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100 Must-Read Classics According to Penguin

Everyone loves a classic novel, but where to start? From Jane Austen to Charles Dickens, Toni Morrison to Fyodor Dostoevsky, the fiction canon is so vast you can easily get lost in it.. So we asked our readers to tell us about their favourite classic books. The resulting list of must-reads is a perfect way to find inspiration to start your classics adventure. There's something for everyone, from family sagas and dystopian fiction to romances and historical fiction. These are your recommendations (not in any particular order):
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
4
Gabriel García Márquez
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
5
Truman Capote
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
6
Jean Rhys
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
7
Aldous Huxley
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
8
Dodie Smith
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
9
Charlotte Bronte
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
10
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
11
Donna Tartt
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
12
Jack London
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
13
Jane Austen
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
14
Victor Hugo
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
15
Herman Melville
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
16
Virginia Woolf
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
17
Elizabeth Bowen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
18
Mary Shelley
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
19
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
20
L.P. Hartley
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
21
Homer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
22
Ken Kesey
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
23
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
24
J.D. Salinger
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
25
Toni Morrison
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
26
P.G. Wodehouse
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
27
Bram Stoker
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
28
S.E. Hinton
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
29
John Wyndham
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy, Trans. Anthony Briggs)
War and Peace
30
Leo Tolstoy, Trans. Anthony Briggs
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
31
Charles Dickens
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
32
James Baldwin
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
33
Joseph Heller
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
34
Edith Wharton
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
35
Chinua Achebe
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
36
George Eliot
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
37
Salman Rushdie
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
38
Thomas Hardy
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
39
William Makepeace Thackeray
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
40
Evelyn Waugh
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