CEFR C2 · Proficient
Read Proficient Classics in English (C2)
31 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, hear natural audio narration, and save the vocabulary you meet. Start with a free chapter.
What are the best C2 books to read in English?
The best C2 classics for English learners are graded readers of well-known titles — start with Anna Karenina, Beyond Good and Evil and Biographia Literaria. Each is rewritten at CEFR C2 (proficient) 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 C2RomanceAnna KareninaThe classic romance novel by Leo, graf Tolstoy.
Level C2PhilosophyBeyond Good and EvilThe classic philosophy novel by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
Level C2PhilosophyBiographia LiterariaThe classic philosophy novel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Level C2PhilosophyEcce Homo: Complete Works, Volume SeventeenThe classic philosophy novel by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
Level C2RomanceEloisa : $b or, A series of original lettersThe classic romance novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Level C2PoetryErotica RomanaThe classic romance novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Level C2PhilosophyHegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy: Volume 3 (of 3)The classic historical novel by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
Level C2ClassicsHistory of Tom Jones, a FoundlingThe classic classics novel by Henry Fielding.
Level C2ClassicsLes MisérablesThe classic historical novel by Victor Hugo.
Level C2PhilosophyLeviathanThe classic historical novel by Thomas Hobbes.
Level C2ClassicsMiddlemarchThe classic romance novel by George Eliot.
Level C2AdventureMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleThe classic adventure novel by Herman Melville.
Level C2PhilosophyOn LibertyThe classic philosophy novel by John Stuart Mill.
Level C2RomanceRomeo and JulietThe classic romance novel by William Shakespeare.
Level C2AdventureThe Adventures of Roderick RandomThe classic adventure novel by T.
Level C2HistoricalThe Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the GreatThe classic historical novel by Arrian.
Level C2ClassicsThe Brothers KaramazovThe classic classics novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Level C2PhilosophyThe City of God, Volume IThe classic historical novel by of Hippo, Saint Augustine.
Level C2ClassicsThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareThe classic poetry novel by William Shakespeare.
Level C2ClassicsThe Expedition of Humphry ClinkerThe classic adventure novel by T.
Level C2ClassicsThe History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, CompleteThe classic romance novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
Level C2PoetryThe Home Book of Verse — Volume 2The classic romance novel by Burton Egbert Stevenson.
Level C2PoetryThe IliadThe classic historical novel by Homer.
Level C2PoetryThe Lady of the LakeThe classic romance novel by Walter Scott.
Level C2PhilosophyThe PrinceThe classic historical novel by Niccolò Machiavelli.
Level C2PoetryThe Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verseThe classic fantasy novel by Valmiki.
Level C2GothicThe Turn of the ScrewThe classic mystery novel by Henry James.
Level C2PhilosophyThe Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)The classic historical novel by George Gillespie.
Level C2PhilosophyThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and NoneThe classic philosophy novel by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
Level C2ClassicsUlyssesThe classic science-fiction novel by James Joyce.
Level C2ClassicsWar and PeaceTolstoy's sweeping epic follows five aristocratic families through the Napoleonic Wars, weaving personal drama with grand historical events to create one of literature's greatest p…