Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
Jared M. Diamond
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Our mutual friend
Charles Dickens
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne
The Wide Window: Or, Disappearance!
Lemony A. Snicket
The miserable mill
The Austere Academy
The Ersatz Elevator: Traditional Characters
Dead as a doornail
Charlaine Harris
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
Matter
Iain M. Banks