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

The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad
Homer with Bernard Knox (Contributor), Robert Fagles (Translator)

699 pages • paperback • -750 • 806 editions

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced

The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer with Bernard Knox (Contributor), Robert Fagles (Translator)

699 pages • -750 • 806 editions

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced

Selected Short Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

Selected Short Stories
Rabindranath Tagore with William Radice (Translator)

352 pages • paperback • 17 editions

fiction classics philosophy poetry adventurous slow-paced

fiction classics philosophy poetry adventurous slow-paced

Selected Short Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

Selected Short Stories

Rabindranath Tagore with William Radice (Translator)

352 pages • 17 editions

fiction classics philosophy poetry adventurous slow-paced

fiction classics philosophy poetry adventurous slow-paced

Utopia by Thomas More

Utopia
Thomas More with Paul Turner (Translator)

176 pages • paperback • 1516 • 274 editions

fiction classics philosophy politics informative reflective slow-paced

fiction classics philosophy politics informative reflective slow-paced

Utopia by Thomas More

Utopia

Thomas More with Paul Turner (Translator)

176 pages • 1516 • 274 editions

fiction classics philosophy politics informative reflective slow-paced

fiction classics philosophy politics informative reflective slow-paced

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury with Tim Robbins (Narrator)

5h 1m • audio • 1953 • 412 editions

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury with Tim Robbins (Narrator)

5h 1m • 1953 • 412 editions

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred
Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • paperback • 1979 • 80 editions

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • 1979 • 80 editions

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced

Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula
Toni Morrison

174 pages • paperback • 1973 • 77 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

174 pages • 1973 • 77 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables #1

Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery

320 pages • paperback • 1908 • 1.2k editions

fiction classics middle grade funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

fiction classics middle grade funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables #1

Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery

320 pages • 1908 • 1.2k editions

fiction classics middle grade funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

fiction classics middle grade funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Bröderna Lejonhjärta by Astrid Lindgren

Bröderna Lejonhjärta
Astrid Lindgren with Ilon Wikland

249 pages • hardcover • 1973 • 104 editions

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous fast-paced

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous fast-paced

Bröderna Lejonhjärta by Astrid Lindgren

Bröderna Lejonhjärta

Astrid Lindgren with Ilon Wikland

249 pages • 1973 • 104 editions

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous fast-paced

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous fast-paced

Medea and Other Plays: Alcestis / Medea / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus by Euripides

Medea and Other Plays: Alcestis / Medea / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus
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Euripides

Medea and Other Plays: Alcestis / Medea / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus
Euripides with Richard Rutherford, John Davie

206 pages • paperback • -428 • 13 editions

fiction classics play dark fast-paced

fiction classics play dark fast-paced

Medea and Other Plays: Alcestis / Medea / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus by Euripides

Medea and Other Plays: Alcestis / Medea / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus
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Euripides

Medea and Other Plays: Alcestis / Medea / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus

Euripides with Richard Rutherford, John Davie

206 pages • -428 • 13 editions

fiction classics play dark fast-paced

fiction classics play dark fast-paced

The Woods in Winter by Stella Gibbons

The Woods in Winter
Stella Gibbons

224 pages • paperback • 4 editions

fiction classics historical reflective medium-paced

fiction classics historical reflective medium-paced

The Woods in Winter by Stella Gibbons

The Woods in Winter

224 pages • 4 editions

fiction classics historical reflective medium-paced

fiction classics historical reflective medium-paced

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