100 English Literature Classics
English literature has produced some of the most outstanding works of literature in the world. From Shakespeare’s plays to Charles Dickens’ novels, there’s no shortage of literary classics that have stood the test of time. Here are 100 English literature classics to add to your reading list:
1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
3. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
4. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
5. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
6. Dracula by Bram Stoker
7. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
8. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
9. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
10. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
11. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
12. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
13. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
14. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
15. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
16. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
17. Animal Farm by George Orwell
18. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
19. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
20. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
21. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
22. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
23. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
24. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
25. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
26. Beloved by Toni Morrison
27. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
28. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
29. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
30. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
31. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
32. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
33. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
34. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
35. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
36. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
37. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
38. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
39. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
40. Othello by William Shakespeare
41. King Lear by William Shakespeare
42. Paradise Lost by John Milton
43. Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
44. Beowulf by Anonymous
45. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Anonymous
46. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
47. A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
48. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
49. Pamela by Samuel Richardson
50. Emma by Jane Austen
51. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
52. Persuasion by Jane Austen
53. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
54. Howards End by E.M. Forster
55. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
56. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
57. The Waves by Virginia Woolf
58. Dubliners by James Joyce
59. Ulysses by James Joyce
60. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
61. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
62. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
63. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
64. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
65. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
66. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
67. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
68. Light in August by William Faulkner
69. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
70. Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
71. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
72. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
73. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
74. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
75. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
76. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
77. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
78. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
79. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
80. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
81. Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
82. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
83. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
84. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
85. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
86. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
87. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
88. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
89. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
90. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
91. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
92. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
93. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
94. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
95. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
96. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
97. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
98. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
99. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
100. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
These 100 English literature classics span over several centuries and different genres, offering readers endless options to choose from. So, whether you’re an avid reader or just starting, these books are a must for your reading list.
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