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Challenge #2 - Members Choice

pre20th Count Of Monte Cristo, The Dumas, Alexandre
20th Beach, The Garland, Alex
21st Austerlitz Sebald, W. G.
NonFic Moneyball Lewis, Michael
NewAuthor English Patient, The Ondaatje, Michael
Diversity Lighthousekeeping Winterson, Jeanette
Historical Daughter of Time, The Tey, Josephine
SF Crystal World, The Ballard, J. G.
War Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles

Challenge #5 - 10 Decades for the 20th Century

1904 Green Mansions Hudson, William Henry
1915 Pointed Roofs Richardson, Dorothy M.
1923 Riceyman Steps Bennett, Arnold
1933 Love on the Dole Greenwood, Walter
1942 Time to Be Born, A Powell, Dawn
1959 Cool World, The Miller, Warren
1965 Midnight Cowboy Herlihy, James Leo
1975 Periodic Table, The Levi, Primo
1982 Zone, The Dovlatov, Sergei
1992 Butcher Boy, The McCabe, Patrick

Challenge #8 - Travel the World One Book at a Time

Africa Radiance Of The King, The Laye, Camara (Guinea)
Asia Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years, The Aitmatov, Chingiz (Kyrgyzstan)
Euro Ragazzi, The Pasolini, Pier Paolo (Italy)
Austr Transit of Venus, The Hazzard, Shirley (Australia)
N.Am Color Purple, The Walker, Alice (USA)
S.Am Seven Madmen, The Arlt, Roberto (Argentina)
Other Chevengur Platonov, Andrei (Russia)

Challenge #18/#19 - A-Z Author/Title Combined:

A Axe, The (The Master of Hestviken, #1) Undset, Sigrid
B Berger, John G.
C Chase, James Hadley No Orchids for Miss Blandish
D Diderot, Denis Jacques the Fatalist
E Eco, Umberto Foucault’s Pendulum
F F. M. Mayor Rector's Daughter, The
G Gissing, George New Grub Street
H House of the Seven Gables, The Hawthorne, Nathaniel
I By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept Smart, Elizabeth
J Johnson, Samuel History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, The
K Dick, Philip K. Zap Gun, The
L Little Fadette Sand, George
M Marryat, Frederick Children of the New Forest, The
N News from Nowhere Morris, William
O Ordeal Of Richard Feverel, The Meredith, George
P Prince, The Machiavelli, Niccolò
Q Queen Lucia Benson, E.F.
R Roth, Henry Call It Sleep
S Sybil, or the Two Nations Disraeli, Benjamin
T Third Man, The Greene, Graham
U Unbearable Bassington, The Saki
V Vidal, Gore Creation
W Who Do You Think You Are? Munro, Alice
X Xueqin Cao Warning Voice, The (The Story of the Stone #3)
Y Yourcenar, Marguerite Memoirs of Hadrian
Z Zelazny, Roger Nine Princes in Amber (The Chronicles of Amber #1)

Challenge #4 - Short Stories

Challenge #9 – Re-Reads:

hoping to do more than 12 this year, so listing an initial 18:

Information, The Amis, Martin
My Family And Other Animals
Changing Places Lodge, David
We Have Always Lived In The Castle Jackson, Shirley
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, The
Book Of Ptath, The
In The Country Of Last Things Auster, Paul
Slaves Of Solitude, The Hamilton, Patrick
Room With A View, A Forster
One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
Dead, The Joyce
Underworld
Stars My Destination, The Bester, Alfred
Fahrenheit 451
Poisoned Chocolates Case, The
Strange Boarders Of Palace Crescent, The
How The Dead Live
Zuleika Dobson

Challenge #14 - Neglecting Your Favorite Author?

Elizabeth Taylor Wreath of Roses, A 1949
Zadie Smith On Beauty 2005
Elizabeth Gaskell Mary Barton 1848
Michael Frayn Spies 2002
Abd al-Rahman Munif Variations On Night And Day 1989
W.R. Burnett Little Caesar 1929
Neil Gaiman Ocean At The End Of The Lane, The 2013
Alfredo Véa Silver Cloud Café, The 1996
Russell Hoban Turtle Diary 1975
Marghanita Laski Little Boy Lost 1949
Robert Walser Tanners, The 1907
Iain Banks Canal Dreams 1989

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Your challenges look great -- and so organized already! You have a lot I haven't read, but I did really enjoy The Count of Monte Cristo and The English Patient. Among your rereads I loved the Bradbury and the Solzhenitsyn. And Gaskell is one of my neglected favourites too -- I'm hoping to read Mr. Harrison's Confessions from her in 2026. :)