Most Popular Fiction Books of the 19th century

Discover popular Fiction books from the 19th century, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Fantasy · Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Christmas Fiction

1843

8.2/10 38 ratings

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Horror · Vampires

1897

7.8/10 209 ratings

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Horror

1891

7.8/10 143 ratings

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

Edgar Allan Poe

Fantasy

1838

7.8/10 26 ratings

Carmilla

Sheridan Le Fanu

Horror · Gothic Horror · Vampires

1872

7.6/10 11 ratings

The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne

Science Fiction · Translation

1874

7.5/10 24 ratings

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

19th century · Gothic Horror · Movie · Play · Mainstream

1847

7.5/10 56 ratings

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

Fantasy

1889

7.5/10 26 ratings

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Fantasy · Childrens

1865

7.4/10 118 ratings

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

Science Fiction

1898

7.3/10 68 ratings

The Island of Doctor Moreau

H. G. Wells

Horror · Science Fiction

1896

7.3/10 26 ratings

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Verne

Science Fiction · Translation

1872

7.3/10 55 ratings

Through the Looking-Glass

Lewis Carroll

Fantasy · Childrens

1872

7.4/10 58 ratings

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

Science Fiction · Utopia

1895

7.2/10 65 ratings

Frankenstein, Or the Modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley

Horror · Science Fiction · Necromancer

1818

7.2/10 134 ratings

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Horror · Science Fiction

1886

7.1/10 90 ratings

The Steam House #1

The Steam House: The Demon of Cawnpore

Jules Verne

Science Fiction · Translation

1880

6.7/10 11 ratings

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers

Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1895

6.7/10 19 ratings

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Jules Verne

Science Fiction · Translation

1869

6.5/10 14 ratings

She #1

She

H. Rider Haggard

Fantasy · Historical Fiction

1887

6.4/10 10 ratings

The Invisible Man

H. G. Wells

Science Fiction

1897

6.4/10 38 ratings

Carpathian Castle

Jules Verne

Science Fiction · Translation

1893

6.1/10 16 ratings

The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China

Jules Verne

Translation · Mainstream

1879

5.9/10 10 ratings

The Vampyre; A Tale

John William Polidori

Horror · Gothic Horror · Vampires

1819

6.0/10 24 ratings

All Around the Moon #1

From the Earth to the Moon

Jules Verne

Science Fiction · Translation

1867

6.0/10 23 ratings

All Around the Moon #2

Round the Moon

Jules Verne

Science Fiction · Translation

1873

5.9/10 13 ratings

Robur the Conqueror

Jules Verne

Science Fiction · Translation

1887

5.3/10 10 ratings

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

Oscar Wilde

Horror · Short Stories · Mainstream

1891

10.0/10 1 ratings

Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #1

A Study in Scarlet

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

19th century · Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction

1887

10.0/10 1 ratings

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin Abbott Abbott

Science Fiction

1884

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Day Boy and the Night Girl

George MacDonald

Fantasy · Childrens

1882

10.0/10 1 ratings

Phantastes

George MacDonald

Fantasy

1858

10.0/10 1 ratings

Melmoth the Wanderer

Charles Maturin

Horror · Gothic Horror

1820

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Princess and the Goblin

George MacDonald

Fantasy · Childrens

1872

8.4/10 5 ratings

The Well at the World's End

William Morris

Fantasy

1896

9.0/10 2 ratings

Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #3

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

19th century · Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Collection · Sherlock Holmes

1892

9.0/10 2 ratings