By Mark Twain
A 19th-century engineer is transported back in time to early medieval England.
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Civil War veteran John Carter is mysteriously transported to the red planet of Barsoom.
By Lewis Carroll
A young girl named Alice falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar creatures.
By H. P. Lovecraft
An Antarctic expedition uncovers ancient, alien ruins and horrors sleeping beneath the ice.
By J. Sheridan Le Fanu
A gothic novella telling the story of a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla.
By Edwin A. Abbott
A square living in a two-dimensional world is introduced to the concept of a third dimension.
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Three young men discover an isolated utopian society composed entirely of women.
By Jules Verne
A German professor believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth.
By Wu Cheng'en
The legendary pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang and his supernatural disciples, including the Monkey King.
By J. M. Barrie
The story of Peter Pan, a mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up on the island of Neverland.
By George MacDonald
A foundational mythopoeic fantasy novel following Anodos on his journey through Fairyland.
By Pu Songling
A famous collection of nearly 500 supernatural tales, ghost stories, and fox spirit legends.
By H. P. Lovecraft
Essential cosmic horror tales involving ancient alien entities and forbidden knowledge.
By Horace Walpole
Generally regarded as the first gothic novel, involving a cursed castle, ghosts, and ancient prophecies.
By H. P. Lovecraft
A core Cthulhu Mythos story about a grotesque creature born in the remote village of Dunwich.
By William Hope Hodgson
A haunting tale of a ship besieged by shadowy, supernatural entities from another dimension.
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
John Carter returns to Mars after ten long years of separation from his beloved Dejah Thoris.
By Lord Dunsany
A foundational high fantasy work detailing an entire pantheon of fictional gods and creation myths.
By William Hope Hodgson
A manuscript detailing a remote Irish house that acts as a portal to alien realms and cosmic visions.
By H. G. Wells
A scientist binds himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index.
By Jack London
A dystopian novel depicting the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States.
By H. G. Wells
A rescued shipwreck survivor encounters a mad scientist performing vivisection on animals to create humanlike hybrids.
By Rudyard Kipling
A collection of stories featuring Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle.
By Robert W. Chambers
A classic collection of weird fiction stories linked by a forbidden play that induces madness.
By John Ruskin
A classic fairy tale about three brothers and their search for fortune in Treasure Valley.
By Matthew Gregory Lewis
A pious Capuchin monk in Madrid succumbs to lust, black magic, and tragic ruin.
By Ann Radcliffe
The archetypal gothic romance following Emily St. Aubert in a sinister, isolated Italian castle.
By George MacDonald
Young Princess Irene and Curdie the miner boy fight against malicious subterranean goblins.
By H. P. Lovecraft
A young man uncovers dark hybrid creatures and ancient rituals in a decaying Massachusetts fishing town.
By H. P. Lovecraft
An investigation into a sinister old house in Providence where occupants mysteriously wither and die.
By Jack London
An imprisoned professor uses self-hypnosis to escape his straitjacket and travel through past lives.
By Robert Louis Stevenson
A London legal practitioner investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde.
By H. G. Wells
A scientist builds a machine that allows him to travel forward in time to the year 802,701 AD.
By Henry James
A young governess caring for two orphans at a country estate comes to believe the grounds are haunted.
By H. G. Wells
The conflict between mankind and an invading extra-terrestrial race of Martians.
By Charles Kingsley
A young chimney sweep falls into a river and transforms into a water-baby, embarking on a moral and spiritual journey.
By Algernon Blackwood
A hunting party in the Canadian wilderness is stalked by a terrifying creature of Native American legend.
By Algernon Blackwood
Two canoeists camping on a remote island in the Danube come face-to-face with otherworldly forces.
By J. Sheridan Le Fanu
An heiress is forced to live with her sinister, secluded uncle who plots against her fortune.
By William Beckford
An Arabian-themed gothic novel detailing the ruthless greed and tragic downfall of Caliph Vathek.