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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Every era of Classics
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The Complete Short Stories of Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
The Complete Short Stories of Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
4.1·1886·640p
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
3.5·1400·556p
The Mahabharata
Vyasa
The Mahabharata
Vyasa
4.1·0·1500p
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
4.3·1996·1079p
The Bhagavad Gita
Anonymous
The Bhagavad Gita
Anonymous
4.2·0·288p
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
4.1·1929·296p
King Lear
William Shakespeare
King Lear
William Shakespeare
3.9·1606·152p
Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton
Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton
3.9·1948·316p
A Personal Matter
Kenzaburo Oe
A Personal Matter
Kenzaburo Oe
3.9·1964·165p
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H.G. Wells
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H.G. Wells
3.6·1896·176p
The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck
The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck
4.0·1931·357p
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne
3.7·1759·640p
Effi Briest
Theodor Fontane
Effi Briest
Theodor Fontane
3.7·1895·328p
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
4.4·2003·371p
The Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
The Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
4.5·1010·896p
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders
3.8·2017·343p
Lyrical Ballads
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Lyrical Ballads
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
4.0·1798·240p
Lysistrata
Aristophanes
Lysistrata
Aristophanes
3.9·0·408p
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
3.7·1924·362p
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
3.9·1912·96p
Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence
4.5·1913·464p
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
4.5·2007·372p
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Flannery O'Connor
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Flannery O'Connor
4.2·1955·251p
Confessions
Saint Augustine
Confessions
Saint Augustine
4.0·400·352p
