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

All books added
On Agriculture by Cato the Elder, Marcus Terentius Varro

On Agriculture

Cato the Elder, Marcus Terentius Varro

576 pages • -160 • 8 editions

nonfiction classics history philosophy reference challenging informative medium-paced
The History of the Holy Grail by Unknown

Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation #1

The History of the Holy Grail

Unknown

348 pages • 2010 • 1 edition

fiction classics historical informative reflective slow-paced
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

1011 pages • 1936 • 204 editions

fiction classics historical romance emotional sad slow-paced
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

1078 pages • 1844 • 805 editions

fiction classics literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick. by François Rabelais
The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick.
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François Rabelais

The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick.

François Rabelais

970 pages • 1532 • 2 editions

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fiction
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

83 pages • 1943 • 1.1k editions

fiction childrens classics fantasy emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

336 pages • 1960 • 417 editions

fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #2

The Two Towers

J.R.R. Tolkien

352 pages • 1954 • 498 editions

fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #1

The Fellowship of the Ring

J.R.R. Tolkien

407 pages • 1954 • 616 editions

fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Blood by Tony Birch

First Nations Classics

Blood

Tony Birch

300 pages • 2011 • 7 editions

fiction emotional fast-paced