2024: The Giants of Literature Challenge!

[Pat the Book Goblin]

I’m glad you’re enjoying the challenge Lorraine!

[Pat the Book Goblin]

I also loved the Bros K!

[Karen]

I finished my first out of 5: Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Idiot

[Sadie]

I read a lot of those authors last year 😂
But for this year so far I’ve done:

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy

Only a couple hundred to go 😂

[Sadie]

Thomas Hardy*

[Karen]

Just seeing this challenge now. What do you suppose the chances are that the seven classic authors I've read this year are not on this wonderfully comprehensive list? How funny is that? :)

Defoe - Roxana
Forbes - Johnny Tremain
Forster - A Room With a View
Hersey - A Bell for Adano
Knowles - A Separate Peace
Andereson, Sherwood - Winesburg, Ohio
Johnson, Josephine Winslow - Now in November.

I did just start Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo and I'm just finishing (most of) The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky - no time right now for Notes from the Underground sadly.

[Karen]

This would have been the summer for my CS Lewis and Laura Ingalls Wilder marathon I guess! Ran through The Narnia and the Little House series last summer.

[Karen]

I just finished my second novel relative to this challenge: Under a Glass Bell by Nin, Anaïs. A big change from Dostoevsky! Two down three to go.

[Luís]

Updated.
Post #3

5. Burmese Days and Fascism and Democracy by George Orwell
6. Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin

[Karen]

I finished The Idiot and also My Childhood by Maxim Gorky.

[Pat the Book Goblin]

I’ve never read the Idiot. I’ll have to put that on my tbr lol

[Luís]

7. Os Contos – 1.º Volume: Textos publicados em vida do autor
Os Contos – 2.º Volume: Textos não publicados em vida do autor by Franz Kafka
8. O Amor by Marguerite Duras

[Kim]

As a recently-joined member, I'm going to see how many of these I have done/can do this year!

Completed so far:- 15 + 1 part read.

Read a book by Jane Austen.
Read a book by Harper Lee.
Read a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Read a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Read a book by Truman Capote.
Read a book by Jean Rhys.
Read a book by Aldous Huxley.
Read a book by Dodie Smith.
Read a book by Charlotte Bronte.
Read a book by Fyodor Dostoevsky:
The Brothers Karamazov - FINISHED 15/5/23
Read a book by Jack London.
Read a book by John Wyndham.
Read a book by Herman Melville.
Read a book by C. S. Lewis.
Read a book by Virginia Woolf.
Read a book by Elizabeth Bowen:
The Death of the Heart - FINISHED 17/6/23
Read a book by Thomas Hardy.
Read a book by Mary Shelley.
Read a book by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Read a book by L. P. Hartley:
The Go-Between - FINISHED 20/2/23
Read a book by Ken Kesey.
Read a book by George Orwell.
Read a book by Thomas Mann.
Read a book by John Steinbeck.
Read a book by Bram Stoker.
Read a book by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Read a book by Mark Twain.
Read a book by Charles Dickens.
Read a book by Joseph Heller.
Read a book by Edith Wharton:
The Age of Innocence - FINISHED 28/4/23
Read a book by George Eliot:
Silas Marner - FINISHED 9/11/23
Read a book by Homer:
The Iliad - FINISHED 23/7/23
Read a book by William Makepeace Thackeray:
Vanity Fair - FINISHED 13/8/23
Read a book by Evelyn Waugh:
A Handful of Dust - FINISHED 15/5/23
Read a book by J. D. Salinger.
Read a book by Lewis Carroll.
Read a book by Anthony Trollope.
Read a book by James Baldwin.
Read a book by Victor Hugo:
Les Misérables - FINISHED 26/10/23
Read a book by Roald Dahl.
Read a book by S. E. Hinton.
Read a book by Alexandre Dumas.
Read a book by James Joyce.
Read a book by Vladimir Nabokov.
Read a book by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Read a book by Leo Tolstoy.
Read a book by Alessandro Manzoni:
The Betrothed - FINISHED 5/11/23
Read a book by Ayn Rand:
Atlas Shrugged - FINISHED 28/12/23
Read a book by H. G. Wells.
Read a book by Sun-Tzu.
Read a book by John Galsworthy:
The Forsyte Saga - FINISHED 30/11/23
Read a book by Henry Miller.
Read a book by D. H. Lawrence.
Read a book by Kenneth Grahame.
Read a book by Willa Cather.
Read a book by Emily Bronte.
Read a book by Somerset Maugham:
Of Human Bondage - CURRENTLY READING
Read a book by Honore de Balzac:
Lost Illusions - FINISHED 17/6/23
Read a book by Kurt Vonnegut.
Read a book by Louisa May Alcott.
Read a book by Robert Pirsig.
Read a book by Franz Kafka.
Read a book by Robert Graves.
Read a book by J. M. Barrie.
Read a book by Joseph Conrad.
Read a book by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Read a book by Mario Puzo.
Read a book by Alexander Solzhenitsyn:
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - FINISHED 28/5/23
Read a book by Ray Bradbury.
Read a book by Jules Verne.
Read a book by Oscar Wilde.
Read a book by Beatrix Potter.
Read a book by Edgar Allan Poe.
Read a book by Isaac Asimov.
Read a book of your choice:
A Death in the Family by James Agee (1957) - FINISHED 12/5/23

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Happy reading for the challenge, Kim! Welcome to the group!

[Kim]

Rosemarie wrote: "Happy reading for the challenge, Kim! Welcome to the group!"

Thanks Rosemarie! Got several planned Classic reads for the rest of the year to boost my initial total.

[Pat the Book Goblin]

Happy reading everyone! Hope you’re all enjoying the prompts and books!

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

I am! I hope you're having time to read, Patrick!

[Luís]

9. Batalha Incerta by John Steinbeck

[Pam, Southwest Enchanter]

I thought that I would easily be able to read 10 of these authors but have only read 6 so far! I think I will finish at least 1 more this year, although I have 4 started.

[Kim]

Have updated Message 116 with my latest Classic read - managed 15 since joining the Challenge in July so don't think that's too bad!
Also have one 'on the go' as the New Year approaches which I am unlikely to finish by close of year: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

Happy New Year to all moderators and group members - looking forward to more Challenges in 2024!

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Thank you, Kim!
Comgrats on your successful challenge!

[Lorraine]

I was able to add another 9 authors to my first 12. Thanks again to the moderators. Just love this challenge. I will keep this list for 2024 and try to add more.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Way to go, Lorraine!

[Karen]

I thought it would be easy, but I fell short, too. :-(

[Annette]

I am also hoping to add to my Giants list in 2024!

[Melanie]

I am with Karen and Annette! I read three books on this challenge this year, am hoping for more in 2024!

[Pam, Southwest Enchanter]

I’m hoping to read the 4 that I have listed on my 2023 challenge but didn’t get to plus 2 more - Tolkien (Fellowship of the Rings) and Hugo (Les Miserables).

[Kim]

Going to have another go at this one and see how many I can manage.
Target: 25
Progress: 3/25

Read a book by Jane Austen.
Read a book by Harper Lee.
Read a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Read a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Read a book by Truman Capote.
Read a book by Jean Rhys.
Read a book by Aldous Huxley.
Read a book by Dodie Smith.
Read a book by Charlotte Bronte.
Read a book by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Read a book by Jack London.
Read a book by John Wyndham.
Read a book by Herman Melville.
Read a book by C. S. Lewis.
Read a book by Virginia Woolf.
Read a book by Elizabeth Bowen.
Read a book by Thomas Hardy.
Read a book by Mary Shelley.
Read a book by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Read a book by L. P. Hartley.
Read a book by Ken Kesey.
Read a book by George Orwell.
Read a book by Thomas Mann.
Read a book by John Steinbeck.
Read a book by Bram Stoker.
Read a book by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Read a book by Mark Twain.
Read a book by Charles Dickens.
Read a book by Joseph Heller.
Read a book by Edith Wharton.
Read a book by George Eliot.
Read a book by Homer.
Read a book by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Read a book by Evelyn Waugh.
Read a book by J. D. Salinger.
Read a book by Lewis Carroll.
Read a book by Anthony Trollope:
The Warden - Barsetshire Chronicles #1 -
- FINISHED 3/2/24
Read a book by James Baldwin.
Read a book by Victor Hugo.
Read a book by Roald Dahl.
Read a book by S. E. Hinton.
Read a book by Alexandre Dumas.
Read a book by James Joyce.
Read a book by Vladimir Nabokov.
Read a book by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Read a book by Leo Tolstoy.
Read a book by Alessandro Manzoni.
Read a book by Ayn Rand.
Read a book by H. G. Wells.
Read a book by Sun-Tzu.
Read a book by John Galsworthy.
Read a book by Henry Miller.
Read a book by D. H. Lawrence.
Read a book by Kenneth Grahame.
Read a book by Willa Cather.
Read a book by Emily Bronte.
Read a book by Somerset Maugham:
Of Human Bondage - FINISHED 17/2/24
Read a book by Honore de Balzac.
Read a book by Kurt Vonnegut.
Read a book by Louisa May Alcott.
Read a book by Robert Pirsig.
Read a book by Franz Kafka.
Read a book by Robert Graves.
Read a book by J. M. Barrie.
Read a book by Joseph Conrad.
Read a book by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Read a book by Mario Puzo.
Read a book by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Read a book by Ray Bradbury.
Read a book by Jules Verne.
Read a book by Oscar Wilde.
Read a book by Beatrix Potter.
Read a book by Edgar Allan Poe.
Read a book by Isaac Asimov.
Read a book of your choice:
Craven House by Patrick Hamilton - first published 1926 -
- FINISHED 12/1/24

[Paul]

Hello, I'd like to take part in this. Is the challenge still open for 2024?

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Yes, the challenge is open for this year as well, Paul.

[Paul]

Many thanks.

[Karin]

I've ready my 6/6 and wasn't even checking the list :).

I may read more, but am happy to have finished the number I set.

[Karin]

This was moved--are we now including books from 2024?

[Karin]

Since this is still currently here, I've added a couple more reads but haven't yet changed my goal.

[Jenna]

I think I’ll try this challenge in 2025. Will the list of authors change for the upcoming year?

I’ll try to read 20 of the authors listed in 2025.

Jenna

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

We started this challenge in 2023 and have been using the same authors since then.
I'm pretty certain the list will stay the same.

[Jenna]

That’s great. Let’s see if I can read 20 in 2025. Ambitious.
😄

[Karin]

Rosemarie wrote: "We started this challenge in 2023 and have been using the same authors since then.
I'm pretty certain the list will stay the same."

This is great since how many classics I read each year varies, etc.

[Jenna]

I’m trying for 20 Giants read in 2025… maybe I should try for 25. Ha ha

I just finish a title by Trollope!!

😃😃 Happy reading everyone.

Jenna

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Thanks! You too, Jenna!
Trollope is one of my favourites.

[Sanchita]

I just completed The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Here is my review:

https://youtube.com/shorts/UZewHoIG560

[Lesle, Appalachian Bibliophile]

Sanchita wrote: "I just completed The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Here is my review:

https://youtube.com/shorts/UZewHoIG560"

NIce and fun review Sanchita!!