I hate the Classics but I want to Read them Challenge - hosted by jones_aybee

Pick a Classic Based on a Time Period or Historical Event
Many classic novels are set during specific historical periods or events. Choose a classic that takes place during a time or place that interests you, and learn more about that period through the eyes of a fictional character.

  • "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Set in the 1920s, this novel explores the decadence and excess of the Jazz Age.
  • "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee - Set in the 1930s, this novel deals with racism and injustice in the American South.
  • "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell - Set during the American Civil War and its aftermath, this novel tells the story of a headstrong Southern belle named Scarlett O'Hara.
  • "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy - Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this novel explores the impact of war on the lives of its characters.
  • "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck - Set during the Great Depression, this novel follows the Joad family as they migrate from Oklahoma to California in search of work.
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Matar un ruiseñor by Harper Lee, Baldomero Porta

Matar un ruiseñor

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee, Baldomero Porta

410 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

189 pages • first pub 1926 (editions)

fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

541 pages • first pub -800 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes by Unknown

The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

Unknown

392 pages • first pub 1270 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry adventurous informative medium-paced
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

318 pages • first pub 1862 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

544 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

326 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark sad slow-paced
Silence by Shūsaku Endō

Silence

Shūsaku Endō

219 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction historical religion challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal, León Ma. Guerrero

Noli Me Tangere

Noli Me Tángere #1

José Rizal, León Ma. Guerrero

470 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)

fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced
Flowers in the Mirror by Li Ruzhen

Flowers in the Mirror

Li Ruzhen

310 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy challenging mysterious slow-paced