CEFR C1 · Advanced
Read Advanced Classics in English (C1)
93 books graded at CEFR C1 (advanced) — 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 C1 books to read in English?
The best C1 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, Oliver Twist and The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Each is the complete book, labelled CEFR C1 (advanced), with tap-to-translate, narration and saved vocabulary, so you read a real story while building the English you actually meet in it.
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Level B2–C1MysteryThe Daughter of Anderson CrowThe classic mystery novel by George Barr McCutcheon.
Level B2–C2RomanceThe Enchanted AprilThe classic romance novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim.
Level B2–C2ClassicsThe Great GatsbyJazz-Age longing on Long Island, and the green light across the bay.
Level B2–C2MysteryThe Green MummyThe classic mystery novel by Fergus Hume.
Level C1–C2RomanceThe History of Sir Richard Calmady: A RomanceThe classic romance novel by Lucas Malet.
Level C1–C2HistoricalThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By HimselfThe classic historical novel by Olaudah Equiano.
Level C1–C2HorrorThe King in YellowThe classic mystery novel by Robert W.
Level B2–C1RomanceThe Landloper: The Romance of a Man on FootThe classic romance novel by Holman Day.
Level C1–C2HistoricalThe Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, CompleteThe classic classics novel by John Forster.
Level C1–C2RomanceThe Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert ImlayThe classic romance novel by Mary Wollstonecraft.
Level C1–C2MysteryThe Man Who Was Thursday: A NightmareThe classic mystery novel by G.
Level C1–C2HorrorThe Monk: A RomanceThe classic horror novel by M.
Level C1–C2MysteryThe MoonstoneThe classic mystery novel by Wilkie Collins.
Level C1–C2GothicThe Mysteries of UdolphoThe classic mystery novel by Ann Ward Radcliffe.
Level C1–C2MysteryThe Mystery of Edwin DroodThe classic mystery novel by Charles Dickens.
Level B2–C2GothicThe Phantom of the OperaThe classic mystery novel by Gaston Leroux.
Level C1–C2GothicThe Picture of Dorian GrayA portrait ages while its beautiful owner does not — Wilde’s only novel.
Level B2–C1HistoricalThe Prince and the PauperThe classic historical novel by Mark Twain.
Level B2–C1RomanceThe Real AdventureThe classic romance novel by Henry Kitchell Webster.
Level C1–C2RomanceThe Red Lily — CompleteThe classic romance novel by Anatole France.
Level C1–C2ClassicsThe Scarlet LetterThe classic historical novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Level B2–C1HorrorThe String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.The classic mystery novel by Thomas Peckett Prest.
Level C1–C2MysteryThe Woman in WhiteThe classic mystery novel by Wilkie Collins.
Level B2–C2AdventureThe Yeoman AdventurerThe classic romance novel by George W.
Level B2–C1Science FictionThuvia, maid of MarsThe classic science-fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Level C1–C2AdventureTravels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846The classic adventure novel by James Richardson.
Level B2–C1AdventureTreasure IslandThe classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level B2–C2Science FictionTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaCaptain Nemo's submarine Nautilus carries its captives across the world's oceans.
Level B2–C2AdventureTwenty years afterThe classic adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Level B2–C2RomanceUnder the Red Dragon: A NovelThe classic mystery novel by James Grant.
Level B2–C1FantasyUndineThe classic romance novel by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué.
Level C1–C2ClassicsWhite nights, and other storiesThe classic classics novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Level C1–C2GothicWuthering HeightsThe classic gothic novel by Emily Brontë.
Level C1–C2PhilosophyThe Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana: Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding RemarksThe classic romance novel by Vatsyayana.
Level B2–C1RomanceThe Romance of Tristan and IseultThe classic romance novel by Joseph Bédier.
Level C1–C2HistoricalThe IliadThe classic historical novel by Homer.
Level B2–C2Adventure25 Principles of the PlayaA newcomer's guide to Burning Man — 25 hard-won principles, learned in the dust.
Level C1–C2HistoricalThe Diary of Samuel Pepys — CompleteThe classic historical diary by Samuel Pepys.
Level C1–C2RomanceComplete Short Works of George MeredithThe classic romance novel by George Meredith.
Level B2–C2RomanceThe Green MouseThe classic romance novel by Robert W.
Level C1–C2HorrorThe Empty House and Other Ghost StoriesThe classic mystery novel by Algernon Blackwood.
Level C1–C2RomanceThat Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the DayThe classic romance novel by Richard Dehan.
Level B2–C2RomanceThe Gay CockadeThe classic romance novel by Temple Bailey.
Level C1–C2HorrorGhost Stories of an AntiquaryThe classic mystery novel by M.
Level B1–C1Children'sThe Wind in the WillowsMole, Rat, Badger, and the boastful Mr.