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Franny and Zooey Franny and Zooey

J D Salinger
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The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) The Short Novels of John...

John Steinbeck
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Dune (Movie Tie-In) Dune (Movie Tie-In)

Frank Herbert
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe The Complete Tales and Poems...

Edgar Allan Poe
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Collected Fictions Collected Fictions

Jorge Luis Borges
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The World's Greatest Short Stories: Selections from Hemingway, Tolstoy, Woolf, Chekhov, Joyce, Updike and More The World's Greatest Short...

James Daley (Editor)
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Jane Austen: The Complete Works 7-Book Boxed Set: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Love and Freindship (Penguin Classics Hardcover Boxed Set) Jane Austen: The Complete...

Jane Austen, Coralie Bickford-Smith (Illustrator)
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich One Day in the Life of Ivan...

Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn
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Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined Heroes: The Greek Myths...

Stephen Fry
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Angle of Repose Angle of Repose

Wallace Earle Stegner
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The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary...

J R R Tolkien, J R R Tolkien (Illustrator)
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Butcher's Crossing Butcher's Crossing

John Williams
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Foundation Foundation

Isaac Asimov
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The Bronte Sisters (Boxed Set): Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, the Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Villette The Bronte Sisters (Boxed Set...

Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte
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Swann's Way Swann's Way

Marcel Proust
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde
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The Red Badge of Courage The Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane
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The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text The Sound and the Fury: The...

William Faulkner
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Middlemarch Middlemarch

George Eliot
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich: And Other Stories The Death of Ivan Ilyich: And...

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Count, George K Wilson (Translator)
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The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers: Being the...

J R R Tolkien
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The Monkey Wrench Gang The Monkey Wrench Gang

Edward Abbey
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Ask the Dust Ask the Dust

John Fante
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The Moviegoer The Moviegoer

Walker Percy
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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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