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Anonymous

Some of literature’s most enduring voices come to us without a confirmed name. “Anonymous” stands for storytellers whose identities were never recorded, were deliberately concealed, or were lost over time.

903 Audiobooks

Ibong Adarna

Ibong Adarna

by Anonymous

The Ladies Delight

The Ladies Delight

by Anonymous

山水情

山水情

by Anonymous

Breton Legends

Breton Legends

by Anonymous

綠牡丹

綠牡丹

by Anonymous

Ely Cathedral

Ely Cathedral

by Anonymous

Art of Love-Making

Art of Love-Making

by Anonymous

施公案

施公案

by Anonymous

The Magna Carta

The Magna Carta

by Anonymous

山海經

山海經

by Anonymous

海公案

海公案

by Anonymous

The Orkneyinga Saga

The Orkneyinga Saga

by Anonymous

The Three Bears

The Three Bears

by Anonymous

Goody Two-Shoes

Goody Two-Shoes

by Anonymous

三字經

三字經

by Anonymous

易經

易經

by Anonymous

木蘭奇女傳

木蘭奇女傳

by Anonymous

詩經

詩經

by Anonymous

Cocina moderna

Cocina moderna

by Anonymous

禮記

禮記

by Anonymous

Little Cinderella

Little Cinderella

by Anonymous

Steam Engines

Steam Engines

by Anonymous

The Quiver 3/1900

The Quiver 3/1900

by Anonymous

Book of Esther

by Anonymous

狄公案

狄公案

by Anonymous

Cinderella

Cinderella

by Anonymous

About the author

In book history, Anonymous is not a single person but a label used when no natural person is identified as the author. That can mean a work was published without a credited writer, or that the creator’s identity was unknown, withheld, or simply lost across centuries.

Many classic works have reached readers this way. In older traditions especially, stories often circulated long before modern ideas of authorship took hold, so the text survived even when the writer’s name did not. In other cases, anonymity was a deliberate choice, sometimes used for privacy, safety, or to let a work speak for itself.

That mystery can be part of the appeal. An anonymous author invites readers to focus less on biography and more on the voice, the world, and the ideas on the page.