Classics Considered

Sep 28, 2024: I’m updating this challenge to have stricter rules. Previously, I was doing quite well, except for some books purchased or gifted while traveling. But so many of the books I was reading were library books. I wish to make a bigger dent in the books I own at home.

New rules

• I will read physical books I own already.
• For every 3 books read OR 5 books donated, I may buy 1 new book.
  • DNFs do count, if I’ve given the book the old college try.
  • Finishing a previously started book also counts.
• Exceptions: Books for Reading the World, books received as gifts, and books purchased for work, cooking, or health (i.e. “self-improvement”).

Completed books

1. Kokoro
2. A Doll’s House and Other Plays

Previous challenge

(originally posted here)

1. Beowulf
2. We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
3. The Quiet American
4. Jacob’s Hands
5. Farewell, My Orange
6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
7. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
8. Humility: The Joy of Self-Forgetfulness
9. Noli Me Tangere
10. Passing
11. The Child and the River
12. Confessions
13. The Hound of the Baskervilles
14. The Blue Octavo Notebooks
15. A Woman’s Story
16. Suddenly Last Summer