Big Book Reading 2023 - hosted by time4reading

A “classic”
“Classic” is broadly meant. It includes contemporary classics, genre classics, etc.
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

532 pages • first pub 1847 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Moby-Dick by Hester Blum, Herman Melville

Moby-Dick

Hester Blum, Herman Melville

560 pages • first pub 1851 (editions)

fiction classics literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

912 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

fiction classics literary funny reflective slow-paced
Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Villette

Charlotte Brontë

592 pages • first pub 1853 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore

Lorna Doone

R.D. Blackmore

750 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction childrens fantasy literary slow-paced
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

616 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky

660 pages • first pub 1869 (editions)

fiction classics challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

604 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Robert Tressell

608 pages • first pub 1914 (editions)

fiction classics reflective medium-paced
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt

The Last Samurai

Helen DeWitt

530 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective medium-paced