Inventory: R

Raban

  • Old Glory: An American Voyage,

Francois Rabelais

  • Gargantua and Pantagruel, Fable, 2004/2023

Rachilde [Margerite Eymery]

  • Monsieur Vénus: A Materialist Novel, Novel, 2008

Jean Racine

  • Phaedra, Drama, 1968

Ann Radcliffe

  • A Sicilian Romance, Novel, 2002
  • The Mysteries of Udolpho, Novel, 2019
  • The Italian, Novel, 2020

Manoj (Vaz) Ramchandran

  • Tinsel, Novel, 2015

Muhsin Al-Ramli — Iraqi Ex-Pat Author [Spain]

  • Dates on My Fingers: An Iraqi Novel, Novel, 2022
  • The President’s Gardens, Novel, 2022

Gina Ranalli — 21st Century American writer of Bizarro Fiction

  • Suicide Girls in the Afterlife, Short Novel, 2007
  • Wall of Kiss, Short Novel, 2013
  • Unearthed, Short Novel, 2013
  • Praise the Dead, Novel, 2014
  • House of Fallen Trees, Novel, 2019
  • Ghost Chant, Short Novel, 2021

Ayn Rand — 20th Century Russian/Amerian author & Political Philosopher

  • Anthem, Science Fiction Novel, 1964

The Amazing Randi — 20th Century American Magician & Author

  • Flim-Flam, Non-Fiction

Robert J. Randisi

  • The Eyes Still Have It, Short Story Collection (Mystery), 1998

Ian Rankin — 21st Century British Author

  • Knots & Crosses, Novel, 2023
  • Hide and Seek, Novel, 2023
  • Tooth and Nail, Novel, 2023

Christoph Ransmayr — 20th Century German Novelist

  • The Terrors of Ice and Darkness, Novel, 2007
  • The Last World, Novel, 2007
  • The Dog King, Novel, 2012

Adam Rapp — 21st Century Juveniles Author

  • Punkzilla, Novel, 2015

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlins

  • The Yearling, Novel, 1960

Elizabeth Ray — 20th Century American Personality for 15 Minutes

  • The Washington Fringe Benefit, Historical Fiction (Novel), 1970

John Rechy — 20th Century American (gay) Author

  • City of Night, Novel, 2015/2024

Charles Reich

  • The Greening of America, Non-Fiction

Ishmael Reed – 20th Century American Author

  • Mumbo Jumbo, Novel, 2008
  • Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down, Novel, 2009
  • The Last Days of Louisiana Red, Novel, 2010
  • Flight to Canada, Novel, 2010
  • The Terrible Twos, Novel, 2010
  • The Terrible Threes, Novel, 2010

Fran Rees

  • How to Lead Work Teams, Non-Fiction (Business), 1998

Fred Reinfeld — 20th Century American Chess Teacher

  • How to Play Winning Chess, Non-Fiction (Games), 1972

Erich Maria Remarque — 20th Century German Novelist

  • All Quiet On the Western Front, Novel, 1996
  • The Road Back, Novel, 1996

Sheri Reynolds — 20th Century American Novelist

  • The Rapture of Canaan, Novel, 1998

Jean Rhys

  • Wide Sargasso Sea, Novel, 2002

Nino Ricci

  • Lives of the Saints, Novel, 2018

Anne Rice — 20th Century American Novelist

  • Interview With A Vampire, Horror Novel, 1975
  • The Vampire Lestat, Horror Novel, 1995

Joe Richards

  • Maigret In Antwerp, Short Novel, 2019

Samuel Richardson

  • Clarissa, Novel (Abridged), 1994
  • Pamela or Virtue Rewarded, Novel, 2020

Mordecai Richler — 20th Century Canadian Author

  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Novel, 2008
  • Joshua Then and Now, Novel, 2023
  • Barney’s Version, Novel, 2023

Conrad Richter — 20th Century American Novelist

  • The Grandfathers, Novel, 1999
  • The Sea of Grass, Novel, 2000
  • The Light in the Forest, Novel, 2001
  • The Trees, Novel, 2001
  • The Fields, Novel, 2005
  • The Town, Novel, 2005
  • Over the Blue Mountain, Short Novel, 2009
  • The Waters of Kronos, Novel, 2016

Rainer Maria Rilke — 20th Century German Poet and Author

  • The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, Novel, 2014

Rimmer — 20th Century American Novelist

  • The Harrad Experiment, Popular Fiction (Novel), 1984
  • The Rebellion of Yale Marrat, Popular Fiction (Novel), 1985
  • The Premar Experiments, Popular Fiction (Novel), 1985

Mary Roberts Rinehart — 20th Century American Author

  • The Bat, Mystery Novel, 1960
  • The Circular Staircase, Mystery Novel, 2017
  • The Door, Mystery Novel, 2103

Julián Ríos – 21st Century Spanish Author

  • Poundemonium, Novel, 2010

José Rizal — 19th Century Philippine Author

  • Noli Me Tándere, Novel

Alain Robbe-Grillet — 20th Century French Author

  • La Maison de Rondez-Vous, Novel, 1968/1974/2004
  • Le Voyeur, Novel, 1959/1968/1974/2004/2008
  • Project for a Revolution in New York, Novel, 1975
  • The Erasers, Novel, 1996/2004
  • Jealousy, Novel, 1997
  • In the Labyrinth, Novel, 1998
  • For a New Novel, Non-Fiction (Literature), 1998/1999/2002
  • Snapshots, Short Story Collection, 1998/1999
  • La Belle Captive, Novel, 1998 [with René Magritte]
  • Last Year at Marienbad, Ciné Novel, 2000/2004
  • Djinn, Novel, 2000
  • Recollections of the Golden Triangle, Novel, 2002
  • Repetitions, Novel, 2003
  • Ghosts in the Mirror, Autobiographical Novel, 2004

Catherine Robbe-Grillet — 20th Century French Author

  • L’Image, Erotica Novel, 1967

Harold Robbins — 20th Century American Author

  • The Carpetbaggers, Novel, 1962
  • The Adventurers, Novel, 2024

Tom Robbins — 20th Century American Novelist

  • Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Novel (Popular Fiction), 1998
  • Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas, Novel (Popular Fiction), 1998

Kim Stanley Robinson — 21st Century American Author

  • The Wild Shore, Novel, 2024

Roberson

  • When Thy King Is a Boy, Poetry Collection

Roberts

  • The Chalk Giants, Science Fiction Novel, 1977

Gregory David Roberts — 21st Century Australian Author

  • Shantaram: A Novel, Novel, 2022

Kenneth Robeson

  • The Man of Bronze, Action Novel, 2004 [Doc Savage #1]

Robinett

  • Stargate, Science Fiction Novel, 1977

Robinson

  • Telempath, Science Fiction Novel, 1977

Kim Stanley Robinson

  • The Wild Shore, Novel, 2024
  • The Gold Coast, Novel, 2024

Marilynne Robinson

  • Gilead, Novel, 2006
  • Housekeeping: A Novel, Novel, 2013
  • Home: A Novel, Novel, 2102
  • Lila, Novel, 2103
  • Jack: A Novel, Novel, 2104

Georges Rodenbach –– 19th Century French Author

  • Bruges-la-Morte, Novel, 2008
  • The Belles of Bruges, Novel, 2021

Theodore Roethke — 20th Century American Poet

  • I Am! Says the Lamb, Poetry Collection, 1968
  • The Lost Son and Other Poems, Poetry Collection, 1968
  • Praise To the End!, Poetry Collection, 1968
  • Waking, Poetry Collection, 1968
  • Words For the Wind, Poetry Collection. 1968
  • On the Poet and His Craft, Non-Fiction (Literature), 1969
  • Open House, Poetry Collection, 1969
  • Selected Letters, Letters, 1969
  • Collected Poems, Poetry Collection, 1970
  • The Far Field, Poetry Collection, 1970

Sax Rohmer — 20th Century British Author

  • The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Suspense Novel, 2017

Roiphe

  • Long Division, Science Fiction Novel, 1977

Carl Rollyson

  • Reading Susan Sontag: A Critical Introduction to Her Work, Non-fiction, 2004

James Roman — 21st Century American Writer

  • Chronicles of Old Los Angeles, Non-Fiction, 2022

Sally Rooney — 21st Century Irish Author

  • Normal People, Novel, 2021
  • Beautiful World, Where Are You, Novel, 2022

Rossiter

  • Tetrasomy Two, Science Fiction Novel, 1977

Judith Rossner — 20th Century American Novelist

  • Looking For Mr. Goodbar, Popular Fiction (Novel), 1971

Edmund Rostand

  • Cyrano de Bergerac, Drama, 1968

Henry Roth— 20th Century American Author

  • Call It Sleep, Novel, 2012
  • Mercy of a Rude Stream: A Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park, Novel, 2012
  • Mercy of a Rude Stream: Diving Rock on the Hudson, Novel, 2012
  • Mercy of a Rude Stream: From Bondage, Novel, 2013/2021
  • Mercy of a Rude Stream: Requiem For Harlem, Novel, 2021
  • An American Type: A Novel, Novel, 2021

Joseph Roth

  • Hotel Savoy, Novel, 1998
  • Fallmerayer the Stationmaster, Short Novel, 1998
  • The Bust of the Emperor, Story, 1998
  • The Radetzky March, Novel, 2012
  • The Antichrist, Novel, 2016

Philip Roth — 20th Century American Novelist

  • Portnoy’s Complaint, Novel, 1971
  • Our Gang, Novel, 1972
  • Goodby Columbus, Novel, 1973
  • The Breast, Novel, 1973
  • My Life As a Man, Novel, 1974
  • The Ghostwriter, Novel, 1997
  • Zuckerman Unbound, Novel, 1997
  • The Anatomy Lesson, Novel, 1997
  • The Prague Orgy, Short Novel, 1997
  • Sabbath’s Theater, Novel, 1998
  • American Pastoral, Novel, 1998
  • I Married a Communist, Novel, 1999
  • The Human Stain, Novel, 2000
  • The Dying Animal, Novel, 2001
  • The Plot Against America, Novel 2005
  • Everyman, Novel, 2006
  • Exit Ghost, Novel, 2007
  • Indignation, Novel, 2009
  • Nemesis, Novel, 2012
  • The Great American Novel, Novel, 2015
  • Deception: A Novel, Novel, 2017
  • When She Was Good, Novel, 2020
  • Operation Shylock : A Confession, Novel, 2021
  • The Counterlife, Novel, 2021
  • The Humbling, Novel, 2021
  • Letting Go, Novel, 2021
  • The Professor of Desire, Novel, 2021

Jacques Roubaud — 20th century French author

  • The Great Fire of London, Novel, 2012

The Rough Guide …

  • The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction, Non-Fiction, 2006

Jean-Jacques Rousseau — 18th Century Swiss/French Philosopher and Author

  • Reveries of the Solitary Walker, Essay, 2021

Carlo Rovelli — 21st Century Italian Theoretical Physicist and Author

  • Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Essay, 2022

Nicholas Rowe — 17th Century British Playwright

  • The Fair Penitent, Drama, 1967

Susanna Rowson — 19th Century American Author

  • Charlotte Temple, Novel, 2019

J. K. Rowling

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Novel 2001
  • Harry Potter and the Secret Chamber, Novel, 2002
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabar, Novel, 2003

Arundhati Roy — 20th Century Indian Novelist

  • The God of Small Things, Popular Fiction (Novel), 1998

Hy Ruchlis

  • Clear Thinking, Non-Fiction, 2004

Philip Rucker and Carol Leonig — 21st Century Journalists

  • A Very Stable Genius, Non-Fiction, 2020

Vedrana Rudan — 21st Century Croatian Author

  • Night, Novel, 2016

Rudnick

  • A Lesson From the Cyclops and Other Poems, 1973, Poetry Collection

Matt Ruff — 21st Century American Author

  • Lovecraft Country, Novel, 2020

Juan Rulfo — 20th Century Mexican Author

  • Pedro Páramo, Novel, 2008

Salman Rushdie — 20th Century Indian Novelist

  • The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Novel, 1999
  • Midnight’s Children, Novel, 2006
  • The Enchantress of Florence, Novel, 2010
  • Shalimar the Clown, Novel, 2012
  • Haroun and the Sea of Stories: A Novel, Novel, 2017
  • Quichotte, Novel, 2020
  • The Moor’s Last Sigh, Novel, 2020
  • The Satanic Verses, Novel, 2020
  • The Golden House, Novel, 2022
  • Joseph Anton: A Memoir, Memoir, 2022
  • Fury, Novel, 2023
  • East, West, Short Fiction Collection, 2023
  • Shame, Novel, 2024
  • Grimus, Novel, 2024

Bertrand Russell — 20th Century British Philosopher & Mathematician

  • Why I Am Not a Christian, Essay Collection, 2004
  • The Problems of Philosophy, Essay, 2004

Thaddeus Russell — 21st Century American Author

  • A Renegade History of the United States, Non-Fiction, 2022

Kate Elizabeth Russell — 21st Century American Author

  • My Dark Vanessa: A Novel, Novel, 2020

Richard Russo — 20th Century American Novelist

  • Empire Falls, Novel, 2002
  • The Whore’s Child and Other Stories, Story Collection, 2002/2003

Edward Rutherfurd — 20th Century British Novelist

  • Forest, Novel, 2001

Patrick Ryan — 20th Century British Author

  • How I Won the War, Novel, 2020

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