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The Good Soldier The Good Soldier

Ford Madox Ford, Sara Haslam (Introduction and notes by)
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte, John S Whitley (Notes by)
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Brideshead Revisited (75th Anniversary Edition) Brideshead Revisited (75th...

Evelyn Waugh
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The Corrections The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen
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The Brothers Karamazov: A Norton Critical Edition The Brothers Karamazov: A...

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Susan McReynolds (Translator)
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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume II Sherlock Holmes: The Complete...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Ivanhoe Ivanhoe

Sir Walter Scott, David Blair (Notes by)
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The Code of the Woosters The Code of the Woosters

P G Wodehouse
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The Monk The Monk

Matthew Gregory Lewis, Christopher MacLachlan
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Absalom, Absalom! Absalom, Absalom!

William Faulkner
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The Idiot The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alan Myers (Translator)
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Frankenstein Frankenstein

Mary Shelley, Maurice Hindle (Notes by)
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El libro de la vida El libro de la vida

Santa Teresa De Jesus
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The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy The Greatest Short Stories of...

Leo Tolstoy
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck
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Memoria de MIS Putas Tristes / Memories of My Melancholy Whores Memoria de MIS Putas Tristes ...

Gabriel García Márquez
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Longbourn Longbourn

Jo Baker
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Tales from Earthsea Tales from Earthsea

Ursula K Le Guin
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Macbeth Macbeth

William Shakespeare, Dr. Barbara A. Mowat (Editor)
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Dubliners Dubliners

James Joyce, Laurence Davies (Notes by)
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The Odyssey The Odyssey

Homer,
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Alice in Wonderland Collection: All Four Books Alice in Wonderland...

Lewis Carroll
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House of Shadows House of Shadows

Darcy Coates
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The Tragedy of Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth

William Shakespeare, Barbara a Mowat (Editor)
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To become a "classic," a book usually needs to meet some key criteria. First and foremost, it must be well-known and revered for its literary genius or impact on culture. Classic books were written many years ago but still hold a place of importance in the academic world. A book that's considered a classic will be read and appreciated by generation after generation. Classic books in fiction can span a variety of genres, from sci-fi novels to horror.

Hundreds of classic fiction book titles remain popular among readers and continue to educate, entertain and delight for decades and even centuries.

Some of the most popular classic fiction books of all time are:

  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, published in 1813
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, published in 1868
  • To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, published in 1960
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, published in 1951

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Yes! Some classic fiction books enjoyed by all ages include:

  • The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
  • Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
  • Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
  • Heidi by Johanna Spyri
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • The Sword In The Stone by T.H. White
  • Peter Pan by J.M Barrie

And that's just to name a few.

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