Must Read Classics

Classic books stand the test of time by capturing readers’ attention generation after generation. They focus on themes that people across continents, religious backgrounds, socioeconomic circumstances and education levels can all relate to, such as love and loss. Many classic novels explore familial relationships and how life circumstances can change on a dime. The best classic literature endures because it is well-written and appeals to a wide swath of readers who want to travel to far-away locations, laugh at the improbable, or feel heart-pumping excitement—all vicariously. A list of the best classic novels should transport the reader to times in the past, future or present that give them new things to aspire to and ponder.

The best classic novels remain relevant and accessible decade after decade. Classic literature is not a genre—it encompasses romance, science fiction, humor and any other type of book. Instead, what makes a book a classic is expressing something fundamental about the human condition. These novels are relatable.

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  • Demons: A Novel in Three Parts (Translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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    Demons: A Novel in Three Parts (Translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky) by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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    Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horried Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a "novel-pamphlet" in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land...
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  • Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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    Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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    Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of The Brothers Karamazov the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Pevear and Volokhonsky...
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  • The Godfather by Mario Puzo
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    The Godfather by Mario Puzo

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    The classic novel that inspired 'the greatest crime film of all time.' Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord...
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  • The Screwtape Letters: Letters from a Senior to a Junior Devil by C.S. Lewis
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    The Screwtape Letters: Letters from a Senior to a Junior Devil by C.S. Lewis

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    A milestone in the history of popular theology, 'The Screwtape Letters' is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the...
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  • Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics Bronte Series) by Charlotte Bronte
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    Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics Bronte Series) by Charlotte Bronte

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    A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Charlotte Bronte's masterpieceWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAGGIE O'FARRELLAs an orphan, Jane's childhood is full of trouble, but her stubborn independence and sense of self help her to steer through the miseries inflicted...
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  • The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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    The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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    Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Introduction and Notes by Agnes Cardinal, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Kent. Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in...
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  • Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
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    Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

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    One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World''Rhys took one of the works of genius of the 19th Century and turned it inside-out to create one of the works of genius of the 20th Century' -- Michele RobertsJean Rhys's masterpiece tells the story...
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  • A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas (Vintage Classics Woolf Series) by Virginia Woolf
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    A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas (Vintage Classics Woolf Series) by Virginia Woolf

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    'Brilliant interweaving of personal experience, imaginative musing and political clarity' -- Kate MosseThis volume combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century. Together they form a brilliant attack...
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  • The Trial by Franz Kafka
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    The Trial by Franz Kafka

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    A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to...
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  • Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh
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    Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh

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    Brideshead Revisited is Evelyn Waugh's stunning novel of duty and desire set amongst the decadent, faded glory of the English aristocracy in the run-up to the Second World War.The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead...
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  • The BFG by  Roald Dahl
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    The BFG by Roald Dahl

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    ‘We is in Dream Country,’ the BFG said. ‘This is where all dreams is beginning.’ This beautiful edition of The BFG, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is...
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  • Complete Ghost Stories - Wordsworth Classics by Charles Dickens
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    Complete Ghost Stories - Wordsworth Classics by Charles Dickens

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    Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens' lifetime. He had always loved a good ghost story himself, particularly at Christmas time, and was open-minded, willing to accept, and indeed put to the test, the existence of spirits...
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  • East of Eden (Penguin Orange Collection) by John Steinbeck
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    East of Eden (Penguin Orange Collection) by John Steinbeck

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    Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback.A Penguin Classic.Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50...
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  • The Odyssey: Translated by Emily Wilson by Homer, Emily Wilson (Translator)
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    The Odyssey: Translated by Emily Wilson by Homer, Emily Wilson (Translator)

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    A New York Times Notable Book of 2018."Wilson’s language is fresh, unpretentious and lean…It is rare to find a translation that is at once so effortlessly easy to read and so rigorously considered." —Madeline Miller, author of...
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  • Little Women (Wordsworth Editions) by Louisa May Alcott
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    Little Women (Wordsworth Editions) by Louisa May Alcott

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    Little Women is one of the best-loved children’s stories of all time, based on the author’s own youthful experiences. It describes the family of the four March sisters living in a small New England community. Meg, the eldest, is pretty and...
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  • Flush - Penguin Little Black Classics by Virginia Woolf
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    Flush - Penguin Little Black Classics by Virginia Woolf

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    'Things are not simple but complex. If he bit Mr. Browning he bit her too. Hatred is not hatred; hatred is also love.'Virginia Woolf's delightful biography of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel, which asks what it means to be human - and to be...
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  • Perelandra by C.S. Lewis
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    Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

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    The second novel in Lewis’s science fiction trilogy tells of Dr Ransom’s voyage to the planet of Perelandra (Venus). In the second novel in C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom is called to the paradise planet of...
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  • War And Peace (Oxford University Press) by Leo Tolstoy
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    War And Peace (Oxford University Press) by Leo Tolstoy

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    'If life could write, it would write like Tolstoy.' -- Isaac BabelTolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. The fortunes of the Rostovs and...
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  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Illustrated with Interactive Elements) : & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Minalima)
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    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Illustrated with Interactive Elements) : & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Minalima)

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    Lewis Carroll's beloved classic stories are reimagined in this deluxe illustrated gift edition from the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise, MinaLima--designed with stunning full color artwork and several...
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  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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    The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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    A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Chateau d'If. There he learns...
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