Kirdjali by Alexander Pushkin
Published in 1834, Kirdjali by Alexander Pushkin tells the tale of the soldier Kirdjali and his swashbuckling adventures.
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The Great Gatsby turns 100
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway’s interactions with Jay Gatsby, the mysterious millionaire with an obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway by Baroness Orczy
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway by Baroness Orczy was originally published in 1901. When a young woman is poisoned on a London subway train, the police searching for her killer appear to be on the wrong track.
The Mantle by Nikolai Gogol
The Mantle by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1842. It describes how Russian bureaucracy turns everyone into a ghost of each other.
5 Sensational New Books for April 2025
Coming in April we have a fantastic short story collection by Lydia Millett and the latest novel by the fabulous Sayaka Murata. Enjoy 5 Sensational New Books for April 2025.
60th Annual Nebula Awards Finalists
This past week saw the nominations for the 60th Annual Nebula Awards Finalists. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association announced a shortlist of six novels for work published in 2024.
The Wild Western Book Quiz
From classic tales of the frontier to modern novels that twist in new directions, test your knowledge of the Western genre with The Wild Western Book Quiz
The Man in the Passage by G. K. Chesterton
The Man in the Passage by G. K. Chesterton was published in 1913. When a man’s body is found in a passage, the suspect must be found and Father Brown is on the case.
A Report For An Academy by Franz Kafka
A Report For An Academy by Franz Kafka was written and published in 1917. It tells the tale of an ape explaining his slow and painful domestication to the level of a cultured European.
The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury
The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury was first published in Planet Stories in 1946. The story is about short-lived humans on a planet similar to Mercury.