A first-person account of Juan "Johnny" Rico's progression through the Mobile Infantry, set against an interstellar war between humans and an alien species.

A small ensemble of visitors gather at a large, notorious house where unsettling occurrences and interpersonal fractures intensify around the building itself.

Set against Cold War anxieties, the story follows characters entangled in a conspiracy that links wartime experience, political ambition, and psychological manipulation. The central pressure arises from a plot involving covert conditioning and an assassination scheme that threatens public life and private loyalties.

Mohun Biswas, an Indo‑Trinidadian man, navigates life dominated by an extended family and persistent setbacks while he fixes on owning a house as a measure of independence.

A critique of prevailing mid-20th-century urban planning that argues neighborhoods thrive when everyday street life, local commerce, and diverse uses are preserved.

Set primarily inside an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative is told through the vantage of a patient who presents as deaf and mute. The plot focuses on tensions between the ward’s controlling staff and a charismatic newcomer whose actions unsettle the ward’s fragile order.

A scientific investigation and public argument about the ecological and human harms of widespread synthetic pesticide use, with sustained attention to DDT.

A novel that frames an alleged demonic possession as a matter for testing and judgment: characters confront religious belief, evidence, and moral responsibility as the question of Satan’s presence is treated almost legally.

Set after catastrophic solar heating has melted the ice caps and turned temperate cities into tropical lagoons, the novel follows a scientist stationed in a submerged London who becomes increasingly drawn to the altered environment.