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A Compendium of Classic Books to Read

A comprehensive list of classic books spanning a long time frame to read in a lifetime. From children's classics up through adult.
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Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
Anonymous
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The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
Homer
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
Homer
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Dr. Faustus
Dr. Faustus
6
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
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The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
8
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
9
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
William Shakespeare
10
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
11
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
12
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
13
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
William Shakespeare
14
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
15
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
16
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
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Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
Jane Austen
18
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen
19
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
Jane Austen
20
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
21
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Anne Brontë
23
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)
Shirley
Charlotte Brontë
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Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
Charlotte Brontë
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Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
Anne Brontë
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Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
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Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
28
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
29
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell
30
Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Wives and Daughters
Elizabeth Gaskell
31
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
William Thackeray
32
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
34
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
35
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
36
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
37
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
38
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
E.M. Forster
39
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
40
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
E.M. Forster
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