2024 Prioritize Your Shelf Challenge - hosted by wanderonwards

A book that’s considered a pillar or classic to a genre.
This is entirely up to you, but think of a genre you like to read and which books are consistently recommended as books to read in that genre. Do you have one of those books on your TBR? Is there a book you would add to a recommendation list for that genre?
All books added
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: The Final Empire

Mistborn #1

Brandon Sanderson

552 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

The Eye of the World

The Wheel of Time #1

Robert Jordan

29 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

The Way of Kings

The Stormlight Archive #1

Brandon Sanderson

1258 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

582 pages • first pub -800 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

The Stranger Beside Me

Ann Rule

618 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction biography true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #1-2

Lewis Carroll

452 pages • first pub 1871 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

352 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Emma by Jane Austen

Emma

Jane Austen

476 pages • first pub 1815 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted slow-paced
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Assassin's Apprentice

The Farseer Trilogy #1

Robin Hobb

392 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery

Anne's House of Dreams

Anne of Green Gables #5

L.M. Montgomery

336 pages • first pub 1917 (editions)

fiction classics middle grade emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced