40+ Gift-Worthy Books from Penguin Clothbound Classics

Penguin Clothbound Classics- The Complete List

Penguin Clothbound Classics presents beautiful gift-worthy hardcover editions of beloved classic literature. Each book has a minimal and unique cover design, and award-winning designer Coralie Bickford-Smith designs them. Coralie’s talent gives these books a modern, elegant look. When you see them at a book store, I am pretty sure you would want to buy the entire collection at that moment!

Moreover, Penguin Clothbound Classics are the literary classics; everyone should have them in their library. My first book from this collection was Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment.” After that, I started collecting these beautifully designed books.

What are the Best Books from Penguin Clothbound Classics?

For me, almost every book from this collection is the best! But if I need to make a top-five list, I would choose Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables and Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. 

Below, you will find almost fifty beautiful books from Penguin Clothbound Classics! Mostly, you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, however, you can judge these books by their covers!

"Don Quixote has spent so much time reading stories of chivalry that he has become convinced that he should live the life of a knight errant himself. These adventures blossom in all kinds of wonderful ways when he is accompanied by his loyal squire, Sancho Panza. Sancho develops a certain degree of sagacity and cunning compared to Quixote, who is...
"Conversations at a glitzy society party in St. Petersburg in the year 1805 are dominated by the possibility of impending conflict. As Napoleon's army advances on Russia, a swift wave of terror sweeps across the nation, and the destinies of three young people are irrevocably altered in the process. The lives of the irascible Pierre, the cynical Andrey, and the...
The first stop on Marco Polo's journey, which took place in 1271, was in China. After that, he was Kublai Khan's representative on a number of diplomatic missions throughout the Far East. His subsequent account of his travels offers a fascinating glimpse of what he encountered abroad, including foreign religions, new customs and societies, the spices and silks of the...
The classic coming-of-age story told by Charles Dickens is now available in a stunning clothbound Penguin edition. This is the book that Dickens referred to as his "favorite child," and it is widely regarded as the most autobiographical book of his works. Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life throughout the course of David's narration of his experiences,...
The great masterpiece was written by Daniel Defoe and is now available in a stunning new clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, winner of multiple design awards. These delightful and collectible Penguin editions have been bound in high-quality, colorful, and textured cloth, and foil stamping has been incorporated into the design. "I walked about on the shore, lifting up my...
The great American masterpiece was written by Mark Twain and is now available in a stunning new clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, winner of multiple design awards. These delightful and collectible Penguin editions have been bound in high-quality, colorful, and textured cloth, and foil stamping has been incorporated into the design. Mark Twain's story about a boy who embarks...
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