Classics

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Five lesser-known classics from your favourite authors.

Classic books to read at least once in your lifetime

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  1. Book cover for Paris: A Literary Anthology

    Paris: A Literary Anthology

    Zachary Seager

  2. Book cover for London: An Illustrated Literary Companion

    London: An Illustrated Literary Companion

    Rosemary Gray

  3. Book cover for Cautionary Tales

    Cautionary Tales

    Hilaire Belloc

  4. Book cover for Classic Love Stories

    Classic Love Stories

    Becky Brown

  5. Book cover for My Gothic Heart

    My Gothic Heart

    Charlie Castelletti

  6. Book cover for Classic Christmas Crime Stories

    Classic Christmas Crime Stories

    David Stuart Davies

  7. Book cover for A Book Lover's Guide to the Zodiac

    A Book Lover's Guide to the Zodiac

    Charlie Castelletti

  8. Book cover for Enchanted Tales & Happily Ever Afters

    Enchanted Tales & Happily Ever Afters

    Macmillan Collector's Library

  9. Book cover for The Daughter of Time

    The Daughter of Time

    Josephine Tey

  10. Book cover for The Franchise Affair

    The Franchise Affair

    Josephine Tey

  11. Book cover for Hand in Hand with Love

    Hand in Hand with Love

    Simon Avery

  12. Book cover for Greek Myths: Gods and Goddesses

    Greek Myths: Gods and Goddesses

    Jean Menzies

  13. Book cover for Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines

    Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines

    Jean Menzies

  14. Book cover for Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    Hugh Thomson

  15. Book cover for Emma

    Emma

    Jane Austen

    Hugh Thomson

  16. Book cover for Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility

    Jane Austen

    Hugh Thomson

  17. Book cover for Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic

    Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic

    Terry Jones

    Douglas Adams

  18. Book cover for Treasures of Cornwall: A Literary Anthology

    Treasures of Cornwall: A Literary Anthology

    Luke Thompson

  19. Book cover for Yorkshire: A Literary Landscape

    Yorkshire: A Literary Landscape

    David Stuart Davies

  20. Book cover for The Peacock Spring

    The Peacock Spring

    Rumer Godden

  21. Book cover for Sunrise

    Sunrise

    Susie Gibbs

  22. Book cover for Underworld

    Underworld

    Don DeLillo

  23. Book cover for Goblin Market & Other Poems

    Goblin Market & Other Poems

    Christina Rossetti

    Laurence Housman

  24. Book cover for On Your Marks

    On Your Marks

    Martin Polley

  25. Book cover for Our Place in Nature

    Our Place in Nature

    Zachary Seager

  26. Book cover for No Place Like Home

    No Place Like Home

    Michèle Mendelssohn

  27. Book cover for The Greengage Summer

    The Greengage Summer

    Rumer Godden

  28. Book cover for An Unsuitable Attachment

    An Unsuitable Attachment

    Barbara Pym

  29. Book cover for Kane and Abel

    Kane and Abel

    Jeffrey Archer

  30. Book cover for Women of the Harlem Renaissance

    Women of the Harlem Renaissance

    Marissa Constantinou

  31. Book cover for Black Voices on Britain

    Black Voices on Britain

    Hakim Adi

  32. Book cover for Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year

    Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year

    Allie Esiri

  33. Book cover for Gone with the Wind

    Gone with the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell

  34. Book cover for The Enchanted April

    The Enchanted April

    Elizabeth von Arnim

  35. Book cover for The Analects

    The Analects

    Confucius

  36. Book cover for Tao Te Ching

    Tao Te Ching

    Lao Tzu

  37. Book cover for The Red Tent

    The Red Tent

    Anita Diamant

  38. Book cover for The Invisible Man

    The Invisible Man

    H. G. Wells

  39. Book cover for Classic Science Fiction Stories

    Classic Science Fiction Stories

    Adam Roberts

  40. Book cover for Funeral Readings and Poems

    Funeral Readings and Poems

    Becky Brown