2021 Reading Classic Books Challenge - hosted by brokenspine

Read a classic by a POC and/or with a POC as the main character
All books added
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

14 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

150 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

231 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

581 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Tomie, Volume 1 by Junji Ito

Tomie, Volume 1

The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection (Ito Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection) #1

Junji Ito

376 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction horror manga adventurous dark medium-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

224 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Liana by Martha Gellhorn

Liana

Martha Gellhorn

255 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

emotional slow-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

206 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
El Filibusterismo by José Rizal

El Filibusterismo

Noli Me Tángere #2

José Rizal

342 pages • first pub 1891 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging reflective medium-paced
Noli Me Tángere by Harold Augenbraum, José Rizal

Noli Me Tángere

Noli Me Tángere #1

Harold Augenbraum, José Rizal

480 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)

fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced