I have had my literary bucket list up here for quite some time, and I am steadily making my way through the books – albeit slowly. One lovely blogger commented on a post of mine and introduced me to a group of likeminded people, called The Classics Club. This is a group where book lovers come together and set themselves a goal of reading and blogging about at least 50 classics books within five years.
Considering I already had a goal to read as many classics books as possible, I decided to join this group, hoping that their passion for classics books will rub off on me and inspire me to read more. Start date: 31 October, 2017.
My Goal:
To read 50 classic books by 31 October, 2022.
Completed: 45/50
Currently reading: The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson; and The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
The Books:
1984 by George OrwellRead 23/8/21 – ReviewA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettRead 18/9/21 – ReviewAnimal Farm by George OrwellRead 3/10/20 – ReviewAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyRead 21/10/21 – ReviewBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyRead 31/10/21The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathRead 19/4/22Beowulf by UnknownRead 17/9/21 – ReviewBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughRead 29/10/20 – ReviewBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxRead 2/11/17 – ReviewA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensRead 25/1/19 – Review- The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessRead 10/11/21Days Without End by Sebastian BarryRead 14/5/19 – ReviewDracula by Bram StokerRead 18/8/21 – ReviewEmma by Jane AustenRead 7/11/21 – ReviewFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyRead 31/8/21 – ReviewThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienRead 15/9/21 – ReviewFight Club by Chuck PalahniukRead 3/9/21Fingersmith by Sarah WatersRead 7/1/18 – ReviewFrankensteinby Mary ShelleyRead 14/10/20 – Review- The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Giovanni’s Room by James BaldwinRead 21/6/21Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRead 24/3/19 – ReviewThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodRead 30/10/19 – ReviewThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsRead 15/11/21 – ReviewIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteRead 29/6/22It by Stephen KingRead 27/10/18 – ReviewLes Miserables by Victor HugoRead 20/11/20 – ReviewThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisRead 5/10/20 – ReviewThe Little Princeby Antoine de Saint-ExuperyRead 11/7/20 – ReviewLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottRead 28/2/20 – ReviewMansfield Park by Jane AustenRead 3/1/22Maurice by E.M. ForsterRead 21/2/20 – ReviewThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleRead 7/1/22- The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
North and South by Elizabeth GaskellRead 24/11/21 – ReviewPersuasion by Jane Austen (reread)Read 30/12/21 – ReviewThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxRead 23/4/22- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Richard III by William ShakespeareRead 22/1/22The Road by Cormac McCarthyRead 16/2/22 – ReviewThe Secret History by Donna TarttRead 31/3/18 – ReviewSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenRead 9/1/22Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt VonnegutRead 27/1/22A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensRead 17/5/22Tales of the City by Armistead MaupinRead 20/7/20 – Review- The Talented Mr. Ripely by Patricia Highsmith
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne BronteRead 15/2/22The Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesRead 15/8/21Wuthering Heights by Emily BronteRead 17/1/22 – Review
I think this list is pretty doable. I’ve followed the five-year guideline, so that equates to 10 novels a year. Easy. I hope.
Each time I finish a novel, I will be reviewing it on my blog and will post a link next to the book’s name on this page.
HI! I recently joined the Classics Club too! We have some common titles =)
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Ooh that’s awesome! I’ll check yours out 😀
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Oh no, I’ll have to see if I can fix that haha. Thank you =) Yes, we can!
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