The Classic Six Challenge

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42 participants (158 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 Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver

The Giver #1

Lois Lowry

240 pages • paperback • 1993

fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The World of Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit #1

Beatrix Potter

34 pages • digital • 1901 user-added

fiction childrens classics adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
The Lottery Ticket by Anton Chekhov

The Lottery Ticket

Anton Chekhov

15 minutes • audio • 1887

fiction classics short stories funny reflective slow-paced
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings #1

J.R.R. Tolkien

398 pages • paperback • 1954

fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Philip K. Dick

231 pages • paperback • 1965

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

The Old Curiosity Shop

Charles Dickens

563 pages • digital • 1840 user-added

fiction classics literary emotional sad slow-paced
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

Dandelion Wine

Green Town #1

Ray Bradbury

8 hours, 41 minutes • audio • 1957 user-added

fiction classics emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband: with Bettina's Best Recipes (Bettina, #1) by Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband: with Bettina's Best Recipes (Bettina, #1)

Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

480 pages • 1917

nonfiction funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre

No Exit

Jean-Paul Sartre

47 pages • digital • 1944 user-added

fiction classics philosophy play challenging reflective slow-paced
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days

Extraordinary Voyages #11

Jules Verne

248 pages • paperback • 1872

fiction classics science fiction adventurous lighthearted fast-paced