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CEFR C2 · Proficient

Read Proficient Classics in English (C2)

10 books graded at CEFR C2 (proficient) — 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 C2 books to read in English?

The best C2 books to read in English are well-known classics whose own language sits at that level — start with Mirror for Magistrates, Volume 2, Part 2, Milton's Comus and Memories of Lincoln. Each is the complete book, labelled CEFR C2 (proficient), 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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CEFR C2 (Proficient) classics, page 1 of 1 — chapters and reading length
TitleChaptersCEFR
Little Lord Fauntleroy [abridged]: Für den Schulgebrauch bearbeitet19C2
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 435C2
Histoire du chien de Brisquet / The Story of Brisquet's Dog1C2
Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth46C2
Fifty Christmas poems for children51C2
Eight illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest1C2
Buds and flowers of childish life2C2
All Round the Year2C2
A Nonsense Anthology214C2
A Child-World27C2
LevelA1A2B1B2C1C2SortRecommendedMost readTitle: A–Z
GenreMysteryAdventureRomanceHorrorFantasyScience FictionClassicsGothicHistoricalChildren'sPhilosophyPoetry
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