CEFR B2 · Upper-intermediate

Read Upper-intermediate Classics in English (B2)

2302 books graded at CEFR B2 (upper-intermediate) — learn English by reading the stories worth reading at exactly your level. Tap any word for an instant translation, listen to the narration, and save the vocabulary you meet. Start with a free sample.

What are the best B2 books to read in English?

The best B2 books to read in English are well-known classics whose own language sits at that level — start with The Boy Inventors and the Vanishing Gun, The Boy Inventor's Wireless Triumph and The Boy Hunters of Kentucky. Each is the complete book, labelled CEFR B2 (upper-intermediate), with tap-to-translate, narration and saved vocabulary, so you read a real story while building the English you actually meet in it.

2,302: books

CEFR B2 (Upper-intermediate) classics, page 1 of 48 — chapters and reading length
Title	Chapters	CEFR
The Bravest Girl in School	23	B2
The Boys' Life of Mark Twain	70	B2
The Boys of the Wireless; Or, A Stirring Rescue from the Deep	25	B2
The Boys of Crawford's Basin: The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado	22	B2
The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan's Triumph	26	B2
The Boy's Book of the Sea	28	B2
The Boy's Book of Heroes	12	B2
The Boy in the Bush	14	B2
The Boy from Hollow Hut: A Story of the Kentucky Mountains	18	B2
The Boy from Green Ginger Land	17	B2
The Boy Volunteers with the French Airmen	20	B2
The Boy Volunteers with the British Artillery	17	B2
The Boy Travellers on the Congo: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey with Henry M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent"	26	B2
The Boy Travellers in The Russian Empire: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with Accounts of a Tour across Siberia, Voyages on the Amoor, Volga, and Other Rivers, a Visit to Central Asia, Travels among the Exiles, and a Historical Sketch of the Empire from Its Foundation to the Present Time	28	B2
The Boy Trapper	18	B2
The Boy Traders; Or, The Sportsman's Club Among the Boers	17	B2
The Boy Tar	65	B2
The Boy Spies with the Regulators: The Story of How the Boys Assisted the Carolina Patriots to Drive the British from That State	18	B2
The Boy Spies of Philadelphia: The Story of How the Young Spies Helped the Continental Army at Valley Forge	23	B2
The Boy Settlers: A Story of Early Times in Kansas	21	B2
The Boy Scouts' badge of courage	27	B2
The Boy Scouts' Victory	13	B2
The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire; or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol	32	B2
The Boy Scouts with the Red Cross	14	B2
The Boy Scouts with the Motion Picture Players	14	B2
The Boy Scouts to the Rescue	1	B2
The Boy Scouts on the Yukon	16	B2
The Boy Scouts on the Trail	22	B2
The Boy Scouts on the Range	32	B2
The Boy Scouts on a Submarine	16	B2
The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island; or, Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers	28	B2
The Boy Scouts on Picket Duty	12	B2
The Boy Scouts of the Naval Reserve	13	B2
The Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew	18	B2
The Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey	13	B2
The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron	12	B2
The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land	32	B2
The Boy Scouts in the Saddle	14	B2
The Boy Scouts in the Rockies; Or, The Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine	28	B2
The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods; Or, The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol	28	B2
The Boy Scouts in the Great Flood	14	B2
The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge; Or, Marooned Among the Moonshiners	30	B2
The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War	12	B2
The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam	33	B2
The Boy Scouts for Home Protection	16	B2
The Boy Scouts for City Improvement	13	B2
The Boy Scouts at the Panama Canal	28	B2
The Boy Scouts at Mobilization Camp	14	B2