The Odyssey
The epic Greek poem following Odysseus's perilous ten-year journey home after the fall of Troy. Read free →
Classic Books to Read Before You Die
A bucket list of the most essential classic novels. Every book on this list is free to read instantly in your browser.
Aesop's Fables
The timeless collection of moral stories featuring The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and more. Read free →
The Art of War
The most influential strategy text in East Asian warfare and business. Timeless wisdom on conflict and leadership. Read free →
Meditations
The private journal of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Stoic philosophy on resilience, duty, and inner peace. Read free →
Beowulf
The oldest surviving long poem in Old English. The hero Beowulf battles the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon. Read free →
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare's timeless tragedy of two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. Read free →
Robinson Crusoe
The story of a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island. Often considered the first English novel. Read free →
Gulliver's Travels
Lemuel Gulliver voyages to strange lands including Lilliput (tiny people) and Brobdingnag (giants) in this brilliant satire. Read free →
Sense and Sensibility
Two sisters navigate love and heartbreak with contrasting temperaments — one ruled by sense, the other by sensibility. Read free →
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The definitive collection of fairy tales including Cinderella, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, and Rapunzel. Read free →
Pride and Prejudice
One of the most beloved novels in English literature, following Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates issues of manners, upbringing, morality, and marriage in Regency-era England. Read free →
Emma
The charming and meddlesome Emma Woodhouse discovers that matchmaking for others is easier than understanding her own heart. Read free →
Frankenstein
The classic tale of Victor Frankenstein and his monstrous creation. A groundbreaking work of science fiction and gothic horror. Read free →
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The tale of Ichabod Crane and his terrifying encounter with the Headless Horseman in a haunted Dutch settlement. Read free →
The Last of the Mohicans
Set during the French and Indian War, this frontier adventure follows Hawkeye and his Mohican companions through the wilderness of colonial America. Read free →
Oliver Twist
An orphan boy navigates the criminal underworld of Victorian London, encountering Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and the brutal Bill Sikes. Read free →
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him the error of his miserly ways. Read free →
The Count of Monte Cristo
An epic tale of wrongful imprisonment, daring escape, and elaborate revenge. One of the greatest adventure novels ever written. Read free →
The Three Musketeers
The swashbuckling adventures of d'Artagnan and his three musketeer friends — Athos, Porthos, and Aramis — in 17th-century France. Read free →
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
The autobiography of a formerly enslaved man who became one of America's greatest orators and abolitionists. A landmark of American literature. Read free →
Jane Eyre
An orphaned young woman becomes governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with the brooding Mr. Rochester. Read free →
Wuthering Heights
A passionate and destructive love story set on the wild Yorkshire moors between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Read free →
Vanity Fair
The ruthless social climber Becky Sharp claws her way through Napoleonic-era England in Thackeray's satirical novel without a hero. Read free →
The Scarlet Letter
Set in Puritan Massachusetts, Hester Prynne is condemned to wear a scarlet 'A' for adultery. A profound exploration of sin, guilt, and redemption. Read free →
Moby Dick
Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to hunt the legendary white whale, Moby Dick. An epic tale of obsession and the sea. Read free →
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The anti-slavery novel that helped lay the groundwork for the American Civil War. Follows the lives of enslaved people in the American South. Read free →
Walden
Thoreau's account of two years living in a cabin by Walden Pond. A meditation on simple living, self-reliance, and nature. Read free →
North and South
Margaret Hale moves from the rural south to an industrial northern mill town, clashing with and falling for a cotton manufacturer. Read free →
A Tale of Two Cities
Set during the French Revolution, a story of love, sacrifice, and resurrection. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...' Read free →
The Woman in White
A drawing master's chance meeting with a fugitive woman in white unravels a conspiracy of stolen identity and inheritance. Read free →
Silas Marner
A wronged, miserly weaver finds redemption when an abandoned child wanders into his cottage. Read free →
Les Miserables
The epic story of ex-convict Jean Valjean's quest for redemption in 19th-century France, pursued by the relentless Inspector Javert. Read free →
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Follow Alice down the rabbit hole into a fantastical world of peculiar creatures, wordplay, and logic puzzles. Read free →
Crime and Punishment
A psychological novel exploring the mental anguish of a young man who commits murder and his path to redemption. Read free →
Little Women
The story of the four March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy — as they grow from childhood to adulthood. Read free →
The Moonstone
Often called the first English detective novel: a cursed Indian diamond vanishes, and many narrators piece together the theft. Read free →
War and Peace
Tolstoy's masterwork chronicles Russian society during the Napoleonic era through the stories of five aristocratic families. Read free →
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Captain Nemo takes his prisoners on a voyage aboard the advanced submarine Nautilus through the world's oceans. Read free →
Far from the Madding Crowd
Independent farmer Bathsheba Everdene is courted by three very different men in Hardy's pastoral Wessex. Read free →
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The mischievous Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn explore life along the Mississippi River. Read free →
A Doll's House
Nora Helmer's decision to leave her husband and children shocked audiences worldwide. A revolutionary work of modern drama. Read free →
The Brothers Karamazov
A profound philosophical novel about faith, doubt, and morality, centered on three brothers and their father's murder. Read free →
Treasure Island
The classic pirate adventure. Young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and sets sail on a voyage of danger and discovery. Read free →
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huck Finn and the runaway slave Jim raft down the Mississippi River in this masterpiece of American literature and satire. Read free →
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The classic tale of a London doctor who creates a potion that transforms him into a murderous alter ego. Read free →
Kidnapped
David Balfour is cheated of his inheritance and abducted, then escapes across the Scottish Highlands with Jacobite Alan Breck in Stevenson's classic adventure. Read free →
A Study in Scarlet
The first Sherlock Holmes novel. Dr. Watson meets Holmes and they investigate a mysterious murder together. Read free →
Looking Backward, 2000-1887
A Bostonian sleeps into the year 2000 and wakes to a transformed utopian society. Read free →
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A young man sells his soul for eternal youth while his portrait ages and shows the corruption of his sins. Read free →
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A collection of twelve stories featuring the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson. Read free →
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