The Classic Six Challenge

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42 participants (131 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read six classics in 2025! Pace yourself to read about one every two months. Classics are books published at least 50 years ago, so anything published in 1975 or before.

Challenge Books

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Christmas Books #1

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

184 pages • 1843 • 1.5k editions

fiction classics fantasy hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

601 pages • 1952 • 248 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #0

The Hobbit: or There and Back Again

J.R.R. Tolkien

365 pages • 1937 • 1.1k editions

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles W. Goddard

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles W. Goddard

524 pages • 1866 • 1.2k editions

fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women #1

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

474 pages • 1868 • 1.5k editions

fiction classics young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

1769 pages • 1862 • 613 editions

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

284 pages • 1960 • 426 editions

fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

Jamaica Inn

Daphne du Maurier

320 pages • 1935 • 85 editions

fiction classics historical mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #2

The Two Towers

J.R.R. Tolkien

322 pages • 1954 • 512 editions

fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

469 pages • 1614 • 1 edition

fiction classics fantasy historical literary poetry