Branching Out: Classics

Hosted by marygraceb13

7 participants, 8 books added

Starts: Monday, 01 January 2024

Ends: Tuesday, 31 December 2024

For the last 5 years or so, I kept telling myself I would read more classic literature that I really haven’t touched since high school. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy classic literature, it’s just that if I had the choice of reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest or the newest spicy fantasy book that’s going viral on booktok, I’ll take the easy way out and let the classics sit in my TBR for years to come.
But I’m hoping to change that with a series of reading challenges I’m calling ‘Branching Out:’. The hope for me is to set more realistic goals for myself and finally get some of these classics out of my TBR after years of sitting on a shelf, while also expanding what I was taught of classic literature to new authors, genres, and perspectives that I maybe wouldn’t have gotten to experience otherwise.
So come along and join me for the ride (or don’t, it’s up to you) and happy reading!

All books added
Emma by Jane Austen

Emma

Jane Austen

15 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 1815 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted slow-paced
The Cider House Rules by John Irving

The Cider House Rules

John Irving

24 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 1985 (editions) user-added

fiction classics historical literary dark reflective slow-paced
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby #1

Ira Levin

6 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

A hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

306 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

898 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

fiction classics literary funny reflective slow-paced
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Victor Hugo

17 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 1831 (editions)

fiction classics historical dark reflective slow-paced
Flowers of Evil: And Other Writings by Charles Baudelaire, Charles Baudelaire

Flowers of Evil: And Other Writings

Charles Baudelaire, Charles Baudelaire

144 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)

fiction classics poetry dark medium-paced
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

144 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
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