Classics Clique discussion

This is the place for you to suggest a classic you would like to be our group book for the coming month! Once we've gotten some suggestions rolling I'll make a poll in a seperate post and we can vote on it. I'll kick us off with some classics that are at the top of my list:
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (guy kills someone and guilt catches up with him)
- Orlando by Virginia Woolf (young nobleman in Elizabethan times transforms into a woman three centuries later)

Welcome everyone! Please feel free to suggest some classics :)

I would love to finally read North and South (it's so big that I have been scared to pick it up until now), but Fahrenheit 451 and Wuthering Heights have been on my TBR for far too long now as well.

Most of the classics I really want to read are huge! A Tale of Two Cities, The Count of Monte Cristo and Anna Karenina have been on my TBR for forever!

I've been wanting to get around to The Catcher in the Rye for soooo long. I somehow never had to read it in school, and with all it's references in Gilmore Girls, I need to get to it ASAP

Hanna wrote: "I would love to finally read North and South (it's so big that I have been scared to pick it up until now), but Fahrenheit 451 and Wuthering Heights have been on my TBR for far too long now as well."
Same on North and South and Wuthering Heights! I've read Fahrenheit 451 but totally can't remember much of it so need to re-read :)

Randa wrote: "Most of the classics I really want to read are huge! A Tale of Two Cities, The Count of Monte Cristo and Anna Karenina have been on my TBR for forever!"
Ahhh The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my all-time faves, it's worth the length haha. I had a copy but loaned it to someone and they never gave it back 😢Need to get another copy

Bailey wrote: "I've been wanting to get around to The Catcher in the Rye for soooo long. I somehow never had to read it in school, and with all it's references in Gilmore Girls, I need to get to it ASAP"
Ahhh it's so good imo :) That would be an interesting one to discuss too coz I know a lot of people that hate it, as well as a lot that love it

I would love to read either North and South or Crime and Punishment. Both would be re-reads for me but I love all things Gaskell and I really enjoy Dostoevsky. However, I'm not opposed to trying something new 😁📚

Elena (Elemar Living) wrote: "I would love to read either North and South or Crime and Punishment. Both would be re-reads for me but I love all things Gaskell and I really enjoy Dostoevsky. However, I'm not opposed to trying so..."
Have heard such good things about both! I'm up for either re-reads or books I haven't read before too :)

Wuthering Heights is one of my favorites! I've been wanting to read (re-read) Little House on the Prairie, Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden and The Time Machine. All books I read when I was young, but don't remember much. Or maybe Moby Dick, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which I somehow haven't gotten to yet. There are too many, I couldn't narrow it down.

Deanna wrote: "Wuthering Heights is one of my favorites! I've been wanting to read (re-read) Little House on the Prairie, Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden and The Time Machine. All books I read when I was ..."
Haha I'm the same way, there are so many. LOVE Little House on the Prairie, you've reminded me that I need to re-read that series sometime regardless :)

Thank you all for your suggestions! The poll will be going up in 2 hours and will be open for 48 hours :)

I've been trying to re-read Crime and Punishment for the past 3 months. So, that'd be a good pick.

Ryan wrote: "I've been trying to re-read Crime and Punishment for the past 3 months. So, that'd be a good pick."

Haha it's been on my list for ages too. I trust you've casted your vote in the poll? :)

Yes. I voted yesterday.

Peter Pan is a great read, it's beautiful and very short. I really enjoyed it and need to reread it soon.

Nashelie wrote: "Peter Pan is a great read, it's beautiful and very short. I really enjoyed it and need to reread it soon."

I love Peter Pan and would like to re-read it too! I'll put it on the list for April :)

The winner in the poll was The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger! I'll put up a discussion section for it at the start of the month. This is one of my all time favourite classics so I can't wait to re-read it. I also know a lot of people who really don't like it so it's going to make for some engaging discussions! So excited :)

I just bought Something Wicked This Way Comes and The Picture of Dorian Gray. I've wanted to read North and South forever. Wuthering Heights is my all time Favorite book.

Kelly wrote: "I just bought Something Wicked This Way Comes and The Picture of Dorian Gray. I've wanted to read North and South forever. Wuthering Heights is my all time Favorite book."

The Picture of Dorian Gray is soooo good

Bailey wrote: "Kelly wrote: "I just bought Something Wicked This Way Comes and The Picture of Dorian Gray. I've wanted to read North and South forever. Wuthering Heights is my all time Favorite book."

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Ooh I agree!! Hope you enjoy The Picture of Dorian Gray, Kelly :)