The Classic Six Challenge

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42 participants (140 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read six classics in 2025! Pace yourself to read about one every two months. Classics are books published at least 50 years ago, so anything published in 1975 or before.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit: or There and Back Again

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

365 pages • paperback • 1937

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

20 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 1811 user-added

fiction classics literary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles W. Goddard

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles W. Goddard

524 pages • paperback • 1866

fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

1769 pages • digital • 1862

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

284 pages • paperback • 1960

fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

Jamaica Inn

Daphne du Maurier

320 pages • digital • 1935

fiction classics historical mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings #2

J.R.R. Tolkien

322 pages • paperback • 1954

fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

469 pages • paperback • 1614

fiction classics fantasy historical literary poetry
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe

36 pages • paperback • 1839

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe

30 pages • hardcover • 1845

fiction classics horror poetry dark medium-paced