CEFR B2 · Upper-intermediate

Read Upper-intermediate Classics in English (B2)

20 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 King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast and A Study in Scarlet. 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.

20: books

CEFR B2 (Upper-intermediate) classics, page 1 of 1 — chapters and reading length
Title	Chapters	CEFR
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table	16	B2–C1
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast	32	B2–C1
A Honeymoon in Space	20	B2–C2
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill	31	B2–C2
Catriona	30	B2–C2
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy	47	B1–C1
The Blue Castle: a novel	46	B1–C1
The Blue Lagoon: A Romance	49	B2–C2
The Count of Monte Cristo	117	B2–C2
The Daughter of Anderson Crow	37	B2–C1
The Enchanted April	22	B2–C2
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot	33	B2–C1
The Phantom of the Opera	26	B2–C2
The Real Adventure	49	B2–C1
The Yeoman Adventurer	26	B2–C2
Under the Red Dragon: A Novel	61	B2–C2
Undine	10	B2–C1
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult	15	B2–C1
The Green Mouse	16	B2–C2
The Gay Cockade	14	B2–C2