Read 10 of Penguins Classics

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10 participants (13 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 10 books from the 100 must read classic books from Penguin.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/essential-penguin-classics/

Challenge Books

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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

233 pages • paperback • 1959

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas Jr.

The Lady of the Camellias

Alexandre Dumas Jr.

206 pages • paperback • 1848

fiction classics romance emotional sad medium-paced
The Wings of the Dove by Henry James

The Wings of the Dove

Henry James

554 pages • paperback • 1902

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes by Anita Loos

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

Lorelei Lee #1-2

Anita Loos

243 pages • paperback • 1927

fiction classics funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus

The Theban Plays #1–3

Sophocles

430 pages • paperback • -450

fiction classics play dark emotional sad fast-paced
Electra and Other Plays by Sophocles

Electra and Other Plays

Sophocles

309 pages • paperback • -410

fiction classics play challenging medium-paced
The Symposium by Plato

The Symposium

Plato

144 pages • paperback • -380

nonfiction classics philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
The Frogs and Other Plays by Aristophanes

The Frogs and Other Plays

Comedies of Aristophanes #04; 08; 09

Aristophanes

236 pages • paperback • -422

fiction classics play challenging reflective medium-paced
Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

240 pages • paperback • 1886 user-added

nonfiction classics philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Lysistrata and Other Plays by Aristophanes

Lysistrata and Other Plays

Comedies of Aristophanes #01; 03; 07

Aristophanes

241 pages • paperback

fiction classics play challenging reflective medium-paced