Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR
Challenge #2 - Members Choice
Challenge #3 - New Authors
Challenge #5 - Decade/Century
Challenge #6 - Group Reads, Buddy Reads, Moderators Run Amok
Challenge #7 - Series Books – Start, Continue, Complete
Challenge #9 – Rereading - Some do. Some don't.
Challenge #10 - Most Popular Goodreads Books Listed by Year
Challenge #11 - Future Classics
Challenge #12 - Fiction/Non-Fiction
Challenge #13 - Old and New Linked Categories
Challenge #14 - Genre Locked? Neglecting Your Favorite Author?
Challenge #15 - Award Winners
Challenge #16 - Terry's Book Chain
Challenge #17 - The Year You Were Born and 100 Years Earlier
Challenge #18 - A-Z Author
Challenge #19 - A-Z Title

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR

1914 and earlier

1. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
2. The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad (1907)
3. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens 1865)

1915-2006/New School

4. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis (1946)
5. The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner (1976)
6. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers (1934)

Six Bookshelf Dust Collectors

7. The Cider House Rules by John Irving
8. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
9. Stoner by John Williams
10. Rabbit Redux by John Updike
11. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
12. The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler

Alternates

A1. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
A2. A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
A3. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

Challenge #2 - Members Choice


1. 18th Century or Older -Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
2. 19th Century - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3. 20th Century - The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
4. 21st Century - The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
5. A book of interest from another diner's buffet - Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins (Nancy Colorado)
6. Science Fiction - A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
7. Travel - The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux
8. Biography - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
9. Sports - Dead Solid Perfect by Dan Jenkins

Challenge #3 - New Authors

1. Wallace Stegner
2. Nikos Kazantzakis
3. Salman Rushdie
4. W. Somerset Maugham

Challenge #5 - Decade/Century

The Century Challenge: Read 10 books from any 10 consecutive decades (1 book per decade).

1900-1909: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
1910-1919: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham (1915)
1920-1929: A Passage to India by E.M. Forster (1924)
1930-1939: Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller 1934)
1940-1949: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (1943)
1950-1959: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis (1951)
1960-1969: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (1962
1970-1979: The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner (1976)
1980-1989: The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett (1986)
1990-1999: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (1992)

Challenge #6 - Group Reads, Buddy Reads, Moderators Run Amok

1. Zorba the Greek (Jan Group)
2. The English Patient (March Buddy)
3. Our Mutual Friend (April Buddy)
4. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories (March Buddy)
5. The Spectator Bird (May Buddy)
6. Slouching Towards Bethlehem (July Buddy)
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Challenge #7 - Series Books – Start, Continue, Complete

Start:

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

Continue;

The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

Rabbit Redux by John Updike

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

The Waste Lands by Stephen King

The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler

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Challenge #9 – Rereading - Some do. Some don't.

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

Challenge #10 - Most Popular Goodreads Books Listed by Year

1965:

1. Stoner by John Williams
2. The Magus by John Fowles
3. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
4. Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick

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Challenge #11 - Future Classics

1. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Challenge #12 - Fiction/Non-Fiction

Challenge #13 - Old and New Linked Categories

Challenge #14 - Genre Locked? Neglecting Your Favorite Author?

Challenge #15 - Award Winners

Hugo Award - since 1953

Books Chosen

1. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1960)
2. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. (1961)

Challenge #16 - Terry's Book Chain

Challenge #17 - The Year You Were Born and 100 Years Earlier

1984:

1. Thinner by Richard Bachman
2. Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins

1884:

1. I Say No by Wilkie Collins
2. Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson

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You're planning on doing so many of the challenges! Enjoy. :)

As I wrap up this year, I have high hopes for next year. I didn't get through as much of the 2025 challenge as I would have liked, but I enjoyed trying. I know I will be lucky to get through 1/4 of this challenge. I may try a different approach this time - focus on specific tasks within the challenge. Let's be honest - I will end up all over the place like I always do.

All over the place is a great way to read, Shawn. I'm looking forward to at least three of your group/buddy reads, so see you there!