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

Choose a Classic Based on a Literary Award or Prize
There are many literary awards and prizes that recognize outstanding works of literature. Challenge yourself to read a classic that has won or been nominated for a prestigious literary award.

  • "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961
  • "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982
  • "Beloved" by Toni Morrison - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988
  • "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983
  • "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf - James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1925
  • "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1926
  • "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921
  • "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner - Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949
  • "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro - Booker Prize in 1989
  • "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953
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The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken and Other Poems

Robert Frost

49 pages • first pub 1916 (editions)

fiction classics poetry reflective medium-paced
El Viejo Y El Mar by Ernest Hemingway

El Viejo Y El Mar

Ernest Hemingway

229 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction classics literary adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

320 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

fiction classics romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Emma by Jane Austen

Emma

Jane Austen

512 pages • first pub 1815 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted slow-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

7 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Watership Down by Richard Adams

Watership Down

Watership Down #1

Richard Adams

476 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction childrens classics adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

5 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Neuromancer by William Gibson

Neuromancer

Sprawl #1

William Gibson

271 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

160 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary reflective medium-paced
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

258 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced