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164 classics, graded so you can start where you actually are. Take the ePub and read it on any device you own.

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A US grade band, and a CEFR level — A1 beginner through C2 near-native — so whichever scale you already know, one of them fits.

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Grade 1-214
Grade 2-38
Grade 4-514
Grade 5-624
Grade 6-725
Grade 7-810
Grade 7-92
Grade 8-912
Grade 9-1021
Grade 9-121
Grade 10-118
Grade 10-1211
Grade 11-1214

Every book

CEFR levelA1 beginner → C2 near-native

US reading levelUS school grade

164 books

B1 · 6-7
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
C1 · 9-10
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
B1 · 4-5
A Double Story
George MacDonald
B2–C1 · 10-12
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
B2 · 7-8
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Jules Verne
B1 · 5-6
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
C1 · 10-11
A Room with a View
E. M. Forster
B2 · 8-9
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
C1 · 10-11
A Tale Of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
B2 · 9-10
A Voyage round the World
William Henry Giles Kingston
B1 · 6-7
Alicen Wilde
Metta V. Victor
B2-C1 · 9-10
Alices Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
B2–C1 · 9-12
All quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
B1 · 6-7
Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery
B1 · 7-8
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
B2 · 6-7
At the Back of the North Wind
George MacDonald
A2 · 5-6
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
B1 · 5-6
Daddy-Long-Legs
Jean Webster
C1 · 11-12
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
A2 · 4-5
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Frank Baum
B2 · 9-10
Dracula
Bram Stoker
C1 · 11-12
Dubliners
James Joyce
B1 · 6-7
Eight Cousins
Louisa May Alcott
B1 · 6-7
Emily of New Moon
Lucy Maud Montgomery
A2 · 5-6
English Fairy Tales
Joseph Jacobs
A2 · 5-6
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
H. C. Andersen
A2 · 4-5
Featherland: How the Birds lived at Greenlawn
George Manville Fenn
A2 · 4-5
Field, Forest and Farm
Jean-Henri Fabre
B1 · 4-5
Five Children and It
E. Nesbit
B2 · 9-10
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
A2 · 5-6
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
B2 · 9-10
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
C1 · 11-12
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
A2 · 5-6
Heidi
Johanna Spyri
B2 · 8-9
Humorous Ghost Stories
Dorothy Scarborough
C1 · 9-10
Ivanhoe: A Romance
Walter Scott
B1 · 5-6
Jack and Jill
Louisa May Alcott
C1 · 10-11
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
B1 · 5-6
Just David
Eleanor H. Porter
A2 · 4-5
Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling
B2 · 7-9
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
B1 · 5-6
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Frances Hodgson Burnett
B1 · 6-7
Little Men
Louisa May Alcott
B1–B2 · 9-10
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
B1 · 4-5
Lob Lie-By-The-Fire
Juliana Horatia Ewing
A1 · 1-2
McGuffeys electric primer
Alexander H. McGuffey
B2 · 7-8
My Man Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
C1 · 11-12
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
B1 · 5-6
Old-Fashion Fairy Tales
Juliana Horatia Ewing
B2 · 8-9
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
C1 · 10-11
Persuasion
Jane Austen
A2 · 4-5
Peter Pan
James Matthew Barrie
B1 · 5-6
Pollyanna
Eleanor H. Porter
C1 · 9-10
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
B2-C1 · 9-10
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
A1 · 1-2
Raggedy Ann Stories
Gruelle, Johnny
B1 · 5-6
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
B2 · 7-8
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
C1 · 9-10
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
C1 · 11-12
Selected Essays and Lectures by Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
C1 · 10-11
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
C1 · 10-11
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
C1 · 11-12
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
B2 · 6-7
Spinning-Wheel Story
Louisa May Alcott
B1 · 6-7
Tales of King Arthur
Howard Pyle
B1 · 5-6
Tanglewood Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A1 · 2-3
The Adventures of Buster Bear
Thornton W. Burgess
A1 · 2-3
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel
Thornton W. Burgess
A1 · 2-3
The Adventures of Grandfather Frog
Thornton W. Burgess
B2 · 9-10
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
A1–A2 · 1-2
The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk
Thornton W. Burgess
A1 · 2-3
The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad
Thornton W. Burgess
A1 · 2-3
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail
Thornton W. Burgess
A1 · 2-3
The Adventures of Reddy Fox
Thornton W. Burgess
B2 · 8-9
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
B2 · 7-8
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
C1 · 11-12
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
B2 · 7-8
The Arabian Nights : Their Best-known Tales
Kate Douglas Wiggin, Nora A. Smith
B1 · 6-7
The Blue Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
A2 · 2-3
The Box-Car Children
Gertrude Chandler Warner
B2 · 6-7
The Brown Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
B2 · 6-7
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
C1 · 11-12
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield
C1 · 9-10
The Complete Stories and Poems
Edgar Allan Poe
B2 · 7-8
The Coral Island
R. M. Ballantyne
C1 · 10-12
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
C1 · 10-12
The Elements of Style
William Strunk
B2 · 8-9
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
Algernon Blackwood
C1 · 9-10
The Enchanted April
Elizabeth Von Arnim
B1 · 6-7
The Enchanted Castle
E. Nesbit
C1 · 10-12
The Garden Party and other short stories
Katherine Mansfield
B1 · 6-7
The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry
C1 · 10-12
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
B1 · 6-7
The Green Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
A2 · 5-6
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Oscar Wilde
B2 · 8-9
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
C1 · 11-12
The Iliad
Homer
B2–C1 · 9-10
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
B1 · 6-7
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
B1 · 5-6
The King of the Golden River
John Ruskin
C1 · 10-12
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
B1 · 5-6
The Light Princess
George MacDonald
B2 · 6-7
The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle
B2 · 8-9
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales
Bret Harte
B2 · 9-10
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
B1 · 7-8
The Man in the Brown Suit
Agatha Christie
B2 · 8-9
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
C1 · 10-12
The Odyssey
Homer
B2 · 6-7
The Orange Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
B2 · 9-10
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
B1 · 4-5
The Phoenix and the Carpet
E. Nesbit
C1 · 11-12
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
B2 · 6-7
The Pink Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
B1 · 6-7
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
B2 · 6-7
The Princess and Curdie
George MacDonald
B1 · 5-6
The Princess and the Goblin
George MacDonald
B1 · 5-6
The Railway Children
E. Nesbit
B2 · 8-9
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane
B1 · 5-6
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
B1 · 5-6
The Secret of the Island
Jules Verne
A2 · 4-5
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
B2 · 7-8
The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
B1 · 5-6
The Story of the Amulet
E. Nesbit
B1 · 4-5
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
E. Nesbit
B2 · 9-10
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Robert Louis Stevenson
B2 · 7-8
The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David Wyss
A2 · 1-2
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
Beatrix Potter
A2 · 1-2
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
Beatrix Potter
A2 · 1-2
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
Beatrix Potter
A2 · 1-2
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Beatrix Potter
A1 · 1-2
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
A2 · 1-2
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Beatrix Potter
A2 · 1-2
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
Beatrix Potter
A1 · 1-2
The Tale of Tom Kitten
Beatrix Potter
A2 · 1-2
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
Beatrix Potter
A2 · 1-2
The Tales of Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter
A1 · 1-2
The Tales of Mother Goose
Charles Perrault
B2 · 9-10
The Tell Tale Heart and Other Writings
Edgar Allan Poe
B2 · 7-9
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan
C1 · 10-11
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
B2 · 8-9
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
C1 · 11-12
The Turn of the Screw
Henery James
A2 · 2-3
The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams
B2 · 6-7
The Violet Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
B2–C1 · 9-10
The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells
B2 · 6-7
The Water-Babies
Charles Kingsley
B1 · 5-6
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
C1 · 10-11
The Woman in White
A2–B1 · 8-9
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
C1 · 10-12
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe V. 1
Edgar Allan Poe
C1 · 10-12
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe V. 2
Edgar Allan Poe
C1 · 10-12
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe V. 3
Edgar Allan Poe
C1 · 10-12
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe V. 4
Edgar Allan Poe
C1 · 11-12
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe V. 5
Edgar Allan Poe
B1 · 4-5
The Wouldbegoods
E. Nesbit
B2 · 9-10
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome K. Jerome
B1 · 5-6
Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
B1 · 6-7
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
A2 · 4-5
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds
Anonymous
B2 · 8-9
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
Jules Verne
C1 · 11-12
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
B2 · 6-7
White Fang
Jack London
B1 · 4-5
Winnie-the-Pooh
A. A. Milne
C1 · 11-12
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë

Graded twice

Yours to keep

4 a month with a membership

Jump to a reading level

Every book

A Christmas Carol

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Double Story

A Farewell to Arms

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

A Little Princess

A Room with a View

A Study in Scarlet

A Tale Of Two Cities

A Voyage round the World

Alicen Wilde

Alices Adventures in Wonderland

All quiet on the Western Front

Anne of Green Gables

Around the World in Eighty Days

At the Back of the North Wind

Black Beauty

Daddy-Long-Legs

David Copperfield

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

Dracula

Dubliners

Eight Cousins

Emily of New Moon

English Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

Featherland: How the Birds lived at Greenlawn

Field, Forest and Farm

Five Children and It

Frankenstein

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Gulliver's Travels

Hamlet

Heidi

Humorous Ghost Stories

Ivanhoe: A Romance

Jack and Jill

Jane Eyre

Just David

Just So Stories

Kidnapped

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Men

Little Women

Lob Lie-By-The-Fire

McGuffeys electric primer

My Man Jeeves

Oedipus Rex

Old-Fashion Fairy Tales

Oliver Twist

Persuasion

Peter Pan

Pollyanna

Pride and Prejudice

Pygmalion

Raggedy Ann Stories

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Robinson Crusoe

Romeo and Juliet

Selected Essays and Lectures by Oscar Wilde

Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde

Sense and Sensibility

Siddhartha

Spinning-Wheel Story

Tales of King Arthur

Tanglewood Tales

The Adventures of Buster Bear

The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel

The Adventures of Grandfather Frog

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk

The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad

The Adventures of Peter Cottontail

The Adventures of Reddy Fox

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes