The Library
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Science Fiction
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Armageddon 2419 A.D. (1928) by Philip Francis Nowland.
Mysteriously transported to a far-future America conquered by the Han Empire, Buck Rogers is swept up in a rebellion led by rival American gangs.
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Stand by for Mars! (1952) by Carey Rockwell.
Young Tom Corbett dreams of becoming a Space Cadet on his way to joining the Solar Guard. His adventures take him from the rigours of the Academy on Earth to the rugged and deadly deserts of Mars where he and his unit-mates learn that only by working together can they hope to survive.
Fantasy
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The Moon Pool (1919) by A. Merritt.
Adventuresome botanist William T. Goodwin embarks on a quest to help his friend Throckmortin, whose wife and friends have fallen victim to a mysterious temple ruin on a remote South Pacific island.
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Short Fiction (1934–1936) by Robert E. Howard.
Conan, the Cimmerian barbarian, romps across the pages of Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian adventures, slicing down enemy after enemy and trying not to fall too hard for a succession of ladies in need of rescue.
Weird
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The House on the Borderland (1908) by William Hope Hodgson.
Two fishermen discover a hand-written account of the weird haunting of a recluse’s remote home. An early example of realist cosmic horror that inspired H. P. Lovecraft.
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Short Fiction (1905–1935) by H. P. Lovecraft.
One of the most influential writers of horror fiction in the early 20th century, Lovecraft’s unique blend of gothicism, horror, and supernatural, set in an imagined but eerily-real New England, marked a gold standard for horror fiction for decades to come.
Mystery
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901–1902) by Arthur Conan Doyle.
The inimitable Sherlock Holmes dispatches his faithful friend Dr. Watson to investigate the centuries-old legend of a hell-hound that haunts the moors of the old Baskerville estate and seems to be causing very real trouble for the new heir.
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The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu (1913) by Sax Rohmer.
Nayland Smith and his friend Dr. Petrie pursue the nigh-unstoppable criminal mastermind Fu-Manchu.
Humor
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Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) by P. G. Wodehouse.
Bertie, a member of the English upper class and one of the “idle rich,” tries his best to arrange relationships between two pairs of his friends. Though he means well, Bertie’s bumbling attempts wind up doing more harm than good (as usual), leaving it to his valet, Jeeves, to see if he can sort things out.