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Which Edition — the best editions and translations of the classics

Greek & Roman

Cover of The Iliad, translated by Robert Fagles

The Iliad

Homer

Cover of The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson

The Odyssey

Homer

Cover of The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles

The Aeneid

Virgil

Cover of Metamorphoses, translated by Charles Martin

Metamorphoses

Ovid

Cover of The Theban Plays, translated by Robert Fagles

The Theban Plays

Sophocles

Cover of The Oresteia, translated by Robert Fagles

The Oresteia

Aeschylus

Cover of The Histories, translated by Tom Holland

The Histories

Herodotus

Cover of Medea, translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien

Medea

Euripides

Cover of The Golden Ass, translated by Sarah Ruden

The Golden Ass

Apuleius

Russian

Cover of Crime and Punishment, translated by Oliver Ready

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cover of The Brothers Karamazov, translated by Ignat Avsey

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cover of War and Peace, translated by Anthony Briggs

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

Cover of Anna Karenina, translated by Rosamund Bartlett

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Cover of The Master and Margarita, translated by Burgin & O'Connor

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

Cover of Notes from Underground, translated by Pevear & Volokhonsky

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cover of The Idiot, translated by Alan Myers

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cover of Dead Souls, translated by Pevear & Volokhonsky

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol

Cover of Fathers and Sons, translated by Peter Carson

Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev

Cover of Eugene Onegin, translated by James E. Falen

Eugene Onegin

Alexander Pushkin

European Fiction

Cover of The Count of Monte Cristo, translated by Robin Buss

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Cover of Les Misérables, translated by Christine Donougher

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

Cover of Don Quixote, translated by Edith Grossman

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

Cover of The Divine Comedy, translated by Mark Musa

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Cover of Madame Bovary, translated by Lydia Davis

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

Cover of In Search of Lost Time, translated by Moncrieff / Kilmartin / Enright

In Search of Lost Time

Marcel Proust

Cover of The Stranger, translated by Matthew Ward

The Stranger

Albert Camus

Cover of Faust, translated by David Luke

Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cover of The Metamorphosis, translated by Susan Bernofsky

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Cover of The Decameron, translated by Wayne A. Rebhorn

The Decameron

Giovanni Boccaccio

Philosophy & Stoicism

Cover of Meditations, translated by Gregory Hays

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Cover of Letters from a Stoic, translated by Robin Campbell

Letters from a Stoic

Seneca

Cover of The Republic, translated by Grube / Reeve

The Republic

Plato

Cover of Beyond Good and Evil, translated by Walter Kaufmann

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

Cover of The Prince, translated by Tim Parks

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

Cover of Discourses, translated by Robin Hard

Discourses

Epictetus

Cover of Essays, translated by M. A. Screech

Essays

Michel de Montaigne

Cover of Leviathan, translated by Hackett (Curley)

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

Cover of Critique of Pure Reason, translated by Guyer & Wood

Critique of Pure Reason

Immanuel Kant

Cover of The Wealth of Nations, translated by Bantam Classics

The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

Eastern Classics

Cover of The Art of War, translated by Samuel B. Griffith

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Cover of The Tale of Genji, translated by Edward G. Seidensticker

The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu

Cover of Tao Te Ching, translated by D. C. Lau

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

Cover of Kokoro, translated by Meredith McKinney

Kokoro

Natsume Sōseki

Cover of The Pillow Book, translated by Meredith McKinney

The Pillow Book

Sei Shōnagon

Cover of I Am a Cat, translated by Aiko Ito & Graeme Wilson

I Am a Cat

Natsume Sōseki

Cover of The Analects, translated by Edward Slingerland

The Analects

Confucius

Cover of Hagakure, translated by Alexander Bennett

Hagakure

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Cover of The Book of Five Rings, translated by William Scott Wilson

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

Cover of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translated by Moss Roberts (unabridged)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Luo Guanzhong

English Classics

Cover of Moby-Dick, translated by Penguin Classics

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville

Cover of Frankenstein, translated by Oxford (1818 text)

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Cover of Ulysses, translated by Oxford (1922 text)

Ulysses

James Joyce

Cover of Dracula, translated by Oxford (Luckhurst)

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Cover of The Great Gatsby, translated by Scribner (authorized)

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Cover of Leaves of Grass, translated by Penguin (1855 first edition)

Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman

Cover of Walden, translated by Yale (Cramer, annotated)

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

Cover of Jane Eyre, translated by Penguin (Davies)

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Cover of Wuthering Heights, translated by Penguin (Nestor)

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Cover of Great Expectations, translated by Penguin (Mitchell)

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Shakespeare

Cover of Hamlet, translated by Folger Shakespeare Library

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Cover of Macbeth, translated by Folger Shakespeare Library

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Cover of Romeo and Juliet, translated by Folger Shakespeare Library

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

Cover of Othello, translated by Folger Shakespeare Library

Othello

William Shakespeare

Cover of King Lear, translated by Folger Shakespeare Library

King Lear

William Shakespeare

Cover of A Midsummer Night's Dream, translated by Folger Shakespeare Library

A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare

Cover of Julius Caesar, translated by Folger Shakespeare Library

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

Cover of The Tempest, translated by Folger Shakespeare Library

The Tempest

William Shakespeare

Cover of The Merchant of Venice, translated by Folger Shakespeare Library

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare

Cover of Twelfth Night, translated by Folger Shakespeare Library

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare