Big Book Reading 2023 - hosted by time4reading

A “classic”
“Classic” is broadly meant. It includes contemporary classics, genre classics, etc.
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In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden

In This House of Brede

Rumer Godden

672 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

448 pages • first pub 1878 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson

Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady

Samuel Richardson

1536 pages • first pub 1748 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer

The Executioner's Song

Norman Mailer

1056 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction crime true crime challenging reflective slow-paced
Different Seasons by Stephen King

Different Seasons

Stephen King

679 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction horror short stories thriller dark tense medium-paced
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

The Eye of the World

The Wheel of Time #1

Robert Jordan

814 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

592 pages • first pub -800 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced
The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer

836 pages • first pub -750 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Jung Chang

688 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

548 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced