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Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (전지적 독자 시점)
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (전지적 독자 시점, ORV) is a Korean fantasy web novel by singNsong (싱숑), published from 2018 in 551 main chapters, about Kim Dokja, sole reader of an apocalyptic web novel; adapted into a hit webtoon, 2025 film, and announced anime.
On Stranger Tides
On Stranger Tides is Tim Powers's 1987 historical fantasy novel about puppeteer John Chandagnac, renamed Jack Shandy, press-ganged into Blackbeard's voodoo-driven quest for the Fountain of Youth; it inspired Monkey Island and the 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean film.
On the Calculation of Volume
On the Calculation of Volume (Om udregning af rumfang) is Solvej Balle's Danish seven-volume time-loop septology about antiquarian bookseller Tara Selter, trapped reliving November 18; winner of the 2022 Nordic Council Literature Prize and International Booker shortlistee.
On the Way to the Wedding
On the Way to the Wedding (2006) by Julia Quinn, Bridgertons Book 8, is the final Regency romance of the Bridgerton series, following Gregory Bridgerton and Lucy Abernathy through love at first sight, a red-herring courtship, and a wedding-day interruption.
Onmyōji (陰陽師) (literary series)
Onmyōji (陰陽師) is Yumemakura Baku's long-running Heian-era short-story series about the onmyōji Abe no Seimei and musician Minamoto no Hiromasa solving supernatural mysteries; over 7 million copies sold, adapted into manga, films, and a Netflix anime.
Orc Eroica
Orc Eroica (オーク英雄物語 ～忖度列伝～, Orc Eiyuu Monogatari: Sontaku Retsuden) is a fantasy light novel series by Rifujin na Magonote about Bash, a war-hero orc journeying to lose his virginity; web novel 2019, Fantasia Bunko 2020, Yen Press English edition, manga on Young Ace UP.
Oresuki (俺好き)
Oresuki (俺を好きなのはお前だけかよ) is a harem rom-com light novel by Rakuda with art by Buriki, Dengeki Bunko, 17 volumes 2016-2022, 22nd Dengeki Novel Prize Gold Award; adapted into a Shonen Jump+ manga (6 volumes) and a 12-episode 2019 CONNECT anime plus a 2020 OVA.
Origin (Brown novel)
Origin (2017) is Dan Brown's fifth Robert Langdon thriller, set in Bilbao, Barcelona, Madrid, and Seville, following Langdon and Ambra Vidal as they unlock Edmond Kirsch's discovery, guarded by the AI Winston.
Other Worlds Than These
Other Worlds Than These is a 2026 fantasy novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub, the third and final Talisman book, following Jack Sawyer against the Gullet at the edge of Mid-World; distinct from John Joseph Adams's 2012 parallel-worlds anthology of the same title.
Outlander (book series)
Outlander book series by Diana Gabaldon: historical time-travel novels, first published 1991 (UK title Cross Stitch), following Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser across 1743 Scotland and colonial America, nine published novels, tenth announced, Starz adaptation.
Over Sea, Under Stone
Over Sea, Under Stone (1965) is Susan Cooper's children's fantasy, first book of The Dark Is Rising sequence: the Drew children find a map in a Cornish attic and race the Dark to a grail, guided by Great-Uncle Merry.
Ozma of Oz
Ozma of Oz (1907) is the third Oz book by L. Frank Baum, published by Reilly & Britton and illustrated by John R. Neill. Dorothy returns to Oz, washes ashore in the Land of Ev with Billina and Tik-Tok, and helps Ozma rescue the royal family from the Nome King.
Panji tales
The Panji tales are a cycle of Javanese stories about Prince Panji and Princess Candra Kirana, who are separated and reunited after many trials, originating in Java around the 13th century.
Parade's End
Parade's End is Ford Madox Ford's modernist tetralogy (1924–1928): Some Do Not..., No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up–, Last Post, following Christopher Tietjens from Edwardian England through World War I; adapted by Tom Stoppard for BBC/HBO in 2012.
Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!
Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! (Akujiki Reijō to Kyōketsu Kōshaku) is a Japanese fantasy romance light novel by Kanata Hoshi and Peperon, serialized from 2019, published by Kodansha from 2021, with a Palcy manga and a 2025 TBS anime.
Penny dreadful
The penny dreadful, also called the penny awful, was a cheap British weekly serial of sensational fiction sold for a penny in the nineteenth century.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians
Percy Jackson & the Olympians is a fantasy series by Rick Riordan in which twelve-year-old Percy Jackson discovers he is the son of Poseidon and trains at Camp Half-Blood.
Perdido Street Station
Perdido Street Station is a 2001 fantasy novel by China Miéville, set in the industrial city of New Crobuzon and winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Persuader (novel)
Persuader is Lee Child's 2003 thriller, the seventh Jack Reacher novel, in which Reacher infiltrates a guarded Maine estate with the DEA and hunts the villain Quinn; it was a New York Times bestseller and the basis of Reacher season 3.
Petals on the Wind
Petals on the Wind, 1980 sequel to Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews, second Dollanganger novel; Pocket Books first edition, 439 pp., follows Cathy, Chris, and Carrie's revenge after Foxworth Hall; 2014 Lifetime film.
Playful Relationships
Playful Relationships (あそびのかんけい, Asobi no Kankei) is a Japanese board-game-café romantic comedy light novel by Sekina Aoi and Kurehito Misaki, Fantasia Bunko, from May 2025; Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2026 triple crown; Yen Press English edition.
Polo (novel)
Polo is a 1991 novel by Jilly Cooper, the third book in the Rutshire Chronicles. It follows polo star Ricky France-Lynch and Perdita MacLeod across England and Argentina.
Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time
Izure Saikyou no Renkinjutsushi? (いずれ最強の錬金術師？), known in English as Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time, is Kogitsunemaru's isekai light novel series from AlphaPolis about salaryman Takumi Iruma, accidentally summoned to Mildgard and granted an all-creating alchemy skill; adapted into manga and a 2025 Studio Comet anime with season 2 announced.
Post Captain (novel)
Post Captain (1972) is the second Aubrey-Maturin novel by Patrick O'Brian, following Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin during the Peace of Amiens: stalled promotion, the Williams family and Diana Villiers, and HMS Polychrest.
Post-Vulgate Cycle
The Post-Vulgate Cycle, also known as the Post-Vulgate Roman du Graal, is an Old French Arthurian prose cycle of the early thirteenth century that rewrites the Vulgate Cycle.
Pretty Little Liars (book series)
Pretty Little Liars book series by Sara Shepard: 16 young adult thriller novels (2006-2014) plus two companions, about Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily blackmailed by 'A' in Rosewood after Alison's disappearance; basis of the ABC Family show.
Prince Caspian
Prince Caspian (1951), C. S. Lewis's second-published Narnia book (fourth chronologically), has the Pevensie children summoned by a magic horn to help Prince Caspian reclaim Narnia from his uncle Miraz; adapted for BBC TV and the 2008 Disney film.
Raistlin Majere
Raistlin Majere, Dragonlance wizard by Weis and Hickman, debuted 1984; frail golden-skinned twin of Caramon, hourglass eyes, red then Black Robes, attempted godhood after the War of the Lance.
Randall Flagg
Randall Flagg, also the Dark Man, Walkin' Dude, and Walter Padick, is Stephen King's recurring villain: a demonic shapeshifter first named in The Stand (1978), later in The Eyes of the Dragon and the Dark Tower series, adapted on screen by Sheridan, McConaughey, and Skarsgård.
Ranger's Apprentice
Ranger's Apprentice is a twelve-book young-adult fantasy series by Australian author John Flanagan, begun with The Ruins of Gorlan (2004), set in the magic-free medieval kingdom of Araluen, following orphan apprentice Will; over fifteen million copies sold, extended by Royal Ranger, Early Years, and Brotherband series.