{{Short description|UK book series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
'''''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.<ref name="indy" /><ref name="official" /> 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.<ref name="blog" /> Many titles appeared in both series.<ref name="caustic" />
== 2011 series == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | # !! scope="col" | Title !! scope="col" | Author !! scope="col" | Pages !! scope="col" | Release date |- | 1 || ''Goodbye to All That'' || {{sortname|Robert|Graves}} || 368 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24380/goodbye-to-all-that/ |title=Goodbye to All That |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 2 || ''Out of Africa'' || {{sortname|Karen|Blixen}} || 336 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25162/out-of-africa/ |title=Out of Africa |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 3 || ''{{sort|Clockwork Orange|A Clockwork Orange}}'' || {{sortname|Anthony|Burgess}} || 144 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24369/a-clockwork-orange/ |title=A Clockwork Orange |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 4 || ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' || {{sortname|Truman|Capote}} || 176 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24371/breakfast-at-tiffany-s/ |title=Breakfast at Tiffany's |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 5 || ''My Family and Other Animals'' || {{sortname|Gerald|Durrell}} || 320 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25160/my-family-and-other-animals/9780241951460.html |title=My Family and Other Animals |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 6 || ''{{sort|Great Gatsby|The Great Gatsby}}'' || {{sortname|F. Scott|Fitzgerald}} || 208 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24373/the-great-gatsby/ |title=The Great Gatsby |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 7 || ''{{sort|Room with a View|A Room with a View}}'' || {{sortname|E. M.|Forster}} || 224 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25164/a-room-with-a-view/ |title=A Room with a View |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 8 || ''Cold Comfort Farm'' || {{sortname|Stella|Gibbons}} || 240 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24374/cold-comfort-farm/ |title=Cold Comfort Farm |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 9 || ''Steppenwolf'' || {{sortname|Hermann|Hesse}} || 256 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25159/steppenwolf/ |title=Steppenwolf |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 10 || ''On the Road'' || {{sortname|Jack|Kerouac}} || 288 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24375/on-the-road/ |title=On the Road |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 11 || ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' || {{sortname|D. H.|Lawrence}} || 320 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24388/lady-chatterley-s-lover/ |title=Lady Chatterley's Lover |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 12 || ''Wide Sargasso Sea'' || {{sortname|Jean|Rhys}} || 160 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24381/wide-sargasso-sea/ |title=Wide Sargasso Sea |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 13 || ''Bonjour Tristesse'' || {{sortname|Françoise|Sagan}} || 112 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24802/bonjour-tristesse/ |title=Bonjour Tristesse |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 14 || ''Hell's Angels'' || {{sortname|Hunter S.|Thompson}} || 336 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25436/hell-s-angels/ |title=Hell's Angels |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 15 || ''{{sort|Confederacy of Dunces|A Confederacy of Dunces}}'' || {{sortname|John Kennedy|Toole}} || 416 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25169/a-confederacy-of-dunces/ |title=A Confederacy of Dunces |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 16 || ''Cat's Cradle'' || {{sortname|Kurt|Vonnegut}} || 224 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25441/cat-s-cradle/ |title=Cat's Cradle |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 17 || ''Brideshead Revisited'' || {{sortname|Evelyn|Waugh}} || 432 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24370/brideshead-revisited/ |title=Brideshead Revisited |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 18 || ''Lolita'' || {{sortname|Vladimir|Nabokov}} || 368 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/182076/lolita/ |title=Lolita |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 19 || ''Eva Luna'' || {{sortname|Isabel|Allende}} || 304 || {{dts|7 April 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/26785/eva-luna/ |title=Eva Luna |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 20 || ''{{sort|Prime of Miss Jean Brodie|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie}}'' || {{sortname|Muriel|Spark}} || 128 || {{dts|5 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24795/the-prime-of-miss-jean-brodie/ |title=The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 21 || ''Junky'' || {{sortname|William S.|Burroughs}} || 144 || {{dts|5 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25170/junky/ |title=Junky |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 22 || ''Mrs Dalloway'' || {{sortname|Virginia|Woolf}} || 208 || {{dts|5 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25156/mrs-dalloway/ |title=Mrs Dalloway |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 23 || ''Heart of Darkness'' || {{sortname|Joseph|Conrad}} || 112 || {{dts|5 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24382/heart-of-darkness/ |title=Heart of Darkness |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 24 || ''{{sort|Periodic Table|The Periodic Table}}'' || {{sortname|Primo|Levi}} || 208 || {{dts|5 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/26506/the-periodic-table/ |title=The Periodic Table |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 25 || ''Three Men in a Boat'' || {{sortname|Jerome K.|Jerome}} || 176 || {{dts|5 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25161/three-men-in-a-boat/ |title=Three Men in a Boat |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 26 || ''In Cold Blood'' || {{sortname|Truman|Capote}} || 352 || {{dts|5 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24378/in-cold-blood/ |title=In Cold Blood |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 27 || ''Lucky Jim'' || {{sortname|Kingsley|Amis}} || 272 || {{dts|5 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24794/lucky-jim/ |title=Lucky Jim |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 28 || ''Dubliners'' || {{sortname|James|Joyce}} || 256 || {{dts|5 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24384/dubliners/ |title=Dubliners |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 29 || ''{{sort|Diary of a Nobody|The Diary of a Nobody}}'' || {{sortname|George|Grossmith}} and {{sortname|Weedon|Grossmith}} || 240 || {{dts|5 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25437/the-diary-of-a-nobody/ |title=The Diary of a Nobody |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 30 || ''{{sort|Thin Man|The Thin Man}}'' || {{sortname|Dashiell|Hammett}} || 240 || {{dts|5 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25438/the-thin-man/ |title=The Thin Man |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|31|...}} || || || || |- | 33 || ''{{sort|Month in the Country|A Month in the Country}}'' || {{sortname|J. L.|Carr}} || 112 || {{dts|14 August 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/7447/a-month-in-the-country/ |title=A Month in the Country |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 34 || ''{{sort|Man in the High Castle|The Man in the High Castle}}'' || {{sortname|Philip K.|Dick}} || 256 || {{dts|14 August 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57394/the-man-in-the-high-castle/ |title=The Man in the High Castle |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|35|...}} || || || || |- | 36 || ''Tender is the Night'' || {{sortname|F. Scott|Fitzgerald}} || 336 || {{dts|14 August 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25157/tender-is-the-night/ |title=Tender is the Night |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 37 || ''{{sort|Handful of Dust|A Handful of Dust}}'' || {{sortname|Evelyn|Waugh}} || 288 || {{dts|14 August 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25614/a-handful-of-dust/9780241970553.html |title=A Handful of Dust |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 38 || ''Invisible Man'' || {{sortname|Ralph|Ellison}} || 608 || {{dts|14 August 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25629/invisible-man/ |title=Invisible Man |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 39 || ''{{sort|Day of the Triffids|The Day of the Triffids}}'' || {{sortname|John|Wyndham}} || 240 || {{dts|14 August 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56266/the-day-of-the-triffids/ |title=The Day of the Triffids |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 40 || ''{{sort|Ice-Cream War|An Ice-Cream War}}'' || {{sortname|William|Boyd|William Boyd (writer)}} || 416 || {{dts|14 August 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/8039/an-ice-cream-war/ |title=An Ice-Cream War |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 41 || ''Regeneration'' || {{sortname|Pat|Barker}} || 352 || {{dts|14 August 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/12448/regeneration/ |title=Regeneration |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 42 || ''{{sort|Big Sleep|The Big Sleep}}'' || {{sortname|Raymond|Chandler}} || 256 || {{dts|14 August 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/11288/the-big-sleep/ |title=The Big Sleep |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 43 || ''I'm the King of the Castle'' || {{sortname|Susan|Hill}} || 208 || {{dts|14 August 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/5299/i-m-the-king-of-the-castle/ |title=I'm the King of the Castle |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 44 || ''Perfume'' || {{sortname|Patrick|Süskind}} || 272 || {{dts|6 August 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/12263/perfume/ |title=Perfume |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 45 || ''In the Country of Men'' || {{sortname|Hisham|Matar}} || 256 || {{dts|6 August 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/55814/in-the-country-of-men/ |title=In the Country of Men |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 46 || ''{{sort|History of Love|The History of Love}}'' || {{sortname|Nicole|Krauss}} || 272 || {{dts|6 August 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/55203/the-history-of-love/ |title=The History of Love |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 47 || ''{{sort|Passage to India|A Passage to India}}'' || {{sortname|E. M.|Forster}} || 304 || {{dts|6 August 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24383/a-passage-to-india/ |title=A Passage to India |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 48 || ''Billy Liar'' || {{sortname|Keith|Waterhouse}} || 176 || {{dts|6 August 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/3626/billy-liar/ |title=Billy Liar |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 49 || ''{{sort|Mosquito Coast|The Mosquito Coast}}'' || {{sortname|Paul|Theroux}} || 384 || {{dts|6 August 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/7643/the-mosquito-coast/ |title=The Mosquito Coast |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 50 || ''Hideous Kinky'' || {{sortname|Esther|Freud}} || 192 || {{dts|6 August 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/16161/hideous-kinky/ |title=Hideous Kinky |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 51 || ''Asylum'' || {{sortname|Patrick|McGrath|Patrick McGrath (novelist)}} || 272 || {{dts|6 August 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/22947/asylum/ |title=Asylum |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 52 || ''Moon Tiger'' || {{sortname|Penelope|Lively}} || 224 || {{dts|6 August 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/180348/moon-tiger/ |title=Moon Tiger |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 53 || ''Foe'' || {{sortname|J. M.|Coetzee}} || 160 || {{dts|6 August 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/10327/foe/ |title=Foe |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|54|...}} || || || || |- | 55 || ''Everything Is Illuminated'' || {{sortname|Jonathan Safran|Foer}} || 288 || {{dts|4 August 2016}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/54221/everything-is-illuminated/ |title=Everything is Illuminated |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|56|...}} || || || || |- | 57 || ''What a Carve Up!'' || {{sortname|Jonathan|Coe}} || 512 || {{dts|4 August 2016}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56289/what-a-carve-up-/9780241978917.html |title=What a Carve Up! |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 58 || ''Love in the Time of Cholera'' || {{sortname|Gabriel |García Márquez}} || 368 || {{dts|4 August 2016}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56214/love-in-the-time-of-cholera/ |title=Love in the Time of Cholera |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 59 || ''{{sort|Lady in the Lake|The Lady in the Lake}}'' || {{sortname|Raymond|Chandler}} || 288 || {{dts|4 August 2016}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/11290/the-lady-in-the-lake/ |title=The Lady in the Lake |website=Penguin Books |access-date=27 September 2016}}</ref> |- | 60 || ''Embers'' || {{sortname|Sandor|Marai}} || 256 || {{dts|4 August 2016}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/53848/embers/ |title=Embers |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 61 || ''{{sort|Spy Who Came in from the Cold|The Spy Who Came in from the Cold}}'' || {{sortname|John le|Carré}} || 288 || {{dts|4 August 2016}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/179112/the-spy-who-came-in-from-the-cold/ |title=The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 62 || ''{{sort|Kestrel for a Knave|A Kestrel for a Knave}}'' || {{sortname|Barry|Hines}} || 176 || {{dts|4 August 2016}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/4776/a-kestrel-for-a-knave/ |title=A Kestrel for a Knave |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 63 || ''How Many Miles to Babylon?'' || {{sortname|Jennifer|Johnston|dab=novelist}} || 160 || {{dts|4 August 2016}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/12153/how-many-miles-to-babylon-/9780241978979.html |title=How Many Miles to Babylon? |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 64 || ''{{sort|Millstone|The Millstone}}'' || {{sortname|Margaret|Drabble}} || 176 || {{dts|4 August 2016}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/4669/the-millstone/ |title=The Millstone |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 65 || ''Are You Experienced?'' || {{sortname|William|Sutcliffe}} || 256 || {{dts|1 June 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24238/are-you-experienced-/9780241981207.html |title=Are You Experienced? |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 66 || ''High Fidelity'' || {{sortname|Nick|Hornby}} || 256 || {{dts|1 June 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/26197/high-fidelity/ |title=High Fidelity |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|67|...}} || || || || |- | 68 || ''{{sort|Reluctant Fundamentalist|The Reluctant Fundamentalist}}'' || {{sortname|Mohsin|Hamid}} || 224 || {{dts|1 June 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1093/the-reluctant-fundamentalist/ |title=The Reluctant Fundamentalist |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 69 || ''White Teeth'' || {{sortname|Zadie|Smith}} || 560 || {{dts|1 June 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24575/white-teeth/ |title=White Teeth |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 70 || ''{{sort|Road To Lichfield|The Road To Lichfield}}'' || {{sortname|Penelope|Lively}} || 176 || {{dts|1 June 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/7667/the-road-to-lichfield/ |title=The Road To Lichfield |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 71 || ''{{sort|Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian|A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian}}'' || {{sortname|Marina|Lewycka}} || 336 || {{dts|1 June 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/55250/a-short-history-of-tractors-in-ukrainian/|title=A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 72 || ''Any Human Heart'' || {{sortname|William|Boyd|William Boyd (writer)}} || 512 || {{dts|1 June 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/54317/any-human-heart/|title=Any Human Heart |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 73 || ''{{sort|Start in Life|A Start in Life}}'' || {{sortname|Anita|Brookner}} || 176 || {{dts|1 June 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/14473/a-start-in-life/ |title=A Start in Life |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|74|...}} || || || || |- | 75 || ''Brooklyn'' || {{sortname|Colm|Tóibín}} || 272 || {{dts|7 June 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/133214/brooklyn/9780241983782/ |title=Brooklyn |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 76 || ''Villages'' || {{sortname|John|Updike}} || 336 || {{dts|7 June 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/55218/villages/9780241983799/ |title=Villages |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|77|...}} || || || || |- | 78 || ''{{sort|Chrysalids|The Chrysalids}}'' || {{sortname|John|Wyndham}} || 208 || {{dts|7 June 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/312527/the-chrysalids/9780241983928.html |title=The Chrysalids |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 79 || ''Age of Iron'' || {{sortname|J. M.|Coetzee}} || 208 || {{dts|7 June 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24513/age-of-iron/9780241983935/ |title=Age of Iron |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 80 || ''{{sort|Hound of the Baskervilles|The Hound of the Baskervilles}}'' || {{sortname|Arthur|Conan Doyle}} || 224 || {{dts|7 June 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1958/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles/9780241984352/ |title=The Hound of the Baskervilles |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 81 || ''Austerlitz'' || {{sortname|W. G.|Sebald}} || 448 || {{dts|7 June 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/26636/austerlitz/9780241984482/ |title=Austerlitz |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|82|...}} || || || || |- | 83 || ''Libra'' || {{sortname|Don|DeLillo}} || 464 || {{dts|7 June 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/182630/libra/9780241984536/ |title=Libra |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|84|...}} || || || || |- | 85 || ''{{sort|Pursuit of Love|The Pursuit of Love}}'' || {{sortname|Nancy|Mitford}} || 224 || {{dts|7 June 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/2555/the-pursuit-of-love/9780241984079/ |title=The Pursuit of Love |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|86|...}} || || || || |- | 91 || ''Down and Out in Paris and London'' || {{sortname|George|Orwell}} || 224 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/25158/down-and-out-in-paris-and-london-by-orwell-george/9780141042701 |title=Down and Out in Paris and London |website=Penguin Books |access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref> |- | {{sort|92|...}} || || || || |- | 94 || ''Animal Farm'' || {{sortname|George|Orwell}} || 112 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56486/animal-farm-by-orwell-george/9780141036137 |title=Animal Farm |website=Penguin Books |access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref> |- | 95 || ''1984'' || {{sortname|George|Orwell}} || 336 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56487/1984-by-orwell-george/9780141036144 |title=1984 |website=Penguin Books |access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref> |- | {{sort|96|...}} || || || || |- | 102 ||''{{sort|Plague|The Plague}}'' || {{sortname|Albert|Camus}} || 304 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/176308/the-plague-by-camus-albert/9780141049236 |title=The Plague |website=Penguin Books |access-date=10 October 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|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/54543/the-photograph/9780241986486.html |title=The Photograph |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|112|...}} || || || || |- | 113 || ''Beautiful Ruins'' || {{sortname|Jess|Walter}} || 368 || {{dts|6 June 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/187019/beautiful-ruins/9780241986509.html |title=Beautiful Ruins |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 114 || ''{{sort|Spell of Winter|A Spell of Winter}}'' || {{sortname|Helen|Dunmore}} || 320 || {{dts|6 June 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56315/a-spell-of-winter/9780241986523.html |title=A Spell of Winter |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | 115 || ''{{sort|Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes|The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes}}'' || {{sortname|Arthur|Conan Doyle}} || 320 || {{dts|6 June 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/2649/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/9780241986608.html |title=The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes |website=Penguin Books |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> |- | {{sort|116|...}} || || || || |- | 117 || ''{{sort|Wanting Seed|The Wanting Seed}}'' || {{sortname|Anthony|Burgess}} || 208 || {{dts|18 May 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/452451/the-wanting-seed-by-burgess-anthony/9780241997376 |title=The Wanting Seed |website=Penguin Books |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> |- | 118 || ''Hotel du Lac'' || {{sortname|Anita|Brookner}} || 192 || {{dts|18 May 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/14477/hotel-du-lac-by-brookner-anita/9780241996560 |title=Hotel du Lac |website=Penguin Books |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> |- | 119 || ''Mr Loverman'' || {{sortname|Bernardine|Evaristo}} || 320 || {{dts|18 May 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/187884/mr-loverman-by-evaristo-bernardine/9780241996577 |title=Mr Loverman |website=Penguin Books |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> |- | 120 || ''{{sort|Forty Rules of Love|The Forty Rules of Love}}'' || {{sortname|Elif|Shafak}} || 368 || {{dts|18 May 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/177356/the-forty-rules-of-love-by-shafak-elif/9780241996546 |title=The Forty Rules of Love |website=Penguin Books |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> |- | 121 || ''{{Sort|Rain Before It Falls|The Rain Before it Falls}}'' || {{sortname|Jonathan|Coe}} || 288 || {{dts|18 May 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56284/the-rain-before-it-falls-by-coe-jonathan/9780241996553 |title=The Rain Before it Falls |website=Penguin Books |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> |- | 122 || ''{{sort|Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing|The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing}}'' || {{sortname|Melissa |Bank}} || 304 || {{dts|18 May 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24805/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing-by-bank-melissa/9780241611500 |title=The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing |website=Penguin Books |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> |}
==See also== * ''Green Ideas'' * ''Penguin Crime & Espionage'' * ''Penguin European Writers'' * ''Penguin Red Classics'' * ''Pocket Penguins''
==References== {{reflist|2|refs=
<ref name="indy"> {{cite news | title = 20 Years of Penguin Essentials: How artists reimagined the book covers | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/penguin-essentials-banksy-ditchling-museum-of-art-and-craft-george-orwell-animal-farm-lolita-a8147986.html | newspaper = The Independent | access-date = 20 March 2019 | first = John | last = Hamilton | date = 8 January 2018 }} </ref>
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<ref name="blog"> {{cite web | title = A fresh approach to cover design | url = http://thepenguinblog.typepad.com/the_penguin_blog/2011/03/essentialsblog.html | website = the penguin blog | access-date = 8 June 2016 | first = Richard | last = Bravery | date = 30 March 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130709044109/http://thepenguinblog.typepad.com/the_penguin_blog/2011/03/essentialsblog.html | archive-date = 9 July 2013 | url-status = dead }} </ref>
<ref name="caustic"> {{cite web | title = Essential Penguin Essentials | url = https://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com/2010/12/essential-penguin-essentials.html | website = Caustic Cover Critic | access-date = 20 March 2019 | date = 25 December 2010 }} </ref>
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