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.
Time dial
Every era of Classics
From this year all the way back.
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Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
4.0·1987·298p
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
4.1·2002·467p
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
4.0·1939·496p
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
4.1·1922·152p
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
3.9·1895·144p
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
3.8·1876·327p
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
3.9·2001·480p
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
3.0·1851·731p
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
3.9·19·508p
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
3.8·1859·544p
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.3·1974·400p
Emma
Jane Austen
Emma
Jane Austen
3.9·1815·514p
The Trial
Franz Kafka
The Trial
Franz Kafka
3.8·1918·231p
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo
4.2·1800·1711p
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
4.1·1962·336p
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
4.2·1967·229p
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
2.7·1869·838p
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
4.5·2022·560p
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
4.0·1862·0p
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
3.4·1899·228p
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
3.9·501·190p
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
3.8·1818·96p
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
3.9·1962·146p
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
4.0·1508·176p
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
3.9·1600·992p
War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells
War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells
3.8·1898·180p
No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai
No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai
3.9·1948·177p
Night
Elie Wiesel
Night
Elie Wiesel
4.4·1958·126p
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
3.9·1876·231p
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
3.9·1811·409p
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
3.8·1861·512p
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
4.2·1997·435p
Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein
3.9·1961·530p
The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury
4.2·1950·182p
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
4.1·1966·370p
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
4.1·1843·382p
Stoner
John Williams
Stoner
John Williams
4.4·1965·288p
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
4.2·1982·288p
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
3.5·1994·607p
Watership Down
Richard Adams
Watership Down
Richard Adams
4.2·1972·385p
