The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Is one of your goals this year to get rid of those books on your TBR (either owned or just ones you've wanted to read)? If so, this is the challenge for you!

Level 1 Base Camp
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Level 2 Start The Climb
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Level 3 Going Higher
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Level 4 Reach The Summit
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Plant your flag, you made it to the top!

Mount TBR:
Books on my list or on my bookshelves before December 31, 2024

Level 1: Base Camp
1. Se questo è un uomo by Primo Levi
2. Le Piéton de Paris, suivi de, D'après Paris by Léon-Paul Fargue
3. Wild Wales by George Borrow
4. Louis Jolliet Vie et Voyages (1645-1700) by Jean Delanglez
5.Der Untergang des Abendlandes: Umrisse einer Morphologie der Weltgeschichte by Oswald Spengler

Level 2: Start the Climb

6. The Wide, Wide World by Susan Bogert Warner
7. Le vent Paraclet by Michel Tournier
8. Les Voyageurs de l'impériale by Louis Aragon
9. For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke
10. Zwölf Novellen. 1924 Leather Bound by Wilhelm Schäfer
11. Just David by Eleanor H. Porter
12. The Outward Urge by John Wyndham
13. Classroom Chuckles by Bill Knowlton
14. The Life of Our Lord by Charles Dickens
15. L'Éducation sentimentale by Gustave Flaubert

Level 3: Going Higher

16. Plays and Fragments by Menander
17. Une vie by Guy de Maupassant
18. Lyrical Ballads: 1798 and 1802 by William Wordsworth
19. Apologia Pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman
20. Die Sonne von Arles by Walter Bauer
21. The Hidden Fairing by Nancy Brysson Morrison
22. The Civil War by Lucan
23. From The Land Of Silent People by Robert St. John
24. Egil's Saga by Snorri Sturluson
25. The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
26. Les annees heureuses. histoires d'enfants.
27. Sea and Sardinia by D.H. Lawrence
28. The Sands of Karakorum by James Ramsey Ullman
29. The Analects by Confucius
30. Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

Level 4: Reach the Summit

31. The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
32. Poor Man's Orange by Ruth Park
33. They Wouldn't Be Chessmen by A.E.W. Mason
34. Un bilet de loterie by Jules Verne
35. The Promise of Air by Algernon Blackwood
36. Bits of Autobiography by Ambrose Bierce
37. Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories by John Fox Jr.
38. Ein Schnäppchen namens DDR. Letzte Reden vorm Glockengeläut by Günter Grass
39. Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht
40. Famille-sans-nom by Jules Verne
41. Doctor Fausti Weheklag: Die Volksbücher von D. Johann Faust und Christoph Wagner by Helmut Wiemken
42. Kein Öl Moses? Neue Satiren by Ephraim Kishon
43. L'Œuvre au noir by Marguerite Yourcenar
44. Das Brot der frühen Jahre by Heinrich Böll
45. Miscellaneous Poems by Alfred Tennyson
46. The Ginger King by A.E.W. Mason
47. Un hivernage dans les glaces by Jules Verne
48. The Cosy Room and Other Stories by Arthur Machen
49. Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
50. The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle

My spot. I’ll be reading 50, not counting featherweights which be listed separately under the featherweight post.

Level 1 Base Camp
🔹1: The Whisper Sister Jennifer S. Brown 6 Jan
🔹2: Still Alice Lisa Genova 8 Jan.
🔹3: How to Read a Book Monica Wood 20 Jan
🔹4: Out of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 25 Jan
🔹5: Milkman Anna Burns 8 Feb

Level 2 Start The Climb
🔹6: Table for Two Amor Towles 16 Feb
🔹7: In Five Years Rebecca Serle 16 Feb
🔹8:Horse Geraldine Brooks 22 Feb
🔹9: America Fantastica Tim O'Brien 8 Mar
🔹10: The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers Samuel Burr 15 Mar
🔹11: Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby 24 Mar
🔹12: How to Age Disgracefully Clare Pooley 29 Mar
🔹13: Wandering Stars Tommy Orange 11 Apr
🔹14: The Complete Poems William Blake 17 Apr
🔹15: Tehrangeles Porochista Khakpour 19 Apr

Level 3 Going Higher
🔹16: The Wedding People Alison Espach 26 Apr
🔹17: The Book of Lost Names Kristin Harmel 4 May
🔹18: The Many Daughters of Afong Moy Jamie Ford 16 May
🔹19: Five Winters Kitty Johnson 17 May
🔹20: Angola under the Portuguese: The myth and the reality Gerald J. Bender 28 May
🔹21: These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett 30 May
🔹22: The Wangs vs. the World Jade Chang 6 Jun
🔹23: Death of the Author Nnedi Okorafor 10 Jun
🔹24: The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon 15 Jun
🔹25: The Berry Pickers Amanda Peters 25 Jun
🔹26: We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo 23 Jun
🔹27: The Rent Collector Camron Wright 1 Jul
🔹28: Impulse Ellen Hopkins 2 Jul
🔹29: A Passage to India E.M. Forster 15 Jul
🔹30: James Percival Everett 16 Jul

Level 4 Reach The Summit
🔹31: Hitch 22: A Memoir Christopher Hitchens 24 Jul
🔹32: The Razor’s Edge W. Somerset Maugham 25 Jul
🔹33: Ducks, Newburyport Lucy Ellmann 25 Jul
🔹34: Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks 9 Aug
🔹35: The Humans Matt Haig 10 Jul
🔹36: The Correspondent Virginia Evans 12 Aug
🔹37: 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List James Mustich 6 Sep
🔹38 : Atmosphere. Taylor Jenkins Reid. 13 Sep
🔹39: Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World Victoria Finlay 26 Sep
🔹40: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton 11 Oct
🔹41: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt 11 Oct
🔹42: The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore Evan Friss 18 Oct
🔹43: Mansfield Park Jane Austen 25 Oct
🔹44: Knickerbocker's History of New York Washington Irving 25 Oct
🔹45: March Geraldine Brooks 8 Mar
🔹46: The Pumpkin Spice Café Laurie Gilmore 8 Mar
🔹47: 60 Songs That Explain the '90s Rob Harvilla 12 Nov
48: Consider the Lobster and Other Essays David Foster Wallace 12 Nov
🔹49: The Portrait of a Lady Henry James 14 Nov
🔹50: A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf Emily Midorikawa 22 Nov
Plant your flag, you made it to the top!

Mount TBR Challenge


15/15

Level 1 Base Camp
1 Ruth
2 Boulder
3The Door by Magda Szabó 5 stars
4 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 5 stars
5 God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu 5 stars

Level 2 Start The Climb
6 Paradiso by Dante Alighieri 3 stars
7 Osebol by Marit Kapla 5 stars
8 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk 5 stars
9. Cousin Henry by Anthony Trollope 3 stars
10 Snap by Belinda Bauer 3 stars
11 Augustus by John Williams 5 stars
12. The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 5stars
13 The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch 5 stars
14. The Quiet American by Graham Greene5 stars
15.Journey to Ithaca by Anita Desai 5 stars

I will tackle my pile of crime fiction.

crime, thriller, mystery, horror

Level 1 Base Camp
1 16 DER AUSTAUSCH - OSCAR WILDE by Jonas Maas (mystery) ✓ 01/13
2 17 DER MAHARADSCHA DER NA - OS by Jonas Maas (mystery) ✓ 01/14
3 Die Vegetarierin by Han Kang (horror) ✓ 01/18
4 Wer mit den Toten spricht by A.K. Turner (thriller) ✓ 01/27
5 Todesurteil im Old Bailey by Anne Perry (mystery) ✓ 02/11

Level 2 Start The Climb
6 Mord im Orientexpress by Agatha Christie (mystery) ✓ 02/11
7 18 FEINDBERUEHRUNG - OSCAR WIL by Jonas Maas (mystery) ✓ 02/18
8 Der Donnerstagsmordclub und die verirrte Kugel by Richard Osman (cozy mystery) ✓ 02/26
9 Racheopfer by Ethan Cross (thriller) ✓ 02/28
10 Wackelkontakt by Wolf Haas (crime) ✓ 03/19
11 Die Chemie des Todes by Simon Beckett (thriller) ✓ 03/29
12 Devils' Line 02 by Hanada Ryo (horror) ✓ 03/30
13 Die Wahrheit über den Fall Harry Quebert by Joël Dicker (mystery) ✓ 05/16
14 Verlogen by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (crime) ✓ 05/22
15 Perfume Master by Yuki Kaori (mystery) ✓ 05/23

Level 3 Going Higher
16 18 BLUTDURST - OSCAR WILDE & M by Jonas Maas (mystery) ✓ 06/05
17 Licht zwischen den Bäumen by Una Mannion (mystery, thriller) ✓ 06/13
18 Slayers: A Buffyverse Story by Amber Benson (horror) ✓ 06/17
19 BLUTZOLL-FOLGE 20 - WILDE, OSC by Jonas Maas (mystery) ✓ 06/20
20 Tote klagen an by A.K. Turner (thriller) ✓ 06/28
21 Todesmarsch by Richard Bachman (horror, thriller) ✓ 07/05
22 Was wir ihnen antun: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 4) by Arttu Tuominen (crime) ✓ 07/20
23 Sekunden der Gnade by Dennis Lehane (crime, mystery) ✓ 08/08
24 Killing Stalking Season I 1 by Koogi (thriller) ✓ 08/17
25 Der Donnerstagsmordclub oder Ein Teufel stirbt immer zuletzt by Richard Osman (cozy mystery) ✓ 09/09
26 Tokyo Ghoul 1 by Ishida Sui (horror) ✓ 09/20
27 Protokoll eines Verschwindens by Alexander Rupflin (true crime) ✓ 10/01
28 Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes - Folge 21 - Boleskine House: Boleskine House. by Jonas Maas (mystery) ✓ 10/10
29 Verbrechen by Ferdinand von Schirach (true crime) ✓ 10/16
30 Killing Stalking Season I 2 by Koogi (thriller) ✓ 11/14

Level 4 Reach The Summet
31 #DRCL midnight children 1 by Sakamoto Shin'ichi (horror) ✓ 12/06
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Plant your flag, you made it to the top!

CR:
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I need to de about 10 rounds of this haha! Good to see everyone!

Level 1 Base Camp

1. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See 1/6/25
2. Random in Death Record: A Novel of Eve Dallas by J.D. Robb 1/21/25
3. Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews 1/17/25
4. Laced with Magic by Barbara Bretton 1/30/25
5. The Measure by Nikki Erlick 2/5/25

Level 2 Start The Climb
6. Passions in Death by J.D. Robb 2/10/25
7. Spun By Sorcery by Barbara Bretton 2/14/25
8. Spells & Stitches by Barbara Bretton 2/18/25
9. Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks
10. Welcoming the Rain by Bess Hendrick 2/28/25
11. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 3/8/25
12. Wicked Designs by Lauren Smith 3/10/25
13. Notes to Self by Avery Sawyer 3/14/25
14. Becoming Jimi Hendrix: From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London by Steven Roby 3/14/25
15. The Guilt Pill by Saumya Dave 3/17/25

Level 3 Going Higher
16.Brody's Redemption by Kay Stockham (Kay Lyons) 3/20/25
17. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store byJames McBride 4/16/25
18. Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb 4/10/25
19. Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding 4/22/25
20. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding 4/30/25
21. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh 5/4/25
22. A Fallen Star by A.M. Kusi 5/13/25
23. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 5/18/25
24. Fact, Fiction, and Folklore in Harry Potter's World: An Unofficial Guide by George Beahm 5/23/25
25. On A Night Like This by Barbara Freethy 5/25/25
26. Little Indiscretions by Carmen Posadas 5/29/25
27. The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson 6/1/25
28. Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country by Adam Kinzinger with Michael D'Antonio 6/3/25
29. Runaway Heart by Amity Lassiter 6/12/25
30. Temptation by K.M. Scott 6/13/25

Level 4 Reach The Summit
31. The Distant Hours by Kate Morton 6/21/25
32. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer 6/30/25
33. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins 7/30/25
34. The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve 8/1/25
35. The You I Never Knew by Susan Wiggs 7/10/25
36. 4th of July by James Patterson 8/10/25
37. Orbital by Samantha Harvey 7/19/25
38. Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson 8/16/25
39. There There by Tommy Orange 9/16/25
40. Framed in Death by J.D. Robb 9/28/25
41. Every Witch Way But Wicked by Amanda M. Lee 10/3/25
42. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 10/14/25
43. The Pecan Man by Cassie Dandridge Selleck 10/16/25
44. Joy School by Elizabeth Berg 10/20/25
45. Wilde Riders by Savannah Young 10/21/25
46. The Truth About Grace by Cassie Dandridge Selleck 10/31/25
47. The Elite Doms of Washington Boxed Set by Elizabeth SaFleur (only the first one in the set) 11/1/25
48. The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear 11/10/25
49. A Touch of Treachery by Jennifer Estep 11/15/25
50. One Christmas Wish by Brenda Jackson 11/24/25
Plant your flag, you made it to the top!

Level 1 Base Camp
1 - The Mirror
2 - Wildfire
3 - Sipsworth
4 - Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
5 - Clear

Level 2 Start The Climb
6 - The Second Chance Hotel
7 - The Life We Bury
8 - All the Colors of the Dark
9 - Face-Off at the Altar
10 - The Sweetest Chirp
11 - Bonded in Death
12 - Some Other Time
13 - Still Beating
14 - The Fall Risk
15 - Pony Confidential

Level 3 Going Higher
16 - The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
17 - The Widows’ Guide to Murder
18 - The Measure
19 - Rock Paper Scissors
20 - The Sideways Guide to Composers
21 - Cross
22 - Blessing of the Lost Girls
23 - All the Other Mothers Hate Me
24 - Switchboard Soldiers
25 - After Annie
26 - The Cactus
27 - I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease and General Misadventure, as Related in Popular Song
28 - Bad Monkey
29 - Get a Life, Chloe Brown
30 - Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

Level 4 Reach The Summit
31 - In a Sunburned Country
32 - Natural Selection
33 - Life, Loss, and Puffins
34 - The Sublet
35 - Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time
36 - Stay Sane in an Insane World: How to Control the Controllables and Thrive
37 - At the Edge with You
38 - A Stranger in Town
39 - Death Row
40 - Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
41 - One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton and the Prague Kindertransport
42 - The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
43 - Always You and Me
44 - The Women
45 - Living with the Dead
46 - Interference
47 - The Book Swap
48 - Elemental Magic
49 - Letters from Rifka
50 - Artificial Condition
Plant your flag, you made it to the top! - July 2025

Am I the only one who corrects the spelling of summit each year? Just curious...

Nancy wrote: "Am I the only one who corrects the spelling of summit each year? Just curious..."

Didn't notice when I copied and pasted this. It's fixed on my list now. :)

Cindy (BKind2Books) wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Am I the only one who corrects the spelling of summit each year? Just curious..."

Didn't notice when I copied and pasted this. It's fixed on my list now. :)"
So I noticed, Cindy. Glad you did.

Ack, sorry I never noticed that... oops lol! I'll fix it when I get to a computer!

I hope it's not too late to join.
I'll add them as I finish them.

Level 1 Base Camp

1. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
2. The Duchess Countess by Catherine Ostler
3. Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
4. The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
5. The Fall by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

Level 2 Start the Climb

6. The Last Victim by Christopher Rudy with George Whitefield Davis
7. The Night Eternal by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
8. Love Marriage by Monica Ali
9. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
10. Second Chance by Jane Green
11. 1st Case by James Patterson
12. Criss Cross by James Patterson
13. Krampus: The Yule Lord by Brom
14. Drama City by George Pelecanos
15. Victim by Andrew Boryga

Level 3 Going Higher

16. A Right Worthy Woman by Ruth P. Watson
17. You Don't Want To Know by Lisa Jackson
18. The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto "Che" Guevara
19. Zoo 2 by James Patterson
20. A Winter Dream by Richard Paul Evans
21. A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava
22. Weekend Warriors by Fern Michaels
23. Everything Is Not Enough by Lola Akinmade Åkerström
24. The Art of Clear Thinking by Hasard Lee
25. From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough
26. He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark
27. Visions in Death by J.D. Robb
28. How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann
29. Voices of the Shoah by David Notowitz
30. For She Is Wrath by Emily Varga

Level 4 Reach the Summit

31. The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst
32. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
33. My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
34. Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle
35. Shadow Prey by John Sandford
36. Before Evil by Alex Kava
37. The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant
38. Payback by Fern Michaels
39. Deadly Cross by James Patterson
40. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
41. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah
42. Fanny Hill by John Cleland
43. Split Second by Alex Kava
44. Salsa Magic by Letisha Marrero
45. Vendetta by Fern Michaels
46. White Rose by Kip Wilson
47. The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman
48. Velocity by Dean Koontz
49. Fear No Evil by James Patterson
50. The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor

Plant your flag, you made it to the top!

Flag planted May 9, 2025
(Forgot to update.)

It's never too late to join this challenge.
You can use any books you've read since January 1.

Level 1 Base Camp
1. Judgment - 1/11
2. The Likeness - 1/16
3. The Registry - 1/20
4. The Address - 1/22
5. Northanger Abbey - 1/25

Level 2 Start The Climb
6. The Killing Moon - 2/9
7. All the Dark Places - 2/18
8. Ninth House - 2/22
9. Reign of Mist - 2/25
10. The Violin Conspiracy - 2/28
11. Dance Hall of the Dead - 3/8
12. The Sanatorium - 3/14
13. Bewitching - 3/22
14. Faithful Place - 3/28
15. Listening Woman - 3/30

Level 3 Going Higher
16. Pardonable Lies - 4/5
17. Crimson Lake - 4/17
18. Stormy Weather - 4/19
19. Stone Cold Heart - 4/25
20. Crown of Blood - 4/25
21. Wildflower - 4/28
22. People of Darkness - 5/2
23. Death on the Nile - 5/6
24. The Crime at Black Dudley - 5/8
25. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie - 5/11
26. The Dark Wind - 5/18
27. Valley of the Dolls - 5/26
28. Club Dead - 5/28
29. Heat of the Moment - 5/29
30. Godkiller - 6/7

Level 4 Reach The Summit
31. Messenger of Truth - 6/14
32. Oathbound - 6/27
33. The Winter of the Witch - 6/29
34. Finding Tomorrow - 7/3
35. Peter Pan - 7/6
36. Redwall - 7/10
37. Black River - 7/26
38. Carved in Bone - 8/6
39. An Incomplete Revenge - 8/8
40. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music - 8/19
41. Talking God - 8/23
42. The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy - 8/26
43. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band - 9/1
44. Finding Home - 9/2
45. Coyote Waits - 9/6
46. 1984 - 9/11
47. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - 9/11
48. Among the Mad - 9/20
49. Her Deadly Game - 9/27
50. The Marvelous Land of Oz - 9/28
Plant your flag, you made it to the top!

Way to go, Brenda!

Rosemarie wrote: "Way to go, Brenda!"

Thanks, Rosemarie!

COMPLETED:

My spot. I’ll be reading 50, not counting featherweights which be listed separately under the featherweight post.

Level 1 Base Camp
🔹1: The Whisper Sister Jennifer S. Brown 6 Jan
🔹2: Still Alice Lisa Genova 8 Jan.
🔹3: How to Read a Book Monica Wood 20 Jan
🔹4: Out of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 25 Jan
🔹5: Milkman Anna Burns 8 Feb

Level 2 Start The Climb
🔹6: Table for Two Amor Towles 16 Feb
🔹7: In Five Years Rebecca Serle 16 Feb
🔹8:Horse Geraldine Brooks 22 Feb
🔹9: America Fantastica Tim O'Brien 8 Mar
🔹10: The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers Samuel Burr 15 Mar
🔹11: Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby 24 Mar
🔹12: How to Age Disgracefully Clare Pooley 29 Mar
🔹13: Wandering Stars Tommy Orange 11 Apr
🔹14: The Complete Poems William Blake 17 Apr
🔹15: Tehrangeles Porochista Khakpour 19 Apr

Level 3 Going Higher
🔹16: The Wedding People Alison Espach 26 Apr
🔹17: The Book of Lost Names Kristin Harmel 4 May
🔹18: The Many Daughters of Afong Moy Jamie Ford 16 May
🔹19: Five Winters Kitty Johnson 17 May
🔹20: Angola under the Portuguese: The myth and the reality Gerald J. Bender 28 May
🔹21: These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett 30 May
🔹22: The Wangs vs. the World Jade Chang 6 Jun
🔹23: Death of the Author Nnedi Okorafor 10 Jun
🔹24: The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon 15 Jun
🔹25: The Berry Pickers Amanda Peters 25 Jun
🔹26: We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo 23 Jun
🔹27: The Rent Collector Camron Wright 1 Jul
🔹28: Impulse Ellen Hopkins 2 Jul
🔹29: A Passage to India E.M. Forster 15 Jul
🔹30: James Percival Everett 16 Jul

Level 4 Reach The Summit
🔹31: Hitch 22: A Memoir Christopher Hitchens 24 Jul
🔹32: The Razor’s Edge W. Somerset Maugham 25 Jul
🔹33: Ducks, Newburyport Lucy Ellmann 25 Jul
🔹34: Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks 9 Aug
🔹35: The Humans Matt Haig 10 Jul
🔹36: The Correspondent Virginia Evans 12 Aug
🔹37: 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List James Mustich 6 Sep
🔹38 : Atmosphere. Taylor Jenkins Reid. 13 Sep
🔹39: Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World Victoria Finlay 26 Sep
🔹40: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton 11 Oct
🔹41: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt 11 Oct
🔹42: The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore Evan Friss 18 Oct
🔹43: Mansfield Park Jane Austen 25 Oct
🔹44: Knickerbocker's History of New York Washington Irving 25 Oct
🔹45: March Geraldine Brooks 8 Mar
🔹46: The Pumpkin Spice Café Laurie Gilmore 8 Mar
🔹47: 60 Songs That Explain the '90s Rob Harvilla 12 Nov
48: Consider the Lobster and Other Essays David Foster Wallace 12 Nov
🔹49: The Portrait of a Lady Henry James 14 Nov
🔹50: A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf Emily Midorikawa 22 Nov
Plant your flag, you made it to the top!

Way to go, Denise!