Penguin Classics Listings

by Penguin Classics

This catalog provides complete, annotated descriptions of all books currently in our Classics series, as well as those in the Pelican Shakespeare series.

Genres: Reference, Classics, Nonfiction, Books About Books

286 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, providing readers with a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. We focus on bringing together the best of the past and the future, using cutting-edge design and production as well as embracing the digital age to create unforgettable editions of treasured literature. Penguin Classics is timeless and trend setting. Whether you love our familiar black-spine series, our Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions, or our Penguin Enriched eBook Classics, we bring the writer to the reader in every format available.

Reviews

[Quirkyreader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you Penguin Random House for creating the ongoing Annotated listing. This book took me down memory lane, and got me all excited over reading the other classics I have in piles waiting to be read.

Now, if I could just find older versions of the Annotated listing to add to my Penguin collection that would be splendid. My Penguin collection was technically started with one from the 1960's that my father read at University. I think is was a translation of the "Odyssey".

And somthing super cool would be a coffee table style book with the covers of different editions over the years.

[Carlton Duff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book that will add books to your “want to” read list (and the should have already read list!)

[Ashley 🫧✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting Overview

✨ brief synopsis of hundreds of classics
✨ added innumerable books to my TBR list
💔 repeat entries
📌 definitely thought this was going to be a quick read. It was not!

[Shon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent companion of All Penguin Classics. !

[Arjun]

Bookmarks in comments

[Whitney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you Penguin for this wonderfully detailed reference to all of your incredible stories!!

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read the sonnets and 5 plays for a class. I like Shakespeare - but I understand him much better after spending time in the classroom going over the plays carefully and hearing someone else's viewpoint besides my own.

[Teri-K · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really useful list for those who enjoy reading about books and going beyond the typical classics - not that those aren't usually the best. Still, you never know when you might find a hidden gem! This guide gives me lots of ideas for further reading.