bloomsbury 100 must read classic novels

“I’m a warrior from the alternate universe.” “The Goddess summoned me to this world to defeat the Devil that has imperiled the world and to restore peace to the world.” “I understand that it’s my cardinal duty. Since I’ve been summoned to become a Warrior, I’ll do my best to beat my opponent even if he’s the almighty Devil.” “Don’t ask me why. That’s what the book says.” “But… isn’t this development straying from the plot?!” This is the beginning of a scam in an alternate universe. It is also the story of a warrior with a mission to defeat the Devil. At the end, he realized that he had been duped instead.

Ever since a despicable rabbit arrived at the Heavenly Court, banners have been hung up in the residences of all the major Immortals: beware of fire, theft, and rabbits. At the same time, the God of Food's Complete Rabbit Cooking Guide started selling like hotcakes. One could often see a bunch of Immortals waving various magic treasures, chasing a rabbit all over everywhere, shouting, "Although group beating is unfair, we can lose face, the rabbit must die!" Passerby A: Why is that rabbit so freaking famous? Almost all the Immortals know him, is it because he's cute? Passerby B: No! It's because he's a jerk! No, that's inaccurate, he's totally a mega jerk!

I’m an international, multiple award-winning author with a passion for the voices in my head. As a singer, songwriter, independent filmmaker and improv teacher and performer, my life has always been about creating and sharing what I create with others. Now that my dream to write for a living is a reality, with over a hundred titles in happy publication and no end in sight, I live in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my giant cats, pug overlord and overlady and my Gypsy Vanner gelding, Fynn. ***WORLD'S BEST STORY2014*** Her mom's a witch. Her dad's a demon. And she just wants to be ordinary. I batted at the curl of smoke drifting off the tip of my candle and tried not to sneeze. My heavy velvet cloak fell in oppressive, suffocating folds in the closed space of the ceremony chamber, the cowl trapping the annoying bits of puff I missed. I hated the way my eyes burned and teared, an almost constant distraction. Not that I didn't welcome the distraction, to be honest. Anything to take my mind from what went on around me. Being part of a demon raising is way less exciting than it sounds. Sydlynn Hayle's teen life couldn't be more complicated. Trying to please her coven is all a fantasy while the adventure of starting over in a new town and fending off a bully cheerleader who hates her are just the beginning of her troubles. What to do when delicious football hero Brad Peters--boyfriend of her cheer nemesis--shows interest? If only the darkly yummy witch, Quaid Moromond, didn't make it so difficult for her to focus on fitting in with the normal kids despite her paranormal, witchcraft laced home life. Add to that her crazy grandmother's constant escapes driving her family to the brink and Syd's between a rock and a coven site. Forced to take on power she doesn't want to protect a coven who blames her for everything, only she can save her family's magic. If her family's distrust doesn't destroy her first.

In a world where the chosen one has defeated the demon lord and brought peace to the realm, now 500 years have passed since the demon's defeat. Aetheria, the world, appears peaceful, but is it truly so?

Zhang Feng downloaded a game. The next second. A ferocious monster lunged at him. [Please choose your enhancement] 1: Vision +0.1 2: Growth Constitution (Constitution +1 per hour) 3: Fighting Memory ———— The main world has no magic, only my unique law.

From the beginning of the journey to the west to the end of the mythology The world is full of flags and clouds, and sharp blades are everywhere With a graceful demeanor, doing righteous things, shining brightly and spitting fire, shining the wild and covering the marshes! ______ "Great Immortal, I'm leaving." "If you are as bright as the sun, then this time you go, you will be invincible!"

After being expelled from the burial grounds, Heine summoned two undead creatures at home. But soon he realized something off about his undead. They seemed to know each other, chatting away inside his mind. They had played a game based on this world and knew it better than he did. Worse yet, they said his house was soon to be leveled, an imminent disaster... Heine decided to pretend to be an aborigine who didn't know anything, just follow the instructions and be done with it. … Years later, when Heine ascended to the divine throne, he looked at his follower in disguise (forerunner in reality) and sighed. "No more pretending, I'm also a transmigrator. I confessed!" ****** This book is also titled "Everyone's Gaming in Another World, Only I'm on a Fantasy Adventure." This is a story about a necromancer and a group of Cynical transmigrators bumbling through the world with laughter and pretend. Keywords: lighthearted, Western fantasy, single female lead, no system, not the fourth calamity.

Xia Chujian, a native of the Beichen galaxy, has always thought of herself as ordinary and unremarkable. But, the youngest Marshal of the Beichen Empire, Huo Yushen, doesn't think so. Because he has never seen anyone who could look directly at the indescribable beings in the depths of the starry sky without collapsing and going crazy. Only she is the exception. Xia Chujian is puzzled: ...What's wrong with looking at it? "Can't people look at something ugly?" The heartbroken crowd: ...I'm tired, let's just destroy everything!

The protagonist is reborn at the end of the Roman Republic, becoming a gladiator under Spartacus. How will he escape the tragic fate of being crucified and survive in the Mediterranean under Roman rule? Stay tuned! -------------- Rome must perish! As long as it exists, we find it difficult to escape the fate of death! —Maximus

She was going to find the author and kill him for making her suffer! Ye Qing Xin did not want to be a villain. However, no matter how much she tried to change her life, a force would make her do things that she did not want to do. In the end, she died. Tragically. When she woke up again, Ye Qing Xin found that she was surrounded by people who claimed that they were her family members. According to them, she was involved in an accident and has been in a coma for a week. In this new world, she was finally free from the force that was always controlling her. Ye Qing Xin planned to live life freely, finally without anyone or any power controlling her. Her best friend stole her fiance? She did not care about it. Just let this so-called friend keep this scumbag! Someone planned to overthrow her from her company? Tsk… Do they think it was easy to bully her? One day, Ye Qing Xin was walking in a bookstore when she found a book. Seeing the characters' names and the story made her realize that it the past, she has been living in a book! The author has been so cruel to assign her as a villain! No. A cannon fodder! Who was the author? Where was the author? Ye Qing Xin swore that once she got her hand on that person, she will never let him go! --- This book is my WSA 2023 entry~ --- Cover Illustration commission by kirinlukis --- Shared universe with: 1. Loving You Too Much 2. True Love and Other Lies 3. A Lifetime with You 4. The Dragon Beside Me 5. Love So Sweet 6. Commander Qi's Runaway Wife 7. The Wedding Planner's Romance 8. The Substitute Groom Chases His Wife 9. The Idol Prince is an Heiress?