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The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One The Fellowship of the Ring:...

J R R Tolkien
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The Time Machine The Time Machine

H G Wells
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Strange Case of Dr....

Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure The Princess Bride: An...

William Goldman, Michael Manomivibul
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy
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Theo of Golden Theo of Golden

Allen Levi
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The Notebook The Notebook

Nicholas Sparks
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L Frank Baum, W W Denslow (Illustrator)
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Something Wicked This Way Comes Something Wicked This Way...

Ray Bradbury
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The God of the Woods The God of the Woods

Liz Moore
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Les Miserables Les Miserables

Victor Hugo
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And Then There Were None: The World's Favourite Agatha Christie Book And Then There Were None: The...

Agatha Christie
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Invisible Cities Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino
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The Chosen The Chosen

Chaim Potok
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The Red Badge of Courage The Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane
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Rebecca Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier
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A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens
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Virginia Woolf
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A Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition A Farewell to Arms: The...

Ernest Hemingway, Patrick Hemingway (Foreword by)
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Siddhartha Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse
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The Leopard The Leopard

Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway The Complete Short Stories of...

Ernest Hemingway
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Butcher's Crossing Butcher's Crossing

John Williams
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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.