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 Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

The Stepford Wives

Ira Levin

123 pages • 1972 • 68 editions

fiction classics horror science fiction dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

460 pages • 2001 • 194 editions

fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

Mere Christianity

C.S. Lewis

7h 6m • 1942 • 103 editions

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nonfiction classics religion informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

493 pages • 1943 • 93 editions

fiction classics literary young adult emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

331 pages • 1911 • 1.3k editions

fiction classics historical middle grade hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book by J.R.R. Tolkien

Middle-earth Universe

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book

J.R.R. Tolkien

296 pages • 1962 • 47 editions

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Der Besuch der alten Dame

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

240 pages • 1956 • 55 editions

fiction classics play dark funny reflective fast-paced
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens

825 pages • 1838 • 156 editions

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fiction classics literary adventurous emotional funny slow-paced
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

288 pages • 1936 • 183 editions

nonfiction business psychology self help informative inspiring medium-paced
Watership Down by Richard Adams

Watership Down #1

Watership Down

Richard Adams

17h 30m • 1972 • 167 editions

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fiction classics fantasy middle grade young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced