Studyblr with Knives Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 - hosted by pipedreambrekker

classic or a retelling of one
time to read some classic lit - or a revamped classic

some good retellings:
All books added
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

391 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Lady Audley's Secret

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

455 pages • first pub 1862 (editions)

fiction classics literary mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Der Doppelgänger by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Der Doppelgänger

Fyodor Dostoevsky

215 pages • first pub 1846 (editions)

fiction classics dark reflective slow-paced
Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

Little Thieves

Little Thieves #1

Margaret Owen

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings #3

J.R.R. Tolkien

560 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
Where Angels Fear To Tread by E.M. Forster

Where Angels Fear To Tread

E.M. Forster

148 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

170 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

A Spindle Splintered

Fractured Fables #1

Alix E. Harrow

119 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
Ariadna by Jennifer Saint

Ariadna

Jennifer Saint

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional medium-paced