Miles Franklin wrote My Brilliant Career as a romance to entertain her friends.

The Marvelous Land of Oz is the second book in Baum's Oz series.

Ozma of Oz is the fourth book in Baum's Oz series.

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is the fourth book in Baum's Oz series.

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a children's story about a wooden marionette who is wished to life.

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood retells the legends of the English outlaw Robin Hood, adapting the old ballads to be read by children.

Anne of Green Gables is a best-selling novel and Canadian classic. It was originally intended for all audiences, but is now commonly considered a children's book.

Anne of Avonlea continues the story of Anne Shirley (heroine of Anne of Green Gables).

Sara Crewe's young but doting father sends her to a London boarding school when she is seven.

First published in 1899, The Amateur Cracksman was the first collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England.

First published in 1909, A Thief in the Night is the first novel detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England.

The Professor was the first novel Charlotte Bronte wrote, but was only published posthumously.

The Moon and Sixpence is a fictional novel heavily influenced by the life of French painter Paul Gauguin.

Liza of Lambeth (1897) narrates Liza's last four months alive.

Doctor Dolittle takes on an apprentice, Tommy Stubbins, as they set out to find Long Arrow, the world's greatest naturalist.

In a Glass Darkly collects together five short stories from gothic horror and mystery writer Sheridan Le Fanu.

Charles Darwin is the English naturalist whose work laid the foundation for evolutionary biology and theory.

Darwin consolidated a lifetime of work in On the Origin of Species, compiling his discoveries from the voyage of the Beagle, his experiments, research and correspondence.

According to the great horror writer H.P. Lovecraft The Ghost Pirates . . . is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils.

Published in 1901, M. P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud is an early last man science fiction novel.