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Classics

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7 participants (16 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

By whatever you determine a classic to be, I suppose we should read some every once in a while. 

Challenge Books

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

3 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 1886

fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious medium-paced
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

191 pages • paperback • 180

nonfiction classics history philosophy informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett

249 pages • paperback • 1905

fiction classics middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

233 pages • paperback • 1959

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

The Demolished Man

Alfred Bester

224 pages • paperback • 1953

fiction classics science fiction adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

268 pages • paperback • 1932

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

277 pages • hardcover • 1937

fiction classics fantasy literary young adult adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings #2

J.R.R. Tolkien

352 pages • hardcover • 1954 user-added

fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings #1

J.R.R. Tolkien

407 pages • hardcover • 1954

fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

336 pages • paperback • 1969

fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced