Classic Books

Books that have endured for generations and continue to shape the readers and writers who come after them.

155 books

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke book cover

2001: A Space Odyssey

Arthur C. Clarke, 1968

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole book cover

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole, 1980

A Confederacy of Dunces book cover

A Confederacy of Dunces

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines book cover

A Lesson Before Dying

Ernest J. Gaines, 1993

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett book cover

Historical Fiction

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1905

A Month in the Country book cover

Literary Fiction

A Month in the Country

A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick book cover

A Scanner Darkly

Philip K. Dick, 1977

A Separate Peace book cover

A Separate Peace

A Tale of Two Cities book cover

Literary Fiction

A Tale of Two Cities

Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte book cover

Contemporary Fiction

Agnes Grey

Anne Bronte, 1847

Alas, Babylon book cover

Science Fiction

Alas, Babylon

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll book cover

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll, 2006

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy book cover

All the Pretty Horses

Cormac McCarthy, 1992

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro book cover

Literary Fiction

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro, 1986

Anna Karenina book cover

Anna Karenina

Annabel by Kathleen Winter book cover

Annabel

Kathleen Winter, 2010

Babel by R.F. Kuang book cover

Babel

R.F. Kuang, 2023

Beauty book cover

Beauty

Beowulf by Seamus Heaney book cover

Historical Fiction

Beowulf

Seamus Heaney, 2000

Bleak House by Charles Dickens book cover

Literary Fiction

Bleak House

Charles Dickens, 1968

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson book cover

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson, 2007

Bunny by Mona Awad book cover

Bunny

Mona Awad, 2020

Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco book cover

Burnt Offerings

Robert Marasco, 1973

Butcher's Crossing by John Williams book cover

Literary Fiction

Butcher's Crossing

John Williams, 1960

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini book cover

Historical Fiction

Captain Blood

Rafael Sabatini, 1931

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu book cover

Carmilla

Sheridan Le Fanu, 1871

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl book cover

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl, 1995

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke book cover

Childhood's End

Arthur C. Clarke, 1953

Confess by Colleen Hoover book cover

Confess

Colleen Hoover, 2015

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell book cover

Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell, 1853

Crime and Punishment book cover

Crime and Punishment

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton book cover

Cry, the Beloved Country

Alan Paton, 1940

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens book cover

Contemporary Fiction

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens, 1800

Dawn by Octavia Butler book cover

Dawn

Octavia Butler, 1987

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol book cover

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol, 2016

Demian by Hermann Hesse book cover

Demian

Hermann Hesse, 1919

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick book cover

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick, 1968

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak book cover

Literary Fiction

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak, 1957

Dracula by Bram Stoker book cover

Dracula

Bram Stoker, 2017

Earth Abides by George Rippey Stewart book cover

Earth Abides

George Rippey Stewart, 1949

East of Eden by John Steinbeck book cover

Literary Fiction

East of Eden

John Steinbeck, 1952

Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor book cover

Forever Amber

Kathleen Winsor, 1967

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley book cover

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley, 1818

Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger book cover

Franny and Zooey

J. D. Salinger, 2011

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg book cover

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E. L. Konigsburg, 1967

Ghost Story by Peter Straub book cover

Ghost Story

Peter Straub, 1980

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin book cover

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin, 1956

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin book cover

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin, 1952

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift book cover

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift, 1726

Happy by Mo Gawdat book cover

Happy

Mo Gawdat, 2016

Harriet the Spy book cover

Harriet the Spy

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen book cover

Hatchet

Gary Paulsen, 1986

Hell House by Richard Matheson book cover

Hell House

Richard Matheson, 1971

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie book cover

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Dale Carnegie, 1936

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson book cover

I Am Legend

Richard Matheson, 2015

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith book cover

I Capture the Castle

Dodie Smith, 1948

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings book cover

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote book cover

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote, 1965

Invisible Man book cover

Invisible Man

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell book cover

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Scott O'Dell, 1988

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl book cover

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl, 1961

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë book cover

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë, 2001

Jazz by Toni Morrison book cover

Historical Fiction

Jazz

Toni Morrison, 1992

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George book cover

Julie of the Wolves

Jean Craighead George, 1972

Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory book cover

Le Morte d'Arthur

Thomas Malory, 1557

Les Miserables book cover

Les Miserables

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis book cover

Less Than Zero

Bret Easton Ellis, 1985

Letters from a Stoic by Seneca the Younger book cover

Letters from a Stoic

Seneca the Younger, 1969

Little Fish by Casey Plett book cover

Little Fish

Casey Plett, 2018

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez book cover

Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven book cover

Lucifer's Hammer

Larry Niven, 1977

Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees book cover

Lud-in-the-Mist

Hope Mirrlees, 1926

MASH by Richard Hooker book cover

MASH

Richard Hooker, 2008

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert book cover

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert, 1991

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli book cover

Maniac Magee

Jerry Spinelli, 1990

Matilda by Roald Dahl book cover

Matilda

Roald Dahl, 1988

Melmoth the Wanderer book cover

Melmoth the Wanderer

Middlemarch by George Eliot book cover

Contemporary Fiction

Middlemarch

George Eliot, 1800

Moby Dick book cover

Moby Dick

Mort by Terry Pratchett book cover

Mort

Terry Pratchett, 2022

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf book cover

Contemporary Fiction

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf, 1990

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie book cover

Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie, 1933

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier book cover

My Cousin Rachel

Daphne du Maurier, 2009

Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse book cover

Narcissus and Goldmund

Hermann Hesse, 1971

Native Son book cover

Literary Fiction

Native Son

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre book cover

Nausea

Jean-Paul Sartre, 2000

Nevada by Imogen Binnie book cover

Nevada

Imogen Binnie, 2022

No Longer Human by 太宰治 book cover

Literary Fiction

No Longer Human

太宰治, 1948

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell book cover

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell, 2006

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen book cover

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen, 2022

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky book cover

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck book cover

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck, 1937

Oliver Twist book cover

Literary Fiction

Oliver Twist

On the Beach by Nevil Shute book cover

On the Beach

Nevil Shute, 1957

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov book cover

Literary Fiction

Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov, 1945

Passing by Nella Larsen book cover

Literary Fiction

Passing

Nella Larsen, 1929

Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo book cover

Pedro Paramo

Juan Rulfo, 1955

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer book cover

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Persuasion by Jane Austen book cover

Persuasion

Jane Austen, 1789

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie book cover

Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie, 2022

Power by Jeffrey Pfeffer book cover

Power

Jeffrey Pfeffer, 2011

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien book cover

The Return of the King

J.R.R. Tolkien, 1950

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emma Orczy book cover

Historical Fiction

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Emma Orczy, 1900

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett book cover

Literary Fiction

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1911

The Shining by Stephen King book cover

The Shining

Stephen King, 1977

The Silence by Thomas Harris book cover

The Silence

Thomas Harris, 1988

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris book cover

The Silence of the Lambs

Thomas Harris, 1988

The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut book cover

The Sirens of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut, 1959

The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois book cover

The Souls of Black Folk

W. E. B. Du Bois, 1903

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester book cover

The Stars My Destination

Alfred Bester, 1956

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson book cover

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson, 1875

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson book cover

Historical Fiction

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson, 1875

The Stranger by Albert Camus book cover

Literary Fiction

The Stranger

Albert Camus, 1942

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu book cover

The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu, 2007

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith book cover

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith, 1955

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë book cover

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë, 1847

The Things They Carried book cover

Literary Fiction

The Things They Carried

The Tombs of Atuan book cover

The Tombs of Atuan

The Trial by Franz Kafka book cover

Literary Fiction

The Trial

Franz Kafka, 1825

The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White book cover

The Trumpet of the Swan

E. B. White, 1970

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James book cover

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James, 1898

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien book cover

The Two Towers

J.R.R. Tolkien, 1954

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera book cover

Literary Fiction

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera, 2004

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame book cover

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame, 1908

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins book cover

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins, 1859

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum book cover

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum, 1899

The World According to Garp by John Irving book cover

The World According to Garp

John Irving, 2009

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston book cover

Literary Fiction

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston, 2004

There There by Tommy Orange book cover

There There

Tommy Orange, 2018

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe book cover

Literary Fiction

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe, 2017

Think and Grow Rich book cover

Think and Grow Rich

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman book cover

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman, 2011

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis book cover

Till We Have Faces

C.S. Lewis, 1968

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee book cover

Literary Fiction

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee, 2015

Tribe by Godbey, Allen Howard book cover

Tribe

Godbey, Allen Howard, 1930

True Grit by Charles Portis book cover

True Grit

Charles Portis, 1968

Trumpet by Jackie Kay book cover

Trumpet

Jackie Kay, 2000

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt book cover

Tuck Everlasting

Natalie Babbitt, 1975

Ubik by Philip K. Dick book cover

Ubik

Philip K. Dick, 1969

Vanity Fair book cover

Vanity Fair

Villette by Charlotte Bronte book cover

Literary Fiction

Villette

Charlotte Bronte, 1992

Walden by Henry David Thoreau book cover

Literary Fiction

Walden

Henry David Thoreau, 2021

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig book cover

Wanderers

Chuck Wendig, 2019

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy book cover

Literary Fiction

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy, 1869

Watership Down by Richard Adams book cover

Watership Down

Richard Adams, 1972

We by Michael Rosen book cover

We

Michael Rosen, 1746

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson book cover

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson, 1962

We Have Always Lived in the Castle book cover

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

When by Daniel Pink book cover

When

Daniel Pink, 2018

White Noise book cover

White Noise

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys book cover

Historical Fiction

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys, 1966

Worry book cover

Worry

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë book cover

Literary Fiction

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë, 1847

You by Caroline Kepnes book cover

You

Caroline Kepnes, 2018

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig book cover

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig, 1974