Reading books allows you to live a thousand different lives. Sometimes it is so enthralling, addictive, that it is difficult to return to reality. Undoubtedly, interesting books with a fascinating plot possess this quality in particular. Today we will get acquainted with the rating of the best fascinating books belonging to different genres.
- Detectives
- "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", Arthur Conan Doyle
- "Murder in the Orient Express", Agatha Christie
- "Silence of the Lambs", Thomas Harris
- "The Cold-Blooded Murder", Truman Capote
- "Da Vinci Code", Dan Brown
- Historical chronicle of
- "Three Musketeers", Alexander Dumas
- "Notre Dame de Paris", Victor Hugo
- "The Adventures of Erast Fandorin", Boris Akunin
- "The Damned Kings", Maurice Druon
- "Another of the Boleyns", Philip Gregory
- Classicalliteraturecheers
- The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
- The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
- Transformation, Franz Kafka
- The Plague, Albert Camus
- About Love
- Romeoand Juliet ", William Shakespeare
- " Singing in the thorns ", Colin McCullough
- " Tess of the genus d'Hervilleville ", Thomas Hardy
- " PSI love you, "Cecilia Ahern
- Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
- The Adventures of
- Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
- The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne
- Harry Potter, Joanne Rowling
- The Count of Monte Cristo, AlexanderDumas
- Cycle "Order of Sigma", James Rollins
- Modern prose of
- "The eyes of the clown", Heinrich Belle
- "Nineteen minutes", Jodi Pikolt
- "Bury me behind the plinth", Pavel Sanaev
- "Flowers for Algernon", Daniel Kiz
- "Woman in the Sands », Kobo Abe
- Thrillers
- "Collector", John Fowles
- "Perfume", Patrick Syskind
- "Cave", James Rollins
- "Abyss", James Rollins
- "Country of Joy", Stephen King
- Horror, mystic
- "Dracula", Bram Stoker
- "CemeteryStephen King
- "The Shadow of a Boy", Carl-Johann Walgren
- "Color from Other Worlds", Howard Phillips Lovecraft
- "The Invisible Man", Herbert Wells
- Sci-Fi
- "Picnic on the Roadside," Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
- "The Dark Tower", Stephen King
- "It's hard to be a god", Arkady andBoris Strugatsky
- "Time Machine", Herbert Wells
- "Rise from the Ashes", Philippe Jose Farmer
- Fantasy
- "Song of Ice and Flame", George Martin
- "The Lord of the Rings", John R.R.Tolkien
- The Chronicles of Amber, Roger Zelazny
- The Sorcerer of the Earthsea, Ursula Le Guin
- The Flat World, Terry Pratchet
The Detectives of
to the Contents ^The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
Stories about Sherlock Holmes are classics of the detectivegenre and belong to the most interesting books with an exciting storyline. The brilliant detective, together with his devoted friend, discovers the most mysterious crimes. Throughout the narrative, the reader is in suspense, and the solution will shock even the most experienced.
to the table of contents ^"Murder on the Orient Express", Agatha Christie
When the well-known detective Hercule Poirot enters the case, even the most sophisticated murderer will not escape. Poirot goes to England on the famous "Orient Express".The train is an unprecedented murder. The detective unravels an incredible ball of events and finds the culprit of what happened.
to table of contents ^"Silence of the Lambs," Thomas Harris
The maniac is a strange creature, terrible, his thinking drives everyone into the horror. In Harris's book, the reader will encounter the maniac Hannibal Lecter, who is able to turn inside everyone's soul. An exciting plot will not be released until the very end of the narrative.
to the table of contents ^"Cold Murder", Truman Capote
The plot is based on real events. The book explores the nature of violence, the process of investigation, interrogations are kept in incredible tension. The terrible world of the work will plunge into the abyss of fear and darkness. He will penetrate the skin and will not let go for a long time after the reader turns the last page.
to the table of contents ^"Da Vinci Code", Dan Brown
Leonardo da Vinci's works contain a mysterious code. He will make it possible to find Christian shrines that can be endowed with powerful power. Robert Langdon will have to find the answer to the mysterious murder of the curator of the Louvre. The case is complicated by an encrypted note found at the crime scene.
to the table of contents ^Historical chronicle of
to the table of contents ^"Three Musketeers", Alexandre Dumas
The brave and impudent D'Artagnan seeks to conquer Paris and finds friends - three musketeers, selflessly devoted to the king and queen. Together they have to pass many tests, but courage, strength and loyalty to friendship helps overcome all obstacles.
to the table of contents ^"Notre Dame Cathedral", Victor Hugo
Roman Hugo opens an amazing opportunity to immerse himself in the amazing past of Paris. Love peripeteias and the tragic fate of the gypsy Esmeralda will make an indelible impression on the reader.
to the table of contents ^"Adventures of Erast Fandorin", Boris Akunin
This is a series of works, the main character of which is the young talented detective Erast Fandorin. He embodies the ideal of a true aristocrat: noble, educated, educated and faithful to his own principles.
to the table of contents ^"Damned Kings", Maurice Druon
The legend says that all the calamities hit France because of the curse of the Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Templar, who imposed it on King Philip the Beautiful. The reader is immersed in the events that took place from the first decade of the XIV century to the beginning of the Hundred Years' War, watching the execution of the curse.
to the table of contents ^"Another of the Kind of Boleyn", by Philip Gregory
The book describes life at the court of King Henry VIII of England. The reader gets acquainted with palace intrigues, gossips and conspiracies, the key figure of which is Anna Boleyn, the mother of the great English Queen Elizabeth I. The book is on the list of the most interesting books with an exciting story for women.
to contents ^Classical literature
to the table of contents ^"The Little Prince", Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Many people consider the work of Exupery as a children's fairy tale. However, it is not. A small book is filled with the greatest wisdom of all times, which only adults and mature people can understand. The content of the work is analyzed for quotations. Perhaps the most famous of them: "You are forever in charge of all those who have tamed."
to the table of contents ^"Master and Margarita", Mikhail Bulgakov
In the mysterious, mystical and exciting work of Bulgakov many events, heroes and thoughts mixed up. Satan, punishing people for vices, all-embracing love, unimaginable transformations, a talking cat - all this will not leave even the most experienced reader indifferent.
"The Forsyte saga", John Galsworthy
The author describes the family history of the genusrepresentatives of the big bourgeoisie. Outwardly, the family seems to be a strong and powerful stronghold, which stands for every member of the family with a mountain. In fact, everything is not as simple as it seems. Love, betrayal, loneliness, the pain of suffering, enmity, insanity - everything will open before the reader as in the palm of your hand.
to the table of contents ^"Transformation", Franz Kafka
One fine morning the main character realizes that he has turned into a big terrible beetle. How will the members of the family react to this event, what does the beetle man expect? With the finest psychologism, the author describes the processes taking place around the unhappy hero.
to contents ^"Plague", Albert Camus
The reader is immersed in the atmosphere of a city plagued by plague. The "gate" is closed, no one can leave and enter the settlement, which seized a terrible disease in its paws. However, people's lives continue against the backdrop of eerie events.
to the table of contents ^About love
to the table of contents ^"Romeo and Juliet", William Shakespeare
Love that survived death. The most famous work is about trembling and true love, telling about its power, before which even death itself is powerless. Two warring families only after the tragedy have realized what is really valuable in human life.
to table of contents ^"Singing in the thorns", Colin McCullough
The saga introduces the reader to three generations of the Australian family. People, working tirelessly, try to find their own happiness and the meaning of life. The reader is given a unique opportunity to plunge into the world of the Australian way of life. Natural pictures and picturesque details will delight.
to the table of contents ^"Tess of the genus d'Hervilleville", Thomas Hardy
A tragic work tells of the unhappy fate of an honest and decent girl. From this story the reader will make an important truth for himself: happiness depends not so much on events occurring in life as on personal attitudes towards them. The book can be considered one of the best in the list of interesting books with a fascinating story about love.
to the table of contents ^«P.S.I love you, "Cecilia Ahern
Another work proving the superiority of love over death. Holly loses her beloved husband and falls into a serious depression. After a while, she learns that, on the threshold of death, the husband thought first of all about her. Every month by mail she receives letters with instructions for further life.
to the table of contents ^"Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell
Stunning love events and tragedies unfold in the background of the civil war that engulfed the northern and southern states of America. The work is one of the best-known bestsellers of American literature.
to the table of contents ^Adventures of
to the table of contents ^"Robinson Crusoe", Daniel Defoe
Legendary story about a man who happened to be on an uninhabited island. Robinson not only managed to survive in the wild, he lived in seclusion with nature for twenty-eight years. The work is one of the best in the list of interesting books with an exciting story for teenagers.
to the table of contents ^"The Mysterious Island", Jules Verne
The heroes of Jules Verne's famous novel escape from captivity, using a balloon, and find themselves on an uninhabited Pacific island. They have to overcome many difficulties before they can curb wildlife.
to the table of contents ^"Harry Potter", Joanne Rowling
A series of novels about a young wizard named Harry Potter is known all over the world. The main character, along with his friends, studies in the School of Sorcery and Sorcery. In every book, friends have to overcome many obstacles in order to save the world.
to the table of contents ^"The Earl of Monte Cristo", Alexander Dumas
Envious friends betray sailor Edmond Dantes. As a result, he is placed in a castle surrounded by water. The purposeful, unbending sailor makes an escape and systematically goes to his goal: to take revenge for all suffering. He is waiting for many adventures, events and adventurous situations.
to table of contents ^Cycle "Order of Sigma", James Rollins
Secret squad "Sigma" constantly faces terrible cataclysms, the consequences of which must be eliminated. Epidemics, disappearances, mysterious murders, strange diseases, explosions, ancient spells, comets, collapses will definitely not bother the reader.
to contents ^Modern prose
to contents ^"The eyes of the clown", Heinrich Belle
The author tells the sad story of the clown Hans Schnir, who found himself in a difficult situation. All close people turned away from him, leaving him all alone. He remembers his whole life, trying to rethink the events that happened and to reassemble himself in pieces.
to the table of contents ^"Nineteen minutes", Jodi Pikolt
Everyone who heard on TV about the killing of his classmates by the schoolboy was horrified by what happened. Everyone regretted the unfortunate ruined children. Few people wondered why the child went to commit such a terrible crime? Jodi Pikolt answered this question.
to the table of contents ^"Bury me behind the plinth", Pavel Sanaev
The story simply turns the reader's soul inside out. The little boy lives with his grandmother, who literally destroys the child with his tyrannical "love."The work is autobiographical, the author describes his own grandmother, with whom he lived for several years as a child.
to table of contents ^"Flowers for Algernon", Daniel Keys
A mentally retarded man named Charlie Gordon participates in an experiment to increase intelligence. The experiment is going well - Charlie is getting smart. The reader is given the opportunity to get acquainted with the reports of Charlie, who sets out everything that happens with him on paper.
to the table of contents ^"Woman in the Sands", Kobo Abe
The Japanese writer introduces us to the amazing story of a man who was taken hostage by a woman. The captive is contained in a pit located among the sand and home to the woman. Incredible events that occur with a man, fascinate and do not let go until the very end.
to contents ^Thrillers
to the table of contents ^"Collector", John Fowles
The novel brings up the most important issues of being: the neighborhood of beauty and ugliness, the relationship of sublime and limited people. The young man Frederick Clegg, who collects butterflies, falls in love with the beautiful young Miranda, personifying beauty, aristocracy and spirituality. Love turns into a dangerous game: Clegg decides to create a new collection, and his first exhibit is Miranda.
to the table of contents ^"Perfume", Patrick Ziusskind
The atmosphere of medieval Paris, filled with stench and mud, makes an indelible impression. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, endowed with an unusual sense of smell, dreams of creating a new dizzying smell. For the embodiment of his dream, he chooses a terrible and terrible way.
to the table of contents ^"Cave", James Rollins
Anthropologists are forced to descend to the center of the Earth to solve the riddle of ancient settlements. Unnatural surprises and mysterious surprises await them in the underground tunnels and labyrinths. As a result, scientists understand that they are not alone. ..
to the table of contents ^"Abyss", James Rollins
Terrible earthquakes and volcanic eruptions shook the globe as a result of a powerful solar flare. A strange column was found at the bottom of the ocean. Scientist Jack Kirkland believes that it was she who could provoke natural cataclysms.
to the table of contents ^«Country of Joy», Stephen King
The amusement park called "Country of Joy" becomes the central place where the described events take place. There's a moonlighting college student who faces brutal crimes. The maniac searches for the victims in the amusement park. ..
to the table of contents ^Horrors, mystic
to the table of contents ^"Dracula", Bram Stoker
This novel belongs to the classics of works about vampires. The reader will get acquainted with people who have met with the undead Count Dracula, who abruptly changed the life of each of them. Transformation into vampires, blood, fear, mysticism, resurrection and other eerie things await the reader on the pages of the novel.
to the table of contents ^"Pet cemetery", Stephen King
The family of Dr. Louis Creed moves to a new home. Behind their new home is a path leading to the pet cemetery. Soon the family understands that something is going on wrong. What promises the doctor's family an eerie neighborhood?
to the table of contents ^"Shadow of a Boy", Karl-Johann Valgren
On one warm summer day, the father descends to the metro along with his sons. One of the boys asks him to let him run down the stairs, he does not want to go down the elevator together. An unfamiliar woman offers her help: she holds the boy down. The father agrees. ..
to the table of contents ^"Color from Other Worlds," Howard Phillips Lovecraft
The story combines elements of science fiction and elements of horror. The work describes the events that happened with the American farm family and followed the fall of the unknown meteorite to the ground.
to the table of contents ^"Invisible Man", Herbert Wells
An English physicist with high hopes is inventing a machine capable of making a scientist invisible and discoloring blood. A dangerous experiment leads to the fact that the scientist begins to disappear in the literal sense of the word.
to contents ^Sci-Fi
to the table of contents ^"Picnic on the Roadside", Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
The Tale became the basis of the Tarkovsky film "Stalker".In the work wonderfully intertwined real and fantastic worlds. The Earth is visited by newcomers, after which zones appear on its territory in which terrible and strange things occur. Then the stalkers are activated.
to the table of contents ^«The Dark Tower», Stephen King
The cycle of novels entitled "The Dark Tower" combines several genres: horror, western, fantasy, science fiction. Shooter Roland Discaine has been wandering around for a long time looking for the Dark Tower. The cycle includes many themes, characters and stories.
to the table of contents ^"It's hard to be a god", Arkady and Boris Strugatskiy
the events described in the books take place in the state of Arkanar, located on another planet. In this place, civilization is at the level of the late Middle Ages. Among the humanoid population there are earthlings called to observe the development of life. Among them is the historian Anton.
to the table of contents ^"Time Machine", Herbert Wells
The author describes the future world. The traveler, using the time machine, goes to the future and discovers that humanity has degraded and turned into morlocks and eloys. The traveler spends eight days in the new world. At one point the car disappears, and the Traveler rushes to find the necessary equipment. Incredible discoveries made during the trip, shock the Traveler.
to the table of contents ^"Rise from the Ashes", Philip Jose Farmer
The novel is based on a really fantastic idea: what will happen to the Earth if all people are resurrected? The work tells about the adventures of not only fictional heroes, but also about the events taking place with important historical figures.
to contents ^Fantasy
to the table of contents ^"Song of Ice and Flame", George Martin
The exciting British series "The Game of Thrones" is based on the books of George Martin "Song of Ice and Flame".Events take place in a fictional world that resembles the Middle Ages. The struggle for the throne, power and greatness leads to a bloody war in which five kings participate. While people are fighting for the throne, they do not suspect that they are in danger of even greater danger.
to the table of contents ^"The Lord of the Rings", John R.R.Tolkien
In a wonderful world called Middle Earth, there is a struggle between Light and Darkness. The magical world is inhabited by elves, gnomes, sorcerers. The outcome of the struggle depends on small creatures - the Hobbits. The trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" attracts millions of readers from all over the world.
to the table of contents ^"Chronicles of Amber", Roger Zelazny
The series consists of ten books. In the first volume, which includes the first five books, Corwin is the protagonist, and in the second half of the novels is the son of Corwin Merlin. The universe of the work is amazing - it consists of a large number of parallel worlds.
to table of contents ^"The Wizard of Earthsea", Ursula Le Guin
A young man named Ged is destined to become a great hero of Earthsea. He has to go through many obstacles, overcome the sea of obstacles, before he finds the most important purpose and becomes true.
to the table of contents ^"Flat world", Terry Pratchet
The popularity of the series of books brought the presence in the narrative of subtle humor and profound philosophical reasoning. The place of action is an absolutely flat fantastic planet. In this world everything is possible, all myths of our planet are fulfilled here.