Penguin Essentials

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. 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. Many titles appeared in both series.

2011 series

#TitleAuthorPagesRelease date
1Goodbye to All ThatRobert Graves3687 April 2011
2Out of AfricaKaren Blixen3367 April 2011
3A Clockwork OrangeAnthony Burgess1447 April 2011
4Breakfast at Tiffany'sTruman Capote1767 April 2011
5My Family and Other AnimalsGerald Durrell3207 April 2011
6The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald2087 April 2011
7A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster2247 April 2011
8Cold Comfort FarmStella Gibbons2407 April 2011
9SteppenwolfHermann Hesse2567 April 2011
10On the RoadJack Kerouac2887 April 2011
11Lady Chatterley's LoverD. H. Lawrence3207 April 2011
12Wide Sargasso SeaJean Rhys1607 April 2011
13Bonjour TristesseFrançoise Sagan1127 April 2011
14Hell's AngelsHunter S. Thompson3367 April 2011
15A Confederacy of DuncesJohn Kennedy Toole4167 April 2011
16Cat's CradleKurt Vonnegut2247 April 2011
17Brideshead RevisitedEvelyn Waugh4327 April 2011
18LolitaVladimir Nabokov3687 April 2011
19Eva LunaIsabel Allende3047 April 2011
20The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieMuriel Spark1285 April 2012
21JunkyWilliam S. Burroughs1445 April 2012
22Mrs DallowayVirginia Woolf2085 April 2012
23Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad1125 April 2012
24The Periodic TablePrimo Levi2085 April 2012
25Three Men in a BoatJerome K. Jerome1765 April 2012
26In Cold BloodTruman Capote3525 April 2012
27Lucky JimKingsley Amis2725 April 2012
28DublinersJames Joyce2565 April 2012
29The Diary of a NobodyGeorge Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith2405 April 2012
30The Thin ManDashiell Hammett2405 April 2012
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33A Month in the CountryJ. L. Carr11214 August 2014
34The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. Dick25614 August 2014
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36Tender is the NightF. Scott Fitzgerald33614 August 2014
37A Handful of DustEvelyn Waugh28814 August 2014
38Invisible ManRalph Ellison60814 August 2014
39The Day of the TriffidsJohn Wyndham24014 August 2014
40An Ice-Cream WarWilliam Boyd41614 August 2014
41RegenerationPat Barker35214 August 2014
42The Big SleepRaymond Chandler25614 August 2014
43I'm the King of the CastleSusan Hill20814 August 2014
44PerfumePatrick Süskind2726 August 2015
45In the Country of MenHisham Matar2566 August 2015
46The History of LoveNicole Krauss2726 August 2015
47A Passage to IndiaE. M. Forster3046 August 2015
48Billy LiarKeith Waterhouse1766 August 2015
49The Mosquito CoastPaul Theroux3846 August 2015
50Hideous KinkyEsther Freud1926 August 2015
51AsylumPatrick McGrath2726 August 2015
52Moon TigerPenelope Lively2246 August 2015
53FoeJ. M. Coetzee1606 August 2015
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55Everything Is IlluminatedJonathan Safran Foer2884 August 2016
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57What a Carve Up!Jonathan Coe5124 August 2016
58Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel García Márquez3684 August 2016
59The Lady in the LakeRaymond Chandler2884 August 2016
60EmbersSandor Marai2564 August 2016
61The Spy Who Came in from the ColdJohn le Carré2884 August 2016
62A Kestrel for a KnaveBarry Hines1764 August 2016
63How Many Miles to Babylon?Jennifer Johnston1604 August 2016
64The MillstoneMargaret Drabble1764 August 2016
65Are You Experienced?William Sutcliffe2561 June 2017
66High FidelityNick Hornby2561 June 2017
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68The Reluctant FundamentalistMohsin Hamid2241 June 2017
69White TeethZadie Smith5601 June 2017
70The Road To LichfieldPenelope Lively1761 June 2017
71A Short History of Tractors in UkrainianMarina Lewycka3361 June 2017
72Any Human HeartWilliam Boyd5121 June 2017
73A Start in LifeAnita Brookner1761 June 2017
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75BrooklynColm Tóibín2727 June 2018
76VillagesJohn Updike3367 June 2018
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78The ChrysalidsJohn Wyndham2087 June 2018
79Age of IronJ. M. Coetzee2087 June 2018
80The Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan Doyle2247 June 2018
81AusterlitzW. G. Sebald4487 June 2018
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83LibraDon DeLillo4647 June 2018
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85The Pursuit of LoveNancy Mitford2247 June 2018
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91Down and Out in Paris and LondonGeorge Orwell224
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94Animal FarmGeorge Orwell112
951984George Orwell336
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102The PlagueAlbert Camus304
103The Snow Goose and The Small MiraclePaul Gallico80
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106Swallowing GeographyDeborah Levy966 June 2019
107The Bastard of IstanbulElif Shafak3686 June 2019
108SubmarineJoe Dunthorne3046 June 2019
109Ancient LightJohn Banville2566 June 2019
110The Rotters' ClubJonathan Coe4166 June 2019
111The PhotographPenelope Lively2046 June 2019
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113Beautiful RuinsJess Walter3686 June 2019
114A Spell of WinterHelen Dunmore3206 June 2019
115The Case-Book of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle3206 June 2019
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117The Wanting SeedAnthony Burgess20818 May 2023
118Hotel du LacAnita Brookner19218 May 2023
119Mr LovermanBernardine Evaristo32018 May 2023
120The Forty Rules of LoveElif Shafak36818 May 2023
121The Rain Before it FallsJonathan Coe28818 May 2023
122The Girls' Guide to Hunting and FishingMelissa Bank30418 May 2023

See also

References

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  4. ↑ "Essential Penguin Essentials". Caustic Cover Critic. 25 December 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Goodbye to All That". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  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. ↑ "What a Carve Up!". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  57. ↑ "Love in the Time of Cholera". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  58. ↑ "The Lady in the Lake". Penguin Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  59. ↑ "Embers". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  60. ↑ "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  61. ↑ "A Kestrel for a Knave". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  62. ↑ "How Many Miles to Babylon?". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  63. ↑ "The Millstone". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  64. ↑ "Are You Experienced?". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  65. ↑ "High Fidelity". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  66. ↑ "The Reluctant Fundamentalist". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  67. ↑ "White Teeth". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  68. ↑ "The Road To Lichfield". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  69. ↑ "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  70. ↑ "Any Human Heart". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  71. ↑ "A Start in Life". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  72. ↑ "Brooklyn". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  73. ↑ "Villages". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  74. ↑ "The Chrysalids". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  75. ↑ "Age of Iron". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  76. ↑ "The Hound of the Baskervilles". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  77. ↑ "Austerlitz". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  78. ↑ "Libra". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  79. ↑ "The Pursuit of Love". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  80. ↑ "Down and Out in Paris and London". Penguin Books. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  81. ↑ "Animal Farm". Penguin Books. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  82. ↑ "1984". Penguin Books. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  83. ↑ "The Plague". Penguin Books. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  84. ↑ "The Snow Goose and The Small Miracle". Penguin Books. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  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. ↑ "Beautiful Ruins". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  92. ↑ "A Spell of Winter". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  93. ↑ "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes". Penguin Books. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  94. ↑ "The Wanting Seed". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  95. ↑ "Hotel du Lac". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  96. ↑ "Mr Loverman". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  97. ↑ "The Forty Rules of Love". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  98. ↑ "The Rain Before it Falls". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  99. ↑ "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing". Penguin Books. Retrieved 5 October 2022.