Classics Books


The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby
Best Price: $5.94
At only 182 pages in the paperback edition, The Great Gatsby looms far larger in the life of...
Fahrenheit 451Fahrenheit 451
Best Price: $2.66
I purchased this book for my teenaged son to do an English class book report. He was impressed...
To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird
Best Price: $2.95
I would have thought more people would be rating the actual reading of this book, rather than...
The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye
Best Price: $6.79
"The Catcher In The Rye" had always been shorthanded to me as a classic "coming...
1984 (Signet Classics)1984 (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $3.49
I love this book, it was a great read. However, there are simply too many mistakes,...


Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
Best Price: $8.08
This was the worst book i've ever read. Personally I don't know why I finished it. The only...
A Separate PeaceA Separate Peace
Best Price: $5.55
Product is exactly as described, shipping just took a little longer than anticipated. Otherwise...
Slaughterhouse-FiveSlaughterhouse-Five
Best Price: $6.12
Vonnegut's novel is about life, thought process, and death set against the author's life...
Brave New World (P.S.)Brave New World (P.S.)
Best Price: $6.98
The beginning is like swimming up current; the reader has to kind of force his/her way into the...
Atlas ShruggedAtlas Shrugged
Best Price: $13.06
My husband won't stop talking about how great this book is. Anyone with a business background...


Catch-22Catch-22
Best Price: $6.96
Why is this a so-called "classic"? Got me. I have no idea. Another reviewer said that...
The StrangerThe Stranger
Best Price: $5.47
***SPOILER INCLUDED**** The story based around the deaths of Meursault's mother, a distant...
All Quiet on the Western FrontAll Quiet on the Western Front
Best Price: $2.66
The book came wrapped in cardboard and tape, but nothing was damaged. Great buy! Awesome book,...
Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)
Best Price: $7.32
steinbeck is awesome for pulling this through.....he was able to pack so much information in...
Animal Farm (Signet Classics)Animal Farm (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $3.32
The story is well described in the other reviews, especially in the first one above from the...

The Old Man and The SeaThe Old Man and The Sea
Best Price: $5.97
This is an amazing (and short) novel, written by one of America's greatest authors. Recieving...
Their Eyes Were Watching GodTheir Eyes Were Watching God
Best Price: $8.56
I personally enjoyed the use of dialect. I read some of the book aloud to my daughter which is a...
Invisible ManInvisible Man
Best Price: $7.21
Invisible Man / 0-679-73276-4 Ellison's master work is breathtaking, indescribable, and...
The Sun Also RisesThe Sun Also Rises
Best Price: $8.06
It's not a bad book. It is a tale of the "lost generation," the bitter, aimless men...
The Scarlet LetterThe Scarlet Letter
Best Price: $1.22
I was always skeptical when teachers used the term "classic" when referring to a book....

The FountainheadThe Fountainhead
Best Price: $2.25
This is an excellent story that will keep you entertained the whole way through! The reader...
A Farewell To ArmsA Farewell To Arms
Best Price: $4.95
I enjoy "the classics" and have read most of Hemingways works. This isn't up to par of...
The Crucible (Penguin Classics)The Crucible (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $6.07
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a great book to read with a mother-daughter book club. It...
Death of a Salesman (Penguin Plays)Death of a Salesman (Penguin Plays)
Best Price: $3.99
This classic play by Arthur Miller (1915-2005) examines human failure, high expectations, and...
Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics)Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics)
Best Price: $1.13
One can relate in so many ways and there are certain parts that I like to reread. The recent...

A Raisin in the SunA Raisin in the Sun
Best Price: $2.62
It is a nice book. The characters personalities made the book good. If the characters were...
The ChosenThe Chosen
Best Price: $3.26
I really liked the historical aspect of the book. Though a work of fiction, it helped me to...
The Screwtape LettersThe Screwtape Letters
Best Price: $6.74
This is the second time that I have read this book. The first time was as a youth a very long...
SiddharthaSiddhartha
Best Price: $1.48
Although I can understand the longing to separate oneself from the frustrations and hypocrisy of...
Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)
Best Price: $2.23
Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version...

A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book)A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book)
Best Price: $6.49
After hearing about this book for almost half my life, I was excited to find the audio book...
Cat's CradleCat's Cradle
Best Price: $7.69
Enough zaniness and dark humor permeate Cat's Cradle to keep a reader entertained, but there's...
The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature ClassicsThe Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics
Best Price: $15.75
This is a beautiful book, and from my experience, you will not find it in stores for less than...
The AwakeningThe Awakening
Best Price: $1.12
On the cover page the following sentence caught my eye: "Written nearly one hundred years...
The Prince (Bantam Classics)The Prince (Bantam Classics)
Best Price: $0.79
Machiavelli's "The Prince" is a guide of morality-void techniques for acquiring and...

East of EdenEast of Eden
Best Price: $3.37
I read this book once a year and have for the last 20 years. Each time I read it I find...
The Good Earth (Enriched Classics)The Good Earth (Enriched Classics)
Best Price: $3.34
I read this book as part of my summer reading for American Literature class (high school). I...
The OdysseyThe Odyssey
Best Price: $8.00
About the Odyssey itself, I can add no greater praise than that which has already been...
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and HeroesMythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Best Price: $3.83
I over all liked this book. I would get a little bored sometimes with some of the stories...
One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)
Best Price: $8.35
In Woody Allen's masterpiece Manhattan, he asks himself "why is life worth living." ...

Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $4.52
Sublime. One of the best books I've ever read. The voice of Jane is powerful and the plot is...
Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)
Best Price: $3.97
It took me several months to read all 817 pages of this amazing novel which was published in...
Frankenstein (Enriched Classics)Frankenstein (Enriched Classics)
Best Price: $1.82
One word. "Endeavor" This word was used ATLEAST 4 times a page on every page of...
Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Best Price: $1.96
Shakespeare was not very kind to the linchpin of his story. The tragedy of Macbeth the king...
Watership Down: A NovelWatership Down: A Novel
Best Price: $8.47
Cute as rabbits are, my mother is in a constant battle with the little buggers over her flower...

The PearlThe Pearl
Best Price: $4.00
I listened to this book on audio. The story focuses on a very poor man with a sick son who...
Brideshead RevisitedBrideshead Revisited
Best Price: $5.97
This is an interesting and at times an entertaining novel of 1900s England. It appears to be...
Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $2.00
I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in reading a Dickens novel but not sure where...
The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics)The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.79
There are very few American novels that can be called a classic, but the trails and tribulations...
Armageddon in RetrospectArmageddon in Retrospect
Best Price: $11.91
A collection of stories and essays by one of my favorite authors. Most are based on his...

Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics)Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics)
Best Price: $1.61
Told in alternating flashbacks from the perspectives of two narrators, Wuthering Heights is the...
The Great DivorceThe Great Divorce
Best Price: $4.79
C.S. Lewis always fascinates. In this easy-to-read small volume, he takes us through a fictional...
Jane Eyre (Dover Thrift Editions)Jane Eyre (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $1.62
Jane Eyre is never a disappointment. Bronte really can touch your heart with the struggles of...
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High AdventureThe Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
Best Price: $4.37
I was afraid to read this book and avoided it for many years. I so dearly love the movie and I...
The Chronicles of NarniaThe Chronicles of Narnia
Best Price: $10.98
The content of these books is wonderful, as always with C.S. Lewis' works. Upon receipt of the...

War and PeaceWar and Peace
Best Price: $16.85
7 of 13 people found the following review helpful: Not good, May 2, 2008 ...
The Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers Karamazov
Best Price: $10.05
In my opinion Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" is a seismic event in world...
   
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