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Learn English by reading the books worth reading. Every title is a graded reader — tap any word for an instant translation, hear natural audio narration, and save the vocabulary you meet as you go. Pick your level and start with a free chapter.
Level C2ClassicsThe Expedition of Humphry ClinkerThe classic epistolary novel by Tobias Smollett.
Level C2ClassicsUlyssesThe classic novel by James Joyce.
Level A2Children'sFifty Famous Stories RetoldFifty short, famous stories from history and legend — King Alfred and the cakes, the sword of Damocles, and more — retold in plain English for young and new readers.
Level A2Children'sAndersen's Fairy TalesEighteen timeless tales including The Emperor's New Clothes, The Snow Queen, and The Little Match Girl.
Level A2Children'sThe Aesop for ChildrenMore than a hundred of Aesop's fables retold for children, each a few sentences long and ending in a clear moral.
Level B1Children'sJust So StoriesKipling's playful pourquoi tales explaining how the whale got his throat, how the leopard got his spots, and more.
Level B1Children'sThe Blue Fairy BookAndrew Lang's celebrated anthology gathering favourite fairy tales from around the world — Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and many more.
Level A2PoetryA Child's Garden of VersesStevenson's beloved collection of short, musical poems about childhood — swings, shadows, ships, and bedtime.
Level A2Children'sEnglish Fairy TalesClassic English folk tales collected by Joseph Jacobs — Jack and the Beanstalk, Tom Tit Tot, The Three Little Pigs and more.
Level A2Children'sGrimms' Fairy TalesSixty-two beloved folk tales — from Hansel and Gretel to Rumpelstiltskin — retold in simple English.
Children'sThe Tale of Peter RabbitPeter Rabbit disobeys his mother and sneaks into Mr.
Level C2ClassicsWar and PeaceTolstoy's sweeping epic follows five aristocratic families through the Napoleonic Wars, weaving personal drama with grand historical events to create one of literature's greatest p…
Level C1HistoricalThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By HimselfThe classic historical novel by Olaudah Equiano.
Level C1ClassicsOliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3)The classic mystery novel by Charles Dickens.
Level B2RomanceUnder the Red Dragon: A NovelThe classic mystery novel by James Grant.
Level C1RomanceCamille (La Dame aux Camilias)The classic romance novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Level B2MysteryThe Daughter of Anderson CrowThe classic mystery novel by George Barr McCutcheon.
Level C1RomanceA pair of blue eyesThe classic romance novel by Thomas Hardy.
Level B2RomanceThe Real AdventureThe classic romance novel by Henry Kitchell Webster.
Level B2AdventureKidnappedThe classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level C1ClassicsDavid CopperfieldThe classic classics novel by Charles Dickens.
Level C1MysteryThe MoonstoneThe classic mystery novel by Wilkie Collins.
Level B2FantasyUndineThe classic romance novel by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué.
Level C2PhilosophyOn LibertyThe classic philosophy novel by John Stuart Mill.
Level C1MysteryPaul Clifford — CompleteThe classic mystery novel by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton.
Level C2ClassicsThe History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, CompleteThe classic romance novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
Level B2MysteryFriday, the Thirteenth: A NovelThe classic mystery novel by Thomas William Lawson.
Level B2Science FictionA Honeymoon in SpaceThe classic science-fiction novel by George Chetwynd Griffith.
Level C1HistoricalEighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897The classic historical novel by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Level C1MysteryLady Audley's SecretThe classic mystery novel by M.
Level B2AdventureCatrionaThe classic romance novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level B2RomanceA Romance of Billy-Goat HillThe classic romance novel by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice.
Level B2RomanceThe Landloper: The Romance of a Man on FootThe classic romance novel by Holman Day.
Level B2RomanceThe Blue Lagoon: A RomanceThe classic romance novel by H.
Level C1MysteryThe Woman in WhiteThe classic mystery novel by Wilkie Collins.
Level C1RomanceThe Red Lily — CompleteThe classic romance novel by Anatole France.
Level C2RomanceAnna KareninaThe classic romance novel by Leo, graf Tolstoy.
Level B2GothicThe Phantom of the OperaThe classic mystery novel by Gaston Leroux.
Level B2AdventureRoughing ItThe classic adventure novel by Mark Twain.
Level C2PhilosophyBiographia LiterariaThe classic philosophy novel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Level C1RomanceLorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorThe classic romance novel by R.
Level C2PoetryErotica RomanaThe classic romance novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Level C1RomanceThe History of Sir Richard Calmady: A RomanceThe classic romance novel by Lucas Malet.
Level C2PoetryThe Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verseThe classic fantasy novel by Valmiki.
Level C2ClassicsLes MisérablesThe classic historical novel by Victor Hugo.
Level B1Children'sAnne of Green GablesThe classic historical novel by L.
Level B2HistoricalThe Prince and the PauperThe classic historical novel by Mark Twain.
Level C1RomanceManon LescautThe classic romance novel by abbé Prévost.
Level C2RomanceEloisa : $b or, A series of original lettersThe classic romance novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.![Cover of Peter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy] by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie](https://dsx1pat3ljtul.cloudfront.net/books/book-peter-pan-b-peter-and-wendy-cover.jpg)
Level B1Children'sPeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]The classic adventure novel by J.
Level C1AdventureBidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in SolitudeThe classic mystery novel by Austin Bidwell.
Level C1RomanceThe Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert ImlayThe classic romance novel by Mary Wollstonecraft.
Level C1AdventureGulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldThe classic adventure novel by Jonathan Swift.
Level C2GothicThe Turn of the ScrewThe classic mystery novel by Henry James.
Level C1AdventureTravels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846The classic adventure novel by James Richardson.
Level B2HorrorThe String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.The classic mystery novel by Thomas Peckett Prest.
Level C2PhilosophyLeviathanThe classic historical novel by Thomas Hobbes.
Level C2PhilosophyBeyond Good and EvilThe classic philosophy novel by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
Level C1ClassicsThe Scarlet LetterThe classic historical novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Level B2Science FictionThuvia, maid of MarsThe classic science-fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Level C1HorrorThe Monk: A RomanceThe classic horror novel by M.
Level C2PhilosophyThe Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)The classic historical novel by George Gillespie.
Level C1ClassicsWhite nights, and other storiesThe classic classics novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Level C1Science FictionA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtThe classic science-fiction novel by Mark Twain.
Level C1HistoricalNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveThe classic historical novel by Frederick Douglass.
Level C1ClassicsGreat ExpectationsThe classic classics novel by Charles Dickens.
Level B2AdventureThe Yeoman AdventurerThe classic romance novel by George W.
Level C2PhilosophyThe PrinceThe classic historical novel by Niccolò Machiavelli.
Level C1MysteryThe Man Who Was Thursday: A NightmareThe classic mystery novel by G.
Level C2PoetryThe Lady of the LakeThe classic romance novel by Walter Scott.
Level C1MysteryThe Mystery of Edwin DroodThe classic mystery novel by Charles Dickens.
Level C1HistoricalAutobiography of Benjamin FranklinThe classic historical novel by Benjamin Franklin.
Level B2MysteryThe Green MummyThe classic mystery novel by Fergus Hume.
Level C1HistoricalThe Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, CompleteThe classic classics novel by John Forster.
Level B1FantasyThe Wonderful Wizard of OzThe classic adventure novel by L.
Level B2AdventureTreasure IslandThe classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level C1RomanceCarmenThe classic mystery novel by Prosper Mérimée.
Level C1RomanceSense and SensibilityThe classic romance novel by Jane Austen.
Level C1ClassicsA Tale of Two CitiesThe classic historical novel by Charles Dickens.
Level C1GothicWuthering HeightsThe classic gothic novel by Emily Brontë.
Level B2AdventureAdventures of Huckleberry FinnThe classic adventure novel by Mark Twain.
Level C1GothicThe Mysteries of UdolphoThe classic mystery novel by Ann Ward Radcliffe.
Level C2AdventureThe Adventures of Roderick RandomThe classic adventure novel by T.
Level C2ClassicsHistory of Tom Jones, a FoundlingThe classic classics novel by Henry Fielding.
Level B2HistoricalLife on the MississippiThe classic adventure novel by Mark Twain.
Level C1ClassicsCranfordThe classic classics novel by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.
Level B2RomanceThe Enchanted AprilThe classic romance novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim.
Level C2ClassicsThe Brothers KaramazovThe classic classics novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Level B2AdventureTwenty years afterThe classic adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Level C1HorrorThe King in YellowThe classic mystery novel by Robert W.
Level B1Children'sLittle Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and AmyThe classic childrens novel by Louisa May Alcott.
Level C1RomanceJane Eyre: An AutobiographyThe classic romance novel by Charlotte Brontë.
Level B1RomanceThe Blue Castle: a novelThe classic romance novel by L.
Level C2ClassicsThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareThe classic poetry novel by William Shakespeare.
Level C2ClassicsMiddlemarchThe classic romance novel by George Eliot.
Level C1ClassicsCrime and PunishmentThe classic mystery novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Level C2RomanceRomeo and JulietThe classic romance novel by William Shakespeare.
Level C2AdventureMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleThe classic adventure novel by Herman Melville.
Level B2AdventureThe Count of Monte CristoBetrayed and imprisoned, Edmond Dantès escapes to engineer a decade-spanning revenge.
Level B2MysteryThe Complete Sherlock HolmesDeduction, fog and gaslight — the complete canon of the world's first consulting detective.
Level C1RomancePride and PrejudiceWit, pride and slow-burning love in the drawing rooms of Regency England.
Level B2Science FictionTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaCaptain Nemo's submarine Nautilus carries its captives across the world's oceans.
Level B2AdventureAround the World in Eighty DaysPhileas Fogg wagers his fortune on circling the globe in just eighty days.
Level B2AdventureThe Adventures of Tom SawyerMischief, caves and buried treasure along the Mississippi River.
Level B2HorrorFrankensteinA young scientist builds a living being from death — and abandons what he makes.
Level C1HorrorDraculaLetters and journals trace a vampire's voyage from the Carpathians to London.
Level C1GothicThe Picture of Dorian GrayA portrait ages while its beautiful owner does not — Wilde’s only novel.
Level B1FantasyAlice's Adventures in WonderlandDown the rabbit-hole into a logic-bending world of riddles and talking creatures.
Level B2ClassicsThe Great GatsbyJazz-Age longing on Long Island, and the green light across the bay.
Level B2AdventureThe Call of the WildStolen into the Yukon gold rush, a dog heeds the ancient call of the wild.
Level C2PhilosophyThe City of God, Volume IThe classic work of philosophy and theology by Saint Augustine of Hippo.
PhilosophyThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and NoneThe classic philosophy novel by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
Level C1PhilosophyThe Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana: Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding RemarksThe classic romance novel by Vatsyayana.
RomanceThe Romance of Tristan and IseultThe classic romance novel by Joseph Bédier.
HistoricalThe IliadThe classic historical novel by Homer.
PhilosophyEcce Homo: Complete Works, Volume SeventeenThe classic philosophy novel by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
Level B2Adventure25 Principles of the PlayaA newcomer's guide to Burning Man — 25 hard-won principles, learned in the dust.
Level C1HistoricalThe Diary of Samuel Pepys — CompleteThe classic historical diary by Samuel Pepys.
Level C2HistoricalThe Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the GreatThe classic historical novel by Arrian.
RomanceComplete Short Works of George MeredithThe classic romance novel by George Meredith.
Level B2RomanceThe Green MouseThe classic romance novel by Robert W.
MysteryThe Empty House and Other Ghost StoriesThe classic mystery novel by Algernon Blackwood.
Level C1RomanceThat Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the DayThe classic romance novel by Richard Dehan.
RomanceThe Gay CockadeThe classic romance novel by Temple Bailey.
MysteryGhost Stories of an AntiquaryThe classic mystery novel by M.
HistoricalHegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy: Volume 3 (of 3)The classic historical novel by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
Level A2Children'sThe Adventures of Reddy FoxSly Reddy Fox learns some hard lessons in the Green Meadows and the Green Forest, with Granny Fox, Bowser the Hound, and Peter Rabbit — gentle, repetitive animal stories for early…
Level A2Children'sThe Adventures of Buster BearBig Buster Bear comes to the Green Forest and stirs up the Smiling Pool — gentle, repetitive animal tales for early readers.
Level A2Children'sThe Adventures of Danny Meadow MouseLittle Danny Meadow Mouse outwits foxes and hawks with his wits and his tunnels — simple, kindly animal stories for early readers.
Children'sThe Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-WinkleLittle Lucie meets Mrs.
Children'sThe Tale of the Flopsy BunniesThe sleepy Flopsy Bunnies nibble too much lettuce and land in trouble with Mr.
Children'sThe Tale of Jemima Puddle-DuckJemima Puddle-Duck looks for a quiet place to lay her eggs and meets a sly gentleman — a gentle, simple tale for the earliest readers.
Children'sThe Tale of Tom KittenTom Kitten and his sisters get thoroughly grubby before their mother's tea party — a gentle, simple tale for the earliest readers.
Children'sThe Tale of Squirrel NutkinCheeky Squirrel Nutkin teases old Owl Brown once too often — a playful, simple tale for the earliest readers.
Children'sThe Tale of Benjamin BunnyBenjamin Bunny and his cousin Peter slip into Mr.
Level B1Children'sA Little PrincessWealthy, imaginative Sara Crewe is left penniless at her London boarding school and made a servant — yet keeps her kindness and courage against all odds.
Level B1Children'sThe Wind in the WillowsMole, Rat, Badger, and the boastful Mr.
Level B1Children'sHeidiOrphaned Heidi is sent to live with her gruff grandfather on a Swiss mountain, and her sunny spirit warms everyone she meets — a heart-warming Alpine classic.
Level B1Children'sThe Secret GardenSour, lonely Mary Lennox is sent to a great Yorkshire house and discovers a locked, hidden garden — and brings it, and herself, and a sickly boy, back to life.
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