Reading Classic Books discussion

For this year's Reading Classic Books Challenge I wanted to make it a little more challenging hence the "Around the World Edition" tagline.

The goals of reading more classic books and having fun while doing it remain the same. However, I thought we could really spread our wings and really read Globally this year. So, I encourage you to read as many classic books from around the world as you can.

Hopefully, you'll find these challenges helpful during your classics reading journey. You don't have to do all of the prompts and if you have a book that fits multiple prompts feel free to count it up to two prompts.

The Rules:

1) ALL books must have been first published 50 years ago or earlier. In other words, books MUST have been published no later than 1972.
2) Books must be read between January 1st and December 31st
3) Books may be used for up to two prompts

The Challenge Prompts:

Read a classic by an Indigenous author
Read an LGBTQIA2+ classic
Read a classic by a BIPOC author with a BIPOC main character
Read a translated classic
Read a classic by a new to you author
A classic that has been adapted (Page to Screen)
Read a classic written by a woman
Read a classic nonfiction
Read a classic on your shelf the longest
Read a classic with a one-word title
Read a classic written during the Harlem Renaissance
Read a classic by a West Asian author

Bonus Prompts:

Read a banned or challeged classic
Read a classic over >500 pages
Read a classic less thann <200 pages
Read a classic poetry collection
Read a literary prize winning classic
Read a classic from a genre you don't read
Read a classic published between 1900-1960
Read a classic that intimidates you
Read a classic children's book
Read a classic that was recommended to you
Read a classic Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Read a classic short story collection

Woot! Excellent! I'll be excited to participate. :)

I've just been catching up with the 'bookkeeping' at my blog and for the 2021 challenge, I have one more title to go, or can count ZNH for two.

Yes, happy to go again, but I was two short in 2021!

✔︎A classic that has been adapted: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
✔︎A classic non-fiction: Man Tracks by Ion L. Idriess
✔︎ A classic written by a woman: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Bonus prompts:
✔︎Read a classic published between 1900-1960: A Passage to India by EM Forster

I have read two so far:

Suns of Independence, by Ahmadou Kourouma (BIPOC and prize-winning) https://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2022...

The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a Kempis (been on my TBR the longest) https://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2022...