Grimms' Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
1812 Children's Classics
Genre
Children's Classics
Many of the most-read public-domain books were written for children: Alice, Peter Pan, The Secret Garden, The Wind in the Willows, Anne of Green Gables. They are also the easiest classics for adults learning English or returning to reading after a long gap.
Where to start: Read-aloud friendly: The Wind in the Willows, Just So Stories. Independent readers aged 10 and up: The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables.
10 books, in order of first publication
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
1865 Classic Literature
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
1868 Classic Literature
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
1876 Classic Literature
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
1883 Classic Literature
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
1900 Adventure
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
1908 Classic Literature
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
1908 Classic Literature
Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy)
J. M. Barrie
1911 Classic Literature
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
1911 Classic Literature
Easiest entry points
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · Lewis Carroll
- Anne of Green Gables · L. M. Montgomery
- Grimms' Fairy Tales · Jacob Grimm
- Little Women · Louisa May Alcott
- Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) · J. M. Barrie