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Animorphs
Animorphs is K.A. Applegate and Michael Grant's Scholastic sci-fi series (54 books, 1996-2001, 35 million copies) about teens Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Tobias, and Marco, who morph into animals to fight the parasitic Yeerks within two-hour limits.
Anne of the Island
Anne of the Island (1915) is L.M. Montgomery's third Anne of Green Gables novel, following Anne Shirley through Redmond College in Kingsport, rejected proposals, and her engagement to Gilbert Blythe.
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra (異世界黙示録マイノグーラ), also Isekai Mokushiroku Mynoghra, is a Japanese isekai light novel by Fehu Kazuno and Jun about dying gamer Takuto Ira rebuilding the evil civilization Mynoghra; adapted into manga and a 2025 MAHO FILM anime.
Appassionata (novel)
Appassionata is the title of several unrelated novels: Eva Hoffman's 2009 Other Press literary novel about pianist Isabel Merton and a Chechen exile, Jilly Cooper's 1996 Rutshire Chronicles book about conductor Abigail Rosen, and Fannie Hurst's 1926 novel.
Appointment with Death
Appointment with Death is Agatha Christie's 1938 Hercule Poirot novel set at Petra, where the tyrannical Mrs Boynton is found dead; adapted by Christie as a 1945 play with a changed killer, and for the 1988 Ustinov film, Suchet TV, and Japanese TV.
Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer's 2001 fantasy series, follows a 12-year-old criminal mastermind who kidnaps fairy police officer Holly Short; eight books, 35 million copies, Disney film 2020 and animated series 2026.
Asian Saga
The Asian Saga is James Clavell's six-novel historical fiction series (1962–1993): Shogun, Tai-Pan, Gai-Jin, King Rat, Noble House, Whirlwind, set 1600–1979 across Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Iran, linked by the Struan trading family.
Assassin's Apprentice
Assassin's Apprentice (1995) by Robin Hobb, pen name of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, opens the Farseer Trilogy: bastard Fitz, trained as royal assassin, master of the Skill and stigmatized Wit; over 4 million trilogy copies, 22 languages.
Assassin's Quest
Assassin's Quest (1997) is Robin Hobb's third Farseer Trilogy novel, concluding FitzChivalry Farseer's story after King Shrewd's murder by Regal; distinct from Jon Kiln's Veiled Dagger novel of the same name.
Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon
Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon is a Japanese light novel series by Shisui Meikyō and illustrator tef, serialized online from 2020, with over 4.6 million copies in circulation.
Bad Luck and Trouble
Bad Luck and Trouble is a 2007 thriller by Lee Child, the eleventh novel in his Jack Reacher series, adapted as season 2 of the Prime Video series Reacher.
Betrothed to My Sister's Ex
Betrothed to My Sister's Ex (ずたぼろ令嬢は姉の元婚約者に溺愛される) is a Japanese romance light novel by Tobirano, adapted into a manga by Chikage Nakakura and a 2025 anime; neglected heroine Marie is betrothed to Count Kyros, who loved her, not her sister.
Black Dagger Brotherhood
Black Dagger Brotherhood: J.R. Ward's #1 New York Times bestselling paranormal romance series of vampire warriors in Caldwell, New York; Dark Lover (2005) opens it, with spin-offs and a Passionflix adaptation.
Blade & Bastard
Blade & Bastard (ブレイド＆バスタード) is a dark fantasy light novel by Kumo Kagyu (Goblin Slayer) with art by so-bin (Overlord), set in the Wizardry RPG universe, published by Drecom's DRE Novels since December 2022, with a manga by Makoto Fugetsu and an announced anime.
Blood of Elves
Blood of Elves (Krew elfów) is Andrzej Sapkowski's 1994 fantasy novel, the first full-length Witcher Saga novel following The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny, following Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer amid human-elf conflict.
Bob Lee Swagger
Bob Lee Swagger is Stephen Hunter's fictional ex-Marine sniper, first in Point of Impact (1993). Twelve novels (1993–2022), adapted as the film and TV series Shooter; father Earl and son Ray Cruz have their own books.
Bogus Skill "Fruitmaster"
Bogus Skill "Fruitmaster" (Hazure Skill "Kinomi Master", 外れスキル《木の実マスター》) is a Japanese fantasy series by Hanyuu about Light, whose Fruitmaster skill lets him eat unlimited skill-granting fruits; adapted as manga, light novel, and a 12-episode 2025 anime by Asahi Production.
Book series
Book series: related books sharing characters, settings, or storylines, descended from 19th-century serialized fiction such as Dickens's Pickwick Papers. Covers reading-order levels, reader-development research, and modern serialized platforms like Royal Road.
Bourne (novel series)
The Bourne novel series features Jason Bourne, alias of CIA agent David Webb. Ludlum wrote three originals (1980-1990); Lustbader continued it from 2004, then Brian Freeman rebooted it from 2020, totaling 22 books.
Bride of the Barrier Master
Bride of the Barrier Master (結界師の一輪華, Kekkaishi no Ichirinka) is a Japanese fantasy romance light novel series by Kureha, illustrated by Bodax, published by Kadokawa Bunko since December 2021, with an Odayaka manga and a TROYCA anime adaptation.
Bridgerton (novel series)
Bridgerton is a series of eight historical romance novels by Julia Quinn, published between 2000 and 2006, following the eight Bridgerton siblings in Regency-era London.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (novel)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is Helen Fielding's 2013 third Bridget Jones novel, in which the 51-year-old widow raises Mabel and Billy after Mark Darcy's death and dates the much younger Roxster; adapted into the 2025 Peacock film.
Bring Up the Bodies
Bring Up the Bodies is Hilary Mantel's 2012 historical novel, second of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy after Wolf Hall, covering Anne Boleyn's fall from Cromwell's viewpoint; it won the 2012 Booker Prize and Costa Book of the Year.
Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond is a fictional British gentleman adventurer created by H. C. McNeile ("Sapper") in the 1920 novel Bull-Dog Drummond, featuring Captain Hugh Drummond versus villain Carl Peterson; a forerunner of James Bond.
Bullet Train (マリアビートル) (novel)
Bullet Train, originally Maria Beetle (マリアビートル), is a 2010 Kotaro Isaka thriller, second in his hitman series, in which several assassins collide on a Tokyo-to-Morioka Tohoku Shinkansen. Translated by Sam Malissa (2021); basis of the 2022 Brad Pitt film.
Buying a Classmate Once a Week
Buying a Classmate Once a Week (Shuukura, 週に一度クラスメイトを買う話) is a yuri light novel series by Usa Haneda and U35, published by KADOKAWA's Fantasia Bunko. Miyagi pays classmate Sendai 5,000 yen weekly for orders; 10 volumes, manga by Migihara, Yen Press English release from October 2026.
Captain Underpants
Captain Underpants is Dav Pilkey's Scholastic children's series (from 1997) in which fourth graders George and Harold hypnotize Principal Krupp into a superhero; over 90 million copies, DreamWorks film, Netflix series, and a 2026 manga adaptation.
Career of Evil
Career of Evil (2015) is the third Cormoran Strike crime novel by Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling's pseudonym. A woman's severed leg is sent to Robin Ellacott with a Blue Öyster Cult lyric, leading Strike to four suspects from his past; adapted as two BBC One episodes with Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger.
Cemetery of Forgotten Books
Cemetery of Forgotten Books (El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados) is Carlos Ruiz Zafón's Barcelona quartet, 2001–2016, and its secret library where visitors protect one chosen book for life; The Shadow of the Wind sold about 25 million copies.
CHERUB
CHERUB is Robert Muchamore's young adult spy novel series (begun 2004 with The Recruit) about a fictional British intelligence branch using orphaned agents under 18; 17 novels plus the Henderson's Boys prequel series and graphic novels.