1. A 19th century classic: any book
first published from 1800 to 1899: Middlemarch by George Eliot (1872)
2. A 20th century classic: any book first
published from 1900 to 1971. All books must have been published at least 50
years ago; the only exceptions are books which were written by 1971 and
posthumously published: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (1971)
3. A classic by a woman author: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1920)
4. A classic in
translation, meaning any book first published in a language that is not your
primary language. You may read it in translation or in its original language, if
you prefer: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (1967)
5. A classic by BIPOC author; that is, a non-white author: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1937)
6. A
classic by a new-to-you author, i.e., an author whose work you have never read: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (1938)
7. New-to-you classic by a favorite author -- a new book by an author whose
works you have already read: The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1874)
8. A classic about an animal, or with an animal in
the title. The animal can be real or metaphorical. (i.e., To Kill a
Mockingbird): Moby-Dick by Herman Melleville (1851)
9. A children's classic: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (1961)
10. A humorous or satirical classic: Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis (1954)
11.
A travel or adventure classic (fiction or non-fiction). It can be a travelogue
or a classic in which the main character travels or has an adventure: Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (1933)
12. A
classic play. Plays will only count in this category: The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill (1946)
