2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

what about The Art of Racing in the Rain? its on my tbr list for this year anyway.

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

Kafka on the Shore for the epic shower of fishes :)

The Wake of the Wind by J. California Cooper

Showers, Wind, etc. :0)

A dramatic and thought-provoking novel of one family's triumph in the face of the hardships and challenges of the post-Civil War South.

I nominate Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow.

AJ wrote: "Zeitoun by Dave Eggers"

Ooh ooh, I will totally second Zeitoun.

AJ wrote: "Zeitoun by Dave Eggers"

I'll second this, as well.

Unbelievably, there is a listopia on goodreads entitled "Books that Make you want to take a shower" and on it, I found Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov which is what I would like to nominate.

I would Like to nominate April Showers by Karli Perrin.

I second Henderson the Rain King-it would work nicely for the Around the World challenge :)

Since A Tree Grows in Brooklyn didn't make it for the march book - I'd like to nominate it for April because April showers brings may flowers or trees in this case!

OK, this is a tenuous link, but I'm nominating The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce - Harold sets out to post a letter to an old friend that he hasn't been in touch with for many years, but when he gets to the mailbox, he decides to just keep walking and deliver it in person.

The GR blurb says "So without hiking boots, rain gear, map or cell phone, one of the most endearing characters in current fiction begins his unlikely pilgrimage across the English countryside." And I figure there are sure to be showers at some point - it's set in England, after all!

I'll second The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry as I really want to read that!

I second The Art of Racing in the Rain! It sounds really interesting, I mean, it's told from the point of view of a dog.

I second A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, because I really wanted it to win in March.

Sarah wrote: "Unbelievably, there is a listopia on goodreads entitled "Books that Make you want to take a shower" and on it, I found Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov which is what I would lik..."

I second Lolita

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn also!

I am nominating We Are Water by Wally Lamb

I nominate Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra .

"In this debut, an example of magical realism with an Asian American twist, a monkey shot by a young man in Bombay turns out to be the latest reincarnation of a 17th-century poet and adventurer. The gods promise to spare the monkey's life if he tells a story, and his stirring tale of warriors and poets blends with the young man's account of three college students making their way across America" (From Library Journal).

" Interesting fact: The title of Vikram Chandra's first novel is taken from a Tamil poem that is amongst the oldest available, dating to approximately 200CE. 'Red Earth and Pouring Rain' refers to the first monsoon rains of the season falling on the dry, parched soil of the red-earthed hills (From Book Haven blog review).