Read 10 of Penguins Classics

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01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 10 books from the 100 must read classic books from Penguin.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/essential-penguin-classics/

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

331 pages • hardcover • 1911

fiction classics historical middle grade hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

320 pages • digital • 1927

fiction classics literary short stories mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

220 pages • paperback • 1890

fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

Babbitt

Sinclair Lewis

400 pages • paperback • 1922

fiction classics funny reflective slow-paced
The Gospel Singer by Harry Crews

The Gospel Singer

Harry Crews

8 hours, 26 minutes • audio • 1968

fiction literary mystery adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Netochka Nezvanova by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Netochka Nezvanova

Fyodor Dostoevsky

176 pages • paperback • 1849

fiction classics dark emotional sad medium-paced
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #1-2

Lewis Carroll

421 pages • hardcover • 1871

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

233 pages • paperback • 1959

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas Jr.

The Lady of the Camellias

Alexandre Dumas Jr.

206 pages • paperback • 1848

fiction classics romance emotional sad medium-paced
The Wings of the Dove by Henry James

The Wings of the Dove

Henry James

554 pages • paperback • 1902

fiction classics reflective slow-paced