29 Classics I Want To Read In 2025

[@lovelydaywithholly]

I don’t know how you fit so many buddy reads in! Wow!!

[@novelideea]

@@lovelydaywithholly hahaha spread them out!

[@stephaniekingman9349]

Confederacy of the Dunces is one of my favorite books. I loved the first paragraph so descriptive.

[@novelideea]

@@stephaniekingman9349 that why having such a variety of books to read is such a good thing. It was too much for me, but it has captured many.

[@lovelydaywithholly]

Fahrenheit 451 is so good!

[@novelideea]

@@lovelydaywithholly it is!! So different from his other works but still so Bradbury !

[@lovelydaywithholly]

@ I’ve only read that one and ‘something wicked this way comes’ but I reeeaaallly want to read more from him!

[@novelideea]

@ dandelion wine! Do it!! 😂

[@lovelydaywithholly]

@@novelideea it’s on my TBR!!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@theresas709]

Thornyhold is a favorite of mine.

[@novelideea]

@@theresas709 oh! That’s great to know! I have several of her books so I don’t know where to begin! This helps!

[@theresas709]

@@novelideea Nine Coaches Waiting is also a fav. but you can't go wrong with her. The only two that I was disappointed in was Stormy Petrel and Touch Not the cat.

[@theresas709]

I will add, that Kate Howe loved Touch Not the Cat. Just read them all. 😄

[@novelideea]

@ I have read Nine Coaches & Moonspinners & one other one I can’t think of the name of! I’ll leave the two you don’t care for until last! 🤭

[@savagereads]

❤

[@novelideea]

@@savagereads 🥰

[@barbaralin3053]

i also love Willa Cather - I've read My Antonia and O Pioneer. I plan to buy Wildfire at midnight by Mary Stewart - my first of her book. I plan to read David Copperfield and Rebecca. However i read a lot of historical mysteries.

[@novelideea]

@@barbaralin3053 Cather is fantastic! I don’t know how I missed out on reading more of her works for so long.

[@novelideea]

@@barbaralin3053 I haven’t heard of that Mary Stewart🧐

[@novelideea]

@@barbaralin3053 Is this your first Dickens?

[@barbaralin3053]

@@novelideea My first Dickens is Great expectation.

[@BorderCollieInALibrary]

So many great books! Where would you suggest to start with Willa Cather?

[@novelideea]

@@BorderCollieInALibrary my Antonia or Death comes for the Archbishop. 🥰

[@BorderCollieInALibrary]

@novelideea Thank you 😊 🙏

[@novelideea]

@ she writes so immersively. I hope you enjoy her on page!

[@miriamelizabethreads]

So many books and authors I've never heard of!! Great list!

[@novelideea]

@@miriamelizabethreads I’m on the hunt for new-to-me authors that I can fall in love with!

[@amusicalbookworm]

What an interesting list of books!

[@novelideea]

@@amusicalbookworm interesting good? Interesting bad? 😂

[@amusicalbookworm]

@ definitely good lol! Just a lot of things I’ve never heard of or know very little about. I’m excited to see what you think of them!

[@novelideea]

@@amusicalbookworm so am I 😂

[@insearchofwonder]

My sister is reading Pointed Firs right now and enjoying it. I wouldn't mind joining in on the Italian buddy read. I've been wanting to read more Ann Radcliffe!

[@novelideea]

@@insearchofwonder I think we’ll have a Discord chat about the Italian! So absolutely jump in! Jewett seems like she is right up my cosy, mundane street ❣️

[@sherrirabinowitz4618]

I just wanted to let you know as so you're not disappointed. Daughter of Time is not about finding his grave. It's about the detective proving Richard did not kill the princes in the tower. It is an excellent book. The book about his grave is The Lost King. I hope that helps.

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

@sherrirabinowitz4618 yes I think he solves it from his sickbed.

[@novelideea]

@@sherrirabinowitz4618 Thank you, Sherri. 🤗I knew it had something to do with Richard the 3rd and ☠️ death! 😂 I think it would still be interesting to read them together!

[@sherrirabinowitz4618]

@@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD yes he did.

[@sherrirabinowitz4618]

@@novelideea yes, I think so too, I have not read the book; The Lost King, I saw the movie, it was on Britbox.

[@AaronReadABook]

I really liked The Daughter of Time, I'm reading Brat Farrar by her at the moment and really loving it too. The Histories is a blast.

[@novelideea]

@@AaronReadABook I have vague memories of reading DoT, so I’m looking forward to it and seeing if I get on with her. It makes me happy to hear you’re enjoying another of her works. I’ll definitely look into it if I like this one!

[@karengustafson7666]

The Daughter of Time is a favorite of mine. I read the L.M.Montgomery Anne series as a teenager. That was decades ago. I want to go back and read them again. For the past 4 months I’ve been reading Victorian literature. I really enjoyed The Woman in White, The Moonstone and Vanity Fair.I haven’t read David Copperfield again decades ago. Thank you for your video. ❤❤❤

[@novelideea]

@@karengustafson7666 thank you for watching and commenting ❣️ You have been reading some great books ♥️

[@LissysLittleLibrary]

Your videos are always my favorite! 📚🎄✨

[@novelideea]

@@LissysLittleLibrary that is so kind, Lissy.🥰

[@msrichardsreads]

So excited! 🎉❤

[@novelideea]

@@msrichardsreads same!!!❣️❣️♥️

[@redheadreading]

Oooh loads of these are new to me so will be super interested to hear how you get on with them! I've never read any Willa Cather but you're making me want to pick some up 🤭

[@novelideea]

@@redheadreading she write American Prairie/ Early settlement fiction. It’s quiet and easy. Not that there isn’t some drama, heartbreak, & anger inducing endings! 😂🤣

[@ReadJournalLove]

I’d enjoy reading Shepherd of the Hills with you. I remember seeing the play in Branson as a kid. Mary Stewart is on my list to read as well. Loving your list! You’ve made me want to add more to classics list.

[@novelideea]

@@ReadJournalLove oh wonderful! Are you on voxer? We can communicate about when over there!

[@Tinasmovinglibrary]

Such a reading list! Ray Bradburry 🙌🏼 But a lot of them I don’t know of 😅

[@novelideea]

@@Tinasmovinglibrary I don’t either! I’m hoping to discover a new favorite ❣️❣️

[@kellireadsalot]

I plan on reading Shepherd of the Hills in 2025 too! If you don’t have reading plans with someone already I’d love to buddy read with you.

[@novelideea]

@@kellireadsalot one of the other commentators asked to read it also! We 3 could do it!🥰♥️

[@kellireadsalot]

@@novelideeathat would be good.

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Hi Deea! Mr. Ma and Son looks intriguing! I might be interested in that one. It’s a beautiful cover, and the story sounds very different. 😊

[@novelideea]

@@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366 Hooray 🎉 do you have Voxer? I have your email if not and can communicate that way. We had also talked about the possibility of Box of Delights which I am planning to read in December if you are interested still?!

[@Coffee_and_a_Book]

Such a wide variety of choices! I want to read something by Charles Dickens next year too. I own both Great Expectations and David Copperfield, but the only book I've read by him so far is A Christmas Carol. I loved The Hunchback of Notre Dame! I hope you do enjoy your re-read of it! Fahrenheit 451 was really good, but my sister-in-law has mentioned an epilogue that I don't remember being in the copy I read, so I need to re-read that one. And, schedule permitting, I would be up for buddy reading any of these with you.

[@novelideea]

@@Coffee_and_a_Book I will keep you posted on when I plan to read them! I remember you saying how much you enjoyed Hunchback, it’s one of the reasons I wanted to reread it! ♥️

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

I'm definitely in for the Cather novel and Pushkin. I think we've talked abt those for patreon?

[@novelideea]

They would be great for short Patreon Reads! Have no idea when they were wanting to read them.

[@colonelmustardinthelibrary]

Arsene Lupin is on my 25 in 25 list. 😊

[@novelideea]

@@colonelmustardinthelibrary here is hoping we both enjoy it!

[@TheNovelHoneyShelf-Essie]

Wow! this list of classics is impressive! I do not think I have read any of these.

[@novelideea]

@@TheNovelHoneyShelf-Essie I love finding classics I haven’t read yet. I hope there are some on my list that become new all time favorites!

[@laurenreiter7176]

I read parts of the Metamorphosis (not this specific translation though) and The Histories by Herodotus when I was in college and loved them! I have always meant to get around to finishing them, but I never have. I also had to read The Golden Ass in college too, but I dnf'd it. I can't remember specifics because it's been so long, but I think I disagreed with some of the content in it. I also loved The Daughter of Time and David Copperfield when I read them last year. You're in for a treat! The Hunchback of Notre Dame and some Pushkin (I'm not sure what yet) are on my TBR for this year. I would love to possibly buddy read The Hunchback of Notre Dame with you.

[@novelideea]

Yay, Lauren! I am going try to plan the reads for each month and I'll let you know what one Hunchback falls in! Thanks for wanting to read it together!

[@novelideea]

@@laurenreiter7176 Also, it seems like every Greek/Roman Myth has content issues. If the cover of Golden is any indication of content, it will definitely be no different 😮‍💨😖

[@laurenreiter7176]

@novelideea yes, very true! Up to that point in my reading journey, I'd only read parts of Latin and Greek texts, or I'd read sanitized versions of the mythology by the d'Aulaires and Edith Hamilton, so I think I just wasn't expecting it. 😅

[@novelideea]

@@laurenreiter7176 are you on Voxer? It’s easier to communicate about dates and times over there!

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

Ahhhh The Chosen!! I loved it!! Two boys of different Jewish sects meet and become friends even tho their fathers think they shouldn't be friends due to the religious differences. It's amazing!!

[@novelideea]

Thank you for the breakdown! That sounds fantastic.❤

[@curioushmm9027]

wonderful books to look forward to...i do believe that i may dislike 'confederacy of dunces' and it's obnoxious ignatius more than any other book i've ever read. but i read potok's the chosen many a year ago when i was young and i loved it...and the promise..

[@novelideea]

@@curioushmm9027 you’re the second person to tell me how wonderful the Chosen is! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I couldn’t continue reading about Ignatius 🤢 I had zero qualms about DNFing that one!

[@curioushmm9027]

😁😁@@novelideea

[@clarepotter7584]

Constance Fennimore Woolson was the great niece of Fennimore Cooper. I started reading her novel 'Anne', the quality of the writing was lovely, some of the race ideology is of its time, I intend to pick it up again. I have the Penguin and the Oxford World Classics 'Metamorphoses' I prefer the OWC's by Melville, the language style is more metaphorical.

[@novelideea]

@@clarepotter7584 Thank you for telling me about CFW! 👍🏻 I have read Metamorphoses before. McCarter’s translation is the first from a female and I am hopeful has a fairer spirit as a result. (I’ve been told that is the case)

[@clarepotter7584]

@@novelideea I will be interested to see what you think of the McCarter's translation. I love Ovid, he's my favourite ancient writer, I like his sense of irreverence, I understand he can be gruesome but I don't take him very seriously, he's funny.

[@novelideea]

@ agreed. I don’t dislike what I have read, I just want this version for comparison.