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Classicly Books

The Age of Reason

Thomas Paine

If Thomas Paine were alive today he'd probably be a blogger. As a pamphleteer, he could spread his dissident ideas so cheaply and quickly that they caught on like proverbial wildfire. As with Common S..

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

H.G. Wells coined the term "Martian" for his super-influential 1898 sci-fi classic War of the Worlds, in which England is set upon by spooky "cylinders" from Mars. At first the aliens looked pretty we..

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Of the countless vampire movies, books, and plays out there, Bram Stoker's Dracula is still the OG of blood-sucking monsters. Told as a series of letters and journal entries, this classic follows a yo..

The Analects of Confucius

Confucius

The Analects are a record of the deeds and wisdom of China's primary philosopher Confucius, who lived during the 5th century BC. Much like Socrates, whose wisdom was later recorded by Plato, Confucius..

The Art of Money Getting

P.T. Barnum

It's a shame ole P.T. Barnum gets pegged with saying "There's a sucker born every minute," not simply because he never said it, but because he seems like a pretty stand up guy. You'll get the sense of..

Collected Works of Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

As a storywriter and poet, Edgar Allan Poe was master of the macabre and one of America's great literary geniuses. His collection of poems, short stories, and literary criticism not only helped define..

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre is a Gothic romance novel by Charlotte Bronte, published in London in 1847. It follows the willful and passionate orphan Jane through her neglected childhood, her education at a strict girls..

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, the first in a series of 56 stories that essentially launched the genre of crime fiction. Like many works o..