Classics Challenge

[Rach , Moderator]

Many have asked about what a "classic" is and what is classified as a classic or not: a Classic novel is one in which that is note-worthy, well-known and exemplary. There are many ways to classify one, one by the book, one by the author... it just depends on what you are looking at. They are widely recognized as a classic as they are timeless, taught through the years and are essentials in that median.

Here are a few lists in which you can scroll through and see if you can pull a few books from!

Required Reading for High School
- I know it is for high schoolers, but most and a lot of these books are the top classified classic novels.

Popular Classics
- More of a wider genre of classics

Stages
Please pick from a stage, you can edit as you read more!

Stage One
Read 1-5 classic books

Stage Two
Read 6-10 classic books

Stage Three
Read 11-15 classic books

Stage Four
Read 16- 20 classic books

Stage Five
Read 21-25 classic books

Stage Six
Read 26-30 classic books

Stage Seven
Read 30 books and more.

Rules
If you are/were within 50 pages of completion on January 1st, 2019, the books is all game!
You can use classics for other challenges! So yes - double up on books!

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Duration
January 1st, 2022 through January 1st, 2023

[Rach , Moderator]

I am in for stage one!

[Reed]

Me too

[Becky]

Stage 1

[CJ]

Stage Four
Completed October 2022
17/20

1. The Horse and His Boy
2. The Magician's Nephew
3. Flowers in the Attic
4. The Last Battle
5. American Gods
6. Carmilla
7. The Giving Tree
8. The Souls of Black Folk
9. The Screwtape Letters
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
11. James and the Giant Peach
12. A Small Place
13. Pride and Prejudice
14. 10 Days in a Madhouse
15. The Outsiders
16. The Scarlet Letter
17. Hatchet

[Kat]

Stage 1:

Anne of Green Gables
The Great Gatsby
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Secret Garden
East of Eden

Will mark when/if finished.

[Amy]

stage two.
0 of 10 books read.
1. the Great Gatsby

[Melissa (ladybug)]

I am going to do Stage 6

Read: 30/30 books

01. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë - (1/9/2022)
02. Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson - (1/10/2022)
03. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus - L. Frank Baum - (1/11/2022)
04. The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams - (2/6/2022)
05. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil - J.R.R. Tolkien 2/7/22
06. Smith of Wootton Major - J.R.R. Tolkien 2/12/22
07. The Enchanted Barn - Grace Livingston Hill 3/30/22
08. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Kate Douglas Wiggin 4/13/22
09. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote 4/29/22
10. Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County... - Mark Twain 6/20/22

11. The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope 7/8/22
12. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 7/9/22
13. The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov 7/21/22
14. The Godfather - Mario Puzo 7/29/22
15. Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder 8/1/22
16. The Night Before Christmas - Clement Clarke Moore 8/15/22
17. Anne of Avonlea - L.M. Montgomery 9/18/22
18. The Open Boat - Stephen Crane 9/26/22
19. The Blue Hotel - Stephen Crane 9/27/22
20. A Separate Peace - John Knowles 10/4/22

21. Ivanhoe - Walter Scott 10/21/22
22. Hard Times - Charles Dickens 10/22/22
23. The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde 10/28/22
24. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde 10/29/222
25. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis 11/11/22
26. The Complete Fables - Aesop 11/14/22
27. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 11/20/22
28. The Odyssey - Homer 11/21/22
29. Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne 11/26/22
30. Winnie-the-Pooh - A.A. Milne 12/9/22

[Kristine]

I will try this, with Stage 1. Love to Read More Classics ❤️

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, 3/31/22
2. The Great Gatsby and Other Stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald, 4/24/22
3. The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilmore, 9/20/22