Classics Without All the Class discussion

Classic Author Reading Challenge


Duration: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

Rules

To reflect the new year and the latest changes to the book group's criteria, some rules have been removed (children's books and plays are now allowed). Remember really, this challenge is yours. It can be what you need. If you don't want to use children's books or plays, you don't have to. If you want to use a certain list (1001 books to read) you can do that too.

1. Using the author's first or last name - read: 26 books
2.Nothing published after 2004. Please feel free to ask if you are unsure if a book falls under the category of "classic." This can be an especially difficult issue for contemporary classics.
3. No non-fiction
4. No poetry
5. You may NOT repeat any author.
6. Any name with an "X" or a "Q" in them will work for those letters. (The name does not have to begin with an X or a Q.)
7. Books must have been read in 2014.

You can sign up anytime, and you can backdate books if you know when you finished it, as long as it was done in the year 2014.

0/26

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Making progress 6/26

A -
B - Bensen, E.F.- "Miss Mapp"
C -
D -
E -
F - Faulkner, William - The Sound and the Fury*
G - Gaskell, Elizabeth - "Mary Barton"*
H -
I -
J -
K -
L - Lessing, Doris- The Grass is Singing*
M -
N - Nikolai Gogol- Dead Souls*
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
W - Wharton, Edith- The House of Mirth*
X -
Y -
Z -


*Book is on the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list

14/26



A Aravind Adiga The White Tiger
B Bernhard Schlink The Reader
C Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
D
E
F
G
H Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
I
J John Steinbeck Cannery Row
K
L Jhumpa Lahiri Interpreter of Maladies
M Christopher Morley Parnassus on Wheels
N
O George Orwell Animal Farm
P Patrick Süskind Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Q
R Salman Rushdie The Ground Beneath Her Feet
S Carol Shields Unless
T
U John Updike The Witches of Eastwick
V Voltaire Candide
W Virginia Woolf Mrs. Dalloway
X
Y
Z Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Shadow of the Wind

14/26
Pre-2004

A – Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
B – The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
C – In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
D – The House of Dolls by Ka-tzetnik 135633 (Yehiel De-Nur/Dinur)
E –
F –
G – American Gods by Neil Gaiman
H – The Haunted House: A True Ghost Story by Walter Hubbell
I –
J – The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
K – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
L – The Beast in the Cave by H.P. Lovecraft
M – Utopia By Thomas More
N –
O –
P – The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
Q –
R –
S – The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
T –
U –
V – Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Verne
W – The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
X –
Y –
Z –

I've been doing this all year, but I've been to shy to post. Let's just say it should be going better, especially since I'm counting short stories.



14/26

A Jane Austen Mansfield Park
B
C Charlotte Bronte The Professor
D
E Ernest Hemmingway A Clean Well-Lighted Place
F F. Scott Fitzgerald The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
G George Bernard Shaw Augustus Does His Bit
H H G Wells The Time Machine
I
J
K Franz Kafka The Metamorphosis
L H P Lovecraft The Call of Cthulhu
M Moliere The Pretentious Young Ladies
N
O
P
Q
R Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island
S William Shakespeare Cymbeline
T
U
V Vladimir Nabokov Signs and Symbols
W William Shakespeare Othello
X
Y
Z Emile Zola Terese Raquin

12/26


A Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
B
C Albert Camus - The Plague
D Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca
E Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms
F
G
H HG Wells - The Time Machine
I Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting
J
K
L CS Lewis - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
M Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the Wind
N Nikolai Gogol - The Nose
O
P Patrick Suskind - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence
X
Y
Z Emile Zola - Nana

Any other takers? It's super fun! :)

26/26


Austen, Jane "Persuasion"
Bronte, Charlotte "The Professor"
Calvino, Italo "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler"
Daniel Keyes, "Flowers for Algernon"
Eliot, George "Middlemarch"
Forster, E.M. "A Room With A View"
Gaskell, Elizabeth "North and South"
Hemingway, Ernest "Old Man and the Sea"
Irving, John "A Prayer for Owen Meany"
Joseph, Heller "Catch-22"
Kafka, Franz "The Trial"
Lois Lowry, "The Giver"
Mitchell, David "Cloud Atlas"
Nabokov, Vladimir "Lolita"
Orwell, George "Animal Farm"
Puzo, Mario "The Godfather"
Q Gabriel Garcia Marquez "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"
Robert, Bolt "A Man For All Seasons"
Smith, Betty "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
Thomas Hardy, "Tess of the D'urbervilles"
Updike, John "Rabbit Run"
Voltaire "Candide"
Webb, Charles "The Graduate"
X Pushkin, Alexander "The Queen of Spades"
Yann, Martel "Life of Pi"
Zora Neale Hurston "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

Making progress 9/26
Pre-2004

A -
B - Bensen, E.F.- "Miss Mapp"
C -
D -
E - Elizabeth Gaskell- "Mary Barton"*
F - Faulkner, William - The Sound and the Fury*
G - Gogol, Nikolai- "Dead Souls"*
H -
I -
J -
K -
L - Lessing, Doris- The Grass is Singing*
M -
N - Nikolai Gogol- Dead Souls*
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T -
U - Umberto Eco- "The Name of the Rose"*
V -
W - Wharton, Edith- The House of Mirth*
X -
Y -
Z - Zadie Smith- "White Teeth"*


*Book is on the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list

16/26


A Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
B
C Albert Camus - The Plague
D Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca
E Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms
F Flannery O'Conner - Everything That Rises Must Converge
G Elizabeth Gaskell - Cranford
H HG Wells - The Time Machine
I Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting
J Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlesex
K
L CS Lewis - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
M Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the Wind
N Nikolai Gogol - The Nose
O
P Patrick Suskind - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Q Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
R
S
T
U
V
W Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence
X
Y
Z Emile Zola - Nana

I'd like an in !
I'll update my books later, can I ? :)

Ishita wrote: "I'd like an in !
I'll update my books later, can I ? :)"

Of course, you've got a full six months before anything needs to be finished.
Think you can make that deadline? ;)

I'll try ;)

I just noticed this thread today, and i think I would like to give it a go!

a. Allende, Isabel The House of Spirits
b. Bulgakov, Mikhail The Master and Margarita
c. Christie, Agatha Endless night
d. Durrell, Gerald The Whispering Land
e.
f. Faulkner, William The Sound and the Fury
g. Gaskell, Elizabeth North and South
h. Hardy, Thomas Tess
i.
j.
k.
l.
m. Marsh, Ngaio Enter a Murderer
n.
o.
p. Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
q.
r.
s.
t.
u.
v. Vonnegut, Kurt Galapagos
w.
x.
y.
z.

I saw this thread awhile ago, but couldn't find it again! Thanks for posting again! Here is my list:

A Anthony Burgess, “A Clockwork Orange”
B Bronte, Anne, “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”
C Chopin, Kate, “The Awakening”
D Dickens, Charles, “Little Dorrit”
E EM. Forster, “Howard’s End”
F Faulkner, “The Sound and the Fury”
G Gaskell, Elizabeth, “North and South”
H Homer, “The Iliad”
I Ian McEwan, “Atonement”
J
K Kingsolver, Barbara, “The Poisonwood Bible”
L
M Marlowe, Christopher, “Doctor Faustus”
N
O
P Plath, Sylvia, “The Bell Jar”
Q
R
S
T Thomas Hardy, “Tess of the d’Urbervilles”
U
V
W Wilkie Collins, “The Moonstone”
X
Y
Z Zola, Emile, “Therese Ranquin”

A:
B: Buck, Pearl S. - Pavilion of Women
C: Chopin, Kate - The Awakening and Selected Stories
D:
E:
F:
G:
H: Hardy, Thomas - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
I: Ishiguro, Kazuo - The Remains of the Day
J: James, Henry - Portrait of a Lady
K: Kafka, Franz - The Trial
L:
M: Murdoch, Iris - A Severed Head
N:
O:
P:
Q:
R:
S:
T: Tolstoy, Leo - The Death of Ivan Ilych
U:
V: Vonnegut, Kurt - Cat's Cradle
W: Woolf, Virginia - To the Lighthouse
X:
Y:
Z:

Oh man, I've been going to contemporary this year, hitting all those new books I've missed. Gotta do better. :)

More progress 11/26
Pre-2004

A -
B - Bensen, E.F.- "Miss Mapp"
C -
D - Dashiell Hammett- "The Maltese Falcon"*
E - Elizabeth Gaskell- "Mary Barton"*
F - Faulkner, William - The Sound and the Fury*
G - Gogol, Nikolai- "Dead Souls"*
H -
I -
J -
K -
L - Lessing, Doris- The Grass is Singing*
M -
N - Nikolai Gogol- Dead Souls*
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T - Toibin, Colm- "The Master"*
U - Umberto Eco- "The Name of the Rose"*
V -
W - Wharton, Edith- The House of Mirth*
X -
Y -
Z - Zadie Smith- "White Teeth"*


*Book is on the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list

26/26


a. Jane Austen - Persuasion
b. Bram Stoker - Dracula
c. Albert Camus - The Plague
d. Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon
e. Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho
f. F Scott Fitzgerald - Great Gatsby
g. Neil Gaiman - Coraline
h. Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms
i. Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting
j. James Ellroy - The Black Dahlia
k. Barbara Kingsolver - The Bean Trees
l. Jack London - The Sea Wolf
m. Margaret Atwood - The Blind Assassin
n. Nevil Shute - On the Beach
o. George Orwell - Animal Farm
p. Peter S. Beagle - The Last Unicorn
q. Gabriel García Márquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
r. Ray Bradbury - Dandelion Wine
s. Shirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the Castle
t. Mark Twain - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
u. Ursula K. Le Guin - The Lathe of Heaven
v. Vonda N. McIntyre - Dreamsnake
w. Alice Walker - The Color Purple
x. Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
y. Yann Martel - Life of Pi
z. Zora Neale Hurston - Their Eyes Were Watching God

Argggh.... I just noticed the 2004 rule. I hope I won't be disqualified for the Yann Martel. In my defence, I did check the group shelves to confirm it was on them, and I couldn't find another "Y" author....

Updating J, Y, Z

a. Allende, Isabel The House of Spirits
b. Bulgakov, Mikhail The Master and Margarita
c. Christie, Agatha Endless night
d. Durrell, Gerald The Whispering Land
e.
f. Faulkner, William The Sound and the Fury
g. Gaskell, Elizabeth North and South
h. Hardy, Thomas Tess
i.
j. Jerome, Jerome K. Three Men in a Boat
k.
l.
m. Marsh, Ngaio Enter a Murderer
n.
o.
p. Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
q.
r.
s.
t.
u.
v. Vonnegut, Kurt Galapagos
w.
x.
y. Yann Martel beatrice and virgil
z. Zafon, Carlos Ruiz The Angel's Game

Valerie wrote: "Argggh.... I just noticed the 2004 rule. I hope I won't be disqualified for the Yann Martel. In my defence, I did check the group shelves to confirm it was on them, and I couldn't find another "Y..."


This is a challenge for you, not anyone else per say. So there are no disqualifications. Just to be clear were you saying the Beatrice and Virgil one was on our bookshelf or just Yann Martell?

Well, yes Yann Martel is there, but I was specifically looking at/for beatrice and virgil on the group bookshelves.

More progress 12/26

A -
B - Bensen, E.F.- "Miss Mapp"
C -
D - Dashiell Hammett- "The Maltese Falcon"*
E - Elizabeth Gaskell- "Mary Barton"*
F - Faulkner, William - The Sound and the Fury*
G - Gogol, Nikolai- "Dead Souls"*
H -
I -
J -
K -
L - Lessing, Doris- The Grass is Singing*
M -
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S - Samuel Butler- The Way of All Flesh*
T - Toibin, Colm- "The Master"*
U - Umberto Eco- "The Name of the Rose"*
V -
W - Wharton, Edith- The House of Mirth*
X - Halldor Laxness - Independent People*
Y -
Z - Zadie Smith- "White Teeth"*


*Book is on the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list

All done! I read a lot of good books for this challenge, but my favorites were Their Eyes Were Watching God, Life of Pi and Dracula.

Does Agatha Christie fall under classic?

Ishita wrote: "Does Agatha Christie fall under classic?"

I don't know if she'd fall under a lot of peoples interpretation of classics, but personally she would be a classic of the mystery genre, just due to the impact that she had on popular culture. Granted, I have yet to read one of her books, but just off of reputation and interpretations alone, her classic status is at least considerable.

My understanding is that Agatha Christie is considered a classic of the genre (as Shanea said). For my list, which has a Christie on it for "C" - I used the bookshelves in this group. If it is there I figured I can include it!

Shanea wrote: "Ishita wrote: "Does Agatha Christie fall under classic?"

I don't know if she'd fall under a lot of peoples interpretation of classics, but personally she would be a classic of the mystery genre, j..."

Just why I was curious. Thanks :)

More progress 14/26

A -
B - Bensen, E.F.- "Miss Mapp"
C -
D - Dashiell Hammett- "The Maltese Falcon"*
E - Elizabeth Gaskell- "Mary Barton"*
F - Faulkner, William - The Sound and the Fury*
G - Gogol, Nikolai- "Dead Souls"*
H -
I -
J -
K -
L - Lessing, Doris- The Grass is Singing*
M -
N -
O -
P -
Q - HouellebecQ, Michel- Whatever*
R - Roy, Arundhati- The God of Small Things*
S - Samuel Butler- The Way of All Flesh*
T - Toibin, Colm- "The Master"*
U - Umberto Eco- "The Name of the Rose"*
V -
W - Wharton, Edith- The House of Mirth*
X - Halldor Laxness - Independent People*
Y -
Z - Zadie Smith- "White Teeth"*


*Book is on the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list

Updating L, O, Q, R

a. Allende, Isabel The House of Spirits
b. Bulgakov, Mikhail The Master and Margarita
c. Christie, Agatha Endless night
d. Durrell, Gerald The Whispering Land
e.
f. Faulkner, William The Sound and the Fury
g. Gaskell, Elizabeth North and South
h. Hardy, Thomas Tess
i.
j. Jerome, Jerome K. Three Men in a Boat
k.
l. Lawrence, D.H. Twilight in Italy
m. Marsh, Ngaio Enter a Murderer
n.
o. Orwell, George Coming up for Air
p. Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
q. Susanne, JacQuelin, Valley of the Dolls
r. Roy, Arundhati The God of Small Things
s.
t.
u.
v. Vonnegut, Kurt Galapagos
w.
x.
y. Yann Martel beatrice and virgil
z. Zafon, Carlos Ruiz The Angel's Game

Oh my goodness...
I did it again this year! Finished by October. In fact, this year, I finished the day before September! A new record to beat next year!
Without further ado, here is my challenge!

A - We the Living by Ayn Rand
B - Imajica by Clive Barker
C - Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
D - Hard Times by Charles Dickens*
E - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway*
F - Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald*
G - The Princess Bride by William Golding
H - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon*
I - The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks*
J - The World According to Garp by John Irving*
K - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver*
L - The Death of Ivan Illyich by Leo Tolstoy*
M - The Hours by Michael Cunningham*
N - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne*
O - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje*
P - The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith*
Q - Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Maquez
R - The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
S - Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger*
T - The Wars by Timothy Findley*
U - Rabbit, Run by John Updike*
V - Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut*
W - Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson*
X - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exepury*
Y - Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Z - Therese Raquin by Emile Zola*

*1001 Books to Read Before You Die

Fair play Tanya, that is a cracking list, a really eclectice mix! I've read about half of those over the years. Tell me, is Ayn Rand worth a look? I'm always a bit put off by the denseness of the books and the fact the novels really seem to divide readers. Well done you! Which was your favourite and which did you like least?

First, I've read two Rand titles, Anthem and We the Living. Both were wonderful. Next year I tackle one of the two bigger ones. Her fiction is very well written and We the Living told a fantastic story about the early days of the Soviet Revolution. It was by far my favorite title on this challenge. I also really loved The Sweet Hereafter and Garp had me guffawing out loud. The worst book I read for this challenge was Sexing the Cherry which just fell flat for me.

And I forgot...Revolutionary Road made quite an impact as well. Decently written and well plotted but it was the ending that has stayed with me for the last couple of months.

Tanya wrote: "And I forgot...Revolutionary Road made quite an impact as well. Decently written and well plotted but it was the ending that has stayed with me for the last couple of months."

I loved Revolutionary Road too, and I don't usually read many 'domestic dramas' but it was so much more, compellingly uncomfortable! I'd my other fave on your list is the Talented Mr Ripley. I'll have to give Garp try :)

I really enjoyed Ripley as well...enough to make me look into the whole series and procuring it in time for next year. I like to take time with certain series...if I plow through them in one fell swoop, I find I miss the characters and Ripley is quite a compelling character.

Tanya wrote: "I really enjoyed Ripley as well...enough to make me look into the whole series and procuring it in time for next year. I like to take time with certain series...if I plow through them in one fell s..."

Completely agree! I just bought Two Faces of January to take on holiday to Italy with me and have been avoiding any spoilers from that film version that's just come out :)

More progress 22/26

A -
B - Bensen, E.F.- "Miss Mapp"
C - Charlotte Bronte - Villette*
D - Dashiell Hammett- "The Maltese Falcon"*
E - Elizabeth Gaskell- "Mary Barton"*
F - Faulkner, William - "The Sound and the Fury"*
G - Gogol, Nikolai- "Dead Souls"*
H -
I - Iris Murdoch- "A Severed Head"*
J - John Dos Passos - USA The 42nd Parallel**
K - Kundera, Milan- "The Joke"*
L - Lessing, Doris- "The Grass is Singing"*
M - Mikhail Bulgakov - "The Master and Margarita"*
N - Nelson, Casey- "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
O -
P - Peter Carey- "Oscar & Lucinda"*
Q - HouellebecQ, Michel- Whatever*
R - Roy, Arundhati- The God of Small Things*
S - Samuel Butler- The Way of All Flesh*
T - Toibin, Colm- "The Master"*
U - Umberto Eco- "The Name of the Rose"*
V - Virginia Woolf - "Mrs. Dalloway"*
W - Wharton, Edith- "The House of Mirth"*
X - Halldor Laxness - "Independent People"*
Y -
Z - Zadie Smith- "White Teeth"*


*Book is on the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list
**The trilogy is on the 1001 List, this is just 1/3 of the trilogy

A-Agatha Christie After The Funeral
B-
C- Agatha Christie And Then There Were None
D-
E-
F-
G-
H-Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird
I-
J- Jane Austen Emma
K-
L-
M-
N-
O-Oscar Wilde The Picture Of Dorian Gray
P- Patricia HighsmithStrangers On A Train
Q-
R-
S-Patrick Suskind Perfum: The Story of a Murderer
T-Truman Capote In Cold Blood
U-
V- Vladimir Nabokov Lolita
W- William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream
X-
Y-
Z-

Updating e, k, s, t, and u

a. Allende, Isabel The House of Spirits
b. Bulgakov, Mikhail The Master and Margarita
c. Christie, Agatha Endless night
d. Durrell, Gerald The Whispering Land
e. Eugenides, Jeffery Middlesex
f. Faulkner, William The Sound and the Fury
g. Gaskell, Elizabeth North and South
h. Hardy, Thomas Tess
i.
j. Jerome, Jerome K. Three Men in a Boat
k. Kureishi, Hanif The Buddha of Suburbia
l. Lawrence, D.H. Twilight in Italy
m. Marsh, Ngaio Enter a Murderer
n.
o. Orwell, George Coming up for Air
p. Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
q. Susanne, JacQuelin, Valley of the Dolls
r. Roy, Arundhati The God of Small Things
s. Stevenson, RL Treasure Island
t. Thurber, James The thirteen clocks
u. Updike, John rabbit, run
v. Vonnegut, Kurt Galapagos
w.
x.
y. Yann Martel beatrice and virgil
z. Zafon, Carlos Ruiz The Angel's Game

Finished....and in November no less. Now I can plan my 2015 challenge reading list. By the way...congratulations Tanya on finishing your list in October.

A - Anthony Trollope - "Barchester Towers"
B - Bensen, E.F.- "Miss Mapp"
C - Charlotte Bronte - Villette*
D - Dashiell Hammett- "The Maltese Falcon"*
E - Elizabeth Gaskell- "Mary Barton"*
F - Faulkner, William - "The Sound and the Fury"*
G - Gogol, Nikolai- "Dead Souls"*
H - Hamilton, Masha - "The Camel Bookmobile"
I - Iris Murdoch- "A Severed Head"*
J - John Dos Passos - USA The 42nd Parallel**
K - Kundera, Milan- "The Joke"*
L - Lessing, Doris- "The Grass is Singing"*
M - Mikhail Bulgakov - "The Master and Margarita"*
N - Nelson, Casey- "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
O - Ovid- "Metamorphoses"*
P - Peter Carey- "Oscar & Lucinda"*
Q - HouellebecQ, Michel- Whatever*
R - Roy, Arundhati- The God of Small Things*
S - Samuel Butler- The Way of All Flesh*
T - Toibin, Colm- "The Master"*
U - Umberto Eco- "The Name of the Rose"*
V - Virginia Woolf - "Mrs. Dalloway"*
W - Wharton, Edith- "The House of Mirth"*
X - Halldor Laxness - "Independent People"*
Y - Yasunari Kawabata - "Thousand Cranes"*
Z - Zadie Smith- "White Teeth"*


*Book is on the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list
**The trilogy is on the 1001 List, this is just 1/3 of the trilogy

Woohoo! Finished!

a. Allende, Isabel The House of Spirits
b. Bulgakov, Mikhail The Master and Margarita
c. Christie, Agatha Endless night
d. Durrell, Gerald The Whispering Land
e. Eugenides, Jeffery Middlesex
f. Faulkner, William The Sound and the Fury
g. Gaskell, Elizabeth North and South
h. Hardy, Thomas Tess
i. Ishiguro, Kazuo The Remains of the Day
j. Jerome, Jerome K. Three Men in a Boat
k. Kureishi, Hanif The Buddha of Suburbia
l. Lawrence, D.H. Twilight in Italy
m. Marsh, Ngaio Enter a Murderer
n. Nemirovsky, Irene The Courlilof Affair
o. Orwell, George Coming up for Air
p. Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
q. Susanne, JacQuelin, Valley of the Dolls
r. Roy, Arundhati The God of Small Things
s. Stevenson, RL Treasure Island
t. Thurber, James The thirteen clocks
u. Updike, John rabbit, run
v. Vonnegut, Kurt Galapagos
w. Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome
x. TherouX, Paul The Happy Isles of Oceania
y. Yann Martel beatrice and virgil
z. Zafon, Carlos Ruiz The Angel's Game

Great challenge Valerie! Well done!

Thanks Ed! Your challenge looks like it was wonderful as well!!!

Thanks, Maricarmen! Just under the wire.... :)

Good job Valerie!

Thanks, Ed!

I hope you all intend to do this again in 2015. I just discovered the Reading With Style group.... and that challenge is even more demanding.... 30 books every three months in different categories if you want to get maximum points. Anyway, I'm going to do my best to get Reading with Style Points while simultaneously completing this challenge. Check it out, the last challenge started December 1 and ends Feb. 28. You can use any books you have already read and finished this December. Happy Holidays!

Thank you Ed! I just joined and am doing the winter challenge and using some of the books I read in December that qualify. And I definitely intend to do this challenge again in 2015. I also joined the group 2015 books.

Well I've had a good start so far on the 2015 challenge:

My progress so far
4/26
Before 2005

A –
B –
C – Costain, Thomas- "The Tontine"
D – Dos Passos, John- "1919"
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G – George Eliot- "Middlemarch"
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I – Ibbotson, Eva- "Journey to the River Sea"
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