CEFR B2 · Upper-intermediate
Read Upper-intermediate Classics in English (B2)
34 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, hear natural audio narration, and save the vocabulary you meet. Start with a free chapter.
What are the best B2 books to read in English?
The best B2 classics for English learners are graded readers of well-known titles — start with 25 Principles of the Playa, A Honeymoon in Space and A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill. Each is rewritten at CEFR B2 (upper-intermediate) with tap-to-translate, audio narration and saved vocabulary, so you read a real story while building English at your own pace.
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Level B2Adventure25 Principles of the PlayaA newcomer's guide to Burning Man — 25 hard-won principles, learned in the dust.
Level B2Science FictionA Honeymoon in SpaceThe classic science-fiction novel by George Chetwynd Griffith.
Level B2RomanceA Romance of Billy-Goat HillThe classic romance novel by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice.
Level B2AdventureAdventures of Huckleberry FinnThe classic adventure novel by Mark Twain.
Level B2AdventureAround the World in Eighty DaysPhileas Fogg wagers his fortune on circling the globe in just eighty days.
Level B2AdventureCatrionaThe classic romance novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level B2HorrorFrankensteinA young scientist builds a living being from death — and abandons what he makes.
Level B2MysteryFriday, the Thirteenth: A NovelThe classic mystery novel by Thomas William Lawson.
Level B2AdventureKidnappedThe classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level B2HistoricalLife on the MississippiThe classic adventure novel by Mark Twain.
Level B2AdventureRoughing ItThe classic adventure novel by Mark Twain.
Level B2AdventureThe Adventures of Tom SawyerMischief, caves and buried treasure along the Mississippi River.
Level B2RomanceThe Blue Lagoon: A RomanceThe classic romance novel by H.
Level B2AdventureThe Call of the WildStolen into the Yukon gold rush, a dog heeds the ancient call of the wild.
Level B2MysteryThe Complete Sherlock HolmesDeduction, fog and gaslight — the complete canon of the world's first consulting detective.
Level B2AdventureThe Count of Monte CristoBetrayed and imprisoned, Edmond Dantès escapes to engineer a decade-spanning revenge.
Level B2MysteryThe Daughter of Anderson CrowThe classic mystery novel by George Barr McCutcheon.
Level B2RomanceThe Enchanted AprilThe classic romance novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim.
Level B2RomanceThe Gay CockadeThe classic romance novel by Temple Bailey.
Level B2ClassicsThe Great GatsbyJazz-Age longing on Long Island, and the green light across the bay.
Level B2RomanceThe Green MouseThe classic romance novel by Robert W.
Level B2MysteryThe Green MummyThe classic mystery novel by Fergus Hume.
Level B2RomanceThe Landloper: The Romance of a Man on FootThe classic romance novel by Holman Day.
Level B2GothicThe Phantom of the OperaThe classic mystery novel by Gaston Leroux.
Level B2HistoricalThe Prince and the PauperThe classic historical novel by Mark Twain.
Level B2RomanceThe Real AdventureThe classic romance novel by Henry Kitchell Webster.
Level B2HorrorThe String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.The classic mystery novel by Thomas Peckett Prest.
Level B2AdventureThe Yeoman AdventurerThe classic romance novel by George W.
Level B2Science FictionThuvia, maid of MarsThe classic science-fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Level B2AdventureTreasure IslandThe classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level B2Science FictionTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaCaptain Nemo's submarine Nautilus carries its captives across the world's oceans.
Level B2AdventureTwenty years afterThe classic adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Level B2RomanceUnder the Red Dragon: A NovelThe classic mystery novel by James Grant.
Level B2FantasyUndineThe classic romance novel by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué.