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Sci-Fi and Fantasy Classics

oddbluecrow Host

14 participants (51 books)

01 Jan 2025—01 Jan 2026

Overview

Read as many fantasy and sc-fi classics throughout 2025 as you can. The goal is 24, but don't take it too seriously. This is just for fun, after all. As to what constitutes a "classic," there are three general guidelines:
1. The book has been widely read and loved by at least two generations.
2. The book has influenced other authors in the genres of fantasy and sci-fi.
3. The book is critically acclaimed.
Obviously, these rules are not set in stone. Just don't choose anything that's completely bonkers.

Challenge Books

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The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings #1-3

J.R.R. Tolkien

1216 pages • paperback • 1957

fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

Deadhouse Gates

Malazan Book of the Fallen #2

Steven Erikson

843 pages • paperback • 2000

fiction fantasy adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams

The Dragonbone Chair

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #1

Tad Williams

33 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 1988

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin

32 pages • hardcover • 1973

fiction classics fantasy science fiction short stories dark reflective fast-paced
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

311 pages • paperback • 1974

fiction classics science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Fledgling

Octavia E. Butler

310 pages • paperback • 2005

fiction fantasy science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • paperback • 1979

fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • paperback • 1993

fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Golden Son by Pierce Brown

Golden Son

Red Rising Saga #2

Pierce Brown

446 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Morning Star by Pierce Brown

Morning Star

Red Rising Saga #3

Pierce Brown

524 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced