C1 books for reading practice

Kim is the story of a young boy growing up in India. He travels across the country and meets many different people. During his journey, he becomes part of a secret mission and...

For centuries, Aesop's Fables have been a cornerstone of storytelling, blending wit, irony, and profound moral lessons. From the patient tortoise to the cunning fox, these...

After a long winter of skiing in the high altitudes, Nick Adams and his friend descend into the valley where spring has already begun. They happen upon a peasant’s funeral,...

"My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know." When a lost Christmas goose and a battered felt hat are brought to 221B Baker Street,...

"I am seventy years old," the newborn baby said. "And I will be sixty-nine next year." In 1860, a baby is born in Baltimore with the appearance and physical ailments of a...

"In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson... there lies a small market-town which is known by the name of Tarry Town." Deep...

Set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War, "Rip Van Winkle" tells the story of an amiable but lazy villager who wanders into the Catskill Mountains to...

"Halloa! Below there!" When a traveler encounters a lonely signal-man working in a deep, damp railway cutting, he finds a man haunted not just by isolation, but by a terrifying...

"The dog did not know anything about thermometers... but the brute had its instinct." In the deep freeze of the Yukon, where the temperature falls to seventy-five degrees below...

"This is the story of the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed, through the bathrooms of the big bungalow in Segowlee." Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is not just an ordinary...

When Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert of Green Gables send for an orphan boy to help on their farm, they are shocked to find a talkative, imaginative, and fiery red-haired girl...

Hidden away in the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith rewrite history to suit the Party’s needs. But with every lie he creates, his hatred for the totalitarian regime grows. In a...