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Roger Zelazny bibliography
Roger Zelazny bibliography: the published novels, short fiction, poetry, and essays of the American SF author (1937-1995), known for the ten Chronicles of Amber novels, Lord of Light, six Hugo and three Nebula Awards, and the NESFA Press Ides of Octember pictorial bibliography.
Rogues (anthology)
Rogues is a 2014 cross-genre anthology of 21 original stories edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, published by Bantam; includes Martin's A Game of Thrones tale "The Rogue Prince" and Rothfuss's "The Lightning Tree."
Rogues (comics)
The Rogues are DC Comics' team of Flash villains, led by Captain Cold, first appearing as a group in Flash #155 (1965) and redefined by Geoff Johns's 2000-2005 run and the 2022 Black Label series.
Rohonc Codex
Rohonc Codex (Rohonci-kódex), also Rechnitz Codex: a 448-page 16th-century Hungarian manuscript in an unknown script with 87 biblical illustrations, held as K 114 in Budapest; partially deciphered in 2018 as a coded Catholic prayer book.
Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers (六花の勇者)
Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers (六花の勇者, Rokka no Yūsha) is an unfinished six-volume Japanese light novel series by Ishio Yamagata (Shueisha Dash-X Bunko, from 2011) and a 2015 12-episode anime: six chosen braves gather, seven appear, so one is a fake.
Rokudo's Bad Girls
Rokudo's Bad Girls (六道の悪女たち, Rokudo no Onna-tachi) is Yuji Nakamura's delinquent romantic comedy manga serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion 2016–2021 in 26 volumes, adapted as a 2023 12-episode SATELIGHT TV anime.
Roland
Roland (Hruodlandus) is the Frankish hero of The Song of Roland, Charlemagne's nephew who died at Roncevaux in 778; the legend made him the epitome of chivalric sacrifice, with the olifant horn and sword Durendal.
Roland Deschain
Roland Deschain, the Gunslinger, is the fictional protagonist of Stephen King's Dark Tower series (1982-2004), last gunslinger of Mid-World and descendant of Arthur Eld, questing for the Dark Tower; adapted in the 2017 film and a planned Flanagan TV series.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is Mildred D. Taylor's 1976 Newbery Medal novel about the Logan family, a landowning Black family in Depression-era Mississippi under Jim Crow, narrated by nine-year-old Cassie Logan.
Rolla
Rolla is a long narrative poem by Alfred de Musset, published in 1833, about Jacques Rolla, a ruined Parisian libertine who kills himself after a final night of debauchery.
Rolling the R's
Rolling the R's is the first novel of Filipino American writer R. Zamora Linmark, published in 1995, following fifth graders in 1970s Kalihi, Honolulu as they navigate immigrant identity and sexuality.
Roma Sub Rosa
Roma Sub Rosa (Gordianus the Finder series) is Steven Saylor's historical mystery series set in the late Roman Republic, 92–44 BC. Sixteen books from Roman Blood (1991) to The Throne of Caesar (2018), published in 21 languages.
Roman d'Alexandre
The Roman d'Alexandre, in Old French Li romans d'Alixandre, is a 12th-century Old French verse romance recounting the exploits of Alexander the Great, giving its name to the alexandrine.
Roman de Brut
The Roman de Brut is an Anglo-Norman verse chronicle by Wace, completed in 1155, presenting the legendary history of Britain and first mentioning the Round Table.
Roman de Fauvel
The Roman de Fauvel is an early 14th-century French allegorical satire by Gervais du Bus in which a horse embodies vice and rules a France turned upside down.
Roman de la Rose
Roman de la Rose is a 13th-century allegorical Old French dream-vision poem by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, recounting a lover's quest to win a rose.
Roman Elegies
Roman Elegies (Römische Elegien) is a cycle of 24 love poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written 1788 to 1790 after his return from Italy and first published in 1795.
Roman van Walewein
The Roman van Walewein, also known as Walewein ende het zwevende schaakbord, is a mid-13th-century Middle Dutch Arthurian romance by Penninc and Pieter Vostaert, and the most important in Dutch.
Romance de 30
Romance de 30 is the Brazilian social and regionalist fiction of 1930 to 1945, whose leading authors include Graciliano Ramos, Jorge Amado, and Rachel de Queiroz.
Romance for Flugelhorn
Romance for Flugelhorn (Romance pro křídlovku) is a lyrical-epic poem by the Czech poet František Hrubín, written in 1961 and first published in book form in 1962.
Romance novel
Romance novel: genre fiction defined by a central love story and an optimistic ending (HEA/HFN). Traces from Chariton and Richardson's Pamela through Mills & Boon, Harlequin, and Woodiwiss's 1972 Flame and the Flower to today's romantasy boom.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三国演义, Sanguo yanyi), attributed to Luo Guanzhong, is a Ming historical novel of the Wei-Shu-Wu struggle, based on the Sanguozhi, with three full English translations and vast East Asian cultural influence.
Romanceiro da Inconfidência
Romanceiro da Inconfidência is a 1953 book of 85 narrative poems by the Brazilian modernist poet Cecília Meireles, considered her principal work, retelling the Inconfidência Mineira of 1789.
Romancero general
The Romancero general is a Spanish poetry compilation first printed in Madrid in 1600, collecting the artistic ballads of cultivated poets like Lope de Vega and Góngora.
Romancero gitano
Romancero gitano is a 1928 poetry collection by Federico García Lorca, eighteen ballads on Andalusian Romani life, love, and death that made him a national celebrity.
Romancero nacional
Romancero nacional is an 1885 book of ballad-form narrative poems by Mexican poet Guillermo Prieto retelling the events and heroes of Mexico's war of independence.
Romances
Romances (传奇, Chuanqi) is a 1944 short story collection by the Chinese writer Eileen Chang, first published in Shanghai and the book that established her fame.
Romances sans paroles
Romances sans paroles (Romances without words) is an 1874 collection of 21 poems by the French poet Paul Verlaine, written during his liaison with Arthur Rimbaud.
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Romancing Mister Bridgerton is Julia Quinn's 2002 fourth Bridgerton novel, pairing Colin Bridgerton with Penelope Featherington in a friends-to-lovers Regency romance that reveals Penelope as Lady Whistledown and inspired Netflix's Bridgerton season 3.
Romantic fantasy
Romantic fantasy, or romantasy, is a fiction genre blending fantasy worlds with a central love story that drives the plot. Key titles include Emma Bull's War for the Oaks (1987), Maas's ACOTAR, and Yarros's Fourth Wing; the genre generated an estimated $610 million in 2024.