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The Classic Six Challenge

suey Host

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.

The Classic Six Challenge

suey Host

42 participants (131 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 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

All books added

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez with Gregory Rabassa (Translator)

432 pages • digital • 1967 • 483 editions

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez with Gregory Rabassa (Translator)

432 pages • 1967 • 483 editions

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens with Mil Nicholson (Narrator)

17h 25m • audio • 1838 • 750 editions

fiction classics literary adventurous dark sad slow-paced

fiction classics literary adventurous dark sad slow-paced

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens with Mil Nicholson (Narrator)

17h 25m • 1838 • 750 editions

fiction classics literary adventurous dark sad slow-paced

fiction classics literary adventurous dark sad slow-paced

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes #5

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle

166 pages • paperback • 1902 • 1.2k editions

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes #5

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

166 pages • 1902 • 1.2k editions

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

Chronicles of Barsetshire #2

Barchester Towers
Anthony Trollope

418 pages • paperback • 1857 • 188 editions

fiction classics funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

fiction classics funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

Chronicles of Barsetshire #2

Barchester Towers

Anthony Trollope

418 pages • 1857 • 188 editions

fiction classics funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

fiction classics funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

1984 by George Orwell

1984
George Orwell with Simon Prebble (Narrator)

11h 22m • audio • 1949 • 1.3k editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell with Simon Prebble (Narrator)

11h 22m • 1949 • 1.3k editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women #2

Little Men
Louisa May Alcott with Madeleine B. Stern

352 pages • paperback • 1871 • 287 editions

fiction classics middle grade young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

fiction classics middle grade young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women #2

Little Men

Louisa May Alcott with Madeleine B. Stern

352 pages • 1871 • 287 editions

fiction classics middle grade young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

fiction classics middle grade young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters
C.S. Lewis with Paul McCusker (Contributor)

223 pages • hardcover • 1942 • 157 editions

fiction classics religion challenging reflective medium-paced

fiction classics religion challenging reflective medium-paced

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters

C.S. Lewis with Paul McCusker (Contributor)

223 pages • 1942 • 157 editions

fiction classics religion challenging reflective medium-paced

fiction classics religion challenging reflective medium-paced

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Mansfield Park
—
Jane Austen

Mansfield Park
Jane Austen

missing duration info • audio • 1814 • 689 editions

user-added

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Mansfield Park
—
Jane Austen

Mansfield Park

missing duration info • 1814 • 689 editions

user-added

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

The Wall
Marlen Haushofer with Shaun Whiteside (Translator)

240 pages • paperback • 1963 • 121 editions

fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

The Wall

Marlen Haushofer with Shaun Whiteside (Translator)

240 pages • 1963 • 121 editions

fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy with Amy Mandelker (Contributor), Louise Maude (Translator), Leo Tolstoy (Translator)

1350 pages • paperback • 1869 • 520 editions

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy with Amy Mandelker (Contributor), Louise Maude (Translator), Leo Tolstoy (Translator)

1350 pages • 1869 • 520 editions

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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