by Barry Unsworth
1930 – 2012
English author who won the Booker Prize
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British · Fiction
A Room with a View
1905
Castles · Gothic revival (Literature)
The Castle of Otranto
1764
Young men · Fiction
La chartreuse de Parme
1800
Social life and customs · Manners and customs
The Portrait of a Lady
1881
Fantasy · Puppets
Le avventure di Pinocchio
1883
Middle class · Fiction
Where Angels Fear to Tread
1920
Textual Criticism · Fiction, general
I Malavoglia di Giovanni Verga
1873
Fiction · English fiction
The Haunted Hotel
1878
Fiction · Historical fiction
The Last Days of Pompeii
Fiction · Murder
The Marble Faun
Castles · Classic Literature
The Mysteries of Udolpho
1794
British in fiction · Open Library Staff Picks
The Enchanted April
1922
Fiction · Dogs
Flush
1694
Fiction · Italian fiction
I promessi sposi
Children's fiction · Christmas, fiction
A Christmas Carol
1843
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) · Conduct of life, fiction
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1890
Fiction · Puritans
The Scarlet Letter
Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction · British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Robinson Crusoe
1686
Same mood, other forms — books, series, anime, games and beyond.
The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
Come and See
1985
Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Ghost of Tsushima
2020
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
Platform · Adventure
Assassin's Creed II
2009
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Das Boot
1981
Shooter · Tactical
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
2008
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.
Prayers for Bobby
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
2004
In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life.
There's Still Tomorrow
2023
Shooter · Platform
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
2011
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
The Elephant Man
1980
Puzzle · Adventure
Return of the Obra Dinn
2018