Penguin Modern Classics: The Complete List including Why Read the Classics? | 
Ok y‘all, it‘s time to vote. This list will be looooong. I‘ll let you know when to start voting in the comments!
The #hashtagbrigade is reading classics in 2024. Everyone is welcome, but please know that the hashtags are often ridiculous and always spoilers for that chapter. Wait until you‘ve read the chapter to read the post that day! That being said, spoilers in the comments are NEVER ok! After three warnings, I will stop tagging you….. ⬇️
BarkingMadRead 1/After that, if it happens again, I will block you. Please don‘t make me do these things. It breaks my heart. Vote for your top 3. I will tally the votes and then make our 2024 list. We will not be repeating authors next year, in order to expand our comfort zone. If two books by the same author are in the top 12, I will drop all but the one with the most votes. Next to each title, there may be a number 2 or 3. That‘s how many months it will take. 1y
BarkingMadRead 2/if there‘s no number, we will finish it in one month. There were a lot of nominees. Be prepared!!!! 1y
BarkingMadRead 3/ Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster…. Secret Garden by FH Burnett….. Small House at Allington by Trollope 2️⃣…. Wardin by Trollope…. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys….. Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton…. Mill On The Floss by George Elliott 2️⃣…. Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky 3️⃣…. Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day by W Watson…. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith…. enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim…. 1y
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BarkingMadRead 4/ Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 2️⃣… Blue Castle by LM Montgomery… Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice…. Moonstone by Willie Collins 2️⃣… Treasure Island by RL Stevenson…. Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 2️⃣….In a Glass Darkly by LeFanu…. Sorrows of Young Werter by Goethe…. Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 2️⃣…. Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier …. The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway…. Howard‘s End by EM Forster 1y
BarkingMadRead 5/ Dracula by Bram Stoker… Don Quixote by Cervantes 3️⃣ …. Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs…. Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell… Elizabeth and her German Garden by Elizabeth Von Arnim…. Dr Thorne by Trollope… Cousin Bette by Balzac…. Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe 2️⃣ …. Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne….Bride of Lammer-Moor by Walter Scott … La Reine Margot by A Dumas 2️⃣…. Ninety Three by Victor Hugo…. the Earth by Emile Zola 2️⃣ 1y
BarkingMadRead 6/ the Hotel by Elizabeth Bowen… and if you made it this far you can VOTE!!!!! 1y
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Bookwormjillk I LOVE this list! #Fantastic I vote for Brothers Karamazov, Little Women, and The Sun Also Rises 1y
Librarybelle Oh my! So many good choices on this list! I‘m going for Mill on the Floss, The Brothers Karamazov, and Ruth. 1y
CatLass007 #RandomClassics is scheduled to read Don Quixote in November and December of this year. So I definitely DON‘T want to read that twice. But I know we don‘t have to opt in for every book, so if it is chosen, I might participate in the discussion. So my top three, in no particular order are: Dracula by Bram Stoker, The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. (edited) 1y
BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 1y
IndoorDame I‘m voting for Mysteries of Udolpho, The Hotel and Woman in White 1y
BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 1y
Cuilin 1 The Hotel, 2 La Reine Margot and 3 The Earth (edited) 1y
StayCurious The secret garden, daddy long legs and little women 1y
Deblovestoread Wide Sargasso Sea, Miss Pettigrew, Dracula…great list!📚 1y
ravenlee May I vote, too, as an erstwhile follower? I‘d like to cast for The Moonstone, Dracula, and Around the World in 80 Days (based almost entirely on already owning them, and wanting to reread Dracula). 1y
Bklover I‘m having a very hard time picking 3. These are wonderful choices. I‘ll pick The Brothers K, Dracula, The Sun Also Rises 1y
Ruthiella I vote for The Brothers Karamazov, The Master and Margarita and Cousine Bette. Thanks for administrating all this Kim! @BarkingMadRead 1y
kwmg40 Oh, this is tough! I'll vote for Cousin Bette, Rebecca and Brothers Karamazov. 1y
AnnR My 3 votes: Dracula, Little Women, and Elizabeth & Her German Garden. (Lots of good choices made it very hard to pick just three.) 1y
Morr_Books I vote for Woman in White, Mysteries of Udolpho, and The Blue Castle 1y
dabbe My three choices: Wide Sargasso Sea, A Woman in White, and Rebecca. Thanks for all your hard work! 🧡🎃🧡 1y
mcctrish Wide Sargasso Sea, Ruth and Miss Pettigrew 1y
Daisey This is a tough list to choose from, but I‘m voting for Mill On The Floss by George Elliot, Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, and I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. 1y
5feet.of.fury Wide Sargasso Sea, Rebecca, The Sun Also Rises 1y
BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 1y
julieclair Elizabeth and Her German Garden, The Hotel by Elizabeth Bowen, Around the World in 80 Days. Such hard choices! Thank you for organizing this all so well. 💙 1y
Clare-Dragonfly Age of Innocence, I Capture the Castle, Rebecca 1y
TheAromaofBooks I've always wanted to read The Mysteries of Udolpho, have been meaning to reread Rebecca, and since I loved one Gaskell and hated the other, I'm going with Ruth as my third choice 😂 1y
peanutnine Okay this was way hard to choose lol. But I'm going with Little Women, Rebecca, and Treasure Island 1y
BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 1y
quietjenn Ruth, Cousin Bette, Little Women 1y
TheBookHippie I will read what you lead! Did I fall off the tag list 😵💫 1y
BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie I used the tag list from Passage to India. I really need a master list for 2024! 1y
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TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead 😘 1y
eeclayton If it's not too late to vote: The Mysteries of Udolpho, Wide Sargasso Sea, Moonstone. Sorry I missed this post earlier 1y
BarkingMadRead 😍😍 1y
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