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Encyclopedia > World's Best Reading

World's Best Reading was a series distributed by Readers Digest from 1996 to 2006. The series was distributed as a mail order membership club. It promised to expand the libraries of Reader’s Digest magazine subscribers. The series began with single annual volumes in 1982 and 1983, and eventually expanded to bi-monthly editions for years 1984-1995. World's Best Reading was published sporadically from 1996-2005. The series was officially cancelled in 2006. Many of the earlier editions included specially commissioned artwork, and are beautifully illustrated. Each volume included a small paper pamphlet with a biography of the author. The list below is the official publication list held at Readers Digest. The list includes several discrepancies in order, date, and ISBN. The cover of the May 2004 issue of Readers Digest. ... Mail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. ... The cover of the May 2004 issue of Readers Digest. ...

No. TITLE AUTHOR YEAR ISBN
1 The Red Badge of Courage Crane, Stephen 1982 0-89577-155-1
2/3 Wuthering Heights Bronte, Emily 1983 0-89577-159-4
4 A Tale of Two Cities Dickens, Charles 1984 0-89577-179-9
5 The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1984 0-89577-184-5
6 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Twain, Mark 1984 0-89577-185-3
7 Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane 1984 0-89577-198-5
8 The Last of the Mohicans Cooper, James Fennimore 1984 0-89577-199-3
9 Jane Eyre Bronte, Charlotte 1984 0-89577-200-0
10 Great Expectations Dickens, Charles 1985 0-89577-205-1
11 Little Women Alcott, Lousia May 1985 0-89577-209-4
12 The Call of the Wild / White Fang London, Jack 1985 0-89577-211-6
13 Tess of D'urbervilles Hardy, Thomas 1985 0-89577-215-9
14 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Twain, Mark 1985 0-89577-217-5
15 The House of Seven Gables Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1985 0-89577-219-1
16 David Copperfield Dickens, Charles 1986 0-89577-223-x
17 Tales of Suspense Poe, Edgar Allan 1986 0-89577-225-6
18 Kidnapped Stevenson, Robert Louis 1986 0-89577-232-9
19 Silas Marner Eliot, George 1986 0-89577-248-5
20 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain, Mark 1986 0-89577-252-3
21 A Study in Scarlet / The Hounds of Baservilles Doyle, Arthur Conan 1986 0-89577-254-x
22 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Tales Irving, Washington 1987 0-89577-255-8
23 Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles 1987 0-89577-258-2
24 Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis 1987 0-89577-262-0
25 The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories Henry, O. 1987 0-89577-266-3
26 Life on the Mississippi Twain, Mark 1987 0-89577-275-2
27 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan 1987 0-89577-277-9
28 Around the World in 80 Days Verne, Jules 1988 0-89577-294-9
29 The Old Curiosity Shop Dickens, Charles 1988 0-89577-292-2
30 The Prince & the Pauper Twain, Mark 1988 0-89577-295-7
31 The Virginian Wister, Owen 1988 0-89577-305-8
32 A Christmas Carol and Other Stories Dickens, Charles 1988 0-89577-315-5
33 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan 1988 0-89577-320-01
34 Moby Dick Melville, Herman 1989 0-89577-322-8
35 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Smith, Betty 1989 0-89577-328-7
36 Twice Told Tales Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1989 0-89577-332-5
37 A Passage to India Forster, E. M. 1989 0-89577-334-1
38 The Song of Hiawatha Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 1989 0-89577-337-6
39 The Sea Wolf London, Jack 1989 0-89577-338-4
40 The Innocents Abroad Twain, Mark 1990 0-89577-339-2
41 Doctor Zhivago Pasternak, Boris 1990 0-89577-342-2
42 Kim Kipling, Rudyard 1990 0-89577-343-0
43 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Verne, Jules 1990 0-89577-347-3
44 O! Pioneers! Cather, Willa 1990 0-89577-354-6
45 Lost Horizon Hilton, James 1990 0-89577-361-9
46 Uncle Tom's Cabin Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1991 0-89577-367-8
47 Tales From the Arabian Nights Anonymous 1991 0-89577-374-0
48 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Stevenson, Robert Louis 1991 0-89577-384-8
49 The Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck, John 1991 0-89577-387-2
50 The Adventures of Robin Hood Creswick, Paul 1991 0-89577-390-2
51 The Return of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan 1991 0-89577-401-1
52 A Journey to the Center of the Earth Verne, Jules 1992 0-89577-402-x
53 Ben-Hur Wallace, Lew 1992 0-89577-403-8
54 The Good Earth Buck, Pearl 1992 0-89577-413-5
55 The Caine Mutiny Wouck, Herman 1992 0-89577-414-3
56 The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories Twain, Mark 1992 0-89577-415-1
57 Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, L. M. 1992 0-89577-434-8
58 To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper 1993 0-89577-435-6
59 The Yearling Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan 1993 0-89577-436-4
60 Heart of the West Henry, O. 1993 0-89577-494-1
61 Life With Father Day, Clarence 1993 0-899577-494-1
62 The Robe Douglas, Lloyd C. 1993 0-89577-547-6
63 The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan 1993 0-89577-552-2
64 King Solomon's Mines Haggard, H. Rider 1994 0-89577-553-0
65 Emma Austen, Jane 1994 0-89577-582-4
66 To Build a Fire London, Jack 1994 0-89577-583-2
67 Captains Courageous Kipling, Rudyard 1994 0-89577-601-4
68 Rebecca Maurier, Daphne du 1994 0-89577-627-8
69 Roughing It Twain, Mark 1994 0-89577-628-6
70 The Master of Ballantrae Stevenson, Robert Louis 1995 0-89577-629-4
71 Goodbye Mr. Chips Hilton, James 1995 0-89577-630-8
72 Two Years Before the Mast Dana, Richard Henry 1995 0-89577-631-6
73 Beau Geste Wren, Percival Christopher 1995 0-89577-632-4
74 Tales of the South Pacific Michener, James 1995 0-89577-697-9
75 The Three Musketeers Dumas, Alexandre 1995 ---
86 A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil 1995 ---
87 Lorna Doone Blackmore, R.D. 1995 ---
88 How Green Was My Valley Llewellyn, Richard 1997 ---
89 Far From the Madding Crowd Hardy, Thomas 2002 ---
110 This Side of Paradise Fitzgerald, F. Scott 2003 ---
111 Sense and Sensibility Austen, Jane 2003 ---
112 The Age of Innocence Wharton, Edith 2003 ---
  113 Frankenstein Shelley, Mary 2003  
  114 Unknown Title --- --- ---
  115 Lord Jim Conrad, Joseph 2003 ---
  116 The Moon and Sixpence Maugham, W.S. 2004 ---
  117 Gulliver's Travels Swift, Jonathan 2004 ---
118 My Antonia Cather, Willa 2004 1544-4449
  119 Main Street Lewis, Sinclair 2004 1544-4449
120 THREE BOOK SET (Already in Collection) --- --- ---
121 The Invisible Man and The Island of Dr. Moreau Wells, H.G. 2004 1544-4449
122 TEN BOOK SET (Already in Collection) --- --- ---
123 Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel 2004 1544-4449
  124 The Magnificent Ambersons Tarkington, Booth 2005 1544-4449
125 THREE BOOK SET (Already in Collection) --- --- ---
126 The Jungle Books Kipling, Rudyard 2005 1544-4449
  127 The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine Wells, H.G. 2005 1544-4449
138 Madame Bovary Flaubert, Gustave 2005 1544-4449
139 Daisy Miller / The Turn of the Screw James, Henry 2005 1544-4449


 

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