While I like reading the hot new book everyone is talking about there’s so many amazing classics that I don’t want to miss out on. And this is not an excuse to reread Pride and Prejudice (again), but there’s some major holes in my literary knowledge. 

The Classics Club Challenge gives me the opportunity to fix the error of my ways! I have to list 50 books I want to read in 5 years and every time I check one off the list I also need to write about my thoughts. I’ll be linking up reviews and keeping track of my progress over here (working on my first review for next week!)

For my list, I tried to divide evenly among the three genres; I believe there’s 16 for Sci-Fi, 14 for Fantasy, and 20 for Horror. My only hard rule for criteria was the book had to be older than me, because I feel like 30 plus years is enough time to prove your longevity.

If you wish to take part in the challenge or want more info go visit them here! I’m sure they’ll be glad you stopped by. 🙂

My goal date to be done is  September 26th, 2024.

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke   
2. Carmilla – J. Sheridan Le Fanu 
3. A Cantide for Leibowitz – Walter M. Miller Jr  
4. Carrie – Stephen King  
5. The Collector – John Fowles  
6. The Dispossessed – Ursula K. LeGuin  
7. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick
8. Dune – Frank Herbert   
9. The Fellowship of the Ring – JRRT 
10. Foundation – Isaac Asimov 
11. Frankenstein – Mary Shelley 
12. The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson 
13. The Hobbit – JRRT  
14. The House of the Seven Gables – Nathaniel Hawthorne
15. Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones 
16. The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Victor Hugo 
17. I am Legend – Richard Matheson 
18. I, Robot – Isaac Asimov 
19. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte  
20. Journey to the Center of the Earth – Jules Verne 
21. The Last Unicorn – Peter S. Beagle  
22. The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. LeGuin   
23. The Man in the High Castle – Philip K. Dick  
24. Mysteries of Udolpho – Ann Radcliffe  
25. Neuromancer – William Gibson  
26. The Neverending Story – Michael Ende  
27. Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen  
28. The Once & Future King – T.H. White  
29. Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie  
30. The Portrait of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde  
31. The Princess and the Goblin – George MacDonald  
32. The Princess Bride – William Goldman  
33. Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier  
34. The Return of the King – JRRT  
35. Rosemary’s Baby – Ira Levin   
36. The Shining – Stephen King  
37. The Sirens of Titans – Kurt Vonnegut  
38. Stranger in a Strangerland – Robert A. Heinlein   
39. Stories and Poems – Edgar Allen Poe  
40. The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Stories – H.P. Lovecraft 
41. The Time Machine – H. G. Wells  
42. The Turn of the Screw – Henry James  
43. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – Jules Verne
44. The Two Towers – JRRT 
45. We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson 
46. When Worlds Collide – Edwin Balmer & Philip Wylie
47. The Witches – Roald Dahl 
48. The Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula K. Le Guin 
49. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – L. Frank Baum 
50. The Yellow Wallpaper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman