12 Classics in 2024

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32 participants (216 books)

01 Jan 2024—31 Dec 2024

Overview

Read a classic a month! 
Or read them all in one month. 
However you do it - make it twelve!

Challenge Books

All books added
Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

Der Steppenwolf

Hermann Hesse

288 pages • first pub 1927 (editions)

fiction classics philosophy challenging dark reflective slow-paced
O Sentimento dum Ocidental by Cesário Verde

O Sentimento dum Ocidental

Cesário Verde

84 pages • first pub 1880 (editions)

poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Recitatif by Toni Morrison

Recitatif

Toni Morrison

96 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction literary short stories challenging reflective fast-paced
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

Hangsaman

Shirley Jackson

218 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

Virginia Woolf

128 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion

Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Joan Didion

192 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir informative reflective medium-paced
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume

192 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics middle grade funny lighthearted fast-paced
Улица „Консервна“ by John Steinbeck

Улица „Консервна“

Cannery Row #1

John Steinbeck

200 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen

Anthem For Doomed Youth

Penguin Little Black Classics #50

Wilfred Owen

64 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry dark emotional sad medium-paced
Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

195 pages • first pub 1606 (editions)

fiction classics play dark tense medium-paced