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The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso The Divine Comedy: Inferno,...

Dante Alighieri
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The Orchard Keeper The Orchard Keeper

Cormac McCarthy
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Thornton Wilder
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Ivanhoe Ivanhoe

Sir Walter Scott
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Othello Othello

William Shakespeare
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Beren and Luthien Beren and Luthien

J R R Tolkien
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Jules Verne
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The Plague The Plague

Albert Camus
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Animal Farm Animal Farm

George Orwell
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Jules Verne: Four Novels Jules Verne: Four Novels

Jules Verne, Ernest Hilbert (Introduction by)
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The Annotated Hobbit The Annotated Hobbit

Douglas A Anderson
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Lord Edgware Dies: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Lord Edgware Dies: A Hercule...

Agatha Christie
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Camille Camille

Fils Alexandre Dumas
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Ruth Ruth

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare Hamlet by William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
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Parable of the Sower: the New York Times bestseller Parable of the Sower: the New...

Octavia E. Butler
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Dark Tales Dark Tales

Shirley Jackson
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Picnic at Hanging Rock Picnic at Hanging Rock

Joan Lindsay
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To a God Unknown To a God Unknown

John Steinbeck
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The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty: A Collection The Collected Stories of...

Eudora Welty
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Bastard Out of Carolina Bastard Out of Carolina

Dorothy Allison
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The Chronicles of Narnia Movie Tie-In Edition: 7 Books in 1 Paperback The Chronicles of Narnia...

C S Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)
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The Time Machine - the Original 1895 Classic (Reader's Library Classics) The Time Machine - the...

H G Wells
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The Jane Austen Collection: Deluxe 6-Book Harcover Boxed Set The Jane Austen Collection:...

Jane Austen
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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.