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Read the Classics

cbayen Host

9 participants (35 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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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

201 pages • paperback • 1915

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 • paperback • 1950

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

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

268 pages • paperback • 1818

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 • digital • 1946

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 • paperback • 1947

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 • paperback • 1962

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

Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès suivi de L'Aiguille creuse

Arsène Lupin #2-3

Maurice Leblanc

529 pages • paperback • 1908

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

Little Women

Little Women #1

Louisa May Alcott

566 pages • paperback • 1868

fiction classics emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

264 pages • paperback • 1817

fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

Mary Mapes Dodge

244 pages • hardcover • 1865

fiction childrens classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced