1384 titles · curated
All-time Classics
The shelf that everything else leans on.
Canon and counter-canon. Books that have survived being misread for a hundred years.
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The whole shelf · 1384 titles
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1984
George Orwell
1984
George Orwell
4.2·1949·336p
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Animal Farm
George Orwell
4.1·1945·140p
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
4.0·1953·227p
To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee
To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee
4.3·1960·309p
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.9·1925·180p
Brave New World Revisited
Aldous Huxley
Brave New World Revisited
Aldous Huxley
4.0·1958·332p
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
4.2·1985·324p
The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger
3.8·1945·277p
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
4.2·1811·480p
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
3.7·1954·208p
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
4.1·1890·186p
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
4.1·1969·215p
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
3.9·1988·181p
The Stranger
Albert Camus
The Stranger
Albert Camus
4.0·1942·134p
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.3·1866·536p
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
3.9·1937·162p
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
4.3·1943·136p
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
3.9·1915·45p
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
4.0·2006·287p
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
3.8·1950·131p
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
4.1·1847·432p
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
4.1·1968·223p
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
3.6·1844·1276p
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez
4.1·1967·496p
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
4.2·1846·555p
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
4.2·1966·311p
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
4.0·1961·443p
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
4.2·1947·333p
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
4.0·1932·234p
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
3.8·1952·127p
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.0·1968·251p
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
4.3·2015·720p
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
3.9·1955·335p
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
4.2·1868·818p
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
3.7·19·336p
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
4.0·1962·144p
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
4.5·1952·601p
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
4.4·1946·240p
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.3·1876·796p
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
4.1·1878·864p
