Classics

A classic stands the test of time. The work is usually considered to be a representation of the period in which it was written; and the work merits lasting recognition. In other words, if the book was published in the recent past, the work is not a classic.

A classic has a certain universal appeal. Great works of literature touch us to our very core beings--partly because they integrate themes that are understood by readers from a wide range of backgrounds and levels of experience. Themes of love, hate, death, life, and faith touch upon some of our most basic emotional responses.

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The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History
Animal Farm
The Little Prince
Dune (Dune, #1)
The Great Gatsby
The Metamorphosis
To Kill a Mockingbird
Fahrenheit 451
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
Of Mice and Men
The Catcher in the Rye
The Bell Jar
The Old Man and the Sea
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
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  • Pride and Prejudice
    The Great Gatsby
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Jane Eyre
    1984
    Wuthering Heights
    Animal Farm
    The Catcher in the Rye
    Little Women
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
    Lord of the Flies
    Romeo and Juliet
    Of Mice and Men
    Sense and Sensibility
    Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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    War and Peace by Leo TolstoyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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    1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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