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.
1
- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Hugo, Victor (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅570 Pages - 10/02/2012 (Publication Date) - HarperPerennial Classics (Publisher)
2
- ✅Phidal Publishing Inc. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅24 Pages - 04/01/2017 (Publication Date) - Phidal Publishing Inc. (Publisher)
$3.95
3
- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Huxley, Aldous (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅166 Pages - 01/01/2014 (Publication Date) - HarperPerennial Classics (Publisher)
4
- ✅Phidal Publishing Inc. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅24 Pages - 09/01/2019 (Publication Date) - Phidal Publishing Inc. (Publisher)
$3.95
5
- ✅Barrett, Judi (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅32 Pages - 04/01/1982 (Publication Date) - Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
$11.99
6
- ✅Dr. Seuss (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅24 Pages - 11/26/1996 (Publication Date) - Random House Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
$6.50
7
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Tenuto, John (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅192 Pages - 09/02/2025 (Publication Date) - Titan Books (Publisher)
8
- ✅There Was An Old Lady, Classic Books with Holes, Book with CD
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅16 Pages - 03/01/2007 (Publication Date) - Child's Play (Publisher)
$7.99
9
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Dr. Seuss (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅360 Pages - 09/22/2009 (Publication Date) - Random House Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
10
- ✅Phidal Publishing Inc. (Author)
- ✅24 Pages - 03/01/2025 (Publication Date) - Phidal Publishing Inc. (Publisher)
$4.95
11
- ✅Founding Fathers (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅106 Pages - 11/20/2020 (Publication Date) - East India Publishing Company (Publisher)
$14.99
12
- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Keyes, Daniel (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅228 Pages - 12/01/2007 (Publication Date) - Mariner Books Classics (Publisher)
13
- ✅Viorst, Judith (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅32 Pages - 07/15/1987 (Publication Date) - Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
$11.99
14
- ✅Great book!
- ✅Leaf, Munro (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅32 Pages - 03/31/2011 (Publication Date) - Grosset & Dunlap (Publisher)
$7.99
15
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Lovecraft, H. P. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1600 Pages - 09/01/2017 (Publication Date) - Sirius (Publisher)
$61.01
16
- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Northup, Solomon (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅209 Pages - 12/05/2017 (Publication Date) - AmazonClassics (Publisher)
17
- ✅Children will immediately respond to Eric Carle's flat, boldly coloured collages.
- ✅Combined with Bill Martin's sing-song text, they create unforgettable images of these endearing animals.
- ✅Carle, Eric (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅24 Pages - 09/15/1996 (Publication Date) - Henry Holt & Company (Publisher)
$11.99
18
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅208 Pages - 10/10/2023 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classic (Publisher)
$21.99
19
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Tolstoy, Leo (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1232 Pages - 01/10/2021 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$52.16
20
- ✅Whitaker, Chris (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅608 Pages - 06/25/2024 (Publication Date) - Crown (Publisher)
$27.00
21
- ✅Brock, Donald (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅49 Pages - 07/28/2025 (Publication Date) - Independently published (Publisher)
$7.99
22
- ✅Phidal Publishing Inc. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅24 Pages - 03/01/2025 (Publication Date) - Phidal Publishing Inc. (Publisher)
$4.95
23
- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Sewell, Anna (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅166 Pages - 10/10/2017 (Publication Date) - AmazonClassics (Publisher)
24
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Zombie, Rob (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅304 Pages - 09/16/2025 (Publication Date) - Insight Editions (Publisher)
$80.00
25
- ✅Potter, Beatrix (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅12 Pages - 03/01/1999 (Publication Date) - Warne (Publisher)
$10.29
26
- ✅Chronicles Narnia The
- ✅Harpercollins Childrens Books
- ✅Lewis, C. S. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1632 Pages - 06/17/2025 (Publication Date) - HarperCollins (Publisher)
$59.48
27
- ✅Phidal Publishing Inc. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅24 Pages - 04/01/2017 (Publication Date) - Phidal Publishing Inc. (Publisher)
$3.95
28
- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅163 Pages - 05/05/2020 (Publication Date) - AmazonClassics (Publisher)
29
- ✅L'Engle, Madeleine (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅224 Pages - 05/01/2007 (Publication Date) - Square Fish (Publisher)
$8.50
30
- ✅The Giving Tree
- ✅Children'S Book
- ✅Hard Cover
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Silverstein, Shel (Author)
$24.99
31
- ✅Hill, Eric (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅22 Pages - 06/30/2003 (Publication Date) - Warne (Publisher)
$10.99
32
- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Dickens, Charles (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅444 Pages - 10/24/2017 (Publication Date) - AmazonClassics (Publisher)
33
- ✅Now Even Younger Children Can Follow The Little Green Caterpillar As He Eats His Way To Becoming A Beautiful Butterfly In This Sturdy Board Book
- ✅Great For Early Development
- ✅Children Will Enjoy This Delightful Tale
- ✅Carle, Eric (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
$14.99
34
- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Stevenson, Robert Louis (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅246 Pages - 06/27/2017 (Publication Date) - AmazonClassics (Publisher)
35
- ✅Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅2220 Pages - 10/20/2023 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$59.99
36
- ✅Modern Library, A nice option for a Book Lover
- ✅Great one for reading
- ✅It's a great choice for a book person
- ✅Aurelius, Marcus (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
$13.00
37
- ✅de Saint-Exupery, Antoine (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅144 Pages - 10/01/2017 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$8.99
38
- ✅Austen, Jane (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1904 Pages - 04/01/2019 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$33.99
39
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Doyle, Arthur Conan (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅632 Pages - 06/01/2018 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$33.99
40
- ✅Plath, Sylvia (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅242 Pages - 01/10/2023 (Publication Date) - Intra (Publisher)
$13.99
41
- ✅Various (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅936 Pages - 08/20/2019 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$33.99
42
- ✅These are the words in Charlotte's web, high in the barn
- ✅Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl named Fern � who loves Wilbur, too
- ✅Their love has been shared by millions of readers
- ✅White, E. B (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
$13.50
43
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Wilde, Oscar (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅336 Pages - 03/01/2020 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$26.99
44
- ✅George, Jean Craighead (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅177 Pages - 04/12/2004 (Publication Date) - Puffin Books (Publisher)
$12.49
45
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Aurelius, Marcus (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅304 Pages - 02/15/2023 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$20.99
46
- ✅PENGUIN GROUP, A nice option for a Book Lover
- ✅It comes with proper packaging
- ✅Comes in Good condition
- ✅Leo Tolstoy (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
$21.99
47
- ✅Austen, Jane (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅368 Pages - 04/29/2003 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
$11.00
48
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Wells, H. G. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅168 Pages - 12/06/2023 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$17.99
49
- ✅Bridge to Terabithia Book
- ✅Paterson, Katherine (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅192 Pages - 05/02/2017 (Publication Date) - HarperCollins (Publisher)
$12.50
50
- ✅Twain, Mark (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅718 Pages - 11/01/2011 (Publication Date) - Canterbury Classics (Publisher)
$29.91
51
- ✅Must read book
- ✅Helpful in various ways
- ✅It ensures you get the best usage for a longer period
- ✅Shakespeare, William (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
$39.99
52
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Milne, A. A. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅368 Pages - 12/12/2023 (Publication Date) - Dutton Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
$46.00
53
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Dickens, Charles (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅96 Pages - 08/25/2022 (Publication Date) - Peter Pauper Press Inc. (Publisher)
$12.40
54
- ✅Aurelius, Marcus (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅304 Pages - 10/31/2006 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
$16.00
55
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Yeats, W. B. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅408 Pages - 03/15/2022 (Publication Date) - Clydesdale (Publisher)
$19.99
56
- ✅Paulsen, Gary (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅192 Pages - 12/26/2006 (Publication Date) - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
$11.99
57
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Tzu, Sun (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅232 Pages - 12/01/2018 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$19.99
58
- ✅Tolstoy, Leo (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1440 Pages - 11/14/2010 (Publication Date) - Oxford University Press (Publisher)
$19.95
59
- ✅Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅128 Pages - 02/28/2017 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classic (Publisher)
60
- ✅Williams, John (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅288 Pages - 06/20/2006 (Publication Date) - NYRB Classics (Publisher)
$20.01
61
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Austen, Jane (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅400 Pages - 08/10/2023 (Publication Date) - Peter Pauper Press (Publisher)
$24.99
62
- ✅Orwell, George (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅144 Pages - 05/04/2021 (Publication Date) - William Collins (Publisher)
$5.99
63
- ✅Language: English
- ✅Pages : 139
- ✅Publisher : Signet Classics
- ✅Poe, Edgar Allan (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
$6.95
64
- ✅Puzo, Mario (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅448 Pages - 03/01/2002 (Publication Date) - NAL (Publisher)
$27.99
65
- ✅Lee, Harper (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅384 Pages - 10/11/1988 (Publication Date) - Grand Central Publishing (Publisher)
66
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Stoker, Bram (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅440 Pages - 03/01/2022 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$26.99
67
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Homer (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅768 Pages - 08/01/2018 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$33.99
68
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Austen, Jane (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅09/03/2024 (Publication Date) - Puffin Books (Publisher)
69
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Alcott, Louisa May (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅536 Pages - 12/19/2023 (Publication Date) - Union Square & Co. (Publisher)
$26.00
70
- ✅Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅176 Pages - 08/30/1994 (Publication Date) - Vintage (Publisher)
$8.99
71
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Alcott, Louisa May (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅554 Pages - 10/10/2023 (Publication Date) - Peter Pauper Press (Publisher)
$29.99
72
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Burnett, Frances Hodgson (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅232 Pages - 12/25/2023 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$19.99
73
- ✅London, Jack (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅108 Pages - 12/09/2019 (Publication Date) - Independently published (Publisher)
$8.49
74
- ✅Amazon Kindle Edition
- ✅Goldman, William (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅501 Pages - 11/05/2013 (Publication Date) - Harper Perennial (Publisher)
75
- ✅Austen, Jane (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅448 Pages - 12/31/2002 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
$12.00
76
- ✅Jackson, Shirley (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅208 Pages - 11/28/2006 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
$17.36
77
- ✅Hinton, S. E. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅224 Pages - 04/20/2006 (Publication Date) - Viking Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
$19.99
78
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Wollstonecraft, Mary (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅219 Pages - 10/10/2023 (Publication Date) - Peter Pauper Press (Publisher)
$20.99
79
- ✅Grimm, Jacob (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅676 Pages - 11/01/2011 (Publication Date) - Canterbury Classics (Publisher)
$33.99
80
- ✅Bronte, Charlotte (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅624 Pages - 08/15/2006 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
$12.00
81
- ✅Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1264 Pages - 02/01/2021 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$31.27
82
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Grimm, Jacob (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅760 Pages - 09/01/2020 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$29.99
83
- ✅Steinbeck, John (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅528 Pages - 03/28/2006 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
$22.08
84
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅696 Pages - 09/01/2019 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$33.99
85
- ✅Orwell, George (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅384 Pages - 05/04/2021 (Publication Date) - William Collins (Publisher)
$5.99
86
- ✅Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅624 Pages - 03/02/1993 (Publication Date) - Vintage (Publisher)
$25.99
87
- ✅Dumas, Alexandre (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅1312 Pages - 05/27/2003 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
$22.00
88
- ✅Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅584 Pages - 08/01/2017 (Publication Date) - Fingerprint! Publishing (Publisher)
$15.99
89
- ✅Marx, Karl (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅80 Pages - 01/02/2018 (Publication Date) - Clydesdale (Publisher)
$3.99
90
- ✅Binding : Paperback
- ✅Pages : 304
- ✅Publisher : Penguin Classics
- ✅Wilde, Oscar (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
$12.00
91
- ✅Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅110 Pages - 01/21/2022 (Publication Date) - Independently published (Publisher)
$6.99
92
- ✅Bronte, Emily (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅416 Pages - 12/31/2002 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
$9.09
93
- ✅Hardcover Book
- ✅Milne, A. A. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅176 Pages - 09/19/2017 (Publication Date) - Dutton Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
$23.00
94
- ✅Alcott, Louisa May (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅544 Pages - 01/01/1989 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
$10.99
95
- ✅Melville, Herman (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅592 Pages - 05/01/2014 (Publication Date) - Canterbury Classics (Publisher)
$7.95
96
- ✅Steinbeck, John (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅107 Pages - 08/29/2023 (Publication Date) - Affordable Classics Limited (Publisher)
$6.99
97
- ✅Bradbury, Ray (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅256 Pages - 01/10/2012 (Publication Date) - Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
$23.00
98
- ✅Salinger, J.D. (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅240 Pages - 05/05/1995 (Publication Date) - Hachette Book Group (Publisher)
$12.99
99
- ✅Coelho, Paulo (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅208 Pages - 04/15/2014 (Publication Date) - HarperOne (Publisher)
$21.99
100
- ✅Rawls, Wilson (Author)
- ✅English (Publication Language)
- ✅304 Pages - 09/01/1996 (Publication Date) - Yearling (Publisher)
$11.99