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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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Philip K. Dick

231 pages • 1965 • 53 editions

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

The Old Curiosity Shop

Charles Dickens

563 pages • 1840 • 385 editions

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fiction classics literary emotional sad slow-paced
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

Green Town #1

Dandelion Wine

Ray Bradbury

8h 41m • 1957 • 75 editions

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fiction classics emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband: with Bettina's Best Recipes (Bettina, #1) by Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband: with Bettina's Best Recipes (Bettina, #1)

Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

480 pages • 1917 • 4 editions

nonfiction funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre

No Exit

Jean-Paul Sartre

47 pages • 1944 • 34 editions

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fiction classics philosophy play challenging reflective slow-paced
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Extraordinary Voyages #11

Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne

248 pages • 1872 • 964 editions

fiction classics science fiction adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

96 pages • 1952 • 330 editions

fiction classics literary adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett

The Carpet People

Terry Pratchett

296 pages • 1971 • 42 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous funny fast-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Thomas Cromwell #1

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel

614 pages • 2009 • 119 editions

fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Discovery of the Mind by Bruno Snell

The Discovery of the Mind

Bruno Snell

352 pages • 1948 • 5 editions

nonfiction history philosophy psychology challenging informative fast-paced