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Commercial facts. One line per book. Open a book for the full answer, charts and cited lines.

BookGenreResult
Treasure IslandThriller and adventure
The Thirty-Nine StepsThriller and adventure
The Prisoner of ZendaThriller and adventure
Around the World in Eighty DaysThriller and adventure
King Solomon's MinesThriller and adventure
The Hound of the BaskervillesCrime and mystery
A Study in ScarletCrime and mystery
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesCrime and mystery
The MoonstoneCrime and mystery
The Woman in WhiteCrime and mystery
Pride and PrejudiceRomance
PersuasionRomance
EmmaRomance
Jane EyreRomance
DraculaGothic and horror
FrankensteinGothic and horror
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeGothic and horror
The Picture of Dorian GrayGothic and horror
Wuthering HeightsGothic and horror
The Turn of the ScrewGothic and horror
The Time MachineScience fiction
The War of the WorldsScience fiction
The Invisible ManScience fiction
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandFantasy and children's
The Wonderful Wizard of OzFantasy and children's
The Secret GardenFantasy and children's
The Wind in the WillowsFantasy and children's
Great ExpectationsLiterary
A Christmas CarolLiterary
The Great GatsbyLiterary
Heart of DarknessLiterary
KidnappedThriller and adventure
The Count of Monte CristoThriller and adventure
The Three MusketeersThriller and adventure
The Riddle of the SandsThriller and adventure
The Scarlet PimpernelThriller and adventure
The Lost WorldThriller and adventure
Captain BloodThriller and adventure
Lady Audley's SecretCrime and mystery
The Murders in the Rue MorgueCrime and mystery
The Innocence of Father BrownCrime and mystery
The Big Bow MysteryCrime and mystery
The Leavenworth CaseCrime and mystery
The Red Thumb MarkCrime and mystery
The Amateur CracksmanCrime and mystery
The Secret AgentCrime and mystery
Sense and SensibilityRomance
North and SouthRomance
Far from the Madding CrowdRomance
The Enchanted AprilRomance
The SheikRomance
Daddy Long LegsRomance
CarmillaGothic and horror
The Castle of OtrantoGothic and horror
The Phantom of the OperaGothic and horror
The Great God PanGothic and horror
The Yellow WallpaperGothic and horror
The Call of CthulhuGothic and horror
The Island of Doctor MoreauScience fiction
Journey to the Centre of the EarthScience fiction
A Princess of MarsScience fiction
HerlandScience fiction
FlatlandScience fiction
ErewhonScience fiction
The Last ManScience fiction
Through the Looking GlassFantasy and children's
A Little PrincessFantasy and children's
The Jungle BookFantasy and children's
Five Children and ItFantasy and children's
The Railway ChildrenFantasy and children's
The Princess and the GoblinFantasy and children's
Peter and WendyFantasy and children's
The Worm OuroborosFantasy and children's
Anne of Green GablesFantasy and children's
Black BeautyFantasy and children's
MiddlemarchLiterary
Tess of the d'UrbervillesLiterary
Mrs DallowayLiterary
To the LighthouseLiterary
Anna KareninaLiterary
Crime and PunishmentLiterary
Madame BovaryLiterary
The Age of InnocenceLiterary
Silas MarnerLiterary
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLiterary
HamletPlays
MacbethPlays
Romeo and JulietPlays
OthelloPlays
A Midsummer Night's DreamPlays
Twelfth NightPlays
Doctor FaustusPlays
The Importance of Being EarnestPlays
A Doll's HousePlays
Hedda GablerPlays
PygmalionPlays
The School for ScandalPlays
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