Gather in these hallowed halls

Modern retellings of iconic, ancient tales

Step right up and enjoy these circus and traveling carnival themed reads.

Competitions for power, notoriety, love, or maybe even your life.

A collection of the pilot books for popular series, for those of us who love to follow a character's journey for as long as an author will let us! Some of the below series have heavily debated starting points and book read orders--in those cases the pilot was selected based on what seems to be the most popular approach.

Books that made it on the big screen

The four books in Tolkien’s main Middle-earth saga + several other collections published posthumously.

Listed in the recommended reading order for people who like to read full series.

Masterpieces of Russian literature, attempting to cover a broad range of the most well known authors.

Greetings dear mortals, I bid you welcome to this humble Quest. Enter freely of your own will, though you may not leave the same...for the vamp lovers.