# Classic

Some books stand the test of time — and the **Classic Books** collection at Somii Books celebrates the very best of them. From Austen and Dickens to Orwell and Fitzgerald, we stock the best classic books that have shaped literature and continue to captivate UK readers across generations, all within our [**fiction books**](https://somiibooks.com/collections/fiction-books) hub.

The term "classic" covers a rich and varied tradition. Our selection spans classical works from the ancient world through to modern classic books of the 20th and 21st centuries — texts that appear on school syllabuses, university reading lists, and the bookshelves of serious readers everywhere. Whether you are studying for exams, revisiting a beloved title, or discovering a good classic book for the very first time, our range has affordable paperbacks and beautiful collector editions alike.

Classics readers often find much to enjoy across our broader fiction range. Our [**historical fiction books**](https://somiibooks.com/collections/thrillers-crime-and-mystery-books) bring the same attention to period detail and character that makes the classics so compelling, while our [**fantasy books**](https://somiibooks.com/collections/fantasy-books) range includes many titles that are already becoming the classics of tomorrow. For readers who enjoy beautiful writing above all else, our [**romance books**](https://somiibooks.com/collections/romance-books) and [**adventure books**](https://somiibooks.com/collections/adventure-books) collections both feature titles of genuine literary merit.

Classics also make exceptional gifts — perennial, beautiful, and always meaningful. Browse our full **classic books** range and explore sibling collections [**fantasy books**](https://somiibooks.com/collections/fantasy-books), [**romance books**](https://somiibooks.com/collections/romance-books), [**adventure books**](https://somiibooks.com/collections/adventure-books), [**thrillers, crime & mystery**](https://somiibooks.com/collections/thrillers-crime-and-mystery-books), **historical fiction books**, and [**BookTok books**](https://somiibooks.com/collections/booktok-books) — all within the [**fiction books**](https://somiibooks.com/collections/fiction-books) hub.

## Products in this collection

- [The Burial of the Rats (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-burial-of-the-rats) - 4.99 GBP
- [The Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics) by Alexandre Dumas (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-count-of-monte-cristo-wordsworth-classics) - 9.99 GBP
- [The World of Peter Rabbit Wall Calendar 2026 (Art Calendar) (Soft)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-world-of-peter-rabbit-wall-calendar-2026-art-calendar) - 7.99 GBP
- [The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Penguin Archive) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-dream-of-a-ridiculous-man-penguin-archive) - 5.99 GBP
- [Transformation (Penguin Archive) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/transformation-penguin-archive) - 4.99 GBP
- [Dracula (Penguin Clothbound Classics) (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/dracula-penguin-clothbound-classics) - 12.99 GBP
- [These Wicked Devices: An extraordinary literary historical novel (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/these-wicked-devices-an-extraordinary-literary-historical-novel-perfect-for-fans-of-hilary-mantel-or-sarah-perry) - 14.99 GBP
- [Sense and Sensibility (Chartwell Deluxe Editions) (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/sense-and-sensibility-chartwell-deluxe-editions) - 11.99 GBP
- [White Nights (Penguin Little Black Classics) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/white-nights-penguin-little-black-classics) - 5.0 GBP
- [Of Mice and Men (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/of-mice-and-men) - 7.99 GBP
- [Animal Farm (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/animal-farm-penguin-modern-classics) - 6.99 GBP
- [Animal Farm by George Orwell (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/animal-farm) - 18.0 GBP
- [1984: 75th Anniversary by George Orwell (Mass Market Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/1984-75th-anniversary) - 12.0 GBP
- [Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/lord-of-the-flies-3) - 27.0 GBP
- [To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/to-kill-a-mockingbird) - 16.99 GBP
- [Emma (Wordsworth Classics) by Jane Austen (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/emma-wordsworth-classics) - 4.99 GBP
- [Animal Farm (Wordsworth Classics) by George Orwell (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/animal-farm-wordsworth-classics) - 3.99 GBP
- [Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel (Wordsworth Classics) by George Orwell (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/nineteen-eighty-four-a-novel-wordsworth-classics) - 4.99 GBP
- [Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/jane-eyre-penguin-classics) - 8.99 GBP
- [Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/lord-of-the-flies-2) - 7.99 GBP
- [Frankenstein: Penguin English Library by Mary Shelley (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/frankenstein-penguin-english-library) - 8.99 GBP
- [Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Brontë (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/wuthering-heights-penguin-classics) - 9.99 GBP
- [The Little Black Classics Life of a Stupid Man by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Mass Market Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-little-black-classics-life-of-a-stupid-man) - 4.0 GBP
- [Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/frankenstein-or-the-modern-prometheus-penguin-classics) - 8.99 GBP
- [East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/east-of-eden) - 9.99 GBP
- [stoner: a novel. john williams by John Williams (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/stoner-a-novel-john-williams) - 9.99 GBP
- [Birds, Strangers and Psychos by Maxim Jakubowski (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/birds-strangers-and-psychos-this-years-perfect-gift-for-the-hitchcock-lover-in-your-life) - 9.99 GBP
- [Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-illustrated-by-sir-john-tenniel) - 19.99 GBP
- [Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/crime-and-punishment-an-essential-best-loved-classic) - 9.99 GBP
- [Letter To My Judge by Georges Simenon (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/letter-to-my-judge) - 12.99 GBP
- [The Girls by John Bowen (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-girls) - 7.99 GBP
- [City of Rats by César Aira (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/city-of-rats) - 12.99 GBP
- [Taipei People by Pai Hsien-yung (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/taipei-people) - 14.99 GBP
- [I'll Take the Fire by Leïla Slimani (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/ill-take-the-fire) - 14.99 GBP
- [Ladies Of The Rachmaninoff Eyes (Faber Editions) by Henry Van Dyke (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/ladies-of-the-rachmaninoff-eyes-faber-editions) - 9.99 GBP
- [Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/crime-and-punishment-penguin-classics) - 9.99 GBP
- [The Body in the Library [Special Edition] Book 2 by Agatha Christie (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-body-in-the-library-special-edition-a-classic-british-whodunit-and-cozy-mystery-of-murder-and-suspense-book-2) - 12.99 GBP
- [These Wicked Devices by Matthew Plampin (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/these-wicked-devices-an-extraordinary-literary-historical-novel-perfect-for-fans-of-hilary-mantel-or-sarah-perry-1) - 9.99 GBP
- [Animal Farm (Collins Classics) by George Orwell (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/animal-farm-the-internationally-best-selling-classic-from-the-author-of-1984-collins-classics) - 9.99 GBP
- [The Old Curiosity Shop (Ornate Classics) by Charles Dickens (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-old-curiosity-shop-ornate-classics) - 9.99 GBP
- [Les Miserables (Penguin Classics) by Victor Hugo (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/les-miserables-penguin-classics) - 9.99 GBP
- [The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-brothers-karamazov-an-essential-best-loved-classic-collins-classics) - 7.99 GBP
- [Super-Frog Saves Tokyo by Haruki Murakami (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/super-frog-saves-tokyo-a-beautifully-designed-gift-edition-of-the-internationally-bestselling-author-s-iconic-story) - 12.99 GBP
- [My Death by Lisa Tuttle (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/my-death) - 7.99 GBP
- [Classic Summer Stories by Becky Brown (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/classic-summer-stories) - 9.99 GBP
- [Northanger Abbey (Chartwell Deluxe Editions) by Jane Austen (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/northanger-abbey-chartwell-deluxe-editions) - 12.99 GBP
- [The haunting season by Various (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-haunting-season) - 9.99 GBP
- [The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-new-york-trilogy) - 9.99 GBP
- [The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-trial-penguin-modern-classics) - 9.99 GBP
- [Operation Heartbreak by Duff Cooper (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/operation-heartbreak) - 9.99 GBP
- [Wuthering Heights: tie in ed by Emily Brontë (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/wuthering-heights-tie-in-ed) - 7.99 GBP
- [The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-murder-at-the-vicarage) - 12.99 GBP
- [Continental Christie: Twelve European Mysteries by Agatha Christie (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/continental-christie-twelve-european-mysteries) - 12.99 GBP
- [Guilt by Keigo Higashino (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/guilt-by-the-million-copy-bestselling-author-of-the-devotion-of-suspect-x) - 14.99 GBP
- [The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-song-of-achilles-1) - 17.99 GBP
- [The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-song-of-achilles) - 32.0 GBP
- [Marvel's Captain America: The Illustrated History: The Making of the Star-Spangled Avenger by Alan Cowsill (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/marvels-captain-america-the-illustrated-history-the-making-of-the-star-spangled-avenger-1) - 34.99 GBP
- [Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/pride-prejudice-1) - 6.99 GBP
- [Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/moby-dick-1) - 25.0 GBP
- [The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-idiot) - 9.99 GBP
- [A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/a-christmas-carol-1) - 9.99 GBP
- [Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/jane-eyre-2) - 9.99 GBP
- [Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and MR Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde) - 19.99 GBP
- [Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/sense-and-sensibility) - 19.99 GBP
- [Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/jane-eyre-1) - 19.99 GBP
- [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn) - 19.99 GBP
- [The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-1) - 19.99 GBP
- [Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/wuthering-heights) - 9.99 GBP
- [Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/macbeth-1) - 12.99 GBP
- [The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-picture-of-dorian-gray) - 24.0 GBP
- [Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/pride-and-prejudice) - 9.0 GBP
- [Dracula by Bram Stoker (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/dracula) - 25.0 GBP
- [The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-count-of-monte-cristo) - 16.0 GBP
- [The Whitby Witches by Robin Jarvis (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-whitby-witches) - 10.99 GBP
- [Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien (Hardback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/unfinished-tales) - 14.99 GBP
- [Wonka by Roald Dahl (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/wonka) - 7.49 GBP
- [Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte](https://somiibooks.com/products/penguin-english-library-wuthering-heights-the-penguin-english-library) - 7.99 GBP
- [A Christmas Carol (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/a-christmas-carol) - 2.99 GBP
- [Jane Eyre (Vintage Collector's Classics) (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/jane-eyre-vintage-collectors-classics) - 16.99 GBP
- [Inspector Imanishi Investigates (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/inspector-imanishi-investigates-penguin-modern-classics) - 8.99 GBP
- [The Ha-Ha (Faber Editions): 'Radiant and powerful.’ - Claire-Louise Bennett (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-ha-ha-faber-editions-radiant-and-powerful-claire-louise-bennett) - 7.99 GBP
- [The Idiot (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-idiot-wordsworth-classics) - 3.99 GBP
- [A Christmas Carol (Wordsworth Children's Classics) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/a-christmas-carol-wordsworth-childrens-classics) - 3.99 GBP
- [Jane Eyre (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/jane-eyre-wordsworth-classics) - 3.99 GBP
- [Wuthering Heights (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/wuthering-heights-wordsworth-classics) - 3.99 GBP
- [Lili Is Crying (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/lili-is-crying) - 9.99 GBP
- [Rebecca (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/rebecca) - 8.99 GBP
- [The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Penguin Little Black Classics) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-death-of-ivan-ilyich-penguin-little-black-classics) - 3.49 GBP
- [James Baldwin The Fire Next Time (Penguin Archives) /anglais (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/james-baldwin-the-fire-next-time-penguin-archives-anglais) - 5.99 GBP
- [The New Dress (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-new-dress) - 5.99 GBP
- [Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/pride-and-prejudice-penguin-classics) - 6.99 GBP
- [The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-count-of-monte-cristo-penguin-classics) - 7.99 GBP
- [The Little Prince: And Letter to a Hostage (Penguin Clothbound Classics) (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-little-prince-and-letter-to-a-hostage-penguin-clothbound-classics) - 12.99 GBP
- [The Silmarillion (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-silmarillion) - 12.99 GBP
- [The Hobbit: Pocket Hardback: The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-hobbit-pocket-hardback-the-classic-bestselling-fantasy-novel) - 9.99 GBP
- [We (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/we) - 6.99 GBP
- [Nineteen Eighty-Four (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/nineteen-eighty-four) - 6.99 GBP
- [The Little Prince (Colour Illustrations) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-little-prince-colour-illustrations) - 8.99 GBP
- [The Daemon Lover (Penguin Archive) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-daemon-lover-penguin-archive) - 4.99 GBP
- [Smith of Wootton Major: A captivating tale of fantasy and adventure from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/smith-of-wootton-major-a-captivating-tale-of-fantasy-and-adventure-from-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-the-hobbit) - 6.99 GBP
- [The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Clothbound Classics) (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-penguin-clothbound-classics) - 12.99 GBP
- [Tree and leaf (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/tree-and-leaf) - 6.99 GBP
- [The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set: Illustrated edition (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-hobbit-the-lord-of-the-rings-boxed-set-illustrated-edition) - 78.0 GBP
- [The Hobbit: The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-hobbit-the-classic-bestselling-fantasy-novel) - 12.99 GBP
- [The Keys of Hell: Book 3 (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-keys-of-hell-the-high-stakes-spy-action-thriller-novel-for-2025-by-the-legendary-sunday-times-bestselling-author-book-3) - 6.99 GBP
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- [Charlotte's Web: The beloved modern classic from the bestselling author (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/charlottes-web-the-beloved-modern-classic-from-the-bestselling-author) - 11.99 GBP
- [Madonna in a Fur Coat (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/madonna-in-a-fur-coat) - 7.99 GBP
- [The Great Tales of Middle-earth Boxed Set (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-great-tales-of-middle-earth-boxed-set) - 69.99 GBP
- [The Picture of Dorian Gray (Chartwell Deluxe Editions) (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-chartwell-deluxe-editions) - 11.99 GBP
- [Jane Eyre (Chartwell Deluxe Editions) (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/jane-eyre-chartwell-deluxe-editions) - 12.99 GBP
- [Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Chartwell Deluxe Editions) (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-chartwell-deluxe-editions) - 11.99 GBP
- [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Chartwell Deluxe Editions) (Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-chartwell-deluxe-editions) - 12.99 GBP
- [Lord of the Flies (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/lord-of-the-flies) - 7.99 GBP
- [The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-great-gatsby-penguin-modern-classics) - 6.99 GBP
- [Animal Farm: The dystopian classic reimagined with cover art by Shepard Fairey (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/animal-farm-the-dystopian-classic-reimagined-with-cover-art-by-shepard-fairey) - 6.99 GBP
- [To Kill A Mockingbird : 60th Anniversary Edition (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/to-kill-a-mockingbird-60th-anniversary-edition) - 7.99 GBP
- [We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Paperback)](https://somiibooks.com/products/were-going-on-a-bear-hunt) - 6.99 GBP
- [The Fellowship of the Ring](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-fellowship-of-the-ring) - 7.99 GBP
- [Marble Hall Murders](https://somiibooks.com/products/marble-hall-murders) - 7.99 GBP
- [Moby Dick](https://somiibooks.com/products/moby-dick) - 12.99 GBP
- [Pride & Prejudice](https://somiibooks.com/products/pride-prejudice) - 4.99 GBP
- [Jane Eyre](https://somiibooks.com/products/jane-eyre) - 6.99 GBP
- [The Hobbit (Paperback; Hardcover)](https://somiibooks.com/products/the-hobbit) - 7.99 GBP
- [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone](https://somiibooks.com/products/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone) - 7.99 GBP
- [Kids FunnyBones 8 Books Collection Gift Set By Allan Ahlberg Ages 3+ Paperback](https://somiibooks.com/products/kids-funnybones-8-books-collection-gift-set-by-allan-ahlberg-ages-3-paperback) - 19.99 GBP

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> Updated: 2026-07-28