Read 12 Classics in 2025

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18 participants (50 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I want to read more classics so I selected 12 different ones that are of interest to me to read in 2025. Ideally, it will be one per month.  

Challenge Books

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

464 pages • first pub 1847 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance dark emotional slow-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

152 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

11 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

254 pages • first pub 1817 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

110 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective fast-paced
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Green Town #2

Ray Bradbury

337 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy horror dark mysterious medium-paced
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

220 pages • first pub 1932 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Gustavus Vassa, the African by Werner Sollors, Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Gustavus Vassa, the African

Werner Sollors, Olaudah Equiano

100 pages • first pub 1789 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

134 pages • first pub 1898 (editions)

fiction classics horror mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

1072 pages • first pub 1615 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy literary adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced