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Why Penguin Classics are going Green
A new series from Penguin Classics places 75 years of writing about the environment in the canon at a time when it couldn’t be more crucial. Here’s how it came to be.
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Must-read classics by Black female authors
From landmark studies on the civil rights movement to poems from a visionary; these are the unmissable books by Black women writers, as chosen by members of the Penguin Press team.
What to read next
Where to start reading the Penguin Little Black Classics
There are 128 books in the Little Black Classics box set; here, we pick the best ones to kick off your reading journey.

Celebrating 100 Years of James Baldwin

Celebrating Italo Calvino

Green Ideas

Penguin Modern box setThe Penguin Modern series celebrates the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics list and its iconic authors.

Little Black Classics box setFrom drama to poetry, fiction to history, these 80 books celebrate the huge range and diversity of the Penguin Classics list.

Penguin Green Ideas bundleIn 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the ideas that have changed the way we think and talk about the living Earth.

Penguin Great Ideas

Penguin Science Fiction

Clothbound Classics

Jane Austen: The Complete Works Boxed SetThe seven books in the Jane Austen box set contain some of the most brilliant, dazzling prose in the English language.

The Brontë Sisters Boxed SetThis stunning box set brings together the Brontë sisters' four greatest novels in beautiful editions designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Modern Classics

Black-spine Classics

Penguin Classics in Audio

The Major Works of Charles Dickens Boxed SetThis exclusive boxed set of lavish, clothbound editions features six of Charles Dickens' classics.

The Thomas Hardy Boxed SetThese four charming novels have been brought together in a stunning clothbound set, designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Explore George Orwell in Penguin

Read John le Carré's books

Boxed sets and collections

Penguin Shop Classic Book Bundles

Bestselling Classics

The best books ever written. Choose from Clothbound Classics, Penguin Modern Classics, Penguin English Library, and more, while enjoying our special multi-buy offers.

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