The Project Gutenberg Challenge

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18 participants (30 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read ten works in the public domain, ideally downloaded to the e-reader/app of your choice for free from the Project Gutenberg website. No more paying for books that you can legally read for free! Tackle those classics you've always wanted to read, or find and reread an old childhood favourite.

Challenge Books

All books added
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days

Extraordinary Voyages #11

Jules Verne

248 pages • first pub 1872 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

364 pages • first pub 1813 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced
The Vampyre; A Tale by John Polidori

The Vampyre; A Tale

John Polidori

41 pages • first pub 1819 (editions) user-added

fiction classics horror dark medium-paced
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by U.S. Office of Strategic Services

Simple Sabotage Field Manual

U.S. Office of Strategic Services

106 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative slow-paced
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #2

Lewis Carroll

228 pages • first pub 1871 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

629 pages • first pub 1897 (editions) user-added

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables #1

L.M. Montgomery

262 pages • first pub 1908 (editions)

fiction classics middle grade funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

272 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes #3

Arthur Conan Doyle

441 pages • first pub 1892 (editions)

fiction classics mystery short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Casebook of Carnacki: The Ghost Finder by W. H. Hodgson

The Casebook of Carnacki: The Ghost Finder

Carnacki

W. H. Hodgson

191 pages • first pub 1913 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy horror mystery short stories mysterious medium-paced