Late in 2012 I decided to join a book group dedicated to reading dead authors to push me to read the classics I missed earlier in life. I didn't set a goal for 2013 for this project letting it unfold as it may. Looking back and reflecting as much as I might feel guilty about missing so many of these books earlier I feel that I can appreciate them more and hopefully understand the meaning written into them.
Many of the books read in 2013 are universally known as classics, but some of those I read haven't been given such notoriety. This doesn't bother me, we all have different taste and some of the most loved books have not been my most loved.
Peeking back over the year I have amazed myself with the number and assortment of books that fall in this category I read without even setting a goal. Follow the jump to see how I fared.
Many of the books read in 2013 are universally known as classics, but some of those I read haven't been given such notoriety. This doesn't bother me, we all have different taste and some of the most loved books have not been my most loved.
Peeking back over the year I have amazed myself with the number and assortment of books that fall in this category I read without even setting a goal. Follow the jump to see how I fared.
I completed 49 books this year! I have chosen to just group these by month completed.
January
[Notice: Original posting 2013-12-19 at Plethora of Books Blog: http://bookchallenges.weebly.com]
Tags: 2013 Reads, Projects, Dearly Departed, Completed
January
- A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
- Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
- Cotillion by Georgette Heyer
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- My Antonia by Willa Cather
- The Virginian by Owen Wister
- Botchan: A Modern Classic by Natsume Sōseki
- The Lady and the Law by Wilkie Collins
- Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
- My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Mauier
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Madame Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
- The Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit
- The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit
- Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner
- The Children of Green Knowe by L.M. Boston
- Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
- Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
- Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
- Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- Hiroshima by John Hersey
- Cat in the Mirror by Mary Stolz
- The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
- Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
- Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
- The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
- Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Unknown, Translated by Seamus Heaney
- Nine Fairy Tales by Karel Capek and One More Thrown in for Good Measure by Karel Čapek
- Classics of the Macabre by Daphne du Maurier
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories by M.R. James
- The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
- Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
- Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier
- Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
- Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery
[Notice: Original posting 2013-12-19 at Plethora of Books Blog: http://bookchallenges.weebly.com]
Tags: 2013 Reads, Projects, Dearly Departed, Completed