2026 Reading Challenge
Genres

Contemporary Classics


Contemporary Classics Books

1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Handmaid's Tale
The Catcher in the Rye
The Great Gatsby
The Bell Jar
The Kite Runner
Fahrenheit 451
The Book Thief
Slaughterhouse-Five
Animal Farm
Lord of the Flies
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Never Let Me Go
More contemporary classics books...

Lists

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfMy Ántonia by Willa CatherThe Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthyThey Were Found Wanting / They Were Divided by Miklós BánffyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics
79 books — 11 voters
Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespearePlay It As It Lays by Joan DidionThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
T e s t list
5 books — 1 voter

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books I've read from the "1001 books you must read before you die" list
161 books — 39 voters
Verses of a Poet Who Didn't Know It by Thomas KudlaFlora, Fauna, Fairies and Other Favourite Things by Ann PerryThe Ipswich Bus by Robbie FranklinVerse for Ages by Colleen ThatcherAnxiety by Danny Winter
New Poetry Classics
26 books — 21 voters

Groups Tagged "Contemporary Classics"

A Book Group for those who like a meaty read!
2 members, last active 9 years ago
This group is intended for all students in Bender/Meer's American Studies class. Students should…more
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