Favorite and least-liked classics publisher.

By simple-market5111

I feel like this is one of those “everyone talks about it” bookish questions, at least on Booktube, but when I searched here I didn’t really see it, unless I just missed an old thread. Anyway, favorite publisher of classic lit for me is Penguin Classics. I know it’s kind of the default pick, but they’re just such a good deal. You get a lot for the price, the paper and binding seem solid, and the critical essays are usually really good. Also their catalog is huge—everything from fiction to Greek philosophy. The one downside is the spines seem to get that white cracking pretty easily. I haven’t really gotten into it yet, but I’ve got a Thomas Hardy in the Norton Classics line and it looks super inviting. I also haven’t read my copy of *Northanger Abbey* (Modern Library Classics) yet, but I’m honestly impressed already—nice looking print and it feels like it’s built well, plus it’s got that flexible feel that should be comfortable to actually read. My least favorite is Tor Classics. The books just look and feel cheap to me—ugly paper, small print, and the cover art is pretty mediocre. It gives off that dime store pulp vibe.