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It takes a lot of creativity to design a series of trade paperback classics that really stand out amongst the limitless options available today, but I think Neil Lang – cover designer of the Macmillan Popular Classics series put out by Pan Macmillan India – hit the ball out of the park with this series of B-format paperback books. Each volume has the author and titles in a circle with the series title running around the edges, and the front and back covers feature a watercolour photoshopped design, with the back also containing a quote pulled from the text. The spines are watercolour paint palettes drawn from the cover design.

MPC cover spine back examples

There are 72 books in this series if you’re a completist, but a small stack looks lovely together, and this is definitely a collection where you want to put a couple of covers facing out if you can. However, other than the lovely covers, these volumes are still subject to the typical longevity problems with paperbacks – the paper will yellow over time, and the glued bindings will eventually lose their integrity.

The books were released between 2016 to 2017 and are rapidly going out of print, so although they are still mostly cheap now that is likely to change in future with reduced availability. I have found the best place to source them new is Abes, followed by Amazon. They are mostly out of stock at other stores, and rarely show up on eBay; however, I’ve included links to all below because you never know your luck!


Jump to authors starting with A-B | C-D | E-F-G | H-I-J | K-L-M | N-O-P-Q-R | S-T | U-V-W-X-Y-Z


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Authors A-B

MPC alcott little women

Little Women & Good Wives

Little Women & Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott. 9781509857838. *Uncommon.

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MPC andersen fairy tales

Best Fairy Tales

Best Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen: 9781509857845

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MPC aurelius meditations

Meditations

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: 9781509849086

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MPC austen emma

Emma

Emma by Jane Austen: 9781509848867

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MPC austen mansfield

Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen: 9781509857555

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MPC austen northanger

Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: 9781509857500

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MPC austen persuasion

Persuasion

Persuasion by Jane Austen: 9781509857494

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MPC austen pride prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: 9781509848850

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MPC austen sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: 9781509848973

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MPC bronte wildfell

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë: 9781509857708

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MPC bronte jane eyre

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë: 9781509857692

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MPC bronte wuthering heights

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë: 9781509857685

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Authors C-D

MPC carroll alice

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll: 9781509849024.
❦ See also the Alice Collector's Guide.

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MPC collodi pinocchio

Pinocchio

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi: 9781509857883

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MPC defoe crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: 9781509849116

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MPC dickens bleak house

Bleak House

Bleak House by Charles Dickens: 9781509857807

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MPC dickens xmas carol

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens: 9781509857753. *Uncommon.

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MPC dickens copperfield

David Copperfield

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens: 9781509849000

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MPC dickens ghost stories

Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens: 9781509857586

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MPC dickens great expectations

Great Expectations

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: 9781509848911

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MPC dickens hard times

Hard Times

Hard Times by Charles Dickens: 9781509849017

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MPC dickens twist

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens: 9781509848980

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MPC dickens pickwick

The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens: 9781509857579

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MPC dickens tale cities

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens: 9781509848997

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MPC doyle sherlock adventures

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 9781509848843

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MPC doyle best of sherlock

The Best of Sherlock Holmes

The Best of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 9781509849031

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MPC doyle casebook sherlock

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 9781509857517

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MPC doyle hound baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles & The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 9781509857562

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MPC doyle return sherlock

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes & His Last Bow by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 9781509857593

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MPC doyle scarlet

A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 9781509857524

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Authors E-F-G

MPC eliot middlemarch

Middlemarch

Middlemarch by George Eliot: 9781509858668. *Uncommon.

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MPC fitzgerald beautiful damned

The Beautiful and Damned

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald: 9781509857654

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MPC fitzgerald great gatsby

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: 9781509849079

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MPC fitzgerald jazz age

Tales of the Jazz Age

Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald: 9781509857661

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MPC fitzgerald tender

Tender is the Night

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald: 9781509857548

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MPC grimm fairy tales

Grimms’ Fairy Tales

Grimms’ Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm: 9781509857814. *Uncommon.

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Authors H-I-J

MPC hardy madding

Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy: 9781509858675

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MPC hardy casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy: 9781509857920

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MPC hardy tess durbervilles

Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy: 9781509857890

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MPC hugo hunchback

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo: 9781509849109

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MPC joyce dubliners

Dubliners

Dubliners by James Joyce: 9781509857791
*Uncommon

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MPC joyce portrait

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce: 9781509857821. *Uncommon.

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Authors K-L-M

MPC kipling jungle book

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling: 9781509848904

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MPC kipling just so

Just So Stories

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling: 9781509848874

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MPC kipling kim

Kim

Kim by Rudyard Kipling: 9781509848966

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MPC machiavelli prince

The Prince & The Art of War

The Prince & The Art of War by Niccolò Machiavelli: 9781509857715.

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MPC melville moby dick

Moby Dick

Moby-Dick by Herman Melville: 9781509857784. *Uncommon.

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Authors N-O-P-Q-R

MPC poe tales

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe: 9781509857777.

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Authors S-T

MPC shakespeare hamlet

Hamlet

Hamlet by William Shakespeare: 9781509857760. *Uncommon.

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MPC shakespeare henry v

Henry V

Henry V by William Shakespeare: 9781509857876.

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MPC shakespeare julius caesar

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare: 9781509857739

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MPC shakespeare lear

King Lear

King Lear by William Shakespeare: 9781509857647

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MPC shakespeare venice

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare: 9781509857746

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MPC shakespeare midsummer

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare: 9781509857616

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MPC shakespeare othello

Othello

Othello by William Shakespeare: 9781509857630

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MPC shakespeare richard iii

Richard III

Richard III by William Shakespeare: 9781509857869

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MPC shakespeare romeo juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: 9781509857852

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MPC shakespeare sonnets

The Sonnets

The Sonnets by William Shakespeare: 9781509849062

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MPC shakespeare twelfth night

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare: 9781509857623

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MPC stoker dracula

Dracula

Dracula by Bram Stoker: 9781509849048

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MPC swift gulliver

Gulliver’s Travels

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift: 9781509849055

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MPC twain huck finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain: 9781509857678

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MPC twain tom sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain: 9781509857609

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Authors U-V-W-X-Y-Z

MPC verne 80 days

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne: 9781509849093

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MPC verne journey

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne: 9781509857937

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MPC verne leagues

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne: 9781509857531

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MPC wilde prince

The Happy Prince & Other Stories

The Happy Prince & Other Stories by Oscar Wilde: 9781509848898

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MPC wilde earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays

The Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays by Oscar Wilde: 9781509848881

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MPC woolf dalloway

Mrs Dalloway

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: 9781509857944

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MPC woolf room of ones own

A Room of One’s Own

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf: 9781509857913

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MPC woolf to the lighthouse

To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf: 9781509857906

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MPC yeats poems

Collected Poems

Collected Poems by W. B. Yeats: 9781509857722

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