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2021 Classic Genre Challenge

Read a book for each genre, depending on the category chosen, within the year.

Fiction Genres (6)
1) Historical Fiction
2) Romance
3) Horror/Thriller
4) Fantasy
5) Mystery/Crime
6) Science Fiction

Nonfiction Genres (6)
1) Biography
2) Autobiography/Memoir
3) History
4) True Crime
5) Self-help/Religion
6) Craft (cooking/art/gardening etc.)

Rules:
- Choose a category (Fiction, Nonfiction or both).
- Read one book for each genre in the category you selected.
- Only books read in 2021 will count towards the challenge.
- Books must be Classics = Prior to 1971.

Happy Reading!

Nidhi's classic challenge (fiction)

1) Historical Fiction
Rob Roy

2) Romance
Wuthering Heights

3) Horror/Thriller
The Monk

4) Fantasy
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

5) Mystery/Crime
The Castle of Otranto FINISHED 3 Stars

6) Science Fiction
The Time Machine

Nonfiction Genres (6)
1) Biography
2) Autobiography/Memoir
3) History
4) True Crime
5) Self-help
6) Craft (cooking/art/gardening etc.)

Fiction Genres (6)
1) Historical Fiction
All Quiet on the Western Front
2) Romance
Gone with the Wind
3) Horror/Thriller
The Complete Stories and Poems
4) Fantasy
The Silmarillion ✅
5) Mystery/Crime
The Body in the Library
6) Science Fiction
From the Earth to the Moon✅

Jazzy's Genre Specific Challenge 2021
6/12

Fiction Genres (6)
✅ 1) Historical Fiction
The Story of the Other Wise Man (1895) - Henry Van Dyke

2) Romance
Jules et Jim (1953) - Henri-Pierre Roché

✅ 3) Horror/Thriller
The Birds (1952) - Daphne du Maurier

✅ 4) Fantasy
The Worm Ouroboros (1922) - E.R. Eddison

✅ 5) Mystery/Crime
Murder on the Orient Express (1934) - Agatha Christie

✅ 6) Science Fiction
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Arthur C. Clarke


Nonfiction Genres (6)
7) Biography
Chekhov, the Man (1945) - Korney Chukovsky

8) Autobiography/Memoir

✅ 9) History
The Complete Poems of Sappho (550 BCE) - Sappho

10) True Crime

11) Self-help

12) Craft (cooking/art/gardening etc.)

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2021 Classic Genre Challenge

Fiction Genres (6/6) - FINISHED

1) Historical Fiction
Joseph Roth The Radetzky March (1932) 04/03/2021

2) Romance
Jane Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) 22/01/2021

3) Horror/Thriller
Horace Walpole The Castle of Otranto (1764) 12/01/2021

4) Fantasy
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Little Prince (1943) 01/06/2021

5) Mystery/Crime
Agatha Christie The Secret Adversary (1922) 18/02/2021

6) Science Fiction
Philip K. Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) 13/06/2021

2021 Classic Genre Challenge

Fiction Genres (6)
1) Historical Fiction
2) Romance
3) Horror/Thriller
4) Fantasy
5) Mystery/Crime
6) Science Fiction

Nonfiction Genres (6)
1) Biography
2) Autobiography/Memoir
3) History
4) True Crime
5) Self-help
6) Craft (cooking/art/gardening etc.)

★ - this means I'm currently reading it
✔ - this means I finished reading the book

Fiction Genres (6)
✔ 1) Historical Fiction - Waterless Mountain
✔ 2) Romance - Persuasion
3) Horror/Thriller - We Have Always Lived in the Castle
4) Fantasy - The Voyage of Dr. Dolittle
✔ 5) Mystery/Crime - Murder on the Orient Express
6) Science Fiction - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Nonfiction Genres (6)
✔ 1) Biography - Amos Fortune, Free Man
✔ 2) Autobiography/Memoir - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
✔ 3) History - George Washington's World
4) True Crime - In Cold Blood
★ 5) Self-help - The Kneeling Christian
6) Craft (cooking/art/gardening etc.) - Arts and Crafts Essays :: On Gutenberg

Hi friends,

I suppose all the books we are to read for these categories must be classics i.e published before 1971. I want some recommendations for self help category please.

I had a hard time finding classic self-help books so I decided on a Christian classic.

Linda wrote: "I had a hard time finding classic self-help books so I decided on a Christian classic."

I'll make note and add religion to that genre.

Nidhi wrote: "Hi friends,

I suppose all the books we are to read for these categories must be classics i.e published before 1971. I want some recommendations for self help category please."

I added religion to that genre.

Here are some classic self help books.
Sex and The Single Girl (1962)
Psycho-Cybernetic Principles for Creative Living (1960)
I'm Okay, You're Okay (1967)

Thanks Elizabeth.
I'm Okay, You're Okay seems good.

Oh, I remember reading I'm Okay You're Okay back in the 1970's... it must have been a recently published book then! I even reviewed it here a few years back!

Here's another one that was popular back then: Games People Play. Published in 1964.

Hi. I hope we do a similar challenge next year. I want to increase my genre reading.