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Penguin Essentials (also called Essential Penguins) refers to two series of books published by Penguin Books in the UK. The first series began in 1998, and the second in 2011. [1] [2] For both series, the classic books were released in smaller A-format size; the covers were redesigned by contemporary artists to appeal to a new generation of readers. [3] Many titles appeared in both series. [4]

Contents

2011 series

#TitleAuthorPagesRelease date
1 Goodbye to All That Robert Graves 3687 April 2011 [5]
2 Out of Africa Karen Blixen 3367 April 2011 [6]
3 A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess 1447 April 2011 [7]
4 Breakfast at Tiffany's Truman Capote 1767 April 2011 [8]
5 My Family and Other Animals Gerald Durrell 3207 April 2011 [9]
6 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 2087 April 2011 [10]
7 A Room with a View E. M. Forster 2247 April 2011 [11]
8 Cold Comfort Farm Stella Gibbons 2407 April 2011 [12]
9 Steppenwolf Hermann Hesse 2567 April 2011 [13]
10 On the Road Jack Kerouac 2887 April 2011 [14]
11 Lady Chatterley's Lover D. H. Lawrence 3207 April 2011 [15]
12 Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys 1607 April 2011 [16]
13 Bonjour Tristesse Françoise Sagan 1127 April 2011 [17]
14 Hell's Angels Hunter S. Thompson 3367 April 2011 [18]
15 A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole 4167 April 2011 [19]
16 Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut 2247 April 2011 [20]
17 Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh 4327 April 2011 [21]
18 Lolita Vladimir Nabokov 3687 April 2011 [22]
19 Eva Luna Isabel Allende 3047 April 2011 [23]
20 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark 1285 April 2012 [24]
21 Junky William S. Burroughs 1445 April 2012 [25]
22 Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf 2085 April 2012 [26]
23 Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 1125 April 2012 [27]
24 The Periodic Table Primo Levi 2085 April 2012 [28]
25 Three Men in a Boat Jerome K. Jerome 1765 April 2012 [29]
26 In Cold Blood Truman Capote 3525 April 2012 [30]
27 Lucky Jim Kingsley Amis 2725 April 2012 [31]
28 Dubliners James Joyce 2565 April 2012 [32]
29 The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith 2405 April 2012 [33]
30 The Thin Man Dashiell Hammett 2405 April 2012 [34]
...
33 A Month in the Country J. L. Carr 11214 August 2014 [35]
34 The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick 25614 August 2014 [36]
...
36 Tender is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald 33614 August 2014 [37]
37 A Handful of Dust Evelyn Waugh 28814 August 2014 [38]
38 Invisible Man Ralph Ellison 60814 August 2014 [39]
39 The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham 24014 August 2014 [40]
40 An Ice-Cream War William Boyd 41614 August 2014 [41]
41 Regeneration Pat Barker 35214 August 2014 [42]
42 The Big Sleep Raymond Chandler 25614 August 2014 [43]
43 I'm the King of the Castle Susan Hill 20814 August 2014 [44]
44 Perfume Patrick Süskind 2726 August 2015 [45]
45 In the Country of Men Hisham Matar 2566 August 2015 [46]
46 The History of Love Nicole Krauss 2726 August 2015 [47]
47 A Passage to India E. M. Forster 3046 August 2015 [48]
48 Billy Liar Keith Waterhouse 1766 August 2015 [49]
49 The Mosquito Coast Paul Theroux 3846 August 2015 [50]
50 Hideous Kinky Esther Freud 1926 August 2015 [51]
51 Asylum Patrick McGrath 2726 August 2015 [52]
52 Moon Tiger Penelope Lively 2246 August 2015 [53]
53 Foe J. M. Coetzee 1606 August 2015 [54]
...
55 Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer 2884 August 2016 [55]
56 The Help Kathryn Stockett 4644 August 2016 [56]
57 What a Carve Up! Jonathan Coe 5124 August 2016 [57]
58 Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez 3684 August 2016 [58]
59 The Lady in the Lake Raymond Chandler 2884 August 2016 [59]
60 Embers Sandor Marai 2564 August 2016 [60]
61 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré 2884 August 2016 [61]
62 A Kestrel for a Knave Barry Hines 1764 August 2016 [62]
63 How Many Miles to Babylon? Jennifer Johnston 1604 August 2016 [63]
64 The Millstone Margaret Drabble 1764 August 2016 [64]
65 Are You Experienced? William Sutcliffe 2561 June 2017 [65]
66 High Fidelity Nick Hornby 2561 June 2017 [66]
67 The Circle Dave Eggers 5121 June 2017 [67]
68 The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid 2241 June 2017 [68]
69 White Teeth Zadie Smith 5601 June 2017 [69]
70 The Road To Lichfield Penelope Lively 1761 June 2017 [70]
71 A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka 3361 June 2017 [71]
72 Any Human Heart William Boyd 5121 June 2017 [72]
73 A Start in Life Anita Brookner 1761 June 2017 [73]
74 Twilight Elie Wiesel 2241 June 2017 [74]
75 Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2727 June 2018 [75]
76 Villages John Updike 3367 June 2018 [76]
77 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer 3687 June 2018 [77]
78 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 2087 June 2018 [78]
79 Age of Iron J. M. Coetzee 2087 June 2018 [79]
80 The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle 2247 June 2018 [80]
81 Austerlitz W. G. Sebald 4487 June 2018 [81]
82 3 Novels by César Aira César Aira 3367 June 2018 [82]
83 Libra Don DeLillo 4647 June 2018 [83]
...
85 The Pursuit of Love Nancy Mitford 2247 June 2018 [84]
...
106 Swallowing Geography Deborah Levy 966 June 2019 [85]
107 The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak 3686 June 2019 [86]
108 Submarine Joe Dunthorne 3046 June 2019 [87]
109 Ancient Light John Banville 2566 June 2019 [88]
110 The Rotters' Club Jonathan Coe 4166 June 2019 [89]
111 The Photograph Penelope Lively 2046 June 2019 [90]
112 Life Class Pat Barker 2566 June 2019 [91]
113 Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter 3686 June 2019 [92]
114 A Spell of Winter Helen Dunmore 3206 June 2019 [93]
115 The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 3206 June 2019 [94]
...
Notes on a Scandal Zoë Heller 25623 July 2020 [95]
Honour Elif Shafak 35223 July 2020 [96]
The Accidental Ali Smith 32023 July 2020 [97]
On Beauty Zadie Smith 46423 July 2020 [98]
Love and Summer William Trevor 22423 July 2020 [99]
...
117 The Wanting Seed Anthony Burgess 20818 May 2023 [100]
118 Hotel du Lac Anita Brookner 19218 May 2023 [101]
119 Mr Loverman Bernardine Evaristo 32018 May 2023 [102]
120 The Forty Rules of Love Elif Shafak 36818 May 2023 [103]
121 The Rain Before it Falls Jonathan Coe 28818 May 2023 [104]
122 The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing Melissa Bank 30418 May 2023 [105]

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  6. "Out of Africa". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  7. "A Clockwork Orange". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  8. "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  9. "My Family and Other Animals". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  10. "The Great Gatsby". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  11. "A Room with a View". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  12. "Cold Comfort Farm". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  13. "Steppenwolf". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  14. "On the Road". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  15. "Lady Chatterley's Lover". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  16. "Wide Sargasso Sea". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  17. "Bonjour Tristesse". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  18. "Hell's Angels". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  19. "A Confederacy of Dunces". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  20. "Cat's Cradle". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  21. "Brideshead Revisited". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  22. "Lolita". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  23. "Eva Luna". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  24. "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  25. "Junky". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  26. "Mrs Dalloway". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  27. "Heart of Darkness". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  28. "The Periodic Table". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  29. "Three Men in a Boat". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  30. "In Cold Blood". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  31. "Lucky Jim". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  32. "Dubliners". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  33. "The Diary of a Nobody". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  34. "The Thin Man". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  35. "A Month in the Country". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  36. "The Man in the High Castle". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  37. "Tender is the Night". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  38. "A Handful of Dust". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  39. "Invisible Man". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  40. "The Day of the Triffids". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  41. "An Ice-Cream War". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  42. "Regeneration". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  43. "The Big Sleep". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  44. "I'm the King of the Castle". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  45. "Perfume". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  46. "In the Country of Men". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  47. "The History of Love". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  48. "A Passage to India". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  49. "Billy Liar". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  50. "The Mosquito Coast". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  51. "Hideous Kinky". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  52. "Asylum". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  53. "Moon Tiger". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  54. "Foe". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  55. "Everything is Illuminated". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  56. "The Help". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  57. "What a Carve Up!". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  58. "Love in the Time of Cholera". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  59. "The Lady in the Lake". Penguin Books . Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  60. "Embers". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  61. "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  62. "A Kestrel for a Knave". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  63. "How Many Miles to Babylon?". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  64. "The Millstone". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  65. "Are You Experienced?". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  66. "High Fidelity". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  67. "The Circle". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  68. "The Reluctant Fundamentalist". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  69. "White Teeth". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  70. "The Road To Lichfield". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  71. "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  72. "Any Human Heart". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  73. "A Start in Life". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  74. "Twilight". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  75. "Brooklyn". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  76. "Villages". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  77. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  78. "The Chrysalids". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  79. "Age of Iron". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  80. "The Hound of the Baskervilles". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  81. "Austerlitz". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  82. "Three Novels by César Aira". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  83. "Libra". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  84. "The Pursuit of Love". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  85. "Swallowing Geography". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  86. "The Bastard of Istanbul". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  87. "Submarine". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  88. "Ancient Light". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  89. "The Rotters' Club". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  90. "The Photograph". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  91. "Life Class". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  92. "Beautiful Ruins". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  93. "A Spell of Winter". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  94. "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes". Penguin Books . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  95. "Notes on a Scandal". Penguin Books . Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  96. "Honour". Penguin Books . Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  97. "The Accidental". Penguin Books . Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  98. "On Beauty". Penguin Books . Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  99. "Love and Summer". Penguin Books . Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  100. "The Wanting Seed". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  101. "Hotel du Lac". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  102. "Mr Loverman". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  103. "The Forty Rules of Love". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  104. "The Rain Before it Falls". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  105. "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.