Books like Conquerors' Pride by Timothy Zahn

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune follows Paul Atreides as he rises from betrayed heir to the enigmatic Muad'Dib, guarding the precious spice melange that fuels galactic politics and extends life.

George Orwell’s dystopian classic 1984 explores the chilling power of totalitarian regimes, surveillance, and propaganda in a future society.

Isaac Asimov’s classic science‑fiction saga follows psychohistorian Hari Seldon as he establishes a Foundation to preserve knowledge and prevent thirty‑thousand years of darkness after the fall of the Galactic Empire.

1818 novel by Mary Shelley about young scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox experiment.

Alice, a curious girl, follows a rabbit into Wonderland and the Looking‑Glass world, meeting eccentric characters like the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts in Lewis Carroll’s celebrated children’s fantasy.

H. G. Wells’ classic tales the narrator builds a machine, journeys 800,000 years ahead to a seemingly utopian future that hides a savage underground society.

A soldier's harrowing journey across the stars, spanning space and time in Joe Haldeman's hard sci-fi epic war story.

Phileas Fogg wagers he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, a daring quest that unfolds into a globe‑spanning adventure.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

Journalist Ed Malone and his companions encounter Professor Challenger in the Amazon, uncovering a prehistoric world where dinosaurs still roam.

Three feckless young men embark on a light‑hearted rowing holiday along the Thames in 1888, creating a series of humorous misadventures.

Rudyard Kipling’s classic novel follows Kim, an orphan raised in colonial India, as he navigates loyalties to his native land, his Irish‑English heritage, and the British Secret Service.

Dr. Abner Perry and his student face a malfunctioning digger that sends them deep beneath Earth, where they discover the prehistoric world of Pellucidar, ruled by telepathic Majars and inhabited by giant creatures, and must rally human tribes to fight for freedom.

In a surreal, future London, a randomly chosen prankster becomes King of England, reignites old traditions, and sparks romantic patriotism and civil war among the boroughs of Notting Hill and beyond.

A comic travelogue following the Pickwick Club as they journey across England, observing and humorously critiquing social customs, inns, and the everyday lives of their fellow travelers.

When ill Lucien discovers he can sleep‑travel to Bellezza, a Venice‑like parallel city, he must prevent a murder plot against its ruler, risking his only chance to return home.

Jon, a memory‑losing boy who can talk to animals and read minds, falls through a forgotten door onto Earth and must find a way home while protecting the family who takes him in.

A journalist uncovers a missile loss and mysterious whale sightings off Florida’s coast, leading to an enigmatic alien artifact that sparks a global race to protect a discovery that could reshape humanity.

In the final book of the Conquerors Saga, humans and the alien Zhirrzh race toward a galaxy‑wide war that may, unexpectedly, end in mutual destruction.

Two novels by Neil Gaiman: American Gods and Anansi Boys.

During World War II, RAF Lieutenant Neil Richardson is sent to southern France for recovery, where he falls in love with Julie, the fiancée of his friend and French liaison Maurice Dupont, forcing a painful choice between duty and desire.

Historian and New York Times bestselling author Crowley presents the epic story of the emergence of Portugal, a small, poor nation that enjoyed a century of maritime supremacy thanks to the daring and navigational skill of its explorers--a tactical advantage no other country could match. Contains primary source material. The epic story of the emergence of Portugal, a small, poor nation that enjoyed a century of maritime supremacy thanks to the daring and navigational skill of its explorers--a tactical advantage no other country could match. Portugal's discovery of a sea route to India, campaign of imperial conquest over Muslim rulers, and domination of the spice trade would forever disrupt the Mediterranean and build the first global economy. Author Crowley relies on letters and eyewitness testimony to tell the story of tiny Portugal's rapid and breathtaking rise to power. Conquerors reveals the Império Português in all of its splendor and ferocity. Figures such as King Manuel "the Fortunate," João II "the Perfect Prince," marauding governor Afonso de Albuquerque, and explorer Vasco da Gama juggled their private ambitions and the public aims of the empire in pursuit of a global fortune. Also central to the story was Portugal's drive to eradicate Islamic culture and establish a Christian empire in the Indian Ocean. Portuguese explorers pushed deep into the African continent and ruthlessly besieged Indian port cities. The discovery of a route to India around the horn of Africa was not only a brilliant breakthrough in navigation but heralded a complete upset of the world order. For the next century, no European empire was more ambitious, no rulers more rapacious. In the process they created the first long-range maritime empire and set in motion the forces of globalization that now shape our world.--Adapted from book jacket.

A general conquers nations hoping to spread his way of life, only to find that a small, resilient country alters his perspective.

Gwyneth, the daughter of an English lord, is abducted by the Viking Selig she once saved, thrusting her into a perilous romance that tests love and fate on the high seas.