Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

This is my first year doing this challenge, so I'm not really aiming for a blackout; I'll just try my best to hit as many squares as I can! :) I'll probably shift books around and change what I want to read as the year goes along, but here's my rough plan for now:

B1: Nobel Laureate - A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
B2: Classic Comedy or Satire - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
B3: Classic Tragedy - Hamlet / Macbeth / King Lear / some other Shakespeare
B4: Classic Made into a Film/TV - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
B5: Foreign Literary Prize - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinback

I1: 20th Century Classic - The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
I2: New-to-You Author - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller / Leo Tolstoy
I3: Classic Play - Shakespeare
I4: Classic of 500+ Pages - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas / The Once and Future King by T.H. White / The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
I5: 18th Century or Earlier Classic

N1: South American Classic - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
N2: Short Story Classic - The Pearl by John Steinback
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Classic Poetry
N5: European Classic - Charles Dickens / Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

G1: 19th Century Classic - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
G2: Bokklubben World Library List
G3: Classic Non-fiction - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
G4: Group Read
G5: Classic Recommended by a Friend('s mum, to be exact) - The Chrysalids by John Wyndham

O1: Literary Prize of Your Region - Haruki Murakami
O2: Classic Folklore or Mythology - The Odyssey / Iliad by Homer
O3: Asian Classic - The Art of War by Sun Tzu
O4: Classic Romance - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author - Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

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Good luck with your Bingo, Alexa. You have a lot of good choices here. I loved Gone With the Wind so I hope you enjoy it too.

Welcome to the challenge Alexa. Great list and awesome philosophy - just do the best you can and have fun in the process! ;-)

Good luck Alexa, the main thing is that you enjoy what you're reading and have fun, no matter how many bingos you make!

Alexa, you've made some great choices here. You can't go wrong--just have fun!

Alexa, you have picked some wonderful books to read next year! I have read most of them, and I don't think you'll be disappointed!
"The Art of War" is also on my list. I have no idea what to expect, but I see it on almost every classic list, so I think I'll give it a try ;)

That's a great list of books you have picked Alexa. I hope you enjoy them and have fun reading! Good luck with your challenge :)

Thanks for the encouraging replies guys :) I look forward to reading and trying to conquer this challenge with you all next year!

It's my first year too Alexa, let's enjoy the ride!

My first, too -- I'm having fun already and I haven't even started reading yet! ;)

You've picked some great books! Have fun with the challenge!

This was my first year and 1st ever challenge...loved it and loved almost every book I read! And a great group to do it with!

Awesome! I've always found classics kind of hard to get through, but I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun reading with this group - it's the most active one I've been in, and you are all so supportive! Thanks :)

Good luck with your challenge Alexa!

Good luck!

Good luck on your first Bingo Challenge, Alexa! You've already made a great selection of books. And I hope you'll love Jane Eyre when you get to read it. I've only read it this year but it has become an instant favourite.