,

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

This list is for the books in the Collins Classics imprint. I think some covers don't suit their contents, but most are really beautiful and appropriate.

NOTE: This is for books in the Collins Classics imprint only. Please do not add another books to this list.
1

by
4.16 avg rating — 2,319,569 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
3.90 avg rating — 2,042,762 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 511,254 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.03 avg rating — 130,626 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
4.17 avg rating — 1,294,338 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.15 avg rating — 183,037 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.05 avg rating — 49,394 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.09 avg rating — 1,294,375 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
3.99 avg rating — 436,083 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
3.85 avg rating — 453,000 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
3.97 avg rating — 195,378 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
3.83 avg rating — 175,873 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.91 avg rating — 1,882,061 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
3.93 avg rating — 5,905,098 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
3.75 avg rating — 36,804 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
3.74 avg rating — 2,819,310 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
4.03 avg rating — 373,622 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.16 avg rating — 33,463 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
4.03 avg rating — 206,969 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.02 avg rating — 1,473,664 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.05 avg rating — 981,417 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
3.94 avg rating — 577,938 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
3.57 avg rating — 615,186 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
4.02 avg rating — 240,417 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
3.90 avg rating — 132,756 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
4.01 avg rating — 121,947 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
3.77 avg rating — 149,555 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
3.55 avg rating — 74,411 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.34 avg rating — 2,269 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
3.84 avg rating — 302,371 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
3.78 avg rating — 80,491 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
3.96 avg rating — 276,874 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.03 avg rating — 81,881 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.01 avg rating — 165,927 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
3.91 avg rating — 24,971 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
3.74 avg rating — 180,431 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
3.88 avg rating — 889 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
4.23 avg rating — 324,239 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
3.91 avg rating — 98,726 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
3.87 avg rating — 125,389 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
3.83 avg rating — 39,583 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
3.91 avg rating — 471,875 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
3.94 avg rating — 570,044 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
3.52 avg rating — 13,533 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
3.85 avg rating — 539,756 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
3.71 avg rating — 374,318 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
3.69 avg rating — 93,581 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
4.23 avg rating — 124,848 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
3.68 avg rating — 7,165 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
3.50 avg rating — 137,676 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
3.88 avg rating — 1,011,626 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
4.33 avg rating — 1,111,534 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
4.13 avg rating — 493,966 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
4.01 avg rating — 143,410 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
3.78 avg rating — 227,101 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
57

by
3.71 avg rating — 81,808 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
3.81 avg rating — 133,099 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
3.92 avg rating — 242,521 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
3.59 avg rating — 298,588 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
3.37 avg rating — 9,916 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
4.03 avg rating — 205,923 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
4.04 avg rating — 211,100 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
4.05 avg rating — 129,640 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
3.79 avg rating — 67,991 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
4.13 avg rating — 1,872,987 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
4.14 avg rating — 387,473 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
3.87 avg rating — 114,833 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
3.83 avg rating — 664,162 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
3.86 avg rating — 379,369 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
3.59 avg rating — 46,358 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
4.03 avg rating — 63,909 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
4.10 avg rating — 346,505 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
3.96 avg rating — 55,375 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
4.29 avg rating — 105,439 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.88 avg rating — 427,318 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
77

by
4.11 avg rating — 30,556 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
4.09 avg rating — 10,622 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
4.30 avg rating — 46,689 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
3.87 avg rating — 66,073 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
3.84 avg rating — 88,737 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
82

by
3.52 avg rating — 48,645 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
3.75 avg rating — 12,240 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
4.02 avg rating — 91,744 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
3.92 avg rating — 582 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
3.53 avg rating — 237,764 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.83 avg rating — 1,336,173 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
88

by
3.30 avg rating — 110,006 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
3.63 avg rating — 13,875 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
3.91 avg rating — 109,890 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
91

by
3.90 avg rating — 17,852 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
92

by
3.70 avg rating — 102,162 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
92

by
3.70 avg rating — 40,005 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
92

by
3.77 avg rating — 154,929 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
95

by
4.02 avg rating — 218,071 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
96

by
3.89 avg rating — 1,018,740 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
4.03 avg rating — 1,049,072 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
98

by
3.89 avg rating — 6,138 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
99

by
3.77 avg rating — 202,634 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
100

by
3.84 avg rating — 4,300 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
178 books · 40 voters · list created October 11th, 2015 by Lapsus Linguae (votes) .
75 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Lapsus 810 books
10 friends
Полина 1 book
2 friends
Andriy 776 books
88 friends
Mercedé Khodadadi 2966 books
210 friends
Natasha 516 books
21 friends
Rachel 565 books
95 friends
Maria 337 books
6 friends
Ann 1728 books
483 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-3 of 3 (3 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

Mercedé Khodadadi Thanks for creating this list. I'm fan of Collins classics and have some of the book in my bookcase.

The only thing is, should we vote based on the book content or the cover design? If it's for content, I can say I love most of the books in this list because I'm a classic lover and reader; however there are some favourites that I don't like their cover; The Great Gatsby for example, eventhough it's the second best book I read in my life.

If the vote is based on the cover, then I can say there are some I still haven't read but I absolutely love their covers, like Inforno.


message 2: by Lapsus (new)

Lapsus Linguae Mercedé, your question made me thinking for a while, and I now feel that content is more important for voting.
I'm also Collins Classics fan, I love most of their covers, but some (like women with present day make-up on 19th century book covers) seems to me inappropriate.
And I've just read The Great Gatsby in Collins Classics edition, I absolutely loved the novel, but didn't like its cover.


message 3: by Len (new)

Len Only recently I finished reading The Mighty Walzer by Howard Jacobson and Collins Classics, in hardback format, get a deserved mention. In addition to their literary value it appears they make admirable ping pong bats.


back to top



Related News

As you might expect, we are book people here at Goodreads World Headquarters—rather intense book people, actually. And when the holidays roll...

Anyone can add books to this list.