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If you want to learn more about a famous person or just get into the detail of someone else’s life, then you can download a memoir or biography book (and autobiography books) from obooko.

Autobiography books give us the real account of what actually happened as the author is also the main character. We get a true window into someone else’s world. Take a look at Life in the Shadows of a Corporate Lawyer to get the story of the struggles of a lawyer with alcohol problems at time when getting corporate counsel positions was very difficult unless you were part of the old boy’s network.

Sometimes a biography will give us a perspective of a world changing event from someone who was there. Singing Magic tells the story of a Canadian girl who moved to South Africa during the ending of apartheid and brings us a fresh view of what real, normal people were going through at this time of change. We gain insight to what things were really like, unedited by news media.

There is no better way to satisfy your curiosity about other people than reading a book about them. Learn how they think and what drives them to do the things they do and use that knowledge to influence your own life – in some cases memoir books can be like having your own mentor, laying out the values to follow. In other cases, it might be a lesson in what not to do.

There are many biography books at obooko and this just gives a flavour of the diverse range of online story books that are available. Some will inspire you to want to do great things, others will make you sad and want to cry. Maybe some will make you angry enough to shout. What is certain is that you will get something to keep you wanting to turn the page and read more. Download these memoir and biography books from obooko today.

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More than 100,000 free online biographies, or books whose content is partly biographical. The group includes some fiction books. Use the search box at the top of the left column (on the search results page) to narrow your search.

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Thousands of free online autobiographies at the Internet Archive. You may wish to use the “Search this Collection” box to refine the search.

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Thousands of online biography books at the Internet Archive, resulting from a search for books on “African Americans – Biography”. Black history biography.

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Women’s biographies & women’s memoirs. Contemporary biography women, notable Hispanic American women, Who’s Who of American Women, Notable Black American Women, Notable Latin American Women, Modern American Women Poets, Women in American History, American Women in Science, Women in the American Revolution, Biographies of American Women, Great Women in American History free online book, American Comediennes, African American Women Playwrights, Women in the American West, Lives of 100 women artists, free online autobiography of Dominique Moceanu, biographies of Ida B. Wells, Judy Garland, biography of U.S. women’s soccer team. Famous women biographies. Autobiographies PDF.

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Biography books free from the Internet Archive on the subject of American History Biography and Autobiography. Collective biographies. easy to read biographies.

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Notable Women in World History: A Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies – Biographies PDF – Autobiographies PDF

Adamson, lynda g., greenwood 1998        dewey dec.    016.

“The entries are arranged alphabetically by last name with appropriate cross-references for alternative designations. Each contains the woman’s name, key dates, occupation or avocation, and birthplace. A short biographical sketch about parents, education, general achievement, and recognition or awards follows. Women of all time periods are included. . . . Because it includes only those born outside the U.S., it complements sources on American women. Notable Women in World History is a useful addition to academic, public, and high-school libraries. It would be especially useful for women’s studies collections.” -Booklist. Famous women biographies.

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Read On … Biography: Reading Lists for Every Taste

Roche, rick, libraries unlimited 2008        dewey dec.    016.

“A readers’ advisory guide, with information about 450 biography titles, most published within the last decade, but including some classic titles as well… The book focuses on life stories written in the third person, with subjects ranging from individuals who lived in ancient times to the present-day, hailed from myriad nations, and gained fame in diverse fields.” -Publisher. Collective biographies. Autobiography Books PDF.

Index to Contemporary Biography and Criticism

Hefling, helen and richards, eva, faxon 1929        dewey dec.    012.

The index is for collections of biography and criticism, not individual biographies or works of criticism. In addition to literary figures, the index covers persons in the arts, science, politics, and other fields. Most persons covered were born around 1850 or after. Autobiographies PDF.

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Viewpoints in Biography; an Arrangement of Books According to their Essential Interest

Tappert, katherine, american library assoc. 1921        dewey dec.    012.

Selected biographical literature, arranged according to distinct interests such as adventure, American Indians, art, etc.; brief annotations, with subject indexes.- A.L.A. Catalog 1912-1921.

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Standard Catalog: Biography Section

Wilson, h.w.; baker, corinne, comp., wilson 1919        dewey dec.    012.

One thousand titles of the most representative, interesting and useful biographies.- A.L.A. Catalog 1926.  Children’s easy to read biographies. Autobiography Books PDF.

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Standard Catalog for Public Libraries: Biography Section

Second edition revised and enlarged. about 1,150 titles of the most representative, interesting and useful biographies, wilson, h.w.; sears, minnie earl, comp., wilson 1927        dewey dec.    012.

Free children’s biography books easy to read. Autobiographies PDF.

Individual biographies and autobiographies are divided up among a number of webpages, per the list below. Click page headings to go there.

Biographies PDF – Autobiographies PDF – A & B

Aaron, “Hank” Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams, John, U.S. President Adams, Abigail Smith Adams, John Quincy, U.S. President Adams, Samuel Addams, Jane Agassiz, Louis Ailes, Roger Alcott, Louisa May Alexander the Great Alfred the Great, King of England Ambrose, Stephen Andersen, Hans Christian Angelou, Maya Anthony, Susan B. Antin, Mary Appleseed, Johnny Audubon, John James Austen, Jane Barnum, Phineas Taylor “P.T.” Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barton, Clara Harlowe Beethoven, Ludwig van Belafonte, Harry Benny, Jack Benton, Thomas Hart Bernhardt, Sarah Berra, Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Bird, Larry Bismarck, Otto von Black Elk Black Hawk Blake, William Bloch, Robert Bly, Nellie (Seaman, Elizabeth) Bochkareva, Maria Leontievna (Frolkova) Bolton, Sarah Knowles Bombeck, Erma Bonaparte, Napoleon (Napoleon I) Boone, Daniel Booth, Catherine Mumford Borgia, Lucrezia Bourdain, Anthony Brahms, Johannes Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Brooke, James, Rajah of Sarawak Browning, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Bryan, William Jennings Buffalo Bill (Cody, William Frederick) Bush, Barbara Pierce Bush, George Herbert Walker, U.S. President Bush, Laura Lane

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Caesar, Gaius Julius Calhoun, John Caldwell Calvin, John Cantacuzène, Julia Dent Grant (Princess Cantacuzène) Carlyle, Thomas Carmichael, Hoagy Carnegie, Andrew Carroll, Lewis Carson, Christopher Cartier, Jacques Cary, Alice Cary, Phoebe Cass, Lewis Caterina da Siena, Saint Cavour, Camillo Benso, Conte di Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Champlain, Samuel de Chapman, John (Johnny Appleseed) Charlemagne Chase, Salmon Portland Chaucer, Geoffrey Chopin, Fryderyk Clark, George Rogers Clarke, Mrs. Caroline Cowles Clay, Henry Clemenceau, Georges Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain) Clinton, Hilary Rodham Cobb, Ty Cobden, Richard Cody, William Frederick (Buffalo Bill) Coffin, Levi Cohen, Rose Gollup Columbus, Christopher Cook, James Cooper, James Fenimore Coughlin, Father Charles Crane Gartz, Kate Cromwell, Oliver Cumming, Kate Curie, Marie Sklodowska Curie, Pierre Custer, George Armstrong

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Daly, Augustin Dante (Alighieri, Dante) Darwin, Charles Robert Davies, William Henry Davis, Jefferson Davis, Miles Dean, James Debs, Eugene Deutsch, Leo Dewey, George Dewey, Thomas E. Dickens, Charles Diderot, Denis Disraeli, Benjamin Dostoevsky, Fedor Douglas, Stephen A. Douglass, Frederick Du Bois, W.E.B.

Edison, Thomas Alva Edwards, Jonathan Eggleston, Edward Elizabeth, Queen of England Emerson, Ralph Waldo Isabella d’Este, Consort of Giovanni Francesco II Evans, Robley Dunglison

Farragut, David Glasgow Ferber, Edna Fink, Mike Ford, Betty Ford, Gerald R., U.S. President Ford, Henry Francis of Assisi, Saint Franklin, Aretha Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, John Fraser, Mary Crawford Frederick the Great, King of Prussia Friedan, Betty Fulton, Robert

Biographies PDF – Autobiographies PDF – G & H

Gale, Zona Galileo Gallatin, Albert Gambetta, Leon Michel Garfield, James A., U.S. President Garrison, William Lloyd Garvey, Marcus Gauguin, Paul George, Henry Geronimo, Apache Chief Gladstone, William Ewart Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Goldsmith, Oliver Goodman, Benny Gordon, Charles George Grant, Ulysses Simpson, U. S. President Grey, Zane Grissom, Virgil “Gus” Guevara, Ernesto “Che”

Hale, Edward Everett Hamilton, Alexander Hannibal Hardie, James Keir Harding, Warren G., U.S. President Hardy, Thomas Harris, Townsend Harrison, Benjamin, U.S. President Harrison, William Henry, U.S. President Harte, Bret Haviland, Laura Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hayes, Rutherford B., U.S. President Hefner, Hugh Hegermann-Lindencrone, Lillie de Hemingway, Ernest Henry the Navigator Henry, Patrick Herman, Woody Hickok, “Wild Bill” Hill, Lucy Ann Hoffa, James Holmes, Oliver Wendell Homer, Winslow Houdini, Harry House, Edward Mandell Houston, Samuel Howe, Julia (Ward) Hugo, Victor Hurston, Zora Neale Hyndman, Henry Mayers

Biography and Autobiography Books PDF – I, J, K & L

Iacocca, Lee Ibsen, Henrik Irving, Washington Isabella d’Este Iswolsky, Alexander Petrovich

Jackson, Andrew, U.S. President Jackson, Thomas Jonathan James, William Jaures, Jean Jay, John Jeanne d’Arc, Saint (Joan of Arc) Jefferson, Thomas, U. S. President Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, William Jones, John Paul

Kartini, Raden Adjeng Keats, John Keller, Helen Adams Kellogg, Clara Louise Kennan, George Kenton, Simon Kevorkian, Jack King, Martin Luther Kropotkin, Pyotr, Prince

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul, Marquise de Lardner, Ring Laurier, Wilfrid Lee, Robert Edward LeMay, Curtis Leopold, Aldo Letterman, David Liberace Lincoln, Abraham, U. S. President Lincoln, Mary Ann Todd Liszt, Franz Livermore, Mary Ashton Livingstone, David Lloyd George, David Lombardi, Vince London, Jack Louis, Joe Loyola, Ignacio de, St Luther, Martin

Biographies PDF – Autobiographies PDF – M, N & O

MacDonald, John Alexander Machiavelli, Niccolo Madison, Dolley Payne Madison, James Jr., U.S. President Madonna Magellan, Ferdinand Mann, Horace Marquette, Jacques Marshall, John Martin, Dean Marx, Karl Mather, Cotton McCarthy, Joseph McKinley, William, U. S. President McQueen, Steve Catherine de Medicis, Queen of Henry II, King of France Meir, Golda Melville, Herman Milton, John Monroe, James, U. S. President Moody, Anne Morgan, James Morris Morris, Gouverneur Morris, William Morrison, Toni Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Mozart, Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Muir, John

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French Napoleon III, Emperor of the French Nehru, Jawaharlal Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount Ness, Eliot Newman, John Henry, Cardinal Nicklaus, Jack Nightingale, Florence Nixon, Richard Milhous, U.S. President

Oakley, Annie O’Connell, Daniel O’Keeffe, Georgia Owen, Robert Owens, Jesse

Biographies PDF – Autobiographies PDF – P, Q & R

Page, Larry Paine, Ralph Delahaye Paine, Thomas Parkman, Francis Pasteur, Louis Patrick, Saint St. Vincent de Paul Pauley, Jane Penn, William Pennell, Elizabeth Robins Pepys, Samuel Perry, Oliver Hazard Peter I, the Great, Emperor of Russia Petrarca, Francesco Pitt, William, Pizarro, Francisco Poe, Edgar Allan Pontiac, Odawa Indian Chief Porter, Cole Post, Marjorie Merriweather Prince, Erik Pryor, Sara Agnes (Rice) Pumpelly, Raphael Pyle, Ernest “Ernie”

Raleigh, Sir Walter Randolph, John Ravage, Marcus Eli Reagan, Ronald, U.S. President Redmond, John Edward Reed, Anna Stevens Rehnquist, William H. Reid, Whitelaw Resnik, Judith Reuther, Walter Rhodes, Cecil John Richards, Caroline Cowles Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Rickenbacker, Eddie Riel, Louis Riis, Jacob August Ringling Brothers Robespierre, Maximilien Marie Isidore de Rogers, Roy Romney, George Roosevelt, Theodore, U.S. President Ross, Diana Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Georgina Rousseau, Jean Jacques Ruskin, John

Free Biography Books – S

Samuels, Captain Samuel Savonarola, Girolamo Schubert, Franz Peter Schurz, Carl Schuyler, Catherine (Van Rensselaer) Sedgwick, Catharine M. Sevigne, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Seward, William H. Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw, George Bernard Sherman, William Tecumseh Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Slessor, Mary Mitchell Smith, Adam Smith, John Smith, Joseph Jr. Spencer, Herbert Stanley, Henry Morton Steinbrenner, George Steinem, Gloria Steiner, Edward Alfred Stevens, Thaddeus Stillman, William James Stowe, Harriet Beecher Straus, Oscar Solomon Strindberg, August Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots Sullivan, Louis Henry Sumner, Charles Swedenborg, Emanuel

Biographies PDF – Autobiographies PDF – T, U & V

Taft, William Howard, U.S. President Talon, Jean Taylor, Marshall “Major” Tecumseh Thomas, Augustus Thoreau, Henry David Thurston, Lucy G. Titian, Vecelli Tolstoy, Leo Torquemada, Tomas de Tracy, Spencer Trudeau, Edward Livingston Truth, Sojourner Tubman, Harriet Twain, Mark (Clemens, Samuel Langhorne) Vaka, Demetra (Mrs. Kenneth Brown) Van Buren, Martin, U.S. President Venizelos, Eleftherios Verlaine, Paul Marie Victoria, Queen of Great Britain Villiers, Frederic St. Vincent de Paul Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de Vonnegut, Kurt

Biographies PDF – Autobiographies PDF – W, X, Y & Z

Waddington, Mary Alsop King Wagner, Richard Walker, Madam C. J. Wallace, Lew Ward, Mary Augusta Warner, Jack Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of Washington, Booker T. Washington, George, U.S. President Washington, Martha Dandridge Waterbury, Maria Watson, Jeannette Grace Webster, Daniel Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington Wells, Ida B. Wesley, John Westinghouse, George Whitman, Walt Willard, Frances William, the Conqueror, King of England Williams, Roger Wilson, Woodrow, U.S. President Winslow, Anna Green Winthrop, John Wister, Sarah Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal Woolf, Virginia Wright Brothers Wright, Frank Lloyd Wycliffe, John X, Malcolm Yeats, William Butler Younghusband, Sir George John

Collective Biographies are listed by authors’ names, rather than by subjects’ names.

Collective Biographies PDF – Authors A-F

Adams, Elmer Cleveland and Foster, Warren Dunham; Heroines of modern progress Adams, Oscar Fay; Dictionary of American authors Alden, Carroll Storrs and Earle, Ralph; Makers of naval tradition Beebe, Mabel Borton; Four American naval heroes: Paul Jones, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Farragut, Admiral Dewey Bolton, Sarah Knowles; Famous American statesmen Bolton, Sarah Knowles; Famous leaders among women Bolton, Sarah Knowles; Famous voyagers and explorers Bolton, Sarah Knowles; Lives of girls who became famous Bradford, Gamaliel; American portraits, 1875-1900 Bradford, Gamaliel; Confederate portraits Bradford, Gamaliel; Portraits of American women Bradford, Gamaliel; Union portraits Brower, Harriette Moore; Story lives of master musicians Bruce, Henry Addington Bayley; Woman in the making of America Bryan, Michael; Dictionary of painters and engravers Burton, Alma Holman; Four American patriots: Patrick Henry, Andrew Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, Ulysses S. Grant Caffin, Charles Henry; American masters of painting Clement, Clara Erskine and Hutton, Laurence; Artists of the nineteenth century and their works Clement, Clara Erskine and Hutton, Laurence; Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and their works Dole, Nathan Haskell; Famous composers Ellis, Ellet, Elizabeth Fries Lummis; Women of the American Revolution Erskine, John; Leading American Novelists Farrar, Frederick W.; Lives of the fathers; sketches of church history Fitchett, William Henry; Nelson and his captains Franklin, John Hope, Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century Fraser, C. L.; Pirates Frothingham, Jessie Peabody; Sea fighters from Drake to Farragut

Collective Biography PDF Books – Authors G-P

Greely, Adolphus Washington; Explorers and travellers Hadow, W. H.; Studies in modern music Halsey, Francis Whiting, ed.; Women Authors of our Day in their Homes Harkins, E. F. and C. H. L. Johnston; Little Pilgrimages Among the Women who have Written Famous Books Headley, Joel Tyler; Washington and his generals Hubert, Philip G. Jr.; Inventors Husband, Joseph; Americans by adoption Iles, George; Leading American inventors Johnston, Robert M.; Leading American Soldiers Jordan, David Starr, ed.; Leading American Men of Science La Farge, John; Great masters Lanker, Brian and Summers, Barbara; I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women who Changed America Laut, Agnes Christina; Pathfinders of the West Maitland, John Alexander Fuller; Masters of German music Mason, Daniel Gregory; From Grieg to Brahms; studies of some modern composers and their art Masson, Thomas Lansing; Our American humorists Mauclair, Camille; French impressionists McCarthy, Justin; British political portraits McCarthy, Justin; Portraits of the sixties Metcalf, Frank Johnson; American writers and compilers of sacred music Morgan, Henry James, ed.; Canadian men and women of the time Morris, Charles; Heroes of progress in America Olds, Elizabeth Fagg; Women of the Four Winds Oliphant, Mrs M. O.; Makers of Florence; Dante, Giotto, Savonarola, and their city Parkman, Mary Rosetta; Heroines of service Patrick, David and Groome, F. H., eds.; Chambers’s biographical dictionary Payne, William Morton; Leading American Essayists Perry, Francis Melville, & Beebe, Katherine; Four American pioneers: Daniel Boone, George Rogers Clark, David Crockett, Kit Carson

Collective Biography Books PDF – Authors Q-Z

Rose, Phyllis, The Norton Book of Women’s Lives Seawell, Molly Elliot; Twelve naval captains Sharp, Robert Farquharson; Dictionary of English authors, biographical and bibliographical Smiles, Samuel; Industrial Biography: Iron-workers and tool-makers Smiles, Samuel; Lives of the engineers, with an account of their principal works Smith, Charles Sprague; Barbizon days Smith, Sir William; Classical dictionary of Greek and Roman biography, mythology and geography Sparks, Jared; American biography. 12 volumes Stephen, Sir Leslie; Studies of a biographer. 4 volumes Stoddard, William O.; Men of business Strachey, Giles Lytton; Eminent Victorians Strang, Lewis C.; Famous actors of the day in America Strang, Lewis C.; Famous actresses of the day in America Strickland, Agnes and Kaufman, Rosalie; Queens of England Taylor, George Robert Stirling; Modern English statesmen Thayer, William Roscoe; Throne-makers Trent, William P.; Southern statesmen of the old regime Tulloch, John; Luther and other leaders of the reformation U. S. Congress; Biographical Congressional directory Vasari, Giorgio; Lives of seventy of the most eminent painters, sculptors and architects Vedder, Henry C.; American writers of to-day Warren, Arthur; London days; a book of reminiscences Wilkinson, Spenser, ed.; From Cromwell to Wellington: twelve soldiers Wilson, J. G. & John Fiske, eds.; Appleton’s cyclopaedia of American biography Wilson, John Grant, ed.; Presidents of the United States Winship, A. E.; Great American educators Who’s Who; Who’s who in America Who Was Who; Who was who in America Worthington & Co.; Our Famous Women. Distinguished American Women of our Times Worthington & Co.; Our Famous Women. American Women… in Literature, Science, Art, Music, Drama … Youmans, William Jay, M.D.; Pioneers of science in America

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Knights of Art

Have you ever wanted to know more about the famous artists behind some of the world’s most famous works of art? The Mona Lisa, the statue of David, and many more Italian works of art are some of the worlds most famous, but who created them?

We may know the names of the artists but Knights of Art by Amy Steedman delves into the lesser known lives of the names behind the fame. This book will show you a relatively unknown side to famous artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Giovanni Bellini and several others.

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The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank

I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.

Twelve Years a Slave

by Solomon Northup

In the years before the Civil War, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. Subjected to the cruelty of one malevolent owner, he also finds unexpected kindness from another, as he struggles continually to survive and maintain some of his dignity. Then in the 12th year of the disheartening ordeal, a chance meeting with an abolitionist from Canada changes Solomon's life forever.

Autobiography By G. K. Chesterton

by G. K. Chesterton

In Autobiography G. K. Chesterton describes his happy childhood, the intellectual 'doubts and morbidities' of his youth and his search for a true vocation. He includes many anecdotes about his literary friends, Henry James, George Bernard Shaw, and H G Wells. But it is his quest for religious conviction and his conversion to Catholicism that is central to his story which he tells with great modesty, gentleness and intelligence.

The Life of Flavius Josephus

by Flavio Josefo

Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about 37 CE. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in Rome the cause of some Jewish priests he returned to Jerusalem and in 66 tried to prevent revolt against Rome, managing for the Jews the affairs of Galilee. In the troubles which followed he made his peace with Vespasian. As a historical source Josephus is invaluable.

Mutiny on the Bounty

by Charles Nordhoff y James Norman Hall

Mutiny on The Bounty is the thrilling account of the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majesty's Ship Bounty, which culminated in Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh. The story of the Bounty will be told as long as men sail the sea. The storytelling genius of the authors finds here a canvas filled with color, action and adventure. Cherished as one of the most thrilling sea adventures ever recorded, Mutiny on the Bounty has sold millions of copies and enthralled generations of readers around the world since its initial publication.

One Man's Initiation

by John Dos Passos

John Dos Passos volunteered to drive an ambulance in France during the First World War. The brutality of his experiences inspired him to write One Man's Initiation: 1917. This first novel is noteworthy for its vivid and colorful portrait of France at that time and for its passionate indictment of war. The author infuses it with this anger at the absurd logic, awesome power, and devastating effects of the modern war machine.

The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century

by Jules Verne

Casting a visionary eye over the 18th century, Jules Verne traces navigation to the first astronomers and cartographers in this monumental history of early expeditions. Assessing the influence of Captain Cook and his predecessors in the first part of the book, he then introduces the reader to the remarkable efforts of navigators across the globe in a gripping narrative.

Autobiography By Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin.

Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World. Written initially to guide his son, Franklin's autobiography is a lively, spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life. Stylistically his best work, it has become a classic in world literature, one to inspire and delight readers everywhere.

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Novels for children are those whose content is aimed at the child reader. These texts are those that society has determined as suitable for children to read, understand and enjoy.

Novels for children can be considered as creativity expressed in written form and with some artistic touches. This genre also includes stories or narratives with stereotypical characters to represent a social environment.

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The novel of chivalry was formerly known as the chivalric romance . This is a literary genre written in prose, whose success and popularity in Spain was immense, in Portugal, France, and the Italian peninsula its success was less during the XVI century AD.

Their appearance began at the end of the XV century A.D. and they were written until 1602. After 1550 their popularity began to decline. These literary texts recounted the exploits and feats of knights.

Today these books are part of one of the earliest genres of novels and continue to be of great interest to many readers.

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Classic novels are those whose literary importance has transcended time and continues to be popular with readers, despite having been published years ago.

These stories contain global or broad themes that fit any era. They also have a universal appeal that makes them readable to a wide audience.

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What is known as a crime novel , police novel, or detective novel, generally features a protagonist who serves as a detective or private investigator.

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Additionally, in its noir form, this type of novel portrays social, moral and collective problems with a high degree of awareness.

7) Dystopian Novels

Dystopian novels, also known as apocalyptic literature , deal with societies that, while pretending to be happy, cause systematic suffering to their citizens or degrade them to oblivion.

This novel genre emerged in 1921 by the Russian engineer Yevgeni Zamiatin, who launched his work “We”. This is how dystopia creates a future without freedom and privacy, where technology and science are implemented by elites who enslave humanity.

Other works of great renown that belong to this type of novel are “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley , “1984” by George Orwell , and “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury.

8) Epistolary Novels

This type of book is characterized by the fact that there are no narrations or dialogues between the characters, what exists between them are letters. The letters, also called epistles , are the means by which the author tells the story.

The main character, whether just one or several, is usually fictitious and is expressed through letters, addressed to one or several recipients. Through these writings, events are narrated, and even conversations are presented.

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11) Gothic Novels

The gothic novel originated in the late 18th century in England, and is linked to the horror genre. The horror subgenre is the most popular of this type of literary works, and it mixes fiction, death, horror and sometimes romance.

The origin of this type of novel is attributed to Horace Walpole, an English author of “The Castle of Otranto” whose subtitle is “A Gothic History”.

Works of a Gothic nature focus on emotion as pleasurable terror. Among the most common and popular pleasures among readers was the “sublime”, which is described as a feeling that cannot be described capable of taking readers beyond themselves.

12) Historical Novels

The historical novel took shape during the Romanticism of the 19th century and has continued to evolve with great success during the 20th and 21st centuries.

These literary works employ a fictional plot and as a characteristic aspect, they take place in a specific historical setting and actual historical events may have a level of relevance to the story.

Generally, in this type of novel, the main characters are fictional or real secondary characters, instead of one that is historical and real.

13) Love Novels

Romance novels are written in prose and tell a story whose central focus is love. These works usually have a satisfying and optimistic ending.

Love narratives include the meeting between the main characters, the problem or conflict of love, and a happy or positive ending.

Within romance novels, there are several subgenres such as contemporary, sentimental, inspirational, chick lit, and works that combine love and action, science fiction, adventure, erotica, or history.

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Medieval novels are those texts that were written during the Middle Ages, mainly in the European continent.

On the other hand, these novels were written in verse, since they were created to be recited and not read by the public.

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The crime novel , also known as roman noir in French, or hard-boiled, has been defined as a novel of a professional crime scene.

Its name is due to the fact that it was originally published in the American magazine called “Black Mask”, and in the French collection “Série Noire”. In addition, the dark nature of the environments in which the story takes place was also taken into account.

It is also known as a crime novel, as it is associated with a type of literary work in which solving a mystery is not the main goal, and in which the plots are generally violent.

16) Novels for Teenagers

Novels for teenagers are a powerful tool to cultivate reading among young people. These works not only allow the enjoyment of ludic activity, but they are also a didactic tool since they help with the development of critical thinking in the adolescent population.

Novels of this type have an adequate and manageable lexicon for young people, are an experiential reading, are not limited by taboos but keep the good taste and maintain the literary quality of works classified as novels.

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The realism novels came as an aesthetic current that broke with romanticism. This break applies both ideologically and formally, and occurs during the second part of the 19th century

This genre of novel is characterized by having detailed and extensive information about the characters, scenes, landscapes, etc. This allows the reader to imagine more easily everything described.

Realism novels are very popular and have attracted a large group of readers worldwide over the years.

18) Renaissance Novels

The Renaissance novel represents the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern era. This represented a greater access of the population to the world of literature, as books ceased to be almost exclusive to people with money and education.

Also known as the Renaissance novel, this type of literature encompasses a diverse prose style that developed in Europe between the 15th and 17th centuries, just after the Middle Ages. The Renaissance was notable for an increased interest in classical values and wisdom.

By that time, specifically in the sixteenth century, the novel was divided into other subgenres such as sentimental, chivalry, picaresque, pastoral, Moorish, and Byzantine.

19) Romance Novels

The romance novel, also called a romantic novel , is a narrative literary genre of Western origin.

It is a variety of the novelistic tales that emerged in the modern era, including common settings and characters. Its stories tell of the problems experienced by lovers whose love triumphs in the face of adversity.

These literary works are very popular, as they usually offer a suitable story of romance and love.

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In novels of a satirical nature, satire predominates. They are texts in which the authors use prose or verse to ridicule or criticize something or someone.

This novel genre is one of the first to appear and was perfectly represented in works such as Lazarillo de Tormes (1554) and the well-known Don Quixote (1605).

Several writers implemented this type of narratives, such as Charles Dickens , William Makepeace Thackeray, Octave Mirbeau, Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol , and Dostoevsky .

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Science fiction novels are derived or born from the combination of fiction, fantasy and horror literary works.

This type of novel reached a great boom in the second part of the twentieth century, thanks to the interest readers had in the future. This interest was driven by the technological and scientific advances that had been achieved during that time.

In general terms, this novel narrates possible events set in an imaginary scenario with stories based in the areas of natural, social and physical sciences.

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What is known as a novella is a story of less than the length of a novel. Also known as novelette or nouvelle, it employs the narrative resources of a standard novel.

During its beginnings, the term novella began to be used as it was in Italy, giving it the meaning of a shorter story than the current novel.

But with the passage of time, the word novella began to be used to catalog all stories that were longer than a short story. This generated the need to differentiate the novel from the short novel.

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Young adult novels are especially directed to the audience that is in the middle of their youth. Usually, these works have entertainment, reading habit formation, and didactic function.

The young-adult narrative generally deals with themes such as tragedy, war, or love , very similar to stories for adults. However, a more linear technique is applied to works aimed at youth.

The youth audience has increased over the years, thanks to the literary works that have been developed for them.

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The Novel is undoubtedly the most used narrative genre, so much so that it was considered to be a literary genre different from the narration, but it could not be separated from it due to the use of elements that compose it.

It is generally written in prose, and its content is quite extensive compared to the short story, therefore it usually contains many chapters that are related to each other, thus developing the story from beginning to end.

Most novels are usually fictional, however, great writers such as Miguel de Cervantes and Gabriel García Márquez managed to give a unique touch to their works, which are part of the classics of world literature, and serve as an example for current and emerging writers.

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1) Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Poor Folk is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s first novel, which belongs to the epistolary subgenre. It was published in 1846 and received good reviews since then. One critical review posits that this is the earliest known social novel. The plot is quite simple, though no less interesting for that.

It all centers on the correspondence between Varvara and Makar, distant relatives from the city of St. Petersburg. There they relate their personal lives, work matters, and also their views about the society in which they are immersed.

Both are poor and this makes them empathize with each other. Varvara is a young girl living with her father and stepmother, and Makar is a government official. Despite their growing affection for each other, it seems that life has no plans to bring them together.

2) Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Dangerous Liaisons is a classic epistolary novel, written by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos and published in 1782. It is about a cruel and Machiavellian ploy by the Marquise de Merteuil and the Viscount de Valmont, who lead a libertine life and rejoice in it through letters.

One day, Merteuil devises a plan in which Valmont must seduce the young and recently released from a convent Cécile de Volanges. In exchange, the Marquise would allow the viscount to sleep with her. Merteuil’s goal was to keep Cécile’s music tutor, with whom the naive young woman was in love.

But, the plans did not go as well as she had hoped and they will all have to pay the consequences of the tragic endings that will be unleashed.

3) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women is a novel that develops deep and human themes within its interesting plot. Published in 1868, after the American Civil War, it tells the story of 4 sisters: Megan (Meg), Josephine (Jo), Elizabeth (Beth), and Amy. All of them have to live with the detachment of their father and the economic shortages due to the political and social situation of their time.

As the novel progresses we see the psychology of each of the sisters, how they face the challenges of transitioning into adulthood, as well as overcoming their faults and strengthening their virtues.

4) The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

The Time Machine is a science fiction novel, written by H.G. Wells and published in 1895. It is one of the author’s most famous works. It is about the extraordinary feat of a scientist who builds a time machine. By discovering the keys to go into the future, this man manages to reach the year 802,701.

When he returns home, he tells his friends an incredible story about a human civilization that instead of advancing has regressed in terms of social and technological progress. And when he went even further into the future, he was able to observe the destruction of the earth. His colleagues don’t believe his story, but the man is ready to travel again.

5) The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis is a classic of world literature, written by the Czech Franz Kafka and published in 1915. It is an unusual story. Many literary critics believe that it is a metaphor for the man who grew up in the industrial era, treated as a new slave, condemned to live with the mistreatment and injustices of the system.

It is a short novel that tells the curious transformation of Gregory Samsa into an insect. All the events unleashed by this strange phenomenon, create a growing narrative tension that does not cease until the end of the story.

6) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a novel written by Mark Twain and published in parts starting in 1876. It is considered a true masterpiece of world literature. In its pages, the reader witnesses the vicissitudes of one of the most famous children of the Anglo-Saxon narrative.

The story tells the antics of Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn, who among all the entanglements they generate, one day bury a cat in the cemetery where a murder was being carried out, which they end up witnessing.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and his friend involves not only them but also other friends and the inhabitants of the fictional town of St. Petersburg, on the coast of the Mississippi River.

7) White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

White Nights is a short novel by the famous Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It is one of his first works. It was published in 1848, making it his fourth novel. The plot takes place during four white nights, a natural phenomenon in which the sun does not seem to go down completely, so that darkness never really comes.

The narrator is now in the habit of going for walks during the white nights. On those walks, he meets Nástenka, a woman who lives with her blind and controlling grandmother. After he defends her from an attacker, Nástenka agrees to be his friend, on the sole condition that he does not fall in love with her. And although the narrator makes the promise, as the plot progresses he does not seem to keep it.

8) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities is the 12th book by Charles Dickens, published in 1859 when he was already an outstanding and mature author. For many critics, the beginning of this novel is the best in the history of literature.

Although it was written long after the French Revolution, it is set at that time. These were turbulent years for France, whose people were suffering the horrors of injustice and abuse by the monarchies, and who would henceforth continue to go through the chaos typical of social transformations.

The two cities portrayed in this book are Paris and London. Both were immersed in very different realities that even contrasted, since in the former there reigned an atmosphere of weariness and rebellion, extreme poverty and violence everywhere; in the latter, on the other hand, there was economic and social stability that made peace flourish.

9) The Iron Heel by Jack London

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel, written by Jack London and published in 1908. It is considered by many a prophetic work of what would become the current capitalist system. In the novel, London tells us about an oligarchic and totalitarian regime that ruled for 400 years.

In its last century, the system was shaken by working-class revolts that became stronger and more relevant. Society was then divided into three camps: the oligarchy, the proletariat, and the mercenaries. The latter took one side or the other according to their convenience at the time. Finally, the constant conflicts shook the Iron Heel.

10) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World is a dystopian novel, written by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932. Set in a future time, the story contains all the tragic but overlapping elements that lead a society to repression, totalitarianism, and extreme control of human life.

Humanity had been plagued by wars and their dire consequences, which is why the citizenry asked the political establishment to take total control and suppress any form of human suffering.

Since then, society was subjected to changes such as infertility, artificial reproduction, indoctrination from birth, caste division, the elimination of the family, the annulment of emotions, and sexual debauchery. This is how the World State functioned until the protagonist began to question everything.

11) The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles is Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous novel, starring the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes. The plot revolves around the “curse” of the Baskervilles, initiated with the death of Hugo Baskerville by a hound, all this to punish him for his wickedness.

In the year 1800, Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the Devonshire moor, so Dr. Mortimer goes in search of Sherlock and shows him the manuscript about the curse, and tells him about some hound tracks found near the body. From then on, the investigation of this mysterious crime begins.

12) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol is a short novel by the British writer Charles Dickens. It was first published in December 1843 and since then it has become a guiding story in the family traditions of both the United Kingdom and the United States, especially at Christmas time.

Ebenezer Scrooge is a self-centered and materialistic man. This prevents him from sharing with his family and being charitable to the poor, among other things. But, his attitude changes completely after being visited by a group of ghosts on Christmas Eve.

During the narration, we will see the conversion of this particular character that will leave us with important life lessons.

13) The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Trial is a posthumous novel by Franz Kafka, it was based on a manuscript that he left unfinished before he died. It is considered a masterpiece and has been included in several lists of the best books in history.

The plot revolves around Josef K., a bank manager who is arrested one morning by the authorities, who give him no explanation other than being prosecuted by the law.

From that moment on, he enters hell to try to defend himself from a crime he is unaware of and blindly takes steps in a trial through which it is impossible for him to access justice.

14) The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

The Three Musketeers is one of the greatest novels of the French writer Alexandre Dumas and has become the universal classic favorite of millions of readers around the world. It was originally published as a folio in 1844.

The plot begins in France (1625) when the young Gascon, called D’Artagnan, travels to Paris to fulfill his goal of becoming a musketeer. As soon as he arrives, he is confronted by the Count of Rochefort, whose identity he does not know at the time.

Once in the French capital, he is intercepted by three musketeers (Athos, Porthos, and Aramis) who challenge him to a duel. However, the feat is thwarted because duels were forbidden. From that moment on, they all become inseparable friends and put themselves at the service of King Louis XIII, thus changing the history of France.

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Inspired by the carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH) active site where two metal ions synergistically catalyze the interconversion between CO2 and CO, we have developed a family of rhenium dipyridine derivatives (1-3), in which potassium 1-aza-18-crown-6-ether (KN18C6) moiety functioning as a Lewis acid to assist the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). We found that such design leads to dramatically strong deposition on the electrode under CO2 in the presence of potassium cation, and a clear trend for the depositon rate was observed following the flexibility of linkage between the framework and the KN18C6 moiety, the more flexible the faster. The origin of deposition was further characterized by a series of control experiment and infrared spectroelectrochemistry (IR-SEC). Unfortunately, the deposition suppresses the following C-O bond cleavage reaction

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