Classics

A classic stands the test of time. The work is usually considered to be a representation of the period in which it was written; and the work merits lasting recognition. In other words, if the book was published in the recent past, the work is not a classic.

A classic has a certain universal appeal. Great works of literature touch us to our very core beings--partly because they integrate themes that are understood by readers from a wide range of backgrounds and levels of experience. Themes of love, hate, death, life, and faith touch upon some of our most basic emotional responses.

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1984
The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0)
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Alchemist
Romeo and Juliet
Charlotte’s Web
The Outsiders
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
Wuthering Heights
Matilda
Holes (Holes, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Old Man and the Sea
Life of Pi
The Bell Jar
  • Kalila and Dimna by Ramsay Wood
    Kalila and Dimna: Fables of Friendship and Betrayal (Kalila and Dimna, #1-2)
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    Release date: Apr 20, 2008
    2008 1st British edition of original hardback (published by Knopf in 1980 as *Selected Fables of Bidpai*) with Intro by Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing.
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  • Kalila e Dimna, Vol. 1 by Ramsay Wood
    Kalila e Dimna, Vol. 1
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    Release date: Oct 18, 2022
    2008 (1st Italian edition of original hardback (published by Knopf in 1980 as *Selected Fables of Bidpai*) with Intro by Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing.
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  • Conflito e Intriga by Ramsay Wood
    Conflito e Intriga: Contos de Kalila e Dimna
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    Release date: Oct 23, 2020
    “As histórias deveriam estar ao lado do reconto de Italo Calvino dos contos populares italianos. "
    Carlos Fuentes
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  • The Great Gatsby
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    1984
    Wuthering Heights
    Animal Farm
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    The Catcher in the Rye
    Little Women
    Romeo and Juliet
    Emma
    Persuasion
    A Tale of Two Cities
    Anna Karenina
    Great Expectations
    The Odyssey
    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
    Books That Have Made An Impression
    3,573 books — 1,885 voters
    The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
    I Don't Understand All That Fuss
    886 books — 2,513 voters

    The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy WeirWe Were Liars by E. Lockhart
    What we've read so far in...2015
    9,798 books — 2,159 voters
    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Must Read Classics
    1,768 books — 4,458 voters


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