Peter Ackroyd

131 books

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

252 pages • paperback • 1890

fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Pit and the Pendulum: The Essential Poe by Peter Ackroyd, Edgar Allan Poe

The Pit and the Pendulum: The Essential Poe

Peter Ackroyd, Edgar Allan Poe

224 pages • 2009

fiction classics horror short stories dark medium-paced
Poe: A Life Cut Short by Peter Ackroyd

Poe: A Life Cut Short

Ackroyd's Brief Lives #4

Peter Ackroyd

205 pages • 2008

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
The Portrait of Mr W.H. by Oscar Wilde, Peter Ackroyd

The Portrait of Mr W.H.

Oscar Wilde, Peter Ackroyd

88 pages • 1889

fiction classics short stories mysterious tense slow-paced
Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day by Peter Ackroyd

Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

Peter Ackroyd

262 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative medium-paced
Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution by Peter Ackroyd

Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

The History of England #3

Peter Ackroyd

502 pages • 2014

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Shakespeare: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd

Shakespeare: The Biography

Peter Ackroyd

608 pages • hardcover • 2005

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Sign of Four

Sherlock Holmes #2

Arthur Conan Doyle

192 pages • hardcover • 1890

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
T.S. Eliot by Peter Ackroyd

T.S. Eliot

Peter Ackroyd

432 pages • 1984

nonfiction biography poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
Thames: Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd

Thames: Sacred River

Peter Ackroyd

482 pages • 2007

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced