English books for B2 level (upper intermediate)

At B2 you read most classic novels with only occasional help. These books have richer vocabulary, longer sentences and the language of their period, which is exactly what takes you towards C1. Use the translation to check, not to read, and listen to the audio for pronunciation.

The House on the BorderlandWilliam Hope HodgsonB251,123 wordsThe Count of Monte CristoB2465,725 wordsNarrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary RowlandsonMary White RowlandsonB220,139 wordsIn the forbidden landArnold Henry Savage LandorB2143,075 wordsThe Enchanted AprilElizabeth Von ArnimB279,741 wordsFamous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Vol 1-4, CompleteLyndon OrrB2135,472 wordsUnder the Witches' Moon: A Romantic Tale of Mediaeval RomeNathan GallizierB2130,533 wordsRobert FrostGorham Bert MunsonB223,520 wordsScenes in the Life of Harriet TubmanSarah H. BradfordB224,364 wordsDoctor Cupid: A NovelRhoda BroughtonB2123,460 wordsWhite nights, and other storiesFyodor DostoyevskyB2118,646 wordsThe Story of My LifeHelen KellerB298,597 wordsDe ProfundisOscar WildeB217,801 wordsAesop's Fables; a new translationAesopB239,546 wordsThey return at eveningHerbert Russell WakefieldB260,116 wordsThe Big FixGeorge O. SmithB29,085 wordsWuthering HeightsEmily BrontëB2119,180 wordsThe Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical RomanceHenryk SienkiewiczB2216,763 wordsThe Hero of the People: A Historical Romance of Love, Liberty and LoyaltyAlexandre DumasB278,705 wordsBlue-grass and BroadwayMaria Thompson DaviessB262,179 wordsTales of Men and GhostsEdith WhartonB275,183 wordsThe Hand in the DarkArthur J. ReesB2106,837 wordsThe Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love StoryS. R. CrockettB292,090 wordsDainty's Cruel Rivals; Or, The Fatal BirthdayMrs. Alex. McVeigh MillerB252,669 wordsHow they loved him, Vol. 2 (of 3)Florence MarryatB252,508 wordsBorrowed feathersRuth LambB28,407 wordsThe Rustle of SilkCosmo HamiltonB297,516 wordsTales of Terror and MysteryArthur Conan DoyleB275,233 wordsCursed be the treasureH. B. DrakeB295,607 wordsThe Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent LoveWilliam Le QueuxB291,212 wordsMiniatures of French historyHilaire BellocB262,486 wordsLone Star PlanetB230,414 wordsKing Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableSir Thomas MaloryB298,344 wordsTriplanetaryE. E. SmithB256,778 wordsThe servant's behaviour bookEmily A. PatmoreB218,513 wordsHerman Melville, Mariner and MysticRaymond M. WeaverB2132,555 wordsThe Mystery of the Yellow RoomGaston LerouxB274,647 wordsThe gods of MarsEdgar Rice BurroughsB281,664 wordsFriday, the Thirteenth: A NovelThomas William LawsonB245,642 wordsKing Midas: a RomanceUpton SinclairB2103,585 wordsThe innocence of Father BrownG. K. ChestertonB279,058 wordsThe Merry Adventures of Robin HoodHoward PyleB2107,292 wordsThe Chessmen of MarsEdgar Rice BurroughsB288,361 wordsThe Heather-MoonB2124,473 wordsThe ghost of Charlotte Cray, and other storiesFlorence MarryatB271,006 wordsThe strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis StevensonB225,784 wordsThe Mysterious IslandJules VerneB2194,009 wordsAlice, or the Mysteries — CompleteBaron Edward Bulwer Lytton LyttonB2150,573 wordsEmily BrontëA. Mary F. RobinsonB267,520 wordsBoswell's Life of JohnsonJames BoswellB2213,616 wordsLife on the MississippiMark TwainB2145,528 wordsDemocracy—false or true?Sir W. B. RichmondB256,701 wordsThe San Rosario RanchMaud Howe ElliottB285,785 wordsTwo on a TowerThomas HardyB295,413 wordsThe Candidate: A Political RomanceJoseph A. AltshelerB2123,084 wordsThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethiusB235,252 wordsFaithful Margaret: A NovelMrs. J. M. SimpsonB2105,227 wordsThe EnchiridionEpictetusB29,208 wordsLinnet: A RomanceGrant AllenB2145,405 wordsThe Amazing Marriage — CompleteGeorge MeredithB2156,907 wordsFairy talesWilhelm HauffB278,487 wordsNotre-Dame de ParisVictor HugoB2185,271 wordsCameron of LochielPhilippe Aubert de GaspéB283,763 wordsThe secret of Father BrownG. K. ChestertonB262,937 wordsShort FictionNikolai GogolB2175,675 wordsThe Torrents of SpringIvan Sergeevich TurgenevB287,041 wordsLibrary of the World's Best Mystery and Detective StoriesB2101,550 wordsGrimms' Fairy TalesB299,319 wordsA Journey to the Centre of the EarthJules VerneB286,017 wordsNorth and SouthElizabeth GaskellB2185,844 wordsAnimal FarmGeorge OrwellB229,720 wordsThe trail of the serpentM. E. BraddonB2148,597 wordsThe History of Pendennis, Volume 2William Makepeace ThackerayB2174,773 wordsAladdin & Co.: A Romance of Yankee MagicHerbert QuickB288,043 wordsThe Sign of the Seven SinsWilliam Le QueuxB250,928 wordsThe Secret Agent: A Simple TaleJoseph ConradB291,640 wordsWanderfoot (The Dream Ship)Cynthia StockleyB2105,238 wordsThe Passionate ElopementCompton MacKenzieB2106,996 wordsThe adventures of an ensignValentine WilliamsB253,306 wordsThe letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 1, 1837-1843Queen of Great Britain VictoriaB2210,192 wordsMoodsLouisa May AlcottB286,003 wordsThe Hill of VenusNathan GallizierB293,499 wordsThe Treasure of Pearls: A Romance of Adventures in CaliforniaGustave AimardB275,340 wordsThe adventures of HeineEdgar WallaceB290,174 wordsLife of St. Francis of AssisiPaul SabatierB2150,408 wordsMonte-Cristo's DaughterEdmund FlaggB285,001 wordsHesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and HomericaHesiodB282,733 wordsHow to write Little Blue BooksLloyd E. SmithB27,478 wordsThe Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn; With NotesKing of England Henry VIIIB25,498 wordsThe Scourge of God: A Romance of Religious PersecutionJohn Bloundelle-BurtonB287,385 wordsAutobiography of a YogiParamahansa YoganandaB2152,076 wordsThe Real AdventureHenry Kitchell WebsterB2203,864 wordsSociety as I Have Found ItWard McAllisterB252,820 wordsThe Care of BooksJohn Willis ClarkB2102,317 wordsA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtMark TwainB2118,844 wordsFirst love, and other storiesIvan Sergeevich TurgenevB253,967 wordsThe Car of DestinyB2112,998 wordsCynthia's ChauffeurLouis TracyB284,015 wordsThuvia, maid of MarsEdgar Rice BurroughsB247,316 wordsMiddlemarchGeorge EliotB2321,525 wordsOn the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at OberammergauWilhelmine von HillernB2167,459 wordsBest Russian Short StoriesB296,956 wordsThe tomb of Ts'inEdgar WallaceB252,727 wordsField Artillery Training. 1914Great Britain. War OfficeB2100,803 wordsLove and Life: An Old Story in Eighteenth Century CostumeCharlotte M. YongeB2102,383 wordsA Love StoryWilliam Harvey ChristieB283,602 wordsLittle Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and AmyLouisa May AlcottB2189,252 wordsQuintus Claudius: A Romance of Imperial Rome. Volume 1Ernst EcksteinB292,035 wordsThe Sorrows of Young WertherJohann Wolfgang von GoetheB242,458 wordsFairy Tales of Hans Christian AndersenH. C. AndersenB2350,485 wordsThe Romance of Tristan and IseultJoseph BédierB225,940 wordsThe Undersea TubeL. Taylor HansenB24,257 wordsMemoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1836-1840duchesse de Dorothée DinoB2158,367 wordsThe happiness of HazelbrookCharlotte Grace O'BrienB216,378 wordsIn a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3Joseph Sheridan Le FanuB239,569 wordsHenrietta Temple: A Love StoryEarl of Beaconsfield Benjamin DisraeliB2142,115 wordsThe magic casketR. Austin FreemanB272,178 wordsThe Mystery of a Turkish BathRitaB230,292 wordsThe mystery of Angelina FroodR. Austin FreemanB291,637 wordsHousehold Tales by Brothers GrimmB2283,930 wordsJewels of GwahlurRobert E. HowardB217,249 wordsKarl GrierLouis TracyB266,577 wordsStudies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.George Francis AtkinsonB2108,613 wordsA silent witnessR. Austin FreemanB2109,032 wordsBy Advice of CounselArthur Cheney TrainB269,014 wordsIn a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3Joseph Sheridan Le FanuB234,293 wordsThe valley of eyes unseenGilbert CollinsB282,655 wordsThe Mystery of Edwin DroodCharles DickensB296,894 wordsThe call of the wildJack LondonB232,059 wordsAdventures of a Young NaturalistLucien BiartB295,941 wordsThe Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VIIOvidB2122,963 wordsThe world belowS. Fowler WrightB2104,558 wordsThe Damned ThingAmbrose BierceB23,268 wordsLady Audley's SecretM. E. BraddonB2149,575 wordsThe Woman in WhiteWilkie CollinsB2248,973 wordsThe MoonstoneWilkie CollinsB2198,676 wordsThelmaMarie CorelliB2204,988 wordsPride and PrejudiceJane AustenB2123,302 wordsThe Great God PanArthur MachenB221,833 wordsThe sociable ghostOlive HarperB252,264 wordsVictorian Short Stories: Stories of CourtshipB236,123 wordsA House of GentlefolkIvan TurgenevB262,831 wordsFar from the Madding CrowdThomas HardyB2140,804 wordsOliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3)Charles DickensB251,428 wordsThe Monk: A RomanceM. G. LewisB2138,117 wordsThat Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the DayRichard DehanB2185,801 wordsThe blue scarabR. Austin FreemanB268,043 wordsThe Hawk of EgyptJoan ConquestB278,284 wordsAround the World in Eighty DaysJules VerneB262,717 wordsThe wisdom of Father BrownG. K. ChestertonB272,643 wordsFour Arthurian Romancesactive 12th century de Troyes ChrétienB2190,679 wordsOld Times on the Upper MississippiGeorge Byron MerrickB296,801 wordsTwelve Years a SlaveSolomon NorthupB280,381 wordsIn JeopardyVan Tassel SutphenB258,887 words1066 and all thatB220,727 wordsNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveFrederick DouglassB240,950 wordsTales of terrorDick DonovanB2118,608 wordsA Heart-Song of To-day (Disturbed by Fire from the 'Unruly Member'): A NovelAnnie G. SavignyB2109,049 wordsThe Passionate FriendsH. G. WellsB2102,727 wordsDesperate RemediesThomas HardyB2142,221 wordsThree hundred Aesop’s fablesAesopB234,955 wordsMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleHerman MelvilleB2215,204 wordsMiss MappE. F. BensonB286,268 wordsBlack BeautyAnna SewellB259,640 wordsMeditationsEmperor of Rome Marcus AureliusB277,211 wordsComplete Short Works of George MeredithGeorge MeredithB2160,554 wordsUncle Tom's CabinHarriet Beecher StoweB2186,722 wordsNineteen eighty-fourGeorge OrwellB2103,289 wordsThe Life of John Marshall, Volume 4: The building of the nation, 1815-1835Albert J. BeveridgeB2193,188 wordsAll in the Day's Work: An AutobiographyIda M. TarbellB2144,048 wordsA Study in ScarletArthur Conan DoyleB243,656 wordsKidnappedRobert Louis StevensonB280,902 wordsSuccessUna L. SilberradB298,174 wordsPen-portraits of literary womenB271,482 wordsThe story of NelsonEdmund Francis SellarB221,802 wordsThe Red SealNatalie Sumner LincolnB254,913 wordsThe Empty House and Other Ghost StoriesAlgernon BlackwoodB267,023 wordsSergeant Dick of the Royal Mounted PoliceJohn G. RoweB256,156 wordsThe Man Who Did the Right Thing: A RomanceHarry JohnstonB2138,330 wordsThe Blue Lagoon: A RomanceH. De Vere StacpooleB265,315 wordsTime CrimeH. Beam PiperB236,482 wordsForest Days: A Romance of Old TimesG. P. R. JamesB2165,373 wordsThe Honour of Savelli: A RomanceS. Levett YeatsB298,427 wordsDarkwater: Voices from Within the VeilW. E. B. Du BoisB264,969 wordsInfatuationLloyd OsbourneB272,452 wordsShort FictionM. R. JamesB2163,500 wordsTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaJules VerneB2104,319 wordsApologia pro vita suaJohn Henry NewmanB2131,361 wordsThe Castle of OtrantoHorace WalpoleB237,033 wordsThe dryadJustin H. McCarthyB275,301 wordsAnna KareninaLeo TolstoyB2357,258 wordsWashington ConfidentialB2118,015 wordsFrom Chaucer to TennysonHenry A. BeersB279,245 wordsA Tale of Two CitiesCharles DickensB2137,123 wordsTrial by waterSewell Peaslee WrightB21,452 wordsThe Riddle of the SandsErskine ChildersB2109,932 wordsHelen Vardon's confessionR. Austin FreemanB2132,766 wordsLove-at-armsRafael SabatiniB284,798 wordsBody-build and its inheritanceCharles Benedict DavenportB252,410 wordsTwelve years in the armyJohn G. GollanB220,617 wordsMy Life and Loves, Vol. 1 (of 4)Frank HarrisB2106,446 wordsJane Eyre: An AutobiographyCharlotte BrontëB2188,143 wordsThe Entailed Hat; Or, Patty Cannon's TimesGeorge Alfred TownsendB2177,056 wordsThe Lovers Assistant; Or, New Art of LoveB215,893 wordsMrs. DallowayVirginia WoolfB264,385 wordsTancred; Or, The New CrusadeEarl of Beaconsfield Benjamin DisraeliB2163,006 wordsThe Prince and the PauperMark TwainB270,046 wordsGhost Stories of an AntiquaryM. R. JamesB246,053 wordsA Honeymoon in SpaceGeorge Chetwynd GriffithB263,813 wordsOne Wonderful Night: A Romance of New YorkLouis TracyB277,192 wordsThe Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1Henry JamesB2114,615 wordsOblomovIvan Aleksandrovich GoncharovB259,948 wordsThe Letters of Franklin K. Lane, Personal and PoliticalFranklin K. LaneB2137,884 wordsIn a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3Joseph Sheridan Le FanuB240,930 wordsThe Brave Tin SoldierHans Christian AndersenB2human translation1,644 wordsThe TinderboxHans Christian AndersenB2human translation2,879 wordsThe NoseNikolai Vasilievich GogolB2human translation9,086 wordsThe Reign of GreedJosé RizalB2115,417 wordsThe Torrent (Entre Naranjos)Vicente Blasco IbáñezB290,247 wordsMare Nostrum (Our Sea): A NovelVicente Blasco IbáñezB2153,744 wordsThe Art of Waractive 6th century B.C. SunziB254,581 wordsThe Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseVicente Blasco IbáñezB2141,821 wordsMyths and Legends of ChinaE. T. C. WernerB2133,458 wordsWoman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)Vicente Blasco IbáñezB298,047 wordsJapanese LiteratureB286,495 wordsBrazilian TalesB224,608 wordsA Record of Buddhistic KingdomsFaxianB248,931 wordsLuna BenamorVicente Blasco IbáñezB234,026 wordsDoña PerfectaBenito Pérez GaldósB275,915 wordsThe Dead CommandVicente Blasco IbáñezB2102,423 wordsThe GrandeeArmando Palacio ValdésB295,148 wordsMaximinaArmando Palacio ValdésB2114,660 wordsStrange Stories from the Lodge of LeisuresSongling PuB224,294 wordsThe Marquis of Peñalta (Marta y María): A Realistic Social NovelArmando Palacio ValdésB2100,035 wordsThe Cabin [La barraca]Vicente Blasco IbáñezB259,402 wordsThe Joy of Captain RibotArmando Palacio ValdésB263,271 wordsThe Fourth Estate, vol. 1Armando Palacio ValdésB268,526 wordsThe Fourth Estate, vol. 2Armando Palacio ValdésB268,677 wordsFroth: A NovelArmando Palacio ValdésB2120,321 wordsThe Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer)Vicente Blasco IbáñezB2168,900 wordsThe Last Lion, and Other TalesVicente Blasco IbáñezB215,746 wordsJapanese Fairy TalesYei Theodora OzakiB270,472 wordsWarriors of Old Japan, and Other StoriesYei Theodora OzakiB258,459 wordsStrange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)Songling PuB2218,516 wordsThe Life of Lazarillo of Tormes: His Fortunes and Misfortunes as Told by HimselfAnonymousB255,674 wordsPlays of Old Japan: The 'No'B216,340 wordsRomances of Old JapanB262,349 wordsThe Sayings of ConfuciusConfuciusB230,074 wordsHuman Bullets: A Soldier's Story of Port ArthurTadayoshi SakuraiB263,449 wordsSaragossa: A Story of Spanish ValorBenito Pérez GaldósB272,375 wordsFir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated from the ChineseB235,745 wordsLa Gaviota: A Spanish novelFernán CaballeroB271,346 wordsLeon Roch: A Romance, vol. 1 (of 2)Benito Pérez GaldósB284,996 wordsThe travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon; part 2Pedro de Cieza de LeónB288,351 wordsMarianelaBenito Pérez GaldósB260,184 wordsLeon Roch: A Romance, vol. 2 (of 2)Benito Pérez GaldósB277,499 wordsThe Novel on the TramBenito Pérez GaldósB28,773 wordsThe Swan of Vilamortacondesa de Emilia Pardo BazánB260,278 wordsBlood and SandVicente Blasco IbáñezB2106,889 wordsA Wedding Tripcondesa de Emilia Pardo BazánB277,375 wordsMorriña (Homesickness)condesa de Emilia Pardo BazánB247,876 wordsA Christian Womancondesa de Emilia Pardo BazánB270,246 wordsGalateaMiguel de Cervantes SaavedraB2133,698 wordsThe Temptress (La tierra de todos)Vicente Blasco IbáñezB2107,033 wordsThe tale of GenjiMurasaki ShikibuB295,003 wordsThe Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me TangereJosé RizalB2178,204 wordsTales of the SamuraiAsataro MiyamoriB242,584 wordsBuddhist Psalms translated from the Japanese of Shinran ShoninShinranB215,526 wordsThe spiritual exercises of St. IgnatiusB257,367 wordsUnhuman tourSoseki NatsumeB238,212 wordsA spring-time caseJun'ichiro TanizakiB231,186 wordsThe book of filial dutyB212,157 wordsBlue trousersMurasaki ShikibuB2109,086 wordsTales grotesque and curiousRyūnosuke AkutagawaB232,504 wordsBrazilian short storiesJosé Bento Monteiro LobatoB213,985 wordsThe QuestPío BarojaB266,092 wordsTwo Years in the Forbidden CityPrincess Der LingB292,235 wordsStories by Foreign Authors: SpanishB244,321 wordsThe Snow QueenHans Christian AndersenB2human translation12,431 wordsPortuguese Folk-TalesConsiglieri PedrosoB247,212 words

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