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English-language novels

  • Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke SkywalkerAlan Dean Foster sat at a desk in 1976, typing the final words of a story that would become one of the most famous books ever written.
  • Splinter of the Mind's EyeAlan Dean Foster received a contract in 1976 to ghostwrite a novelization of Star Wars. He was given drafts of the script and rough footage as source…
  • Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain composed the story in pen on notepaper between 1876 and 1883. He originally titled the manuscript Huckleberry Finn's Autobiography before settling…
  • A Christmas CarolIn 1843, London streets buzzed with a strange energy as people began to talk about Christmas in new ways. The holiday had once been a raucous celebration of…
  • The Sun Also RisesIn 1925, Paris hosted as many as 200,000 English-speaking expatriates seeking refuge from the United States. The Paris Tribune reported that year on an…
  • FrankensteinMary Shelley stood at the edge of a waking dream on the night of the 16th of June 1816. The air inside Villa Diodati felt heavy with damp and the smell of…
  • The War of the WorldsIn the summer of 1894, a strange object thought to be a meteor crashed onto Horsell Common near Woking. The narrator watched from his home as the cylinder…
  • Carrie (novel)Stephen King wrote the opening pages of Carrie in a trailer in Hermon, Maine, during 1973. He had just finished teaching English at Hampden Academy and was…
  • Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift began writing Gulliver's Travels in 1720, completing the manuscript by August 1725. The work emerged from a circle of writers known as the…
  • Star Wars: Jedi ApprenticeThe Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice series began publication in 1999 and concluded in 2002. Dave Wolverton wrote the first book, The Rising Force, while Jude…
  • Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeRobert Louis Stevenson wrote Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the southern English seaside town of Bournemouth during 1886.
  • Three Hearts and Three LionsPoul Anderson published the novella version of Three Hearts and Three Lions in Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine during 1953.
  • The Lost World (Doyle novel)Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stood before the Royal Geographical Society on the 13th of February 1911. He listened intently as his friend Percy Harrison Fawcett…
  • The Mist (novella)Stephen King wrote The Mist during the summer of 1976. He drew inspiration from a real thunderstorm that struck his home area in Maine.
  • Eaters of the DeadAhmad ibn Fadlan stands in the snow of 10th-century Russia, his eyes fixed on a group of Vikings who speak a language he barely understands.
  • Thrawn trilogyIn 1992, Grand Admiral Thrawn stands atop the bridge of his Star Destroyer Chimaera. He orders a strike against the New Republic fleet near Sluis Van.