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Amalgam Comics
Amalgam Comics (also called the Amalgam Universe) was a joint Marvel–DC imprint producing 24 one-shots in April 1996 and June 1997 that fused characters from both publishers, such as Dark Claw (Batman+Wolverine), Super-Soldier, and Amazon, following DC versus Marvel.
Amalie Skram Prize
The Amalie Skram Prize (Amalie Skram-prisen) is a Norwegian literary prize awarded each year to a female fiction writer who writes in the spirit of author Amalie Skram.
Amanchu! (あまんちゅ!)
Amanchu! (あまんちゅ！, 蓝海少女) is Kozue Amano's scuba-diving slice-of-life manga (2008–2021, 17 volumes, Mag Garden) set in Izu, Japan, about Futaba Ooki and Hikari Kohinata; adapted into two J.C.STAFF anime seasons (2016, 2018).
Amar Chitra Katha (अमर चित्र कथा)
Amar Chitra Katha (अमर चित्र कथा), or ACK, is an Indian comic book series founded in Mumbai in 1967 by Anant Pai, retelling Indian mythology, history, and folktales; over 100 million copies in 38 languages, with scholarly critique of its Hindu-centric, colorist portrayals.
Amar Ekattor
Amar Ekattor (আমার একাত্তর, "My '71") is the title of more than one Bengali book about the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, including Anisuzzaman's memoir.
Amar, Verbo Intransitivo
Amar, Verbo Intransitivo is a 1927 novel by the Brazilian modernist writer Mário de Andrade, his first, about a German governess hired by a wealthy São Paulo family.
Amarushataka
The Amarushataka (Amaruśatakam) is a Sanskrit anthology of about a hundred lyric verses on love attributed to the poet Amaru, the classic Sanskrit erotic lyric work.
Amavatura
Amavatura ("Ambrosial Water") is a Sinhala devotional biography of the Buddha by Gurulugomi, who lived in Sri Lanka in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; it is considered the first extant Sinhala prose narrative.
Amazing Spider-Man/Venom: Death Spiral
Amazing Spider-Man/Venom: Death Spiral is a 2026 Marvel Comics crossover by Al Ewing, Joe Kelly, and Charles Soule, running February to April 2026, in which Spider-Man, MJ-as-Venom, and Eddie Brock's Carnage face the serial killer Torment, ending with Peter Parker becoming Spider-Carnage.
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA), an annual Amazon contest 2007-2014 for unpublished English-language novels, judged through pitch, excerpt, and full-manuscript rounds; winners published by Penguin then Amazon Publishing, ending in favor of Kindle Scout.
Amba (Mahabharata)
Amba (अंबा) is a princess of Kashi in the Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata, abducted by Bhishma and reborn as the warrior Shikhandi to cause his fall at Kurukshetra.
Amba Yahaluwo
Amba Yahaluwo (අඹ යහළුවෝ), meaning "The Best of Friends," is a Sinhala novel by T. B. Ilangaratne, published in Colombo in 1957, about two boys kept apart by caste.
Ambalamani
Ambalamani (അമ്പലമണി, "temple bell") is a 1981 Malayalam poetry collection by Sugathakumari, published by D.C. Books, whose title poem is a staple of Kerala school syllabi and which won the Odakkuzhal, Asan, and Vayalar awards.
Ambarvalia
Ambarvalia is the first Japanese-language poetry collection by modernist poet Nishiwaki Junzaburō, published in Tokyo in 1933 and considered a landmark of modern Japanese poetry.
Ambiguous Adventure
Ambiguous Adventure (L'Aventure ambiguë) is a 1961 novel by Senegalese writer Cheikh Hamidou Kane about a young Fulani boy caught between Islamic tradition and French colonial education; it won the 1962 Grand Prix Littéraire d'Afrique Noir.
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective (天久鷹央の推理カルテ) is a Japanese medical mystery series by physician-author Mikito Chinen with Noizi Ito illustrations, starring diagnostician Takao Ameku; adapted as a 2025 Project No.9 anime and TV Asahi drama.
Amelia Bedelia
Amelia Bedelia is a literal-minded housekeeper from the 1963 Peggy Parish children's book series, continued by nephew Herman Parish since 1995, with over 35 million copies sold and classroom use for teaching idioms.
America Is in the Heart
America Is in the Heart is a semi-autobiographical novel by Filipino American writer Carlos Bulosan, first published in the 1940s and considered a foundational text of Asian American literary studies.
América poética
América poética is an anthology of Spanish-American poetry compiled by Juan María Gutiérrez and printed in Valparaíso, Chile, in 1846, the first to gather poetry from across Spanish America.
American comic book
American comic book: 32-page U.S. pamphlet format, Golden Age from Action Comics #1 (1938), Comics Code 1954, direct market from 1973, Marvel/DC dominance, $2.2 billion 2025 market.
American Crusade
American Crusade is a 2020 book by Pete Hegseth arguing against a left-wing plot to remove Christianity from American life, defending the Crusades ("thank a crusader"), lamenting Muslim birth rates; distinct from DePriest's American Crusades.
American Dirt
American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins's 2020 Flatiron Books novel about a Mexican mother and son fleeing cartel violence, was an Oprah's Book Club pick that sparked a major controversy over cultural appropriation, stereotyping, and Latino underrepresentation in publishing.
American Girl (book series)
American Girl book series, also The American Girls Collection and BeForever, is Pleasant Company's (later Mattel's) historical fiction line launched 1986 by Pleasant T. Rowland, pairing series novels like Meet Addy with 18-inch character dolls; over 135 million books sold.
American Gods
American Gods is a 2001 fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman. It won multiple awards and details the struggle of old gods against new gods of media and technology.
American Gothic fiction
American Gothic fiction is a tradition of Gothic literature written in the United States from the late eighteenth century, adapting European Gothic terror to frontier, Puritan, and racial themes.
American Indian Stories
Authored by Yankton Dakota writer Zitkala-Ša (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, 1876–1938), the 1921 collection of essays draws on her reservation childhood and concludes with the essay "America's Indian Problem."
American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice (2000) is a third-person psychological horror action game by Rogue Entertainment and EA, built on id Tech 3, reimagining Wonderland after Alice's family dies in a fire; Metascore 85, over 1.5 million sold, sequel Alice: Madness Returns.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral is Philip Roth's 1997 novel, Pulitzer winner 1998, first of the American Trilogy, narrated by Nathan Zuckerman about Seymour Swede Levov, whose daughter Merry bombs a post office in 1968.
American poetry
American poetry: verse of the United States from 1610 colonial beginnings through the nineteenth century, Eliot, and the postwar anti-tradition to today's diverse, prize-supported scene, marked by openness to outside traditions and formal reinvention.
American Psycho
American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 satirical novel (his third), follows Wall Street serial killer Patrick Bateman; canceled by Simon & Schuster, published by Vintage, later a Mary Harron film and musical.