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The Ultimate Classics List

Classics drawn from world literature and from a variety of genres, including American, British, Russian, French, Italian and Latin American books, and romance, sci-fi, cult fiction, short stories and plays.
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Old Goriot
Old Goriot
1
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
2
Henry James
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
3
Clarice Lispector
Half a Lifelong Romance (Eileen Chang)
Half a Lifelong Romance
4
Eileen Chang
The Woodlanders (Thomas Hardy)
The Woodlanders
5
Thomas Hardy
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
6
Washington Irving
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
7
Honoré De Balzac
Growth of the Soil
Growth of the Soil
8
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
9
Thomas Mann
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
10
Edith Wharton
The City and the Mountains (Eça De Queiroz)
The City and the Mountains
11
Eça De Queiroz
Doctor Glas (Soderberg)
Doctor Glas
12
Soderberg
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
13
Alessandro Manzoni
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
14
Charlotte Brontë
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
15
J.M. Barrie
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
16
Henry James
The Crime of Father Amado
The Crime of Father Amado
17
Black Narcissus (Rumer Godden)
Black Narcissus
18
Rumer Godden
Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
19
Charles Dickens
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
20
Thomas Hardy
The Belly of Paris (Emile Zola)
The Belly of Paris
21
Emile Zola
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
22
Charles Dickens
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
23
Victor Hugo
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Gaston Leroux)
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
24
Gaston Leroux
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
25
Louisa May Alcott
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
26
Emily Bronte
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
27
J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
28
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
29
Jane Austen
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
30
Thomas Hardy
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
31
Harper Lee
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
32
Wilkie Collins
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
33
Charlotte Bronte
A Passage to India (E. M. Forster)
A Passage to India
34
E. M. Forster
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
35
Evelyn Waugh
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
36
Mikhail Bulgakov
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
37
Tennessee Williams
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
38
Victor Hugo
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
39
Leo Tolstoy
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
40
Charles Dickens
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