Classics I Want to Read in 2025

in light of the current affairs in america, i've made a plethora of changing to my reading plans for 2025.

 I will post these changes in another tab. This list can remain still.

classics for 2025

I, of course, am bringing some classics over from 2024. 2024 was a really hard year for me. I did deep reading, but I re-read as much or more as I read new-to-me novels. 

So, did I read all the classics I listed for 2024? No. Is that okay? Of course it is.

Classics I Want to Read in 2025

1. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Goethe ✔️ 
2. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
3. Another Country by James Baldwin
4. Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
1. The Fellowship of the Ring ✔️ 
2. The Two Towers
3. The Return of the King
5. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes ✔️ 
6. Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
7. Candide by Voltaire
8. The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin

Contemporary Novels to Read in 2025

1. Remains of the Day by  Kazuo Ishiguro ✔️ 
2. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
3. Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession
4. Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai ✔️ 
5. Dead Flowers by Osamu Dazai
6. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami 
7. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 

Author Focus for 2025: Clarice Lispector

1. Hour of the Star 
2. The Chandelier 
3. An Apple in the Dark
4. A Breath of Life