10 Books by Dead Authors 2025

secretaltruism Host

5 participants (37 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Many books we pick today and suggestions we get for new reads are from authors and influencers on social media or new releases that everyone is talking about. When an author is no longer around, fewer people become aware of the book and pick it up to read. So let's try to read 10 books this year that were written by an author who is now dead. Try to read #OwnVoices as always. And if you manage to find a book that was published after the author was dead, maybe check if the author actually wanted that book to be published.

Challenge Books

All books added
Der Sandmann by E.T.A. Hoffmann

Der Sandmann

E.T.A. Hoffmann

84 pages • 1816 • 98 editions

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky

62 pages • 1848 • 385 editions

user-added

fiction classics romance emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

The Canterville Ghost

Oscar Wilde

58 pages • 1887 • 273 editions

fiction classics fantasy short stories funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

201 pages • 1915 • 1.3k editions

fiction classics literary magical realism dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Second Violin by Grace S. Richmond

The Second Violin

Grace S. Richmond

320 pages • 1906 • 4 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
The Foundling by Francis Cardinal Spellman

The Foundling

Francis Cardinal Spellman

312 pages • 1951 • 2 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Girls of Hillcrest Farm; or, The Secret of the Rocks by Amy Bell Marlowe
The Girls of Hillcrest Farm; or, The Secret of the Rocks
—
Amy Bell Marlowe

The Girls of Hillcrest Farm; or, The Secret of the Rocks

Amy Bell Marlowe

missing page info • 1914 • 1 edition

A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

A Week in Winter

Maeve Binchy

464 pages • 2012 • 37 editions

fiction romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster

Daddy-Long-Legs #1

Daddy-Long-Legs

Jean Webster

192 pages • 1912 • 175 editions

fiction classics romance young adult emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood

Phryne Fisher #1

Cocaine Blues

Kerry Greenwood

175 pages • 1989 • 48 editions

fiction historical mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced