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Publication Date

1851 - 1930

(years)

Genre

Detective and mystery stories (2530) + -
Western stories (2251) + -
Bandit, outlaw, and highwayman stories (880) + -
Romance fiction (839) + -
Bildungsromans (613) + -
Sea stories (463) + -
Adventure stories (246) + -
School and sports stories (244) + -
Historical fiction (216) + -
Sports stories (201) + -

College stories (180) + -
Pirates and privateering stories (153) + -
Baseball stories (150) + -
War stories (138) + -
Success stories (85) + -
Ghost stories (79) + -
Humorous stories (77) + -
Football stories (59) + -
Spy stories (48) + -
Travel and exploration stories (45) + -
Biographical fiction (42) + -
Hunting stories (34) + -
Fire fighters and firefighting stories (33) + -
Stage and theatre stories (33) + -
Railroad stories (30) + -
Science fiction (28) + -
Circus and carnival stories (24) + -
Polar exploration stories (19) + -
Temperance stories (12) + -
American Revolutionary War stories (10) + -
Civil War stories (10) + -
Autobiographical fiction (7) + -
Basketball stories (7) + -
Fantasy fiction (7) + -
Horror stories (7) + -
Legal stories (6) + -
Slums and social action stories (6) + -
Steampunk fiction (5) + -
Domestic fiction (4) + -
Fan fiction (4) + -
Animal stories (3) + -
Didactic fiction (3) + -
Wit and humor (3) + -
Wrestling stories (3) + -
Bowling stories (2) + -
Boxing stories (2) + -
Epic poetry (2) + -
Narrative poetry (2) + -
Pastoral fiction (2) + -
Adventure fiction (1) + -
Autobiographies (1) + -
Erotic literature (1) + -
Fairy tales (1) + -
Fencing stories (1) + -
Fishing stories (1) + -
Hockey stories (1) + -
Klondike gold rush stories (1) + -
Mystery stories (1) + -
Tennis stories (1) + -
Track and field stories (1) + -
True crime stories (1) + -

Series

Beadle's half dime library (1069) + -
Beadle's New York dime library (1010) + -
Street and Smith's New York weekly (952) + -
Tip top weekly (664) + -
The banner weekly (604) + -
Fame and fortune weekly (514) + -
Beadle's pocket library (387) + -
Good news (372) + -
New York Saturday journal (311) + -
New Nick Carter weekly (New York, N.Y. : 1903) (273) + -

Five cent wide awake library (238) + -
Pluck and luck (229) + -
Beadle's boy's library of sport, story, and adventure (Octavo edition) (206) + -
Beadle's new dime novels (192) + -
Waverley library (quarto edition) (174) + -
Beadle's dime novels (171) + -
Beadle's weekly (155) + -
The New York Saturday star journal (146) + -
Beadle's pocket novels (142) + -
Beadle's boy's library of sport, story, and adventure (Quarto edition) (108) + -
Fireside library (Beadle and Adams (1872-1898)) (108) + -
Waverley library (octavo edition) (101) + -
The Saturday weekly journal (96) + -
Nick Carter weekly (77) + -
The star journal (61) + -
Deadwood Dick library (59) + -
Beadle's American library (53) + -
Beadle's dime dialogues (49) + -
Nick Carter stories (41) + -
Frank Starr's American novels (37) + -
The Saturday journal (37) + -
The home monthly (37) + -
Beadle's boy's library of sport, story and adventure (M.J. Ivers & Co.) (33) + -
Speaker series (31) + -
The Young New Yorker (26) + -
Deadwood Dick library (London, England) (25) + -
American tales (20) + -
Beadle's dime handbooks (20) + -
Aldine Robin Hood library (18) + -
Beadle & Adams' twenty cent novels (17) + -
Beadle's dime base-ball player (17) + -
New Nick Carter weekly (New York, N.Y. : 1897) (16) + -
Nugget library (16) + -
The Youth's casket (14) + -
Belles and beaux (13) + -
Beadle's popular library (11) + -
New and old friends (11) + -
Cheap edition of popular authors (10) + -
The New York Saturday journal (10) + -
Irwin P. Beadle's American novels (8) + -
Beadle's dime biographical library (7) + -
Frank Starr's fifteen cent illustrated novels (7) + -
New Buffalo Bill weekly (7) + -
Beadle's dime fiction (6) + -
Sunnyside library (6) + -
Frank Reade library (4) + -
Frank Reade library (Frank T. Fries) (4) + -
Frank Reade weekly magazine (4) + -
Frank Starr's New York dime library (4) + -
New York detective library (4) + -
Beadle's fifteen cent novels (3) + -
Beadle's sixpenny tales (3) + -
Irwin P. Beadle's ten cent novels (3) + -
Lives of great Americans (3) + -
Log cabin library (3) + -
My queen (3) + -
Beadle's American sixpenny biographies (2) + -
Beadle's dime book of fun (2) + -
Beadle's dime library of choice fiction (2) + -
Beadle's frontier series (2) + -

Author

Standish, Burt L., 1866-1945 (522) + -
Self-made man, 1853-1915 (514) + -
Garne, Gaston (468) + -
Carter, Nick (407) + -
Ingraham, Prentiss, 1843-1904 (352) + -
Wheeler, Edward L. (Edward Lytton), 1854 or 1855-1885 (323) + -
Badger, Jos. E. (Joseph Edward), 1848-1909 (247) + -
Aiken, Albert W., 1846-1894 (161) + -
Author of "Frank Merriwell" (144) + -
Harbaugh, T. C. (Thomas Chalmers), 1849-1924 (131) + -

Coomes, Oll, 1845-1921 (121) + -
King, Ed (116) + -
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922 (113) + -
Wade, William (112) + -
Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 (105) + -
Willett, Edward, 1830-1889 (103) + -
Cowdrick, J. C. (Jesse C.), 1859-1899 (97) + -
Whittaker, Frederick, 1838-1889 (96) + -
Starbuck, Roger, 1837- (81) + -
Eyster, William R. (William Reynolds), 1841-1918 (74) + -
Clyde, Kit (67) + -
Warne, Philip S. (66) + -
Holmes, Howard, Captain (64) + -
Hamilton, W. J., 1843-1892 (63) + -
Appleton, Horace (62) + -
Fenton, Ralph, Colonel (58) + -
Hemyng, Bracebridge, 1841-1901 (58) + -
Manning, William H. (William Henry), 1852-1929 (54) + -
Richards, J. P. (53) + -
Armstrong, Alexander (52) + -
Braddon, Paul (51) + -
Pierce, Jo, 1852-1929 (49) + -
Hall, Samuel Stone, 1838-1886 (48) + -
Patten, William G. (William Gilbert), 1866-1945 (46) + -
Sims, A. K., 1854-1936 (46) + -
Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller, 1831-1885 (45) + -
Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (43) + -
Clark, Charles Dunning, 1843-1892 (40) + -
Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883 (39) + -
Sherman, John (38) + -
Bowen, James L. (James Lorenzo), 1842-1919 (34) + -
Legrand, Louis (34) + -
Wilson, Thomas H., Captain (34) + -
Finn, Frank S. (Frank Stanislaus), 1840- (33) + -
Pad, Peter (33) + -
Adams, J. F. C., Captain (31) + -
Southworth, Arabella (31) + -
Warden, Ex-Firechief (31) + -
Austin, Howard (30) + -
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (28) + -
Draper, Allyn (28) + -
Knox, Jackson (28) + -
Crowell, Mary Reed, Mrs., 1847-1934 (26) + -
Jenks, George C. (26) + -
Payne, Harold, 1849-1895 (26) + -
Claxton, Sara (24) + -
Howard, Charles, Captain (24) + -
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886 (24) + -
Wilton, Mark, 1852-1929 (24) + -
Buntline, Ned, 1822 or 1823-1886 (23) + -
Turner, Wm. Mason (William Mason), 1835-1877 (23) + -
Cushman, Corinne (22) + -
Hazard, Harry (22) + -
Morris, Anthony P. (Anthony Paschal), Jr., 1849-1921 (22) + -
Teaser, Tom (21) + -
Arnold, Allan (20) + -
Denison, Mary A. (Mary Andrews), 1826-1911 (20) + -
Henderson, J. Stanley, 1830-1889 (19) + -
Merritt, James C. (19) + -
Thomas, Henry J. (19) + -

Publisher

Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (4865) + -
Street & Smith (2279) + -
Tousey, Frank (538) + -
Beadle and Company (370) + -
Wolff, Harry E. (361) + -
M.J. Ivers & Co. (235) + -
Westbury Publishing Co., Inc. (80) + -
Frank Starr & Co. (48) + -
Beadle and Adams (1856-1860) (37) + -
George Routledge and Sons (26) + -

George Newnes, Limited (25) + -
Aldine Publishing Company (18) + -
Beadle & Brother (12) + -
Irwin P. Beadle & Co. (1859-1860) (11) + -
American News Company (8) + -
Adams, Victor & Co. (6) + -
Arthur Westbrook Company (4) + -
Fries, Frank T. (4) + -
Irwin & Co. (4) + -
Irwin P. Beadle & Co. (1862-1864) (4) + -
Tousey & Small (3) + -
American Novel Publishing Co. (2) + -
Beadle, Erastus Flavel, 1821-1894 (2) + -
Bonner, Robert, 1824-1899 (2) + -
Irwin P. Beadle (Firm) (2) + -
Tousey, Sinclair, 1818-1887 (2) + -
Waters, Eberts & Co. (2) + -
Bancroft Company (San Francisco, Calif.) (1) + -
Beadle and Adams, 1872-1898 (1) + -
James H. Brigham (1) + -

Topic

Murder (1273) + -
Outlaws (1038) + -
Investigation (925) + -
Indians of North America (803) + -
Revenge (785) + -
Inheritance and succession (706) + -
Abduction (567) + -
Rescues (543) + -
Frontier and pioneer life (431) + -
Man-woman relationships (410) + -

Kidnapping (407) + -
Indian captivities (387) + -
Brigands and robbers (370) + -
Mexicans (366) + -
African Americans (350) + -
Robbery investigation (341) + -
Gold mines and mining (336) + -
Robbery (334) + -
Mining camps (326) + -
Disguise (313) + -
Scouts (Reconnaissance) (312) + -
Young businesspeople (307) + -
Attempted murder (301) + -
Private investigators (286) + -
Jealousy (278) + -
Gamblers (276) + -
Missing persons (269) + -
Escapes (262) + -
Soldiers (251) + -
Cowboys (247) + -
English (235) + -
Female offenders (230) + -
Pirates (226) + -
Hunters (214) + -
Unrequited love (214) + -
Stockbrokers (212) + -
Dueling (204) + -
Treasure troves (201) + -
Baseball (188) + -
Gambling (188) + -
French (186) + -
Trappers (184) + -
Indians (180) + -
Deception (173) + -
False imprisonment (171) + -
Irish (165) + -
Women heroes (152) + -
Bars (Drinking establishments) (150) + -
Military cadets (149) + -
Orphans (145) + -
Conduct of life (143) + -
Dakota Indians (134) + -
Apache Indians (132) + -
Spaniards (129) + -
Miners (126) + -
Vigilantes (126) + -
Heroes (125) + -
History (123) + -
Escaped prisoners (122) + -
Wills (119) + -
Marriage (118) + -
Shipwrecks (115) + -
Chinese (113) + -
Racially mixed people (112) + -
Fugitives from justice (110) + -
Wagon trains (110) + -
Secret societies (108) + -
Stagecoaches (107) + -
Shooters of firearms (105) + -
Dutch (104) + -

Character

Merriwell, Frank (Fictitious character) (477) + -
Carter, Nick (295) + -
Hodge, Bart (Fictitious character) (280) + -
Merriwell, Dick (Fictitious character) (271) +