They're called classics for a reason, and whether you've read them before or you've been dodging them for decades (we won't ask why), we're here to make sure they leave a lasting impact on your 2024.  

Presenting the B&N Classics Challenge! 

Just one classic* a month, it's all we're asking. Do your brain a favor and feed it some of the most impactful literature of all time. 

Book Stack for Classics to read in 2024 
January 
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
February 
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
March
The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
April 
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
May 
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
June 
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
July 
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
August 
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
September 
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
October
Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee
November 
Winter in the Blood by James Welch
December 
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

*We're making 20 years or older a classic. We know, it makes us feel old as well.