24 Classic Works

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31 participants (186 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

By the end of the year read 24 classic reads. Think about classic novels, classic writers, banned books etc. 

Challenge Books

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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

11h 25m • 1811 • 1.3k editions

fiction classics literary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

11h 43m • 1813 • 2.7k editions

fiction classics literary romance emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced
The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol, Volume 1 by Constance Garnett, Leonard J. Kent, Nikolai Gogol

The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol #1

The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol, Volume 1

Constance Garnett, Leonard J. Kent, Nikolai Gogol

302 pages • 1836 • 1 edition

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

Zora Neale Hurston

304 pages • 2020 • 12 editions

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

736 pages • 1994 • 2 editions

nonfiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes

The Ways of White Folks

Langston Hughes

248 pages • 1934 • 10 editions

fiction classics short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

197 pages • 1974 • 86 editions

fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

The African Trilogy #1

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

181 pages • 1958 • 106 editions

fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath

The Collected Poems

Sylvia Plath

386 pages • 1981 • 34 editions

fiction classics poetry dark emotional reflective slow-paced
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

Elizabeth Smart

240 pages • 1945 • 23 editions

fiction classics literary poetry emotional reflective sad slow-paced