Serial Reader - New Books Books recently added to Serial Reader - Classic books in daily bits for iOS and Android https://www.serialreader.org/feeds/books.rss 2026-01-01T19:09:19Z "The Bungalow Mystery" by Carolyn Keene tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6956c65fcb763f13bcd6eb12/the-bungalow-mystery 2026-01-01T19:09:19Z 2026-01-01T19:09:19Z Carolyn Keene https://www.serialreader.org/6956c65fcb763f13bcd6eb12/the-bungalow-mystery Published 1930. A new friend helps save Nancy Drew's life, only to disappear suddenly leaving a mysterious bungalow in the woods.

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]]> "Last and First Men" by Olaf Stapledon tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6956c0cb0899c813bc67beea/last-and-first-men 2026-01-01T18:45:31Z 2026-01-01T18:45:31Z Olaf Stapledon https://www.serialreader.org/6956c0cb0899c813bc67beea/last-and-first-men Published 1930. An epic future history, tracing humanity across billions of years as civilizations rise, fall, and transform into the downright alien.

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]]> "There Is Confusion" by Jessie R. Fauset tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6956bca501a3f413baa7d720/there-is-confusion 2026-01-01T18:27:49Z 2026-01-01T18:27:49Z Jessie R. Fauset https://www.serialreader.org/6956bca501a3f413baa7d720/there-is-confusion Published 1924. Follow the romances, misunderstandings, and disputes of young African-Americans in 1910s New York, all under the onslaught of American racism. A Harlem Renaissance classic.

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]]> "The Castle" by Franz Kafka tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6956b13273271313b9a112a3/the-castle 2026-01-01T17:38:58Z 2026-01-01T17:38:58Z Franz Kafka https://www.serialreader.org/6956b13273271313b9a112a3/the-castle Published 1926. Kafka's last novel, a twisting surreal journey to gain access to the authorities of a mysterious castle.

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]]> "The Aloe" by Katherine Mansfield tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/69557e1b17e6c4136ed9b1b6/the-aloe 2025-12-31T19:48:43Z 2025-12-31T19:48:43Z Katherine Mansfield https://www.serialreader.org/69557e1b17e6c4136ed9b1b6/the-aloe Published 1930. Woven from Mansfield's childhood memories of pastoral New Zealand life. Moves between family members, exploring their internal lives vs their outward masks and roles. Would later become "The Prelude"

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]]> "Laughing Boy" by Oliver La Farge tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6955790ed7d017136ce57af8/laughing-boy 2025-12-31T19:27:10Z 2025-12-31T19:27:10Z Oliver La Farge https://www.serialreader.org/6955790ed7d017136ce57af8/laughing-boy Published 1929. Pultizer-winning account of the struggles of the Navajo in the early 20th century to withstand - or meld with - encroaching United State culture.

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]]> "Not Without Laughter" by Langston Hughes tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/695575e1bbb695136c0614cd/not-without-laughter 2025-12-31T19:13:37Z 2025-12-31T19:13:37Z Langston Hughes https://www.serialreader.org/695575e1bbb695136c0614cd/not-without-laughter Published 1930. A semi-autobiographical account of the "sad and the beautiful realities of black life in a small Kansas town" in the 1910s.

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]]> "The Murder at the Vicarage" by Agatha Christie tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6955590c4aeacf1368f71709/the-murder-at-the-vicarage 2025-12-31T17:10:36Z 2025-12-31T17:10:36Z Agatha Christie https://www.serialreader.org/6955590c4aeacf1368f71709/the-murder-at-the-vicarage Published 1930. Famed slueth Miss Marple makes her novel debut, helping shed light on who murdered St Mary Mead's abrasive, widely disliked churchwarden.

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]]> "Destry Rides Again" by Max Brand tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/695555bcf564ad13630624a2/destry-rides-again 2025-12-31T16:56:28Z 2025-12-31T16:56:28Z Max Brand https://www.serialreader.org/695555bcf564ad13630624a2/destry-rides-again Published 1930. Fierce cowboy fighter Harrison Destry plots vengenance against the men who stole years of his life.

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]]> "The Hidden Staircase" by Carolyn Keene tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/69554c403fc30c136363e2a0/the-hidden-staircase 2025-12-31T16:16:00Z 2025-12-31T16:16:00Z Carolyn Keene https://www.serialreader.org/69554c403fc30c136363e2a0/the-hidden-staircase Published 1930. Nancy Drew investigates the mysterious "haunting" of a nearby mansion that's led to the disappearance of many valuable items.

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]]> "The Secret of the Old Clock" by Carolyn Keene tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/69554883f9ec34135ff0b452/the-secret-of-the-old-clock 2025-12-31T16:00:03Z 2025-12-31T16:00:03Z Carolyn Keene https://www.serialreader.org/69554883f9ec34135ff0b452/the-secret-of-the-old-clock Published 1930. Teenage sleuth Nancy Drew sets out to help a struggling family claim their rightful inheritance from snobbish - and dangerous - frauds.

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]]> "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/695543f6a5142113602ea245/as-i-lay-dying 2025-12-31T15:40:38Z 2025-12-31T15:40:38Z William Faulkner https://www.serialreader.org/695543f6a5142113602ea245/as-i-lay-dying Published 1930. Journey across the Mississippi countryside through the eyes of the Bundren family in this Southern Gothic novel, ranked among the best fiction of the century.

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]]> "The Wyvern Mystery" by J. Sheridan LeFanu tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6890142bc5cefd66b7a69344/the-wyvern-mystery 2025-08-04T02:00:11Z 2025-08-04T02:00:11Z J. Sheridan LeFanu https://www.serialreader.org/6890142bc5cefd66b7a69344/the-wyvern-mystery Published 1869. As orphan Alice grows up in Wyvern Manor with old Captain Fairfield and his two dashing sons, the family’s dark secrets turn her blissful future into a nightmare.

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]]> "The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6774bb7147c27c1fcdb7fe65/the-maltese-falcon 2025-01-01T03:50:09Z 2025-01-01T03:50:09Z Dashiell Hammett https://www.serialreader.org/6774bb7147c27c1fcdb7fe65/the-maltese-falcon Published 1929. A straightforward job becomes anything but for private detective Sam Spade after a shocking murder sends him racing to find legendary treasure before death comes for him too.

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]]> "The Seven Dials Mystery" by Agatha Christie tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6774b5d8c5497a1fcdee7486/the-seven-dials-mystery 2025-01-01T03:26:16Z 2025-01-01T03:26:16Z Agatha Christie https://www.serialreader.org/6774b5d8c5497a1fcdee7486/the-seven-dials-mystery Published 1929. A tragic practical joke leads to mystery, secret societies, and murder.

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]]> "Partners in Crime" by Agatha Christie tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/677454f59892911fb451f81d/partners-in-crime 2024-12-31T20:32:53Z 2024-12-31T20:32:53Z Agatha Christie https://www.serialreader.org/677454f59892911fb451f81d/partners-in-crime Published 1929. The cases roll in for Tommy and Tuppence Beresford after they take over a shady detective agency in this short story collection.

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]]> "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6770b98a36741f1ef0b45de9/a-farewell-to-arms 2024-12-29T02:52:58Z 2024-12-29T02:52:58Z Ernest Hemingway https://www.serialreader.org/6770b98a36741f1ef0b45de9/a-farewell-to-arms Published 1929. Among the horrors of WWI on the Italian front, an American ambulance driver finds love with an English nurse in this seminal best-seller.

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]]> "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6770b6dcb2a1771eefdbb874/a-room-of-one-s-own 2024-12-29T02:41:32Z 2024-12-29T02:41:32Z Virginia Woolf https://www.serialreader.org/6770b6dcb2a1771eefdbb874/a-room-of-one-s-own Published 1929. An extended essay exploring women in fiction, pushing back against the patriarchy of literary tradition.

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]]> "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6764e2d534ca3b1c9a106519/all-quiet-on-the-western-front 2024-12-20T03:21:57Z 2024-12-20T03:21:57Z Erich Maria Remarque https://www.serialreader.org/6764e2d534ca3b1c9a106519/all-quiet-on-the-western-front Published 1929. A semi-autobiographical novel depicting the trauma of World War I as seen through German soldiers' eyes, both on an off the battlefield.

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]]> "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/675e461fd908ab1b5c5cb203/the-sound-and-the-fury 2024-12-15T02:59:43Z 2024-12-15T02:59:43Z William Faulkner https://www.serialreader.org/675e461fd908ab1b5c5cb203/the-sound-and-the-fury Published 1929. One of the masterpieces of the 20th century tracing the downfall of the Compson family through four disjointed, stream-of-conscious narratives.

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]]> "A Mirror for Witches" by Esther Forbes tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/66a05d64d2005db9575c3e84/a-mirror-for-witches 2024-07-24T01:48:20Z 2024-07-24T01:48:20Z Esther Forbes https://www.serialreader.org/66a05d64d2005db9575c3e84/a-mirror-for-witches Published 1928. During the height of the Salem witch hunts, young Doll Bilby is accused and begins to doubt her innocence.

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]]> "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/667e270a9d27cf70d3a7c9de/decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire 2024-06-28T02:59:22Z 2024-06-28T02:59:22Z Edward Gibbon https://www.serialreader.org/667e270a9d27cf70d3a7c9de/decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire Published 1776. The monumental six volume history of Rome, from its peak through the fall first of Western Rome and then of Byzantium.

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]]> "The Missing Chums" by Franklin W. Dixon tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/667e192a71185f91f45c96dc/the-missing-chums 2024-06-28T02:00:10Z 2024-06-28T02:00:10Z Franklin W. Dixon https://www.serialreader.org/667e192a71185f91f45c96dc/the-missing-chums Published 1928. The Hardy Boys' two friends disappear boating during a storm and are feared dead but the young detectives are not so sure.

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]]> "Hunting for Hidden Gold" by Franklin W. Dixon tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/667e157b71185f91f45c96db/hunting-for-hidden-gold 2024-06-28T01:44:27Z 2024-06-28T01:44:27Z Franklin W. Dixon https://www.serialreader.org/667e157b71185f91f45c96db/hunting-for-hidden-gold Published 1928. The Hardy Boys elude outlaws and kindappings to seek mysterious gold in the wilds of Montana.

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]]> "The Absolute at Large" by Karel Capek tag:www.serialreader.org,2019:/book/6608d1a4f76b4fb0598954be/the-absolute-at-large 2024-03-31T02:59:48Z 2024-03-31T02:59:48Z Karel Capek https://www.serialreader.org/6608d1a4f76b4fb0598954be/the-absolute-at-large Published 1922. A revolutionary new source of energy transforms society in this satirical sci-fi novel.

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