Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Let's try this again. As always, some of this might change, but planning is fun.

Also I need a recommendation. If anyone has an idea for me, please let me know.

B1 A Classic by a Nobel Laureate or a Pulitzer Prize Winner
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
B2 A Classic Book in Translation
Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
B3 A Classic Comedy or Satire
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
B4 A Classic Written Before 1700
Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources by Asser
B5 A Classic of Asia or Oceania
Six Records of a Floating Life by Shěn Fù

I1 A Classic from our Short Story Group Shelf
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
I2 A Classic from your Personal Bookshelf
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
I3 A Classic Historical Fiction or a Nonfiction History
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
I4 A Classic Prize-Winning Female Author
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
I5 A Book Recommended by a Group Member
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
The Witches by Roald Dahl

N1 A Classic Made into Movie/TV
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
N2 A Classic you've been meaning to read
Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves
N3 Free Space
Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
N4 A Classic on or about the Sea/Ocean
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
N5 A Literature Class Book
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

G1 A Classic of North or South America
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
G2 A 21st Century Potential Classic
Just Kids by Patti Smith
G3 A Classic from our Old School Group Shelf
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
G4 A Classic New-to-You Author
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
G5 A Classic Play or Classic Poetry Collection
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

O1 A Classic Book you begged, borrowed, or stole
TBD
O2 A Classic Children's Book
A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
O3 A Classic Book found by using Literature-map.com
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
O4 A Classic from our New School Group Shelf
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
O5 A Classic Book that Reminds You of Someone
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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Nice list, Angie! I'll try to think of a book to recommend. I've read a lot of good books, but when it comes down to one, well.....
Let me think about it!
Happy Reading :)

I love some of the dialogue in Much Ado about Nothing. I hope you will too!

Great list!
Tempted by Borges too.

I'm currently preparing to read my first Hemingway-I hope you enjoy your choice!

Great list, Angie. Optimism is such a good thing!

Thanks everyone! I'm excited about my choices this year.

I do still need a recommendation for Square I5. If it helps, I'm pretty open-minded. But no Steinbeck. He and I have a complicated relationship, lol.

I will recommend My Ántonia. It looks like you enjoyed O! Pioneers, so I think you will like this last book in the trilogy. They don't have to be read in order, and this one is better than the second book.

Long long ago I read all the Will Cather I could get my hands on as I found the writing comforting during a challenging time. Maybe it was all that grass and farming that comforted.

If you re looking for some fun, I suggest reading some of Roald Dahl or Neil Gaiman.

By Roald Dahl, I particularly enjoyed The Umbrella Man and Other Stories and The Witches.

By Neil Gaiman, I particularly enjoyed Coraline and The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Laurie and Cynda - thank you for your recommendations! They sound like great options.

Cynda, I've read both of those Gaiman novels and enjoyed them. I was commenting to a friend a while back that I'm almost out of unread Gaiman books, and he needs to get cracking and write some more.

Welcome Angie. You have a nice full list for the year. I hope you enjoy your reading.

Enjoy your reading! From your list, I especially recommend My Antonia and Sense and Sensibility.