Civil Service as a low-level...
- You Will Never Die by Carl G. Soziere in "Divided By Infinity" by Robert Charles WilsonRobert Charles WilsonRobert Charles Wilson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.Wilson was born in the United States in California, but grew up near Toronto, Ontario. Apart from another short period in the early 1970s spent in Whittier, California, he has lived most of his life in Canada, and in 2007 he...
(Divided by Infinity is in the anthology The Perseids)
Additional reading
- Kennedy, George A.George A. KennedyGeorge Alexander Kennedy is a contemporary scholar of classical rhetoric and literature.Kennedy received his Ph.D. in classics from Harvard University in 1954 with a dissertation entitled "PROLEGOMENA AND COMMENTARY TO QUINTILIAN VIII "...
Fictitious Authors and Imaginary Novels in French, English and American Fiction from the 18th to the Start of the 21st Century, Mellen Press, 2004. ISBN 0773462511
See also
- Fictional guidebookFictional guidebookSome fictional universes feature useful guidebooks which assist the hero and friends through difficult situations.Features of a great fictional guidebook: Such books are ideally compact enough to carry on even the most strenuous adventures, yet detailed enough to contain exactly the information the...
s - Lists of books
- List of fictional books from non-print media
- List of fictional books from periodicals
- List of fictional brands
- List of fictional diaries
- List of fictional films
- List of fictional media
- List of fictional television shows
- List of unpublished books by notable authors
- Musaeum ClausumMusaeum ClausumMusaeum Clausum , also known as Bibliotheca abscondita, is a tract written by Sir Thomas Browne first published posthumously in 1684. The book contains short descriptions of supposed, rumoured or lost books pictures and objects...
External links
- The Invisible Library, curated by Brian Quinette (site dead as of October 2006 - see the Archive.org site copy, from November 2004)
- The Invisible Library, Malibu Lake Branch, curated by Fayaway & Hermester Barrington
- The Fictional World of Archives, Art Galleries and Museums
- Underneath the Bunker A frequently updated journal, offering reviews of fictional books