Four Classics in 2025

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8 participants (21 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I would prefer to read almost every thing besides a classic novel, but a self stretching challenge is good, so I've decided to pick just four classics and read them by the end of 2025.

Challenge Books

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East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

601 pages • paperback • 1952

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles W. Goddard

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles W. Goddard

524 pages • paperback • 1866

fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

223 pages • hardcover • 1953

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

337 pages • paperback • 1977

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen

8 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 1817

fiction classics literary romance emotional slow-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • paperback • 1956

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

208 pages • paperback • 1925

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

384 pages • paperback • 1930

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Willa Cather

297 pages • paperback • 1927

fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
Evelina by Frances Burney

Evelina

Frances Burney

455 pages • paperback • 1778

fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted slow-paced