Read the Classics

cbayen Host

9 participants (37 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Romantsy is great but let’s get back to the originals. Read 12 classic literature books by authors like Jane Austen, James Joyce, Virginia Wolfe, etc that you haven’t read outside of an educational setting. 

Challenge Books

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Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Notre-Dame de Paris

Victor Hugo

696 pages • 1831 • 621 editions

user-added

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot #10

Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie

274 pages • 1934 • 488 editions

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

201 pages • 1915 • 1.3k editions

fiction classics literary magical realism dark reflective sad medium-paced
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

A Town Like Alice

Nevil Shute

359 pages • 1950 • 36 editions

fiction historical romance adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

268 pages • 1818 • 2.2k editions

fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

161 pages • 1946 • 161 editions

nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

Anne Frank

384 pages • 1947 • 646 editions

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 by Laura Ingalls Wilder

On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894

Laura Ingalls Wilder

128 pages • 1962 • 16 editions

nonfiction classics history memoir lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès suivi de L'Aiguille creuse by Maurice Leblanc

Arsène Lupin #2-3

Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès suivi de L'Aiguille creuse

Maurice Leblanc

529 pages • 1908 • 1 edition

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women #1

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

566 pages • 1868 • 1.5k editions

fiction classics young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced