I’m joining the Classics Club today, 6th of September 2019. My goal is to read 50 classics within 5 years, so by 6th September 2024.
Here is the list of books that I have selected, listed in the order that I want to read them. I might make changes as I go along. I selected books that I have heard of before, a few that I have read and others that look interesting, based on the title.
Most of these books are available for free online. Watch out for my progress updates as I move along.
I will post my reviews here and on the classics book club blog.
| 1. Pride and Prejudice : Jane Austen – Completed 26/09/2019 2. Little Women : Louisa May Alcott 3. Things Fall Apart : Chinua Achebe 4. A Doll’s House : Ibsen Henrick Completed 6th December 2019 5. The Prince and the Pauper: Mark Twain 6. Emma : Jane Austen – Completed 30th October 2019 7. The Blind Assassin : Margaret Atwood 8. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall : Anne Bronte 9. Katherine : Anya Seton 10. Wuthering Heights : Emily Bronte 11. Colored Man Round the World : David Dorr 12. Marriage : Susan Ferrier 13. The Color Purple : Alice Walker 14. A Tale of Two Cities : Charles Dickens 15. Jane Eyre : Charlotte Bronte 16. The Story of an African Farm : Olive Schreiner 17. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Mark Twain 18. The Comedy of Errors : William Shakespeare 19. The Pirates of Malaysia: Emilio Salgari 20. A Grain of Wheat : Ngugi wa Thiong’o 21. The Professor : Charlotte Bronte 22. An Ideal Husband : Oscar Wilde 23. The Importance of Being Earnest : Oscar Wilde 24. Persuasion : Jane Austen 25. Jo’s Boys : Louisa May Alcott 26. A Handmaid’s Tale : Margaret Atwood 27. Sense and Sensibility : Jane Austen 28. The Invisible Man : Ralph Ellison 29. Little Men : Louisa May Alcott 30. Northanger Abbey : Jane Austen 31. Mansfield Park : Jane Austen 32. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer : Mark Twain 33. Frankenstein : Mary Shelley 34. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde : Robert Louis Stevenson 35. Vanity Fair : William Makepeace Thackeray 36. Gulliver’s Travels : Jonathon Swift 37. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding : Julia Strachey 38. Treasure Island: Robert Louis Stevenson 39. Of Mice and Men : John Steinbeck 40. King Solomon’s Mines : H. R Haggard 41. Satires : Horace 42. Gone with the Wind : Margaret Mitchell 43. Man and Superman : George Bernard Shaw 44. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood: Howard Pyle 45. Little Dorrit : Charles Dickens 46. Much Ado About Nothing: William Shakespeare 47. The Hunchback of Notre Dame : Victor Hugo 48. The Bride of Lammermoor : Sir Walter Scott 49. Dracula : Bram Stoker 50. The Hobbit : J.R.R. Tolkien |
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Welcome to the Club! Hope you enjoy being a member as much as I do. 😀 Great list! I’m especially thrilled to see King Solomon’s Mines on there – a lifelong favourite. And Treasure Island too! I’m intrigued that you’ve got Marriage on your list – I read it a few months ago and don’t think I’ve ever seen it on anyone else’s list, or read any reviews of it. I’ll be interested to hear what you think of it…
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Welcome to the Classics Club! Lots of good titles here. Incidentally, I’m starting my 2nd list at this time as well: https://wordsandpeace.com/2019/09/12/the-classics-club-2019-2024/
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Welcome to the club! I just joined as well, and am loving reading other people’s lists. Which book are you most looking forward to reading? And which one is the most daunting?
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Thanks! I tried to pick carefully, but as there are so many authors I have never read before, I’m hoping I picked well. I love Jane Austen and can’t wait to read all her books!
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They look good! I think I need to add some of them to mine. Like “The Color Purple: is one I forgot to add but I’ve been meaning to read.
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