books/authors I want to read: classics
anthologies * children * classics * comedy/satire * crime * dystopia/apocalypse * fantasy * horror * lit. realism * magical realism * nonfiction * philosophy/religion * sci-fi
(I'm making my best guesses about where I'll put reviews. If and when I read these books, I may change my mind.)
See also books I've read before and reading nostalgia

Alexandre Dumas
I'd like to read at least "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo."

Arthur Conan Doyle
I have some little book with some of his Sherlock Holmes stories in it, something I must have gotten from one of the book order catalogs we used to get in grade school, back in the 80s. And I probably read it back then, but now I don't remember anything from it, and anyway I'd really like to read a more complete collection of those stories.

Brontë sisters
I'd probably at least like to read Charlotte's "Jane Eyre" and Emily's "Wuthering Heights."

Charles Dickens
I've read A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities. But I should read more of his novels.

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (pub. 1866)

Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift (pub. 1726)

H.G. Wells
I've read The War of the Worlds, but there are various other works of his that I should definitely read.

Henry James
I might be interested in reading a few of his works.

Jane Austen
I've seen some of her works adapted into movies, but I really should read the source material.

Leo Tolstoy
There are at least a couple of books of his that I'd like to try reading some day, the main one being "War and Peace."

Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott (pub. 1871)
The sequel to Little Women.

Looking Backward, by Edward Bellamy (pub. 1888)

Mark Twain
I've read Mark Twain's Best, but I definitely need to read some of his other stuff, like Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Connecticut Yankee, etc... (My cousin-in-law Andrew recommended "The War Prayer" via Goodreads.)

Oscar Wilde
I'm most interested in "The Picture of Dorian Gray," but I'd probably like to read some of his other work, too.

Paradise Lost, by John Milton (pub. 1667)
Something I've always wanted to read (or at least since I heard Kirk quote it in an episode of Star Trek).

The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Emma Orczy (pub. 1905)
There have been numerous film adaptations, and I might like to see one of them someday. And I vaguely recall Daffy Duck parodying the book as "The Scarlet Pumpernickel." But I really should read the book.

The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu (early 11th century)

Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe (pub. 1852)

Utopia, by Thomas More (pub. 1516; English translation 1551)


classics index
About books I want to read

anthologies * children * classics * comedy/satire * crime * dystopia/apocalypse * fantasy * horror * lit. realism * magical realism * nonfiction * philosophy/religion * sci-fi
(I'm making my best guesses about where I'll put reviews. If and when I read these books, I may change my mind.)
See also books I've read before and reading nostalgia