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CEFR C2 · Proficient

Read Proficient Classics in English (C2)

43 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 Sonnets from the Portuguese, Oliver Twist and The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 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
Sonnets from the Portuguese44C2
Love and Freindship [sic]38C2
A Honeymoon in Space20B2–C2
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill31B2–C2
A Tale of Two Cities45C1–C2
A pair of blue eyes40C1–C2
Anna Karenina240C2
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)27C1–C2
Carmen4C1–C2
Catriona30B2–C2
Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters164C2
Erotica Romana24C2
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling210C2
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography38C1–C2
Lady Audley's Secret41C1–C2
Les Misérables365C2
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor75C1–C2
Manon Lescaut13C1–C2
Middlemarch86C2
Pride and Prejudice61C1–C2
Romeo and Juliet5C2
Sense and Sensibility50C1–C2
The Blue Lagoon: A Romance49B2–C2
The Count of Monte Cristo117B2–C2
The Enchanted April22B2–C2
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete52C2
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance60C1–C2
The Lady of the Lake6C2
The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay77C1–C2
The Monk: A Romance12C1–C2
The Mysteries of Udolpho57C1–C2
The Phantom of the Opera26B2–C2
The Red Lily — Complete34C1–C2
The Scarlet Letter24C1–C2
The Yeoman Adventurer26B2–C2
Under the Red Dragon: A Novel61B2–C2
War and Peace365C2
White nights, and other stories32C1–C2
Wuthering Heights34C1–C2
Complete Short Works of George Meredith56C1–C2
The Green Mouse16B2–C2
That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day72C1–C2
The Gay Cockade14B2–C2
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GenreMysteryAdventureRomanceHorrorFantasyScience FictionClassicsGothicHistoricalChildren'sPhilosophyPoetry
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