18 books like The First Men in the Moon

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In the days of the comet H. G. Wells · 1906 · ★ 3.3 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war, poor student William Leadford struggles against the harsh conditions the lower-class live under. He also falls in love with a middle-class girl named Nettie. But when he discovers that Nettie has… Shares Utopias, British and irish fiction, Classic Literature, Science Fiction

The man who ended war Hollis Godfrey · 1908 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The Secretary of War of the United States receives a letter sent to his and all other nations, declaring that war has too long devastated the earth and the time has come for peace. It orders them to destroy their weapons of warfare and disband their militaries. The letter ends: "One year from this date will I allow for disarmament and no more. At the end of that time, if no heed has been paid to… Shares Utopias, Science Fiction

News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest, being some chapters from a utopian romance William Morris · 1890 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Challenging "Written in 1890, at the close of William Morris's most intense period of political activism, News from Nowhere is a compelling articulation of his mature views on art, work, community, family, and the nature and structure of the ideal society. A utopian narrative of a future society, it is also an immensely entertaining novel.". "This Broadview edition includes a wide variety of… Shares Utopias, English literature, Classic Literature, Science Fiction

The Guilty River Wilkie Collins · 1886 · 124p · ≈ 4h · Challenging During his lifetime, British fiction writer Wilkie Collins came to rival Charles Dickens in popularity and critical acclaim. Like Dickens, Collins often gravitated toward characters who overcame significant obstacles to learn important life lessons. The novella The Guilty River continues in this vein, recounting an against-all-odds love affair that blossoms between a couple that each… Shares British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

The Black Robe Wilkie Collins · 1881 · ★ 3.7 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The church has lost out on a valuable piece of land through wars and transfers. Father Benwell is determined to reclaim that property by the conversion of the owner, Lewis Romayne. Enter beautiful Stella, who captures the heart of Romayne. Should Stella capture the love and devotion of Romayne, Father Benwell's scheme would fail, and that is something that he cannot allow. Complicating things is… Shares British and irish fiction, English literature, Classic Literature

The dynamiter Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares British and irish fiction, Classic Literature with this book.

Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo William Le Queux · 1921 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Yes! I'm not mistaken at all! It's the same woman!" whispered the tall, good-looking young enman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the first on the right on entering the room - that one known to habitual gamblers as "The Suicide's Table." Shares English literature, Classic Literature

Life, the Universe and Everything Douglas Adams · 1982 · ★ 4.3 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Life, the Universe and Everything is the third book in the five-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy science fiction "trilogy" by British writer Douglas Adams. The title refers to the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. ---------- Also contained in: - [Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts][1] - Hitchhiker's Trilogy - [More Than Complete… Shares Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

The uncommercial traveller Charles Dickens · 1776 · ★ 3.5 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Challenging A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches. Shares British and irish fiction, English literature, Classic Literature

The Poison Belt Arthur Conan Doyle · 1913 · ★ 3.9 · 83p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Being an account of another adventure of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee and Mr E. D. M alone, the discoverers of "The Lost World". Shares British and irish fiction, Classic Literature, Science Fiction

The Monikins James Fenimore Cooper · 1835 · ★ 3.1 · 361p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Described in the introduction as a manuscript sent to the author in Geneva, Switzerland, by a Viscount Householder in gratitude for the author's having saved the Viscount's beautiful wife from accidental death, this novel uses the framework of a south-polar voyage to two unknown countries, Leaphigh [markedly similar in its institutions to England] and Leaplow [singularly like the United States in… Shares Utopias, Classic Literature

The Coming Race Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1871 · ★ 3.2 · 58p · ≈ 1h · Challenging The Coming Race, an early science-fiction work, with its superman race the Vril-ya descended from the same ancestors as the great Aryan family, from which in varied streams has flowed the dominant civilization of the world spawned a occult secret society known as the Vril Society or Luminous Lodge - its philosphy and swastika symbol profoundly influenced the Nazis. Please Note: This book has… Shares Utopias, British and irish fiction, Science Fiction

Within the tides Joseph Conrad · 1915 · ★ 3.6 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Moderate In the private editorial office of the principal newspaper in a great colonial city two men were talking. They were both young. The stouter of the two, fair, and with more of an urban look about him, was the editor and part-owner of the important newspaper. Shares British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Looking Backward from 2000 to 1887 Edward Bellamy · 1945 · ★ 4.0 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Utopias, General, Science Fiction with this book.

Starman Jones Robert A. Heinlein · 1953 · ★ 3.9 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When his stepmother's remarriage drives him from home, Max and a hobo fake their way into the Space Stewards, Cooks, and Purser's Clerks brotherhood to get an opportunity for space travel in an age when only the wealthy are privileged. Shares Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Arcadia Sir Philip Sidney · 1598 · ★ 3.7 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Basilus, a foolish old duke, consults an oracle as he imperiously wishes to know the future, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies about his family and kingdom he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of wandering princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all… Shares British and irish fiction, English literature, Classic Literature

Saturn Ben Bova · 2003 · ★ 3.6 · 430p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Overview: Second in size only to Jupiter, bigger than a thousand Earths but light enough to float in water, home of crushing gravity and delicate, seemingly impossible rings, it dazzles and attracts us: SATURN Earth groans under the thumb of fundamentalist political regimes. Crisis after crisis has given authoritarians the upper hand. Freedom and opportunity exist in space, for those with the… Shares Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

The January Dancer Michael Flynn · 2008 A triumph of the New Space Opera: fast, complicated, wonder-filled! Hugo Award finalist and Robert A. Heinlein Award–winning SF writer Michael Flynn now turns to space opera with stunningly successful results. Full of rich echoes of space opera classics from Doc Smith to Cordwainer Smith, *The January Dancer* tells the fateful story of an ancient pre-human artifact of great power, and the… Shares Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

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