Jack London
John Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
Books by Jack London
8 books available
The Valley of the Moon
by Jack London
4.0(1,395)
In turn-of-the-century Oakland, a working-class couple seeks liberation and love, leaving the city's labor strife for a new life in California's wild landscapes.
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
3.9(341,131)
Kidnapped from a life of leisure, a pampered dog named Buck is thrust into the brutal Yukon, where he must answer the primal call of the wild to survive as a sled dog and reclaim his dominance.
The People of the Abyss
by Jack London
4.0(3,418)
Jack London examines the squalor of London's East End, documenting the dehumanizing conditions of its impoverished residents with the neutral eye of an explorer and the concern of a humanitarian.
White Fang
by Jack London
4.0(153,650)
White Fang, a wolf-dog, journeys from the brutal Yukon wilderness to human companionship, illustrating a primal story of survival, instinct, and the slow taming of a wild heart during the Klondike Gold Rush.
The Iron Heel
by Jack London
3.8(8,289)
Jack London's 'The Iron Heel' is a chilling forecast of corporate tyranny in 20th-century America, where an oligarchy crushes the nation, and a socialist movement rises to defy it.
Martin Eden
by Jack London
4.4(25,611)
Impoverished seaman Martin Eden fights the rigid class structures of early 20th-century San Francisco to gain knowledge and literary recognition, but finds success empty.
The Scarlet Plague
by Jack London
3.6(5,203)
Sixty years after a plague reclaims the world, an old man, the last link to a forgotten civilization, tries to tell his savage, ignorant descendants about the past.
To Build a Fire
by Jack London
4.0(16,889)
In the unforgiving Yukon, a lone prospector battles the brutal cold and his own hubris, learning too late that nature's power far exceeds human will.