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The Magus The Magus

John Fowles
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Factotum Factotum

Charles Bukowski
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Bastard Out of Carolina Bastard Out of Carolina

Dorothy Allison
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The Long Valley The Long Valley

John Steinbeck, John H Timmerman (Introduction by)
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Les Miserables Les Miserables

Victor Hugo
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear (Translator)
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm The Original Folk and Fairy...

Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
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The Jungle The Jungle

Upton Sinclair
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A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens
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Cancer Ward Cancer Ward

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Nicholas Bethell (Translator)
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Tales from Earthsea Tales from Earthsea

Ursula K Le Guin
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The Journey to the East The Journey to the East

Hermann Hesse
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court A Connecticut Yankee in King...

Mark Twain, Leland Krauth (Introduction by)
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The Good Soldier The Good Soldier

Ford Madox Ford, Sara Haslam (Introduction and notes by)
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Bleak House Bleak House

Charles Dickens, Nicola Bradbury (Notes by)
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Ringworld Ringworld

Larry Niven
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The Sea and Poison The Sea and Poison

Shusaku Endo, Professor Michael Gallagher (Translator)
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The Idiot The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Don Quixote Don Quixote

Miguel De Cervantes, Tobias Smollett (Translator)
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Purgatorio Purgatorio

Dante Alighieri, Jean Hollander (Translator)
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Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York Mrs Harris Goes to Paris &...

Paul Gallico
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An American Tragedy An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser, Richard Lingeman (Introduction by)
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Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained Paradise Lost and Paradise...

John Milton, Christopher Ricks (Editor)
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Metamorphosis (Original Classics) Metamorphosis (Original...

Franz Kafka
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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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