The ''World's Best Reading'' is a series of classic books published by

Reader's Digest ''Reader's Digest'' is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, it is now headquartered in midtown Manhattan. The magazine was founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and his wi ...

beginning in 1982. The series is distributed as a

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membership club. Some individual volumes are available for sale directly through the Reader's Digest website. The series began with limited editions in 1982, then expanded to bi-monthly editions for years 1984 to 1995. The series is still in print. Many of the editions are ornately illustrated and included commissioned artwork. Each volume includes a small paper pamphlet with a biography of the author.

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External links

World's Best Reading
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