Classics 25

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01 Jan 2025—01 Jan 2026

Overview

Read 25 classics in 2025! 

In effort to branch out from my usual reading genres, I created this challenge with a very simple goal in mind: read 25 classics. Any genre or decade of publication counts but it has to be widely considered a classic. 

Challenge Books

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Neuromancer by William Gibson

Sprawl #1

Neuromancer

William Gibson

271 pages • 1984 • 131 editions

fiction classics science fiction thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious by Sigmund Freud

The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious

Sigmund Freud

229 pages • 1905 • 12 editions

nonfiction philosophy psychology funny informative reflective slow-paced
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain

384 pages • 1883 • 85 editions

nonfiction classics history memoir travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré

George Smiley #3

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

John le Carré

224 pages • 1963 • 122 editions

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh

351 pages • 1945 • 132 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Civil Wars by Appian

The Civil Wars

Appian

480 pages • 150 • 5 editions

nonfiction classics history adventurous challenging informative fast-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

296 pages • 1963 • 327 editions

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Paradise Lost by John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton

453 pages • 1667 • 324 editions

fiction classics poetry challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Joan Lindsay

196 pages • 1967 • 62 editions

fiction classics mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

I Am Legend

Richard Matheson

163 pages • 1954 • 115 editions

fiction classics horror science fiction dark tense medium-paced