List of 21 Classics for Beginners

I will just give my list of 20 accessible classics.

1. The Four Gospels. Very easy to read, and about 80,000 words. Just make sure you have a translation with all the verses.
2. Fahrenheit 451. Very easy to learn and read, and a great adventure.
3. The Old Man and the Sea. One of the greatest stories of all time, for its simplicity.
4. The Prince and the Pauper. Mark Twain's first literary novel.
5. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Should be required in every 8th Grade English Class.
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Very beautiful story, with a great atmosphere.
7. The Great Gatsby. Understand, it's telling you a lot, though you have to pay attention a bit.
8. Seamus Heaney's Translation of Beowulf. A great classic, from the 8th Century AD, translated by a great poet.
9. Brian Stone's Translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Excellent stuff, one of only a few perfect stories.
10. The Hobbit. Tolkien wasn't a great translator, but was a great author.
11. Horace's Odes and Epodes. Excellent Roman Poetry. Translated by David West.
12. La Rochefoucauld's Complete Essays and Maxims. Translated by E.H., A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere.
13. Alice in Wonderland. Just a great story, and very imaginative.
14. Aesop's Fables. Wonderful little stories.
15. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, translated by Margaret Hunt. Greatest stories ever told. And lots of them.
16. The Complete Fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Jean Hersholt. Great works of literature.
17.  Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. A classic everyone seems to love.
18. Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People. No better work on Self Help.
19. To Kill a Mockingbird. One of the greatest stories ever told, and an important novel for any era.
20. Bulfinch's Mythology. The complete guide to myths, monsters, and legends.
21. A Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, an American Slave.