Author:Horatio Alger

Works

 * Abraham Lincoln: The Backwoods Boy; or, How a Young Rail-Splitter became President (1883)
 * Adrift in New York; or, Tom and Florence Braving the World (1904)
 * Adrift in the City; or, Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight (1902)
 * Andy Gordon; or, The Fortunes of a Young Janitor (1909)
 * Andy Grant's Pluck (1902)
 * Ballads
 * Ben Bruce. Scenes in the Life of a Bowery Newsboy (1901)
 * Ben Logan's Triumph; or, The Boys of Boxwood Academy (1908)
 * Ben's Nugget; or, A Boy's Search for Fortune (1882)
 * Ben The Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves (1870)
 * Bernard Brooks' Adventures. The Story of a Brave Boy's Trials (1903)
 * Bertha's Christmas Vision. An Autumn Sheaf (1856)
 * Bob Burton; or, The Young Ranchman of the Missouri (1888)
 * Bound to Rise; or, Up the Ladder (1873)
 * A Boy's Fortune; or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker (1898)
 * Brave and Bold; or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton (1874)
 * The Cash Boy (1887)
 * Cast Upon the Breakers (1893)
 * Charlie Codman's Cruise. A Story for Boys (1866)
 * Chester Rand; or, A New Path to Fortune (1903)
 * The Cousin's Conspiracy
 * Dan, the Detective (1884)
 * Dean Dunham; or, The Waterford Mystery (1891)
 * A Debt of Honor. The Story of Gerald Lane's Success in the Far West (1900)
 * Digging for Gold. A Story of California (1892)
 * The Disagreeable Woman; A Social Mystery (1895)
 * Do and Dare; or A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune (1884)
 * Driven from Home (1889)
 * The Erie Train Boy (1890)
 * The Errand Boy; or, How Phil Brent Won Success (1888)
 * Facing the World; or, The Haps and Mishaps of Harry Vane (1893)
 * Fair Harvard (1852)
 * Falling in With Fortune; or, The Experiences of a Young Secretary (1900)
 * Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter (1868)
 * A Fancy of Hers (1892)
 * Finding a Fortune (1904)
 * Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret (1890)
 * Forging Ahead (1903)
 * Frank and Fearless; or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent (1897)
 * Frank Hunter's Peril (1896)
 * Frank's Campaign; or, What Boys can do on the Farm for the Camp (1864)
 * From Canal Boy to President; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield (1881)
 * From Farm Boy to Senator: Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webster (1882)
 * From Farm to Fortune; or Nat Nason's Strange Experience (1905)
 * Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving (1875)
 * Grit; The Young Boatman
 * Hector's Inheritance; or, The Boys of Smith Institute (1885)
 * Helen Ford (1866)
 * Helping Himself; or, Grant Thornton's Ambition (1886)
 * Herbert Carter's Legacy; or, The Inventor's Son 1875)
 * In a New World; or, Among the Gold-Fields of Australia (1893)
 * Jack's Ward; or, The Boy Guardian (1875)
 * Jed, The Poor House Boy (1899)
 * Jerry the Backwoods Boy; or, The Parkhurst Treasure (1904)
 * Joe the Hotel Boy, or Winning Out by Pluck (1906)
 * Joe's Luck; or Always Wide Awake (1913)
 * John Maynard: A Ballad of Lake Erie January (1868)
 * Julius; or, The Street Boy out West (1874)
 * Lester's Luck (1901)
 * Lost at Sea; or, Robert Roscoe's Strange Cruise (1904)
 * Luck And Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance (1869)
 * Luke Walton; or, The Chicago Newsboy (1889)
 * Making His Way (1901)
 * Marie Bertrand (1864)
 * Mark Manning's Mission. The Story of a Shoe Factory Boy (1905)
 * Mark Mason's Victory; or, The Trials and Triumphs of a Telegraph Boy (1899)
 * Mark Stanton (1890)
 * Mark the Match Boy; or, Richard Hunter's Ward (1869)
 * Ned Newton; or, The Fortunes of a New York Bootblack (1890)
 * Nelson the Newsboy; or, Afloat in New York (1901)
 * A New York Boy (1890)
 * The New Schoolma'am; or, A Summer in North Sparta (anonymous 1877)
 * Nothing to Do: A Tilt at Our Best Society (1857)
 * Nothing to Eat (1857)
 * Number 91; or, The Adventures of a New York Telegraph Boy (1887)
 * The Odds Against Him; or, Carl Crawford's Experience (1890)
 * Only an Irish Boy; or, Andy Burke's Fortunes and Misfortunes (1894)
 * Out for Business; or, Robert Frost's Strange Career (1900)
 * Paul Prescott's Charge: A Story for Boys (1865)
 * Paul the Peddler; or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant (1871)
 * Phil the Fiddler; or, The Story of a Young Street Musician (1872)
 * Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Bootblacks (1868)
 * Ralph Raymond's Heir; or, The Merchant's Crime (1869)
 * Randy of the River; or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand (1906)
 * Risen from the Ranks; or, Harry Walton's Success (1874)
 * Robert Coverdale's Struggle; or, On the Wave of Success (1910)
 * A Rolling Stone; or, The Adventures of a Wanderer (1902)
 * Rough and Ready (Horatio Alger); or, Life Among the New York Newsboys (1869)
 * Rufus and Rose; or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready (1870)
 * Rupert's Ambition (1899)
 * Sam's Chance; and How He Improved It (1876)
 * Seeking His Fortune, And Other Dialouges (1875)
 * Shifting for Himself; or, Gilbert Greyson's Fortune's (1876)
 * Silas Snobden's Office Boy (1899)
 * Sink or Swim; or, Harry Raymond's Resolve (1870)
 * Slow and Sure; or, From the Street to the Shop (1872)
 * The Store Boy; or, The Fortunes of Ben Barclay (1887)
 * St. Nicholas (1875)
 * Strive and Succeed; or, The Progress of Walter Conrad (1872)
 * Striving for Fortune; or, Walter Griffith's Trials and Successes (1902)
 * Strong and Steady; or, Paddle Your Own Canoe (1871)
 * Struggling Upward; or, Luke Larkin's Luck (1868)
 * Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab (1871)
 * The Telegraph Boy (1879)
 * Timothy Crump's Ward; or, The New Years Loan, And What Became of It (1866)
 * The Tin Box
 * Tom, The Boot Black
 * Tom Brace: Who He Was and How He Fared (1901)
 * Tom Temple's Career (1888)
 * Tom Thatcher's Fortune (1888)
 * Tom Tracy (1888)
 * Tom Turner's Legacy (1902)
 * Tony the Hero (1880)
 * Tony, The Tramp
 * The Train Boy (1883)
 * Try and Trust; or, The Story of a Bound Boy (1873)
 * Victor Vane, The Young Secretary (1894)
 * Voices of the Past (1849)
 * Wait and Hope; or, Ben Bradford's Motto (1877)
 * Wait and Win. The Story of Jack Drummond's Pluck (1908)
 * Walter Sherwood's Probation (1897)
 * A Welcome to May May (1853)
 * The Western Boy; or, The Road to Success (1878)
 * The World Before Him (1902)
 * Wren Winter's Triumph
 * The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus (1888)
 * The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains (1878)
 * The Young Bank Messenger (1898)
 * The Young Boatman of Pine Point (1892)
 * The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success (1905)
 * Young Captain Jack; or, The Son of a Soldier (1901)
 * The Young Circus Rider; or, The Mystery of Robert Rudd (1883)
 * The Young Explorer; or, Among the Sierras (1880)
 * The Young Miner; or, Tom Nelson in California (1879)
 * The Young Musician; or, Fighting His Way (1906)
 * The Young Outlaw; or, Adrift In The Streets (1875)
 * The Young Salesman (1896)