Back to the Classics Challenge 2016 - Wrap Up

I knew at the beginning of 2016 I probably wouldn’t finish all 12 books from my

Back to the Classics Challenge 2016, but I managed to finish nine – all hyperlinked below to their respective reviews.

Challenges completed.  These were all excellent but my favorites were The Count of Monte Cristo and Atlas Shrugged

#1 A 19th Century Classic: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813)

#2 A 20th Century Classic: The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles (1949)

#3 A classic by a woman author: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

#5 A classic by a non-white author: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

#6 An adventure classic: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

#7 A fantasy, science fiction, or dystopian classic:  Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

#8 A classic detective novel: The Man Who was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K Chesterton

#11 A classic you read in school (high school or college): Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

#12 A volume of classic short stories: Flannery O’Connor: The Complete Stories

The Three I didn’t get to:

#4 A classic in translation

#9 A classic which includes the name of a place in the title

#10 A classic which has been banned or censored

Thanks to the hosts at Books and Chocolate. It is a great challenge. I’ll give it a go again in 2017 – watch for reading list, coming soon.

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