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Classic Fiction
52 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Where to Start with Alexandre Dumas: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Alexandre Dumas — whether to begin with The Count of Monte Cristo or The Three Musketeers. A complete reading guide to the French adventure novelist.
Where to Start with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — whether to begin with The Little Prince, Night Flight, or Wind, Sand and Stars. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Bram Stoker: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Bram Stoker — whether to begin with Dracula, The Jewel of Seven Stars, or The Lair of the White Worm. A complete reading guide to the Gothic horror novelist.
Where to Start with Charlotte Brontë: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Charlotte Brontë — whether to begin with Jane Eyre or Villette. A complete reading guide to the Victorian novelist.
Where to Start with D.H. Lawrence: A Reading Guide
Where to start with D.H. Lawrence — whether to begin with Sons and Lovers, Women in Love, or Lady Chatterley's Lover. A complete reading guide to the British modernist novelist.
Where to Start with Frances Hodgson Burnett: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Frances Hodgson Burnett — whether to begin with The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, or Little Lord Fauntleroy. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Harper Lee: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Harper Lee — whether to begin with To Kill a Mockingbird or Go Set a Watchman. A complete reading guide to the American novelist.
Where to Start with Herman Melville: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Herman Melville — whether to begin with Moby-Dick, Bartleby the Scrivener, or Billy Budd. A complete reading guide to the American classic author.
Where to Start with Homer: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Homer — whether to begin with The Iliad or The Odyssey, and which translation to read. A complete reading guide to ancient Greece's great poet.
Where to Start with Jack London: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Jack London — whether to begin with The Call of the Wild, White Fang, or The Sea-Wolf. A complete reading guide to the American adventure novelist.
Where to Start with J.D. Salinger: A Reading Guide
Where to start with J.D. Salinger — whether to begin with The Catcher in the Rye, Franny and Zooey, or Nine Stories. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Jules Verne: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Jules Verne — whether to begin with Around the World in Eighty Days, Twenty Thousand Leagues, or Journey to the Center of the Earth. A complete guide.
Where to Start with L.M. Montgomery: A Reading Guide
Where to start with L.M. Montgomery — whether to begin with Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon, or Anne of Avonlea. A complete reading guide to the Canadian author.
Where to Start with Lewis Carroll: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Lewis Carroll — whether to begin with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Louisa May Alcott: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Louisa May Alcott — whether to begin with Little Women, Little Men, or Jo's Boys. A complete reading guide to the American classic author.
Where to Start with Marcel Proust: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Marcel Proust — whether to begin with Swann's Way, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, or The Guermantes Way. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Mary Shelley: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Mary Shelley — whether to begin with Frankenstein, The Last Man, or Mathilda. A complete reading guide to the inventor of science fiction.
Where to Start with Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Nathaniel Hawthorne — whether to begin with The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, or Twice-Told Tales. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Robert Louis Stevenson: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Robert Louis Stevenson — whether to begin with Treasure Island, Jekyll and Hyde, or Kidnapped. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Sinclair Lewis: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Sinclair Lewis — whether to begin with Main Street, Babbitt, or Elmer Gantry. A complete guide to the first American Nobel laureate.
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