The Easy TBR Challenge 2024 - hosted by nicki_in_nz

Read the book on your TBR shelf that was published the longest ago.
If more than one book was published at the same time, choose the one that's been on your shelf the longest.
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Othello by William Shakespeare

Othello

William Shakespeare

368 pages • first pub 1603 (editions)

fiction classics play dark emotional tense medium-paced
Confessions by Saint Augustine

Confessions

Saint Augustine

341 pages • first pub 400 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy religion dark slow-paced
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

The Murder at the Vicarage

Miss Marple #1

Agatha Christie

285 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Vortex by José Eustasio Rivera

The Vortex

José Eustasio Rivera

240 pages • first pub 1924 (editions)

fiction classics challenging informative slow-paced
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

Cold Comfort Farm

Stella Gibbons

233 pages • first pub 1932 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary funny lighthearted medium-paced
Ein Zimmer für sich allein by Virginia Woolf

Ein Zimmer für sich allein

Virginia Woolf

192 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Beowulf by

Beowulf

268 pages • first pub 900 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced
The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer

576 pages • first pub -750 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern

504 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Mansfield Park

Jane Austen

427 pages • first pub 1814 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective slow-paced