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Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition Flowers in the Attic: 40th...

V C Andrews
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby

F Scott Fitzgerald
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Welcome to the Monkey House Welcome to the Monkey House

Kurt Vonnegut
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte
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True Grit True Grit

Charles Portis, Donna Tartt (Afterword by)
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What We Talk about When We Talk about Love: Stories What We Talk about When We...

Raymond Carver
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The Fall The Fall

Albert Camus
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Something Wicked This Way Comes Something Wicked This Way...

Ray Bradbury
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett (Translator)
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The Inferno The Inferno

Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (Translator)
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A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a...

Stephen Chbosky
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Post Office Post Office

Charles Bukowski
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The Man in the High Castle The Man in the High Castle

Philip K Dick
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Murder in the Family Murder in the Family

Cara Hunter
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Wise Blood Wise Blood

Flannery O'Connor
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A Canticle for Leibowitz A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter Miller
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The Pilgrim's Regress The Pilgrim's Regress

C S Lewis
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich One Day in the Life of Ivan...

Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn, Yevgeny Yevtushenko (Introduction by)
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Rebecca Rebecca

Daphne Du Maurier, Sally Beauman (Afterword by)
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Joshua Joshua

Joseph Girzone
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Foundation Foundation

Isaac Asimov
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka, Susan Bernofsky (Translator)
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories A Good Man Is Hard to Find...

Flannery O'Connor, Lauren Groff (Introduction by)
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To become a "classic," a book usually needs to meet some key criteria. First and foremost, it must be well-known and revered for its literary genius or impact on culture. Classic books were written many years ago but still hold a place of importance in the academic world. A book that's considered a classic will be read and appreciated by generation after generation. Classic books in fiction can span a variety of genres, from sci-fi novels to horror.

Hundreds of classic fiction book titles remain popular among readers and continue to educate, entertain and delight for decades and even centuries.

Some of the most popular classic fiction books of all time are:

  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, published in 1813
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, published in 1868
  • To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, published in 1960
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, published in 1951

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Yes! Some classic fiction books enjoyed by all ages include:

  • The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
  • Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
  • Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
  • Heidi by Johanna Spyri
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • The Sword In The Stone by T.H. White
  • Peter Pan by J.M Barrie

And that's just to name a few.

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Whether you are looking for classic fiction books to enjoy a good read or kids' classics to broaden a growing literary mind, you'll find them on Alibris.