Read the Classics

cbayen Host

9 participants (33 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Romantsy is great but let’s get back to the originals. Read 12 classic literature books by authors like Jane Austen, James Joyce, Virginia Wolfe, etc that you haven’t read outside of an educational setting. 

Challenge Books

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On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 by Laura Ingalls Wilder

On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894

Laura Ingalls Wilder

128 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès suivi de L'Aiguille creuse by Maurice Leblanc

Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès suivi de L'Aiguille creuse

Arsène Lupin #2-3

Maurice Leblanc

529 pages • first pub 1908 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

264 pages • first pub 1817 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

Mary Mapes Dodge

244 pages • first pub 1865 (editions)

fiction childrens classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Catch-22 #1

Joseph Heller

453 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark funny slow-paced
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

497 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Ann Jacobs

320 pages • first pub 1861 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

480 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging dark emotional slow-paced
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie

546 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

324 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced