Books

Allegory of the Cave

parable

Anna Karenina

1877 · realist novel

Treasure Island

1883 · coming-of-age fiction

Waiting for Godot

1952 · theatre of the absurd

War and Peace

1869 · romantic fiction

Journey to the West

1592 · fantasy

Torah

biblical literature

All Quiet on the Western Front

1928 · roman à clef

Guinness World Records

1955 · reference work

The War of the Worlds

1897 · apocalyptic fiction

The Canterbury Tales

1387 · English-language literature

Great Expectations

1861 · black comedy

The Master and Margarita

1928 · Fantastic Realism

I Ching

divination

The Silmarillion

1977 · fantasy

The Satanic Verses

1988 · magic realist fiction

Hansel and Gretel

1812 · fairy tale

David Copperfield

1850 · autobiographical novel

Book of Genesis

religious text

The Old Man and the Sea

1952 · literature

The Adventures of Tintin

1929 · comic book

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1940 · war fiction

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1831 · Gothic fiction

Robinson Crusoe

1719 · developmental novel

Oliver Twist

1839 · Bildungsroman

Old Testament

religious literature

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

1900 · children's story

The Prince

1532 · essay

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1884 · satire

Gulliver's Travels

1726 · political satire

A Christmas Carol

1843 · Christmas fiction

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

1885 · philosophical novel

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1852 · serialized fiction

The Da Vinci Code

2003 · conspiracy fiction

The Merchant of Venice

1600 · tragicomedy

The Raven

1845 · narrative poetry

Tao Te Ching

religious text

Faust

1808 · tragedy

The Idiot

1869

The Jungle Book

1894 · didactic literature

Asterix

1959 · alternate history comics

The Kite Runner

2003

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

fantasy

Charlotte's Web

1952 · fairy tale