Reading Essentials: 322 books

A space ship heading from Earth to Athena, a planet 500 light years away, is suddenly attacked by the Gerns, an alien empire in its expansion phase. People aboard are divided by the invaders into Acceptables and Rejects. The Acceptables are taken as slave labor for the Gerns, and the Rejects are forced...

My Mortal Enemy is a poignant character study of an extraordinary woman of commanding personality named Myra who gives up a fortune to marry for love. But was it the right choice? This book shows how although love can exist between a couple, resentment and regret can still arise and this...

Men will love the hunting and fishing and sportsmanship; women will love the glamour of romance and damsels in distress being rescued by strong men; both men and women will like the mystery; everyone will also like the evocation of the lyrical beauty of the Scottish Highlands, and everyone likewise with a sense of humor will like the keen wit in THE KEY ABOVE THE DOOR!

Taliessin Through Logres is the title of a collection of poems by Charles Williams, concerning the Arthurian saga as seen through the eyes of the court poet Taliessin.   

The Sixth of June tells the story of American soldier Brad Parker, who joins the U.S. Army to fight in World War II. When he arrives in London, he meets lonely Valerie Russell, and they fall in love despite their loyalties to wife and future husband. Although they are certain that their love could overcome every obstacle, everything changes after the Normandy Invasion.

Professor Woolley, one of the world's foremost archaeologists, shows quite clearly that when Egyptian civilization began the civilization of the Sumerians had already flourished for at least 2000 years. The idea that Egypt was the earliest civilization has been entirely exploded. The Sumerians had...

In an English city zoo a murderer plans to use snake venom to kill an old professor, hoping to inherit a fortune. In this unusual detective story we are shown the planning of the crime. When Inspector French is called in to solve the mystery we learn how an ingenious murder has been committed and follow the actions of the guilty men.

Three times a killer has struck at daybreak, a small town in Western Australia. What is the connection between these three very differently executed killings? Why is the local aborigine tribe always far away from the town at the time of the murders? Why should so many people suspect the strange 'bad...

Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte is called to the drought-stricken outback for this, his latest case. At a desolate sheep station two men have been savagely beaten to death and it's Bony's job to make an arrest. This isn't an easy case, since clues are scarce in this sun-baked, sand-blown country,...

Carol Berkley travels to inspect the progress of a building project on behalf of her incapacitated boss, and hears the chief engineer of the project implicated in a plot to ruin the company in this tale about “good business” and “godliness.”

This puzzling plot is related by two different characters: messenger boy Jasper Gray, who experiences several strange adventures, and Dr Jervis, friend of Dr Thorndyke. Dr Thorndyke is investigating a terrible crime, the solving of which remains elusive because of key facts remaining unknown. He needs...

John Gillam was a gambler. He faced financial ruin and was the victim of a sinister blackmail attempt. He is now dead. In this exceptional mystery, Dr Thorndyke is brought in to untangle the secrecy surrounding the death of John Gillam, a man not known for insanity and thoughts of suicide.

When Viola Alardyse is murdered, Slim Callaghan learns that conditions in her will make each of her three daughters a possible suspect!

Thomas Hambledon quicksteps from the Western Zone of Germany to the Eastern to locate the missing son of a man most important in atomic defense. His plottings are paralleled by the adventures of young Micklejohn who, escaping his Russian captors, is hidden by an underground group. Hambledon impersonates...