CEFR C1 · Advanced

Read Advanced Classics in English (C1)

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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 Émile Zola, Novelist and Reformer: An Account of His Life & Work, Æsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers and Æsop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices.. 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.

14,246: books

CEFR C1 (Advanced) classics, page 214 of 297 — chapters and reading length
Title	Chapters	CEFR
In colonial days	6	C1
In and About Drury Lane, and Other Papers, Vol. 2 (of 2): Reprinted from the pages of the 'Temple Bar' Magazine	12	C1
In and About Drury Lane, and Other Papers Vol. 1 (of 2): Reprinted from the pages of the 'Temple Bar' Magazine	13	C1
In a Hollow of the Hills	8	C1
In a Green Shade: A Country Commentary	27	C1
In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3	20	C1
In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3	24	C1
In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3	31	C1
In a German Pension	13	C1
In a Canadian Canoe; The Nine Muses Minus One, and Other Stories	8	C1
In White Raiment	32	C1
In Trust: The Story of a Lady and Her Lover	36	C1
In Touch with Nature: Tales and Sketches from the Life	19	C1
In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3: Christmas Poems from 'round the World	9	C1
In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV	8	C1
In Taunton town : a story of the rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth in 1685	1	C1
In Strange Company: A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas	22	C1
In Spite of All: A Novel	47	C1
In Silk Attire: A Novel	1	C1
In Secret	13	C1
In Search of the Unknown	3	C1
In Search of Mademoiselle	29	C1
In Queer Street	20	C1
In Pursuit of Spring	13	C1
In Partnership: Studies in story-telling	16	C1
In Paradise: A Novel. Vol. II	55	C1
In Paradise: A Novel. Vol. I.	38	C1
In Our Convent Days	9	C1
In Old Madras	1	C1
In Old Kentucky	19	C1
In Naaman's House	27	C1
In Mr. Knox's Country	1	C1
In Madeira Place: 1887	1	C1
In Macao	5	C1
In Luck at Last	15	C1
In League with Israel: A Tale of the Chattanooga Conference	20	C1
In Kings' Byways	18	C1
In Kedar's Tents	31	C1
In Honour Bound: An Original Play, in One Act.: (Suggested by Scribe's Five Act Comedy, "Une Chaine.")	1	C1
In Her Own Right	21	C1
In Great Waters: Four Stories	6	C1
In God's Way: A Novel	10	C1
In Freedom's Cause : A Story of Wallace and Bruce	28	C1
In Exile, and Other Stories	6	C1
In Doublet and Hose: A Story for Girls	30	C1
In Divers Tones	5	C1
In Direst Peril	21	C1
In Desert and Wilderness	4	C1