Penguin English Library

All books in the 2012 Penguin English Library imprint.

100 of the best novels in the English language. These are books to collect and share, admire and hold; books that celebrate the pure pleasure of reading.'

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1	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.25 avg rating — 2,466,596 ratings score: 14,795, and 151 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.11 avg rating — 1,387,935 ratings score: 12,556, and 129 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.77 avg rating — 980,871 ratings score: 10,100, and 106 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.84 avg rating — 1,125,718 ratings score: 10,009, and 104 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.07 avg rating — 779,843 ratings score: 8,771, and 92 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.13 avg rating — 453,127 ratings score: 8,012, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Dracula by Bram Stoker 3.98 avg rating — 779,249 ratings score: 7,364, and 79 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 4.13 avg rating — 124,094 ratings score: 6,946, and 73 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 4.07 avg rating — 411,091 ratings score: 6,836, and 72 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.04 avg rating — 504,907 ratings score: 6,398, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Emma by Jane Austen 3.99 avg rating — 548,695 ratings score: 6,327, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.80 avg rating — 303,352 ratings score: 5,902, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.06 avg rating — 840,449 ratings score: 5,562, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 3.81 avg rating — 259,405 ratings score: 5,457, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.76 avg rating — 564,598 ratings score: 5,159, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.83 avg rating — 726,834 ratings score: 4,325, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 3.93 avg rating — 76,452 ratings score: 4,240, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 3.78 avg rating — 212,388 ratings score: 4,144, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 3.86 avg rating — 277,640 ratings score: 3,989, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.39 avg rating — 617,876 ratings score: 3,854, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 3.66 avg rating — 215,770 ratings score: 3,676, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 3.85 avg rating — 250,780 ratings score: 3,573, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.81 avg rating — 1,060,870 ratings score: 3,295, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 3.81 avg rating — 203,718 ratings score: 3,172, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Middlemarch by George Eliot 3.95 avg rating — 120,576 ratings score: 3,110, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	A Room with a View by E.M. Forster 3.90 avg rating — 130,060 ratings score: 2,997, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,812 ratings score: 2,904, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 3.99 avg rating — 114,918 ratings score: 2,874, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 3.93 avg rating — 110,736 ratings score: 2,845, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Villette by Charlotte Brontë 3.75 avg rating — 53,131 ratings score: 2,830, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 3.48 avg rating — 432,357 ratings score: 2,797, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Bleak House by Charles Dickens really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 84,989 ratings score: 2,606, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.10 avg rating — 203,010 ratings score: 2,600, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 3.90 avg rating — 65,042 ratings score: 2,549, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells 3.63 avg rating — 111,183 ratings score: 2,449, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.15 avg rating — 258,342 ratings score: 2,445, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.42 avg rating — 348,745 ratings score: 2,441, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 3.56 avg rating — 204,158 ratings score: 2,421, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 3.97 avg rating — 177,873 ratings score: 2,247, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 3.78 avg rating — 106,423 ratings score: 2,219, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 3.88 avg rating — 344,542 ratings score: 2,020, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 3.85 avg rating — 32,469 ratings score: 1,967, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Howards End by E.M. Forster 3.96 avg rating — 66,508 ratings score: 1,918, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.24 avg rating — 488 ratings score: 1,895, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells 3.72 avg rating — 78,798 ratings score: 1,829, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 3.75 avg rating — 17,724 ratings score: 1,768, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 3.78 avg rating — 43,442 ratings score: 1,675, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 3.81 avg rating — 54,024 ratings score: 1,645, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell 4.09 avg rating — 37,952 ratings score: 1,624, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster 3.62 avg rating — 11,428 ratings score: 1,595, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Hard Times by Charles Dickens 3.51 avg rating — 47,030 ratings score: 1,485, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Evelina by Fanny Burney 3.66 avg rating — 13,206 ratings score: 1,469, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens 3.77 avg rating — 15,200 ratings score: 1,451, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens 3.92 avg rating — 12,505 ratings score: 1,444, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) by Arthur Conan Doyle 3.95 avg rating — 83,420 ratings score: 1,408, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Silas Marner by George Eliot 3.62 avg rating — 63,046 ratings score: 1,362, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 3.95 avg rating — 72,915 ratings score: 1,336, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Ivanhoe by Walter Scott 3.75 avg rating — 77,088 ratings score: 1,305, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 3.81 avg rating — 48,934 ratings score: 1,287, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Shirley by Charlotte Brontë 3.74 avg rating — 27,814 ratings score: 1,269, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Daniel Deronda by George Eliot 3.83 avg rating — 20,998 ratings score: 1,213, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens 3.82 avg rating — 21,738 ratings score: 1,198, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Dubliners by James Joyce 3.85 avg rating — 102,305 ratings score: 1,196, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7) by Arthur Conan Doyle 3.98 avg rating — 25,292 ratings score: 1,153, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James 3.77 avg rating — 64,076 ratings score: 1,147, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 3.38 avg rating — 95,858 ratings score: 1,125, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens 3.98 avg rating — 40,430 ratings score: 1,069, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Tom Jones by Henry Fielding 3.74 avg rating — 29,206 ratings score: 1,058, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne 3.74 avg rating — 17,426 ratings score: 1,034, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton 3.84 avg rating — 25,789 ratings score: 1,022, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Treasure Island and The Ebb-Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.78 avg rating — 195 ratings score: 970, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Pamela by Samuel Richardson 2.78 avg rating — 8,975 ratings score: 965, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell 3.72 avg rating — 15,092 ratings score: 957, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Monk by Matthew Lewis 3.80 avg rating — 19,411 ratings score: 952, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James 3.63 avg rating — 1,321 ratings score: 924, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens 3.90 avg rating — 36,346 ratings score: 916, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens 4.07 avg rating — 23,319 ratings score: 883, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens 3.66 avg rating — 9,449 ratings score: 819, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence 3.62 avg rating — 41,855 ratings score: 811, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy 3.85 avg rating — 31,287 ratings score: 734, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	New Grub Street by George Gissing 3.74 avg rating — 5,144 ratings score: 658, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Wings of the Dove by Henry James 3.81 avg rating — 14,664 ratings score: 604, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,651 ratings score: 568, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad 3.62 avg rating — 24,667 ratings score: 558, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.90 avg rating — 3,155,674 ratings score: 543, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin 3.71 avg rating — 3,621 ratings score: 538, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Washington Square by Henry James 3.67 avg rating — 16,014 ratings score: 526, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Kim by Rudyard Kipling 3.72 avg rating — 29,722 ratings score: 516, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Animal Farm by George Orwell 3.90 avg rating — 2,246,616 ratings score: 484, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens 3.83 avg rating — 13,468 ratings score: 482, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg 3.67 avg rating — 6,236 ratings score: 463, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Warden by Anthony Trollope 3.72 avg rating — 11,133 ratings score: 450, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.14 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 438, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Adventure of the Six Napoleons and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle 3.98 avg rating — 252 ratings score: 433, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy 3.71 avg rating — 2,570 ratings score: 416, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 4.09 avg rating — 224,026 ratings score: 404, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope 4.08 avg rating — 4,621 ratings score: 399, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad 3.59 avg rating — 16,162 ratings score: 379, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 4.16 avg rating — 2,441,060 ratings score: 379, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope 4.04 avg rating — 3,781 ratings score: 373, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 11, 2013 11:17AM

You might want to add a note to the subtitle about please not adding books to the list, because people will.

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message 2: by Louise (new)

Feb 11, 2013 11:51AM

Thanks. I'd forgotten about that (I don't tend to use Listopia very often). There is now a note, and I'll try to be vigilant about deleting any rogue additions if they pop up. :)

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message 3: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 11, 2013 12:45PM

No problem. I'm a Listopia addict, and probably cynical, but some strange books get on lists sometimes!

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message 4: by Bettie☯ (new)

Feb 11, 2013 01:53PM

Susanna wrote: "some strange books get on lists sometimes!"

Don't they just!
:O)

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message 5: by Carolin (new)

Apr 24, 2013 02:44PM

Books I would buy just for the covers..they're so beautiful!

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message 6: by Aline (new)

May 15, 2013 07:57AM

In this case, yes, I do judge the books from the cover.
They're just too pretty!

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message 7: by Marte (new)

Jun 08, 2013 03:16PM

These are the prettiest covers I've ever seen, and I would love to collect them all!

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message 8: by Pia (new)

Jul 30, 2013 03:37PM

Gorgeous!

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message 9: by [deleted user] (last edited Aug 24, 2013 10:14AM) (new)

Aug 24, 2013 10:03AM

Very nice editions! I absolutely love the Penguin English Library covers and it would be nice to collect them all!
Also the Penguin classic clothbound hardcover editions are absolutley beautiful!
(but are more expensive)

(https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

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message 10: by Louise (new)

Aug 24, 2013 10:32AM

yeah, I kind of want to collect them all even though I already have a lot of the books already with other covers and even though there are quite a few I'm just not that interested in. They're just so pretty and collectable!

I love the clothbounds too. But yeah...a little bit on the expensive side for me. Do have a few that I got as presents though and they're absolutely gorgeous.

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message 11: by Chelsea (new)

Feb 23, 2014 06:06AM

Thanks for a complete list! I've been looking for one. Now I just need to buy them all.

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message 12: by Anna (new)

Feb 23, 2014 06:36AM

Chelsea wrote: "Thanks for a complete list! I've been looking for one. Now I just need to buy them all."

and read them all. :)

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message 13: by Sabrina (new)

May 05, 2014 09:14PM

its impossible to get these wretched books in the US

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message 14: by Sarah 서라 (new)

Jun 06, 2014 02:20PM

where do you get these type of covers?

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message 15: by Sarah (last edited Jun 13, 2014 09:39AM) (new)

Jun 13, 2014 09:36AM

Feli wrote: "where do you get these type of covers?"

You can find them on www.bookdepository.com
since they're sold from the U.K. you can also find them on Amazon.co.uk and just switch the currency as you check out.

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message 16: by Camille (new)

Sep 14, 2014 04:48PM

so pretty

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message 17: by Maisie (new)

Sep 18, 2014 12:18PM

the textures of the covers are changing/have changed - the new sherlock covers don't feel the same and some of the existing penguin english library such as Emma by Jane Austen and Dr Jekyll are now printed with the new texture

also a lot of the charles dickens ones are hard to find now

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message 18: by Sophie (new)

Oct 21, 2014 01:53AM

Marte wrote: "These are the prettiest covers I've ever seen, and I would love to collect them all!"

That would be incredible! :0

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message 19: by Marina (new)

Jan 19, 2015 02:16PM

Ryan wrote: "I wish they didn't change the texture of the covers. I don't understand why they would - that's one of the things people liked about the editions. Now it's just going to be a pain to buy the ones w..."

I just got my first copy of the collection, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, and the cover has a velvet touch, is this the new texture or the old texture? Because I love it!

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message 20: by Tamára (new)

Feb 01, 2015 04:55AM

Marina wrote: "Ryan wrote: "I wish they didn't change the texture of the covers. I don't understand why they would - that's one of the things people liked about the editions. Now it's just going to be a pain to b..."

It's the old one, now they sport a more paper texture.

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message 21: by Jamjars (new)

Feb 08, 2015 08:43AM

I literally want ALL of these!

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message 22: by Erika (new)

Feb 21, 2015 05:23PM

Are these mass market size?

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message 23: by Victoria (new)

Apr 07, 2015 05:14PM

Can someone else share their experience buying these editions nowadays? I just received Heart of darkness and the material of the cover is awful and doesn't have a velvet texture whatsoever.

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message 24: by Sabrina (new)

Apr 08, 2015 10:09AM

I have 6 of them! They are not mass market size, they're regular trade paper back, the cover is matte and feels like thicker paper, and the inside paper feels and looks very similar to mass market pulp paper in texture and color.

Yeah the covers are not velvety at all.

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message 25: by Geethu (new)

Jul 26, 2015 02:13AM

I just purchased Pride & Prejudice but I didn't get the velvety cover:( The cover on this feels like recycled paper.

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message 26: by Nikita (new)

Sep 08, 2015 04:59AM

I have 6 of these and though I love the designs very much, I don't intend to collect all because there are too many that I don't want to read. I wish they had printed titles from more authors like Verne, Flaubert etc. rather than including all works by Austen, Dickens, Hardy and Trollope. Yes the new covers are not velvet textured like the initial ones and even the colour pigment is a little different from the initial prints. Some people have complained of typos but I didn't find any in the copies I got, other than one or two in the whole book. Buying the pale covers isn't such a good idea as they get dirty really soon. Penguin also has notebooks in some of the designs if you are interested in buying !!

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message 27: by Coffeebooksetcetera (new)

Jan 20, 2016 09:52AM

Hi! How many are these? I've read that they are only 100 but this list has 105. Thanks in advance! :)

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message 28: by Juneil (new)

Mar 07, 2016 07:53AM

Pls tell the lovely folks at Penguin to give Mysteries of Udolpho a chance, and maybe more Ann Radcliffe. I would love too see it in this edition.

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message 29: by Juneil (new)

Mar 23, 2016 08:30PM

Will read Villette soon. Torn between this and the clothbound edition, also Everyman's library looks attractive. How's the paper quality of these editions so far? I wonder how the paper compares to the black-spine penguin classics? Is it as grey and silky? which is fine, but am hoping the paper's not as worse as Vintage paperbacks.

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message 30: by Paul (new)

Apr 08, 2016 02:10AM

I find it difficult choosing what to read next. So I am working my way down this list, as well as the other stuff I'm reading.

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message 31: by Jacqueline (new)

May 16, 2016 10:12PM

Sabrina wrote: "its impossible to get these wretched books in the US"
Try book depository :)

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message 32: by Drew (new)

Jun 02, 2016 07:09PM

Juneil wrote: "Will read Villette soon. Torn between this and the clothbound edition, also Everyman's library looks attractive. How's the paper quality of these editions so far? I wonder how the paper compares to..."
The paper quality is exceptional. It's actually why I buy these editions. The font is very legible and the paper is thick enough that the words don't bleed through (a major problem in the clothbound editions, IMO).

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message 33: by Booklovinglady (last edited May 14, 2017 05:09AM) (new)

Jun 24, 2016 12:50AM

Geethu wrote: "I just purchased Pride & Prejudice but I didn't get the velvety cover:( The cover on this feels like recycled paper."

I have several books published in this series, but not all of them have the nice velvety cover. And although a velvety cover is not my reason to buy a book, it is a nice bonus, of course :-)

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message 34: by Roselyn (new)

Mar 03, 2017 04:50AM

Tamára wrote: "Marina wrote: "Ryan wrote: "I wish they didn't change the texture of the covers. I don't understand why they would - that's one of the things people liked about the editions. Now it's just going to..."

Are the paper qualities of these new version cheaper?Is there any way to differentiate between these two versions when buying online?

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message 35: by Gauchovalev (new)

Sep 01, 2017 01:43AM

Does anyone know if there are plans to reprint the impossible-to-find titles, specifically Dickens?

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message 36: by Booklovinglady (new)

Sep 01, 2017 04:04AM

Roselyn wrote: "Are the paper qualities of these new version cheaper?Is there any way to differentiate between these two versions when buying online?..."

Not as far as I know...

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message 37: by Sandy (new)

Nov 04, 2017 09:09PM

Gauchovalev wrote: "Does anyone know if there are plans to reprint the impossible-to-find titles, specifically Dickens?"

At this point in time, there are no plans to reprint any of the out of print titles. There are 20 new titles being released next year

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message 38: by Paul (new)

Sep 19, 2018 08:12PM

Such a shame so many of the original 2012 titles are now out-of-print. Most of the Dickens and Trollope novels are unavailable now, as are the two titles by Fielding - and the prices for secondhand copies at abe.books are absurd. Penguin, if you're reading this, REPRINT!

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message 39: by Ankur (new)

Dec 08, 2018 02:44AM

I wanted to get Bleak House by Dickens from the Penguin English library collection and it is so sad that its out of print. I can't find it anywhere. I found a second hand copy on amazon but the price is so high. Penguin definitely needs to reprint these gems.

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message 40: by Booklovinglady (new)

Dec 08, 2018 08:35AM

Ankur wrote: "I wanted to get Bleak House by Dickens from the Penguin English library collection and it is so sad that its out of print. I can't find it anywhere. I found a second hand copy on amazon but the pri..."

There's a hardback Penguin edition at Bookdepository.com Not a Penguin English library book I guess but lovely non the less.

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