Henry James

Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

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Genres:Mystery, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction +2 more

Mystery

Literary Fiction

Historical Fiction

Romance

Fiction

Books by Henry James

10 books available

2021

The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

Fiction

Mystery

3.4(104,050)

A young governess, caring for two angelic orphans in a secluded country estate, battles terrifying apparitions, or perhaps, her own unraveling sanity.

What Maisie Knew

by Henry James

Fiction

3.4(7,114)

Caught in the venomous crossfire of her parents' scandalous remarriages, young Maisie navigates adult deceit with an innocence that sharpens every betrayal.

2020

The Golden Bowl

by Henry James

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.8(10,697)

In a gilded cage of Edwardian society, an American heiress subtly manipulates her father and adulterous husband to preserve her marriage and family, all while knowing the truth of a flawed golden bowl.

2017

The Ambassadors

by Henry James

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.6(11,378)

A middle-aged American sent to rescue a young man from the supposed corruptions of Parisian life instead finds himself captivated by the city's sophisticated charm, forcing him to question his own rigid New England values.

2016

The Wings of the Dove

by Henry James

Fiction

Historical Fiction

3.8(15,910)

A London couple schemes to inherit a dying American heiress's fortune, but their plan unravels when love and guilt complicate their treachery.

2015

The Portrait of a Lady

by Henry James

Fiction

Historical Fiction

3.8(72,699)

An American heiress, wanting freedom in European high society, learns that wealth cannot protect her from manipulation and the sad results of a bad choice.

1915

The Beast in the Jungle

by Henry James

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.6(3,679)

A man obsessed with a singular, catastrophic event realizes the true 'beast' is the emptiness of a life unlived and love ignored.

1890

The Aspern Papers

by Henry James

Fiction

Mystery

3.7(4,321)

A literary scholar goes to Venice, trying to get a dead poet's private letters. He gets into a psychological fight with two reclusive women, learning the high cost of his obsession.

1885

The Bostonians

by Henry James

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.6(6,387)

After the Civil War, a young speaker becomes the focus of an ideological and romantic conflict between a determined Boston suffragist and her conservative Southern cousin.

Publication Year Unknown

The American

by Henry James

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.7(5,978)

An American millionaire, new to European society, falls for an aristocratic French widow, uncovering her family's dark past and facing a choice between revenge and personal honor.