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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To Build a Fire by Jack London

To Build a Fire

Jack London

32 pages • first pub 1902 (editions)

fiction classics short stories adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

541 pages • first pub -800 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced
And Then There Were None (Large Print) by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None (Large Print)

Agatha Christie

320 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

214 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Michael T. Ghiselin, Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Michael T. Ghiselin, Charles Darwin

321 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

nonfiction classics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

280 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

241 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction dark emotional sad slow-paced
Medea and Other Plays by Euripides

Medea and Other Plays

Euripides

240 pages • first pub -428 (editions)

fiction classics play dark fast-paced
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

64 pages • first pub 1892 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced