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Moby Dick or the Whale Moby Dick or the Whale

Herman Melville
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Doctor Zhivago Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak
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The Honjin Murders The Honjin Murders

Seishi Yokomizo
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Tales from 1,001 Nights Tales from 1,001 Nights

Malcolm Lyons (Translator), Ursula Lyons (Translator)
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The Charles Dickens Collection: Deluxe 5-Book Hardcover Boxed Set The Charles Dickens...

Dickens
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The Baron in the Trees The Baron in the Trees

Italo Calvino
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Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen
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The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy The Greatest Short Stories of...

Leo Tolstoy
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The Annotated Pride and Prejudice The Annotated Pride and...

Jane Austen
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Authoritative Text with Original Illustrations The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:...

Mark Twain, Paul Baender (Editor)
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Haunted: Hotel Haunted: Hotel

Lee Mountford
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The Aeneid The Aeneid

Virgil
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Crime and Punishment: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Crime and Punishment: ...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Oliver Ready (Notes by)
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Light in August Light in August

William Faulkner
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow...

Washington Irving
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Notes from Underground and the Double Notes from Underground and...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett (Translator)
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Titus Groan Titus Groan

Mervyn Peake
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The 42nd Parallel The 42nd Parallel

John Roderigo Dos Passos
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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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The Book of Disquiet The Book of Disquiet

Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith (Translator)
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The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft The Complete Fiction of H. P....

H P Lovecraft
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The Story of the Stone The Story of the Stone

Cao Xueqin
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Much ADO about Nothing by William Shakespeare Much ADO about Nothing by...

William Shakespeare
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm The Original Folk and Fairy...

Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
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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.