Type classic books

Typing practice that tells a story. Pick a classic, type it a page at a time, and come back to exactly where you left off.

Choose a book

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll · 12 chaptersAlice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit-hole into a world of riddles, tea parties and a furious Queen.
• Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen · 61 chaptersElizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy: first impressions, sharp wit and one of the best-loved love stories ever written.
• Frankenstein Mary Shelley · 28 chaptersA young scientist brings a creature to life, and then has to face what he has made.
• Dracula Bram Stoker · 27 chaptersTold in letters and diaries: Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania, and something follows him home.
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 12 chaptersTwelve cases for the world's most famous detective, from A Scandal in Bohemia to The Copper Beeches.
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain · 35 chaptersFence painting, a treasure hunt and a midnight graveyard: boyhood on the Mississippi.
• The Time Machine H. G. Wells · 16 chaptersAn inventor travels to the year 802,701 and finds what has become of humankind.
• Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson · 34 chaptersYoung Jim Hawkins, a treasure map and the pirate Long John Silver.
• The Call of the Wild Jack London · 7 chaptersBuck, a pet dog, is stolen and sold into the Klondike gold rush, where he must learn the law of club and fang.
• A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens · 5 chaptersEbenezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve.
• The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling · 7 chaptersMowgli, raised by wolves, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the mongoose, and more stories of the jungle.
• Peter Pan J. M. Barrie · 17 chaptersThe boy who wouldn't grow up takes Wendy and her brothers to Neverland.
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum · 24 chaptersA cyclone carries Dorothy to Oz, and the yellow brick road leads to the Emerald City.

Can I type a whole book?

Yes. Each book is split into chapters and short pages of a few minutes each. TypingStreak saves your place, so you can type a page a day and pick up where you stopped.

Are the books free?

Yes. They are classic novels in the public domain, and typing them is free with no account.

Does typing books improve typing speed?

Yes. Real sentences have the rhythm, punctuation and capital letters that word lists lack, and a long story keeps you practising longer.