Tony's Top Classic Books (P5 of my reading list)
This list of books constitute those in my personal library of books that I would consider to be classics, literary greats or simply great stories that entertain, educate or inform.
They are listed twice, by title and by author, to make it easier for you to search and use as a resource.
If you really want to enhance your knowledge and give yourself the edge, shortcut the list and go straight to my list of 'Must-read' books.
NB If a book has been recommended to you but you can't find it here, it may just be that I have not yet come across it. If you think it should be on here, then please contact me via this site with your recommendation.
Enjoy 🙂
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By Title - Books that are Classics, Great Stories or General Knowledge, and Will Entertain
To Be Updated
By Author - Books that are Classics, Great Stories or General Knowledge, and Will Entertain
Aesop, – Fables of Aesop
Adams, Douglas – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Archer, Jeffrey – The Fourth Estate
Baum, L Frank – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Brown, Dan – Angels and Demons
Brown, Dan – The Da Vinci Code
Bryson, Bill – Notes From A Small Island
Buchan, John – The Thirty-Nine Steps
Carroll, Lewis – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Charriere, Henri – Papillon
Chaucer, Geoffrey – The Canterbury Tales
Chomsky, Noamh - How the World Works
Coelho, Paulo – The Alchemist
Defoe, Daniel – Robinson Crusoe
Dickens, Charles – David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles – Great Expectations
Dickens, Charles – Oliver Twist
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan – The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dumas, Alexandre – The Count of Monte Cristo
Dumas, Alexandre – The Three Musketeers
Elton, Ben – Dead Famous
Elton, Ben – Gridlock
Elton, Ben – Popcorn
Elton, Ben – Stark
Elton, Ben – This Other Eden
Fitzgerald, F Scott – The Great Gatsby
Fleming, Ian – Casino Royale
Fleming, Ian – Live and Let Die
Fleming, Ian – Moonraker
Fleming, Ian – Diamonds are Forever
Fleming, Ian – From Russia with Love
Fleming, Ian – Dr No
Fleming, Ian – Goldfinger
Fleming, Ian – For Your Eyes Only
Fleming, Ian – Thunderball
Fleming, Ian – The Spy Who Loved Me
Fleming, Ian – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Fleming, Ian – You Only Live Twice
Fleming, Ian – The Man With The Golden Gun
Fleming, Ian – Octopussy and The Living Daylights
Forsythe, Frederick – The Day of the Jackal
Forsythe, Frederick – The Odessa File
Gallico, Paul – The Poseidon Adventure
Golding, William – Lord of the Flies
Grahame, Kenneth – The Wind in the Willows
Heller, Joseph – Catch 22
Higgins, Jack – The Eagle Has Landed
Hope, Murry – The Sirius Connection – Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Egypt
Howard, Michael - Secret Societies - Their Influence and Power from Antiquity to the Present Day
Hughes, Thomas – Tom Brown’s Schooldays
Huxley, Aldous – Brave New World
Inman, Tony – The Parrot and the Lady – Introducing Randy Short 008
Jacq, Christian – Ramses – The Lady of Abu Simbel
Kipling, Rudyard – The Jungle Book
Lawrence, DH – Lady Chatterley’s Lover
London, Jack – The Call of the Wild
London, Jack – White Fang
MacLean, Alistair – Where Eagles Dare
Melville, Herman – Moby Dick
Milne, AA – Winnie the Pooh
Moliere, – Le Misanthrope
Orwell, George – Animal Farm
Orwell, George – Nineteen-Eighty-Four
Osborn, David – Open Season
Puzo, Mario – The Godfather
Redfield, James – The Celestine Prophecy
Salinger, JD – The Catcher in the Rye
Scott, Walter – Ivanhoe
Sewell, Anna – Black Beauty
Shakespeare, William – Antony and Cleopatra
Shakespeare, William – Hamlet
Shakespeare, William – Julius Caesar
Shakespeare, William – Macbeth
Shakespeare, William – Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare, William – Richard the Third
Shakespeare, William – The Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare, William – The Taming of the Shrew
Shelley, Mary – Frankenstein
Shute, Neville – A Town Like Alice
Shute, Neville – On the Beach
Smith, Wilbur – Eagle in the Sky
Smith, Wilbur – Wild Justice
Stevenson, Robert Louis – Strange Case of Dr Jeckll and Mr Hyde
Stevenson, Robert Louis – Kidnapped
Stevenson, Robert Louis – Treasure Island
Stoker, Bram – Dracula
Swift, Jonathan – Gulliver’s Travels
Thurber, James – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Tolkien, JRR – The Lord of the Rings
Twain, Mark – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Various Contributors - History Through Headlines - The Stories that Shaped Our World
Verne, Jules – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Wells, HG – The War of the Worlds
Winton, Tim – The Turning
Wyndham, John – The Day of the Triffids