Classics
Featured — award winners and classics first, when available. Use “Show different books” for a new selection.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Tunnel in the sky
Make Way for Ducklings
The Bluest Eye
A Wrinkle in Time
The Sun Also Rises
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ox-cart man
Of Mice and Men
East of Eden
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass
Heidi
Meditations
The Tempest
The Railway Children
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]
Dubliners
Bleak House
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
A Study in Scarlet
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Secret Agent
The Classic Tale of the Velveteen Rabbit
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Candide
War and Peace
Brave New World
A Christmas Carol
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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