College Guide World: 55 books

The story of the book revolves around struggle of Gunther’s teenage son who was suffering from a brain tumor. It records the boys struggle to overcome the tumor, and his death at the age of seventeen.The story describes the time when his son, Johnny, experiences the first symptoms of the...

“Adam Bede” was the first novel written by George Eliot. Actually, George Eliot is the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. The book was first published in 1859. The first edition of the book was published pseudonymously, although Mary Ann Evans was already well published author and an extremely...

“Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin is a famous short story. It was first published in the year 1957. The story was republished in a collection called “Going to Meet the Man” in the year 1965.It is one of the earliest works of James Baldwin. The story has remained highly popular with...

“Woman In Mind” by Alan Ayckbourn is definitely one of the best plays written by him. It was his 32nd play.It is uniquely original play that deals with a subject matter that is not very common. The play has two settings: a real world and an imaginary world.The play revolves around...

World literature remains incomplete without mentioning the works of the Great Russian writer Anton Chekhov. His short stories are considered to be some of the most widely read works all over the world; however, he was also a playwright of great repute. Several of his plays have enthralled audiences...

The story revolves around a group of explorers and adventurers who were searching an unexplored region of Africa. Allan Quatermain was the leader of the group. They were searching that region for the missing brother of one of the party. “King Solomon’s Mines” is the first English adventure...

“Goldfinger” by Ian Fleming was first published in England on 23rd of March 1950. It was published by Jonathan Cape. It was the seventh novel written by Fleming in James Bond series. The original title of “Goldfinger” was “The Richest Man in the World.” It was written between January...

“Sylvie and Bruno” revolves around two main plots. One of the plots is set in the real world, and the time is of the Victorian era when the book was published. The second plot is set in the fantasy world of Fairyland. The second plot of the story is a fairy tale, which includes various...

Ian Fleming is known for his James Bond novels. He is one of the most widely read novelists in the young world. “Casino Royale” was the first novel written by Ian Fleming. With the success of this novel, he went on to write further eleven novels and two short story collections. Many other...

The story is loosely based on the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” which was written by Philip K. Dick. The screenplay of the film was written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples.The story of the film revolves around a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019. Tyrell Corporation...

“Orlando” by Virginia Woolf is subtitled “A Biography.” It was first published on 11th of October in 1928.It happens to be a semi-biographical novel. The story is based in part on the life of Virginia Woolf’s lover Vita Sackville West.“Orlando” is often said to be Virginia...

Courtship, humility, patience, violence, revolution, sacrifice, human rights, apprenticeships, and the increasing tension between the Loyalist and Patriots are some of the major themes of the novel.There is also the inclusion of the Boston Tea Party in the events which are described in the...

“The Book of Margery Kempe” is said to have been originally written sometimes in the 15th century in English. It is one of the earliest autobiographies written in English. However, it came to be known only through a book of extracts which was published in the 16th century.The original 15th...

It is believed that “The Tale of Genji” was delivered to aristocratic women, the yokibito, in installments, so the book may have also been written chapter by chapter in installments. The book has many elements of a modern novel. There is a central character and various major and minor characters....