Books and Reading

Traditional Classics

Have a teacher telling you it's time to read a "classic"?  Check out this list for a variety of literature published before 1950.



Emma Emma
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights
Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848.

The stranger The stranger
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.

Don Quixote. English Don Quixote. English
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.

The awakening The awakening
Chopin, Kate, 1851-1904.

Heart of darkness Heart of darkness
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.

The last of the Mohicans
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.

Great expectations Great expectations
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Invisible man Invisible man
Ellison, Ralph.


Tess of the d'Urbervilles Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.

The power and the glory The power and the glory
Greene, Graham, 1904-1991.

Brave new world Brave new world
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.

One flew over the cuckoo's nest One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Kesey, Ken.


To kill a mockingbird To kill a mockingbird
Lee, Harper.

The heart is a lonely hunter The heart is a lonely hunter
McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967.

Death of a salesman; certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem. Death of a salesman; certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem.
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005.

Gone with the wind Gone with the wind
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.

Animal farm Animal farm
Orwell, George, 1903-1950.


The fountainhead The fountainhead
Rand, Ayn.

All quiet on the western front
Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970.

King Lear King Lear
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Frankenstein Frankenstein
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.

The jungle The jungle
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968.


A tree grows in Brooklyn A tree grows in Brooklyn
Smith, Betty, 1896-1972.

The grapes of wrath The grapes of wrath
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.

Dracula Dracula
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.

Uncle Tom's cabin Uncle Tom's cabin
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.

Anna Karenina Anna Karenina
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

Ethan Frome Ethan Frome
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.

The once and future king.
White, T. H. (Terence Hanbury), 1906-1964.

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