Penguin Classics Books

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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 177 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,958,947 ratings — published 1818
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,948,127 ratings — published 1890
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 160 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,375,860 ratings — published 1847
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 159 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,924,009 ratings — published 1813
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 154 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,239,925 ratings — published 1847
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The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,055,718 ratings — published 1846
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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,225,672 ratings — published -700
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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,514,030 ratings — published 1897
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,123,163 ratings — published 1866
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Emma Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,006,292 ratings — published 1815
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Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,319,159 ratings — published 1811
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Great Expectations Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 886,389 ratings — published 1861
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A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,025,254 ratings — published 1859
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.11 — 952,333 ratings — published 1878
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The Iliad The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 523,257 ratings — published -800
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Persuasion Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 796,361 ratings — published 1817
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.57 — 626,953 ratings — published 1851
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Little Women (Little Women, #1) Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 88 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,507,975 ratings — published 1868
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 88 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,346,600 ratings — published 1885
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.84 — 306,389 ratings — published 1891
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Oliver Twist Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.88 — 433,693 ratings — published 1838
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Mansfield Park Mansfield Park (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.86 — 385,645 ratings — published 1814
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Les Misérables Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.21 — 854,855 ratings — published 1862
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War and Peace War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.17 — 372,875 ratings — published 1869
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The Woman in White The Woman in White (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 169,252 ratings — published 1859
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Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 464,518 ratings — published 1817
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Don Quixote Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.91 — 311,259 ratings — published 1605
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Middlemarch Middlemarch (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 183,499 ratings — published 1872
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.06 — 617,873 ratings — published 1871
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Madame Bovary Madame Bovary (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.71 — 383,381 ratings — published 1856
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The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.53 — 240,288 ratings — published 1400
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Metamorphoses Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 79,744 ratings — published 8
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 410,625 ratings — published 1959
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The Aeneid The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 67 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.88 — 146,392 ratings — published -19
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Paradise Lost Paradise Lost (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.86 — 185,919 ratings — published 1667
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The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.83 — 356,585 ratings — published 1898
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Meditations Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 367,903 ratings — published 180
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.44 — 932,938 ratings — published 1850
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.39 — 402,815 ratings — published 1880
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Gulliver’s Travels Gulliver’s Travels (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.59 — 302,581 ratings — published 1726
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Vanity Fair Vanity Fair (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 134,198 ratings — published 1847
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Inferno Inferno (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 65 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 210,196 ratings — published 1321
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.43 — 568,404 ratings — published 1899
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.45 — 677,460 ratings — published 1952
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David Copperfield David Copperfield (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 263,482 ratings — published 1850
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,012,418 ratings — published 1939
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 60 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.13 — 397,082 ratings — published 1902
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The Republic The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 230,058 ratings — published -400
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 135,468 ratings — published 1848
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Far From the Madding Crowd Far From the Madding Crowd (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 168,937 ratings — published 1874
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James Joyce
“Damn it, I can understand a fellow being hard up but what I can't understand is a fellow sponging. Couldn't he have some spark of manhood about him?”
James Joyce, Dubliners

Fyodor Dostoevsky
“That's the horror of it for me, that I understand everything!”
Fyodor Dostoevsky

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