CEFR C2 · Proficient
Read Proficient Classics in English (C2)
23 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 Anna Karenina, Beyond Good and Evil and Biographia Literaria. 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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| Title | Chapters | CEFR |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Karenina | 240 | C2 |
| Beyond Good and Evil | 9 | C2 |
| Biographia Literaria | 27 | C2 |
| Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters | 164 | C2 |
| Erotica Romana | 24 | C2 |
| History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | 210 | C2 |
| Les Misérables | 372 | C2 |
| Middlemarch | 86 | C2 |
| Moby Dick; Or, The Whale | 135 | C2 |
| Romeo and Juliet | 5 | C2 |
| The Adventures of Roderick Random | 69 | C2 |
| The Brothers Karamazov | 96 | C2 |
| The Complete Works of William Shakespeare | 44 | C2 |
| The Expedition of Humphry Clinker | 84 | C2 |
| The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete | 52 | C2 |
| The Lady of the Lake | 190 | C2 |
| The Prince | 26 | C2 |
| The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse | 5 | C2 |
| The Turn of the Screw | 24 | C2 |
| Ulysses | 18 | C2 |
| War and Peace | 365 | C2 |
| The City of God, Volume I | 13 | C2 |
| The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great | 205 | C2 |
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 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 C2ClassicsHistory of Tom Jones, a FoundlingThe classic classics novel by Henry Fielding.
Level C2ClassicsLes MisérablesThe classic historical novel by Victor Hugo.
Level C2ClassicsMiddlemarchThe classic romance novel by George Eliot.
Level C2AdventureMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleThe classic adventure novel by Herman Melville.
Level C2RomanceRomeo and JulietThe classic romance novel by William Shakespeare.
Level C2AdventureThe Adventures of Roderick RandomThe classic adventure novel by T.
Level C2ClassicsThe Brothers KaramazovThe classic classics novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Level C2ClassicsThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareThe classic poetry novel by William Shakespeare.
Level C2ClassicsThe Expedition of Humphry ClinkerThe classic epistolary novel by Tobias Smollett.
Level C2ClassicsThe History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, CompleteThe classic romance novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
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 C2ClassicsUlyssesThe classic 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…
Level C2PhilosophyThe City of God, Volume IThe classic work of philosophy and theology by Saint Augustine of Hippo.
Level C2HistoricalThe Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the GreatThe classic historical novel by Arrian.