English books for B1 level (intermediate)

B1 is where reading real books starts to work. You follow the main line of a story and guess many words from context, and the translation under each sentence covers the rest. Start with a collection of short stories or an adventure novel, and pick a longer classic once the first one feels comfortable.

Alice’s adventures in WonderlandLewis CarrollB1human translation26,991 wordsCatrionaRobert Louis StevensonB1101,919 wordsNapoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812Emperor of the French Napoleon IB190,377 wordsThe Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of AdventureRex BeachB182,182 wordsA Case in CameraOliver OnionsB180,959 wordsThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesKate ChopinB165,142 wordsLillian's vowMrs. E. Burke CollinsB156,634 wordsMadame FlirtCharles Edward PearceB176,827 wordsThe life-eaterHarold WardB17,399 wordsThe bitter tea of General YenGrace Zaring StoneB160,231 wordsThe Green MouseRobert W. ChambersB147,617 wordsThe Happy Prince, and Other TalesOscar WildeB116,249 wordsThe Sign of the FourArthur Conan DoyleB143,311 wordsThe Green DolphinSara Ware BassettB167,023 wordsWhose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey NovelDorothy L. SayersB160,795 wordsUnnatural deathDorothy L. SayersB183,260 wordsThe Green MummyFergus HumeB188,351 wordsThe Crack of DoomRobert CromieB142,635 wordsThe Roman hat mysteryEllery QueenB196,835 wordsThe Man Who Was Thursday: A NightmareG. K. ChestertonB158,499 wordsThe Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery; Or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver HouseHildegard G. FreyB154,123 wordsPoirot InvestigatesAgatha ChristieB153,413 wordsHow they loved him, Vol. 1 (of 3)Florence MarryatB150,314 wordsThe Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-BurglarMaurice LeblancB154,547 wordsThe Great GatsbyF Scott FitzgeraldB148,433 wordsShe who sleepsSax RohmerB168,244 wordsThe Queen of Spades, and other storiesAleksandr Sergeevich PushkinB156,439 wordsThe Zeppelin's PassengerE. Phillips OppenheimB162,064 wordsThe Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 6Gilbert ParkerB120,647 wordsIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by HerselfHarriet A. JacobsB181,972 wordsClaribelLucy Ellen GuernseyB127,839 wordsPlague ShipAndre NortonB160,624 wordsThe Mandarin's FanFergus HumeB176,259 wordsDraculaBram StokerB1162,108 wordsThe last dragonDan TotherohB129,548 wordsShadows in ZamboulaRobert E. HowardB112,172 wordsThe Misplaced BattleshipHarry HarrisonB111,214 wordsThe Secret of the Ninth PlanetDonald A. WollheimB146,849 wordsThe Vision of DesireMargaret PedlerB1107,098 wordsThat Girl MontanaMarah Ellis RyanB1106,427 wordsThe Boy with WingsBerta RuckB189,974 wordsThe Love-Story of Aliette BruntonGilbert FrankauB1147,909 wordsArsène Lupin intervenesMaurice LeblancB162,063 wordsShadows in the MoonlightRobert E. HowardB112,121 wordsThe case-book of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan DoyleB182,346 wordsThe Secret of the NightGaston LerouxB197,125 wordsMarigoldEdith AllonbyB156,782 wordsCamille (La Dame aux Camilias)Alexandre DumasB166,869 wordsThe dangerous gameWilliam Le QueuxB172,607 wordsThe sinister markLee ThayerB170,380 wordsThe Jungle BookRudyard KiplingB152,015 wordsThe Prairie WifeArthur StringerB153,919 wordsChildren of the WhirlwindLeroy ScottB197,293 wordsThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar WildeB179,442 wordsThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarStephen CraneB146,794 wordsOnly seven were hangedStuart MartinB165,708 wordsThe Tale of Peter RabbitBeatrix PotterB1952 wordsThe Grand Babylon HôtelArnold BennettB168,784 wordsThe Guarded HeightsWadsworth CampB1115,774 wordsBlow The Man Down: A Romance Of The CoastHolman DayB1138,802 wordsThe Hermit Doctor of Gaya: A Love Story of Modern IndiaI. A. R. WylieB1139,929 wordsThe King in YellowRobert W. ChambersB172,162 wordsThe bar actBud La MarB14,926 wordsWeird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1, March 1923: The unique magazineVariousB1114,224 wordsAnne of Green GablesL. M. MontgomeryB1106,206 wordsThe Big FourAgatha ChristieB155,813 wordsShakespeare's familyC. C. StopesB172,240 wordsThe IdiotFyodor DostoevskyB1247,661 wordsThe Valley of FearArthur Conan DoyleB158,706 wordsThe thing in the woodsHarper WilliamsB160,840 wordsWeird Tales, Volume 1, Number 4, June, 1923: The unique magazineVariousB1140,919 wordsThe Belle of Bowling GreenAmelia E. BarrB185,901 wordsThe Cask of AmontilladoEdgar Allan PoeB12,338 wordsThe Red Lily — CompleteAnatole FranceB176,327 wordsThe winner and new...Ib MelchiorB11,876 wordsOne Woman: Being the Second Part of a Romance of SussexAlfred OllivantB187,003 wordsThe Hunter's Lodge CaseAgatha ChristieB14,417 wordsThe Brothers KaramazovFyodor DostoevskyB1358,381 wordsRobert OrangeJohn Oliver HobbesB1100,139 wordsThe Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost StoriesRudyard KiplingB145,954 wordsA Journey into the Interior of the EarthJules VerneB173,697 wordsThe Thirty-Nine StepsJohn BuchanB141,377 wordsA municipal feudErnest HaycoxB17,422 wordsThe black pearlMarie LionB136,474 wordsThe Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuSax RohmerB173,392 wordsThe trouble at PinelandsErnest M. PoateB176,758 wordsThe porcelain maskJohn Jay ChichesterB178,517 wordsThe First of the English: A NovelArchibald Clavering GunterB199,077 wordsThe Lady of the LakeWalter ScottB140,591 wordsThe man who mastered timeRay CummingsB155,682 wordsThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, CompleteMark TwainB172,680 wordsThe Wonderful Wizard of OzL. Frank BaumB139,556 wordsBarry Locke, half-backRalph Henry BarbourB166,099 wordsThe Yeoman AdventurerGeorge W. GoughB1125,153 wordsWhat Will People Say? A NovelRupert HughesB1150,403 wordsThe seventh shotHerman LandonB169,337 wordsThe Secret GardenFrances Hodgson BurnettB183,388 wordsThe strange transfiguration of Hannah StubbsFlorence MarryatB180,724 wordsAnn Veronica: A Modern Love StoryH. G. WellsB198,172 wordsGrateful Peter's new year's giftRuth LambB110,172 wordsShort FictionAnton ChekhovB1802,037 wordsJust a bit too fastHal MooreB14,070 wordsThe Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan DoyleB159,528 wordsAdventures of Huckleberry FinnMark TwainB1115,121 wordsThe haunting handWalter Adolphe RobertsB160,908 wordsThe golden journey of Mr. ParadyneWilliam John LockeB19,007 wordsTerror keepEdgar WallaceB154,882 wordsJoe Strong and his wings of steelVance BarnumB148,364 wordsThe Cardinal's snuff-boxHenry HarlandB151,808 wordsMinute Mysteries [Detectograms]H. A. RipleyB123,872 wordsThe Hour of the DragonRobert E. HowardB172,694 wordsTreasure IslandRobert Louis StevensonB169,490 wordsThe Fifth Queen CrownedFord Madox FordB160,375 wordsThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan DoyleB1104,967 wordsA pair of blue eyesThomas HardyB1132,365 wordsDaughters of Nijo: A Romance of JapanOnoto WatannaB146,364 wordsOn the Trail of the Space PiratesCarey RockwellB152,276 wordsReminiscences of a Stock OperatorEdwin LefevreB1110,342 wordsSlighted loveMrs. Alex. McVeigh MillerB171,120 wordsThe Ultimate WeaponJr. John W. CampbellB130,519 wordsThe Black AbbotEdgar WallaceB192,243 wordsThe Gay Adventure: A RomanceRichard BirdB177,814 wordsThe Phantom of the OperaGaston LerouxB184,554 wordsCruel as the graveEmma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte SouthworthB1109,834 wordsHis last bowArthur Conan DoyleB159,426 wordsThe Revolt on VenusCarey RockwellB152,999 wordsThe new terrorGaston LerouxB143,842 wordsTwenty years afterB1245,259 wordsThe Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan DoyleB196,135 wordsThis star shall be freeMurray LeinsterB17,172 wordsThe dream detectiveSax RohmerB168,323 wordsA Room with a ViewE. M. ForsterB167,949 wordsCarmenProsper MériméeB123,327 wordsThe Corbin necklaceHenry Kitchell WebsterB161,134 wordsThe Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's PlanDaisy AshfordB112,520 wordsMoon of madnessSax RohmerB142,767 wordsThe Place of HoneymoonsHarold MacGrathB157,247 wordsThe Ambulance Made Two TripsMurray LeinsterB17,703 wordsPeter PanJ. M. BarrieB147,589 wordsPeter the Brazen: A Mystery Story of Modern ChinaGeorge F. WortsB191,081 wordsRussian Folk-TalesA. N. Afanas'evB1104,239 wordsThe Air PirateGuy ThorneB161,111 wordsThree millions!Oliver OpticB1138,077 wordsChangeling, and Other StoriesDonn ByrneB185,966 wordsA Woman at Bay; Or, A Fiend in SkirtsNicholas CarterB172,460 wordsSnow-blindAlbert M. TreynorB182,032 words'Firebrand' TrevisonCharles Alden SeltzerB183,730 wordsThe Blue Castle: a novelL. M. MontgomeryB170,758 wordsThe Colors of SpaceMarion Zimmer BradleyB145,836 wordsA Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-DayCharles ReadeB1134,069 wordsThe Yellow WallpaperCharlotte Perkins GilmanB16,222 wordsThe Arctic legionsA. De Herries SmithB12,031 wordsThe Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2Sir Edward Tyas CookB1196,236 wordsThe Mysterious Affair at StylesAgatha ChristieB157,747 wordsThe Missing WillAgatha ChristieB13,254 wordsSpace Station 1Frank Belknap LongB150,101 wordsCrime and PunishmentFyodor DostoyevskyB1208,102 wordsThe Return of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan DoyleB1113,183 wordsThe Silent BarrierLouis TracyB184,339 wordsTarrano the ConquerorRay CummingsB165,398 wordsThe Daughter of Anderson CrowGeorge Barr McCutcheonB178,604 wordsThe black kissB17,246 wordsA young man's storySarah DoudneyB15,900 wordsDaredevilLeslie CharterisB197,234 wordsThe People of the Black CircleRobert E. HowardB131,024 wordsMurder maskEdgar Daniel KramerB12,934 wordsMr. StandfastJohn BuchanB1130,971 wordsThe Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern EnglishB1125,725 wordsThe Turn of the ScrewHenry JamesB143,352 wordsThe crimson circleEdgar WallaceB165,884 wordsAn Old Man's LoveAnthony TrollopeB174,413 wordsThe problem of Cell 13Jacques FutrelleB177,577 wordsBrood of the Dark MoonCharles Willard DiffinB160,250 wordsA Romance of Billy-Goat HillAlice Caldwell Hegan RiceB181,959 wordsThe marvellous land of SnergsE. A. Wyke-SmithB155,688 wordsBushyCynthia May Westover AldenB171,731 wordsThe amazing adventures of Letitia CarberryMary Roberts RinehartB154,299 wordsDr. Mabuse, master of mysteryNorbert JacquesB181,413 wordsThe Landloper: The Romance of a Man on FootHolman DayB1102,505 wordsThe Copper HouseJulius RegisB164,380 wordsThe unknown sevenHerman LandonB180,004 wordsThe mystery of the missing eyebrowsStephen RuddB143,965 wordsFaust. First Part of the TragedyJohann Wolfgang von GoetheB1human translation34,904 wordsChinese literatureB187,622 wordsA Chinese Wonder BookNorman Hinsdale PitmanB147,764 wordsThe Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its CharacteristicsLaoziB19,154 wordsMayflower (Flor de mayo): A Tale of the Valencian SeashoreVicente Blasco IbáñezB162,548 wordsThe Chinese Fairy BookB197,531 wordsTheir Son; The NecklaceEduardo ZamacoisB134,554 wordsThe Mystery of the Lost Dauphin (Louis XVII)condesa de Emilia Pardo BazánB168,243 wordsA Hundred and Seventy Chinese PoemsB112,001 wordsThe Poet Li Po, A.D. 701-762B16,933 wordsDiaries of Court Ladies of Old JapanB156,261 wordsThe Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican RevolutionMariano AzuelaB136,873 wordsThe city of the discreetPío BarojaB186,851 wordsChushingura; Or, The Treasury of Loyal RetainersB149,618 wordsNacha RegulesManuel GálvezB178,443 wordsChuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social ReformerZhuangziB1110,767 wordsWeedsPío BarojaB176,775 wordsThe Strange Friend of Tito GilPedro Antonio de AlarcónB119,758 wordsDragon's teethEça de QueirósB1126,003 wordsCertain Noble Plays of Japan: From the manuscripts of Ernest FenollosaB110,218 wordsCæsar or NothingPío BarojaB196,738 wordsBotchan (Master Darling)Soseki NatsumeB147,076 wordsRomeo and JulietWilliam ShakespeareB1human translation26,379 wordsIraçéma, the Honey-Lips: A Legend of BrazilJosé de AlencarB130,540 words

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