Ever found yourself in a bookish conversation, only to cringe at your lack of literary knowledge? Classic literature can seem daunting, but it’s not just a relic of high school assignments. Exploring these timeless works will deepen your understanding of modern storytelling, unveil hidden references in everyday culture, and, most importantly, introduce you to some truly incredible reads—they’ve endured for a reason!
If you’ve always wanted to dive into the classics but didn’t know where to start, we’ve got you covered. We’ve curated a list of 100 must-read classic books from authors across the world and throughout history. Whether you’re drawn to romance, mystery, nonfiction, or fantasy, there’s something here for everyone.
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- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Miller, Madeline (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅New
- ✅Mint Condition
- ✅Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon
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- ✅Mitchell, Margaret (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅960 Pages - 05/03/2011 (Publication Date) - Scribner (Publisher)
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- ✅Vintage, A nice option for a Book Lover
- ✅It comes with proper packaging
- ✅Ideal for Gifting
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- ✅Herman Melville (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅544 Pages - 12/03/1999 (Publication Date) - Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Publisher)
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- ✅Audible Audiobook
- ✅C. S. Lewis (Author) - Kenneth Branagh, Alex Jennings, Michael York (Narrators)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅FINGERPRINT with FP logo
- ✅The Art of War (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) (Fingerprint! Classics)
- ✅Hardcover Book
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- ✅S. E. Hinton (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅224 Pages - 04/20/2006 (Publication Date) - Viking Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
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- ✅School is starting, order your book today!
- ✅William Golding (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅BRAND NEW TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD PAPERBACK BOOK
- ✅Lee, Harper (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅We search for any book you like In Chinese, Russian and Spanish Service for Businesses,...
- ✅Wilson Rawls (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Great product!
- ✅Plath, Sylvia (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Author: George Orwell.
- ✅Publisher: Signet
- ✅Pages: 140
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- ✅Hemingway, Ernest (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1216 Pages - 04/13/2021 (Publication Date) - Scribner (Publisher)
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- ✅Emily Brontë (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅416 Pages - 12/31/2002 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅L'Engle, Madeleine (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅256 Pages - 05/01/2007 (Publication Date) - Square Fish (Publisher)
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- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Tolkien, J.R.R. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Narrator's Intro: 'If you really want to know...'
- ✅Personal Connection: 'We read and feel understood deeply'
- ✅Masterful Use of Language: 'A genius with words'
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- ✅Amsco Publications Model#752187668954
- ✅Music Sales (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Captivating children's book
- ✅Jess Aaron's greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade
- ✅He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them...
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- ✅Alcott, Louisa May (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅504 Pages - 01/01/1989 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅80 Pages - 03/01/2016 (Publication Date) - Faber Piano Adventures (Publisher)
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- ✅Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- ✅Ken Kesey (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Audible Audiobook
- ✅J. R. R. Tolkien (Author) - Rob Inglis (Narrator)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Burgess, Anthony (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Audible Audiobook
- ✅Lucy Maud Montgomery (Author) - Rachel McAdams (Narrator)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅London, Jack (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅106 Pages - 02/18/2021 (Publication Date) - Reader's Library Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Coelho, Paulo (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Audible Audiobook
- ✅Robert Louis Stevenson (Author) - Neil Hunt (Narrator)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Keyes, Daniel (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅311 Pages - 05/01/2005 (Publication Date) - Mariner Books Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅Audible Audiobook
- ✅Percival Everett (Author) - Dominic Hoffman (Narrator)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Used Book in Good Condition
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅24 Pages - 01/01/1988 (Publication Date) - Faber Piano Adventures (Publisher)
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- ✅Audible Audiobook
- ✅Ayn Rand (Author) - Edward Herrmann (Narrator)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅DK (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Alexandre Dumas (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅928 Pages - 03/31/1998 (Publication Date) - Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Publisher)
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- ✅Eugenides, Jeffrey (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅269 Pages - 10/02/2018 (Publication Date) - Picador Paper (Publisher)
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- ✅Stoker, Bram (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅560 Pages - 04/29/2003 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅Charles Dickens (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅544 Pages - 05/27/2003 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅Homer (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅541 Pages - 10/31/2006 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅Author: J. R. R. Tolkien.
- ✅Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- ✅Pages: 300
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- ✅New
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Rowling, J.K. (Author)
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- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Tolkien, J.R.R. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Charles Dickens (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅410 Pages - 12/21/2025 (Publication Date) - Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Publisher)
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- ✅Audible Audiobook
- ✅J. R. R. Tolkien (Author) - Andy Serkis (Narrator)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Goldman, William (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, paperback
- ✅Tolstoy, Leo (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅880 Pages - 10/05/2021 (Publication Date) - Picador (Publisher)
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- ✅East of Eden
- ✅John Steinbeck
- ✅Steinbeck, John (Author)
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- ✅Various (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1208 Pages - 06/18/2024 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
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- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅DK (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Used Book in Good Condition
- ✅Tolstoy, Leo (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅784 Pages - 08/31/2004 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅Brand: Generic
- ✅Greatest Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
- ✅Hardcover Book
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- ✅Mary Shelley (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅352 Pages - 12/21/2025 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Goldman, William (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Williams, Garth (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Austen, Jane (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Park, Barbara (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅05/29/2001 (Publication Date) - Random House Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
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- ✅Schwarz, Johannes M (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅156 Pages - 11/23/2025 (Publication Date) - Independently published (Publisher)
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- ✅Busom, Rais (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅168 Pages - 11/19/2025 (Publication Date) - Writers-Publishing.com (Publisher)
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- ✅paperback
- ✅Lowry, Lois (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Great product!
- ✅Atwood, Margaret (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Fahrenheit 451;9781451673319;1451673310
- ✅Ray Bradbury (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Boyne, John (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅215 Pages - 10/23/2007 (Publication Date) - David Fickling Books (Publisher)
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- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Kingsolver, Barbara (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅ Louisa May Alcott (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅5 beloved beginner books by Dr. Seuss will be cherished by young & old alike.
- ✅Ideal for reading aloud or reading alone.
- ✅Includes: The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on...
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- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Milne, A. A. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅FINGERPRINT with FP logo
- ✅The Complete Grimms' Fairy Tales (Complete Grimms' Fairy Tales; Fingerprint! Classics)
- ✅Hardcover Book
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- ✅Jane Austen (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅329 Pages - 09/01/1997 (Publication Date) - Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Publisher)
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- ✅Jackson, Shirley (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅208 Pages - 11/28/2006 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅Used Book in Good Condition
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Dumas, Alexandre (Author)
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- ✅Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅162 Pages - 02/25/2021 (Publication Date) - Reader's Library Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅Charlotte Bronte, ed. by Stevie Davies and Currer Bell, Jane Eyre, paperback, Charlotte Brontë
- ✅Charlotte Brontë (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Audible Audiobook
- ✅Mark Twain (Author) - Elijah Wood (Narrator)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
82
- ✅It is easy to carry.
- ✅The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) (Fingerprint! Classics)
- ✅Hardcover Book
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- ✅FINGERPRINT with FP logo
- ✅The Iliad & the Odyssey (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
- ✅Hardcover Book
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- ✅FINGERPRINT with FP logo
- ✅World's Greatest Short Stories (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
- ✅Hardcover Book
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- ✅Jules Verne (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅256 Pages - 12/30/1998 (Publication Date) - Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Publisher)
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- ✅Vonnegut, Kurt (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅288 Pages - 01/12/1999 (Publication Date) - Dial Press Trade Paperback (Publisher)
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- ✅Leo Tolstoy (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1024 Pages - 08/31/1997 (Publication Date) - Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Publisher)
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- ✅Alexandre Dumas père (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅592 Pages - 07/30/1997 (Publication Date) - Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Publisher)
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- ✅Happy Birthday to You! Hardcover – August 12, 1959
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Dr. Seuss (Author)
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- ✅Wilde, Oscar (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅304 Pages - 02/04/2003 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅Tolkien, J.R.R. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1728 Pages - 09/25/2012 (Publication Date) - Del Rey (Publisher)
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- ✅Grimm, Jacob (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅676 Pages - 11/01/2011 (Publication Date) - Canterbury Classics (Publisher)
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- ✅Bram Stoker (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅352 Pages - 09/01/1997 (Publication Date) - Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Publisher)
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- ✅Great product!
- ✅Austen, Jane (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
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- ✅Dumas, Alexandre (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1312 Pages - 05/27/2003 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)