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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 The Man Without Qualities

    The Man Without Qualities

    Robert Musil

  2. Book cover for The Time Machine

    The Time Machine

    H. G. Wells

  3. Book cover for The War of the Worlds

    The War of the Worlds

    H. G. Wells

  4. Book cover for The House of Mirth

    The House of Mirth

    Edith Wharton

  5. Book cover for Complete Ghost Stories

    Complete Ghost Stories

    M. R. James

  6. Book cover for A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    James Joyce

  7. Book cover for Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    Fyodor Dostoevsky

  8. Book cover for Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

    Leo Tolstoy

  9. Book cover for Ash

    Ash

    James Herbert

  10. Book cover for Dr Finlay's Casebook

    Dr Finlay's Casebook

    A. J. Cronin

  11. Book cover for Wedding Treasure

    Wedding Treasure

    David Williams

  12. Book cover for Divided Treasure

    Divided Treasure

    David Williams

  13. Book cover for Copper, Gold and Treasure

    Copper, Gold and Treasure

    David Williams

  14. Book cover for Planning on Murder

    Planning on Murder

    David Williams

  15. Book cover for Irish Ghost Stories

    Irish Ghost Stories

    David Stuart Davies

  16. Book cover for Dubliners

    Dubliners

    James Joyce

  17. Book cover for Moby-Dick

    Moby-Dick

    Herman Melville

  18. Book cover for The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera

    Gaston Leroux

  19. Book cover for Tales and Poems

    Tales and Poems

    Edgar Allan Poe

  20. Book cover for Tales of Mystery and Imagination

    Tales of Mystery and Imagination

    Edgar Allan Poe

  21. Book cover for Walden

    Walden

    Henry David Thoreau

  22. Book cover for Shakespeare in Fluff

    Shakespeare in Fluff

    Boxtree

  23. Book cover for Diary of a Provincial Lady

    Diary of a Provincial Lady

    E. M. Delafield

  24. Book cover for The Odyssey

    The Odyssey

    Homer

  25. Book cover for Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    Victor Hugo

  26. Book cover for The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor

    The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor

    Cameron McCabe

  27. Book cover for Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    Charles Dickens

  28. Book cover for Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    Charles Dickens

  29. Book cover for A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    Charles Dickens

  30. Book cover for David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    Charles Dickens

  31. Book cover for Ghost Stories

    Ghost Stories

    Charles Dickens

  32. Book cover for Hard Times

    Hard Times

    Charles Dickens

  33. Book cover for A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Dickens

  34. Book cover for The Pickwick Papers

    The Pickwick Papers

    Charles Dickens

  35. Book cover for The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

  36. Book cover for Tender is the Night

    Tender is the Night

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

  37. Book cover for The Beautiful and Damned

    The Beautiful and Damned

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

  38. Book cover for Tales of the Jazz Age

    Tales of the Jazz Age

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

  39. Book cover for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle

  40. Book cover for The Best of Sherlock Holmes

    The Best of Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle

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