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Fiction - Novel Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

Bambi (2014)

Bambi: A Life in the Woods” by Felix Salten was originally published in Austria in 1923. Simon & Schuster’s 1928 edition is based on an English translation by Whittaker Chambers.

Author(s): Felix Salten
Illustrator(s): Lou Fancher
Steve Johnson

The Luck Stone (2014)

Originally written in 1908 and published in a British magazine, Chums, this is a school story with plenty of blood-and-thunder.

The Military Invasion of America, A Remarkable Tale of the German-Japanese Invasion of 1915 (2014)

While everyone is on August holiday, England’s enemies take the opportunity to invade her. Only Clarence and his boy scout troop stand in their way. Wodehouse later adapted this short novel to America as The Military Invasion of America, A Rema... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Not George Washington (2014)

An autobiographical novel about a young Englishman breaking into the literary world in London.

The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England (2014)

While every one is on August holiday England’s enemies take the opportunity to invade her. Only Clarence and his boy scout troop stand in their way. Wodehouse later adapted this short novel to America as The Military Invasion of America, A Rema... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England: &, The Military Invasion of America (2014)

While everyone is on August holiday England’s enemies take the opportunity to invade her. Only Clarence and his boy scout troop stand in their way. Wodehouse later adapted this short novel to America as The Military Invasion of America, A Remar... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Prince and Betty (2015)

Betty Silver is attracted to John Maude, but when her stepfather orders her to marry him she runs away to New York and gets a job on a crusading newspaper. John follows her and the course of true love does not run smooth. The American edition include... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Sunset at Blandings (2015)

P.G. Wodehouse’s final, unfinished novel is set at Blandings Castle. Gally, stars along with a good and deserving niece and her impecunious suitor, a unique Lord Emsworth sister who is nice and deserving of her suitor, the Chancellor of the Exc... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Ionicus

The Hippo at the End of the Hall (2017)

When the bees deliver an invitation to visit a museum of magic, Ben knows it’s meant for him.

Author(s): Helen Cooper
Illustrator(s): Helen Cooper

King Rinkitink (2017)

When the pearl pirates capture the people of Pingaree, it is up to the King of neighboring Rinkitink, his talking goat, Bilbil, and the young prince Inga of Pingaree to rescue them. This version attempts to restore Baum's original denoument.... View More

Living Dangerously: A Kalle Blomkvist Mystery (2017)

Evalotta, the baker's daughter witnesses something terrible and suddenly Kalle Blomkvist (aka Bill Bergson) is called on to protect her from a ruthless murderer. 

Author(s): Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

Master Detective: A Kalle Blomkvist Mystery (2017)

Kalle Blomkvist (aka Bill Bergson) interrupts his musings on the criminal mind to prosecute the war of the roses, until a gang of jewel theives makes the mistake of invading his town and he swings into action to defend the rule of law.

Author(s): Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s): None

Thick as Thieves (2017)

Kamet, slave to Nahuseresh, late ambassador to Attolia, finds himself fleeing for his life.

Author(s): Megan Whalen Turner
Illustrator(s): Joel Tippie

Auntie Robbo (2018)

Hector and Auntie Robbo take to the road to escape the clutches of a scheming stepmother.

Author(s): Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s): Christopher Brooker

The White Rose Rescue: A Kalle Blomkvist Mystery (2018)

When the knights of the White Rose witness a kidnapping they spring into action.

Author(s): Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter (2019)

A teenage girl is brought to the small Gaulish village for safety from the Romans and placed under the protection of Asterix and Obelix, but she has other ideas. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jean-Yves Ferri
Illustrator(s): Didier Conrad

Aboard the Bulger (2020)

Five children escaping from an orphanage in Scotland steal (or are stolen by?) a small ship and explore the Hebrides.

Author(s): Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s): C. L. Davidson

Return of the Thief (2020)

Eugenides leads the combined forces of the three Kingdoms against the invading Mede.

Author(s): Megan Whalen Turner
Illustrator(s): Paul O. Zelinsky

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