Classics Reading Challenge - hosted by constancechloe

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Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

Season of Migration to the North

Tayeb Salih

176 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction historical dark reflective slow-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

576 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson

256 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Notes on 'Camp' by Susan Sontag

Notes on 'Camp'

Susan Sontag

55 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

nonfiction art design essays informative reflective fast-paced
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Muriel Spark

150 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction classics literary funny reflective medium-paced
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

158 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective medium-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

560 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

176 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

224 pages • first pub 1915 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism dark reflective sad medium-paced
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