My 2021 Reading Classic Books Challenge

I don’t know about you, but 2020 was a wee bit of a dumpster fire. There were a few silver linings, though. For example, I made few friends (internet) in the midst of a pandemic, I finished school, and I read a few good books. And, I was asked to bring this challenge back. So, that makes me happy that some of you enjoyed it enough to want to do it again.

You can check out the announcement page HERE. If you don’t have a blog there are a couple of ways you can still join in. (1) Join the Goodreads group and (2) Join the Storygraph group.

So, let’s not talk about how I did with the 2020 challenge. The reality is I’m surprised I got any reading in at all. But I’m determined that this year will be better and I WILL complete this challenge.

THE PLAN

	Prompt	Book
1	Read a classic over 500 pages	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas**
2	Read a classic by a POC and/or with a POC as the main character	The Street by Ann Petry
3	Read a classic that is not written by a Global North author	The Mystic Masseur by V. S. Naipaul
4	Read a classic in translation	One Hundred years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
5	Read a classic by a new to you author	Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono
6	Read a classic Sci/Fi or Fantasy	1984 by George Orwell
7	Read a classic written before 1800	Gulliver’s Travels. By Jonathan Swift
8	Read a classic written by an LGBT author and/or with an LGBT main character
9	Read a classic written by a woman	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
10	Read a classic written by a Nobel Laureate	The Mystic Masseur by V. S. Naipaul
11	Read a classic nonfiction	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
12	Read a classic that has been banned or censored	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou