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Join us if you'd like to take the journey through all 100 novels and series!

1.27.19—Our group is 8 months old with 183 members!

In February, we'll be reading Jane Austen's romance novel— Pride and Prejudice.
We'll also be finishing the fourth (and final) book in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove western series— Comanche Moon.

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Comanche Moon
Comanche Moon
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Start date
January 1, 2019
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February 28, 2019
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Book Series
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Lonesome Dove Series—Book 4 of 4
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
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February 1, 2019
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February 28, 2019
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Stand-Alone Novels
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Stand-Alone Novel—February 2019
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+ Group Announcements
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Our Group is Eight Months Old
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+ The 100 Novels and Series
This topic has been closed to new comments. * THE LIST with Links to Past and Current Group Read Discussions
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* RESULTS—Winner and Rankings
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GAR Books That Mention Other GAR Books and Authors
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2018 Questionnaire
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I, Alex Cross?
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Shortest GAR Books
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Praise and Criticism
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* February 2019—PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen
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last updated Feb 19, 2019 02:23PM
March 2019—THE INTUITIONIST by Colson Whitehead
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last updated Feb 17, 2019 08:28AM
November 2018—THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold
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last updated Feb 06, 2019 04:36PM
September 2018—1984 by George Orwell
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October 2018—AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie
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last updated Oct 27, 2018 12:08PM
August 2018—THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Díaz
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last updated Sep 04, 2018 12:43PM
June 2018—THE SIRENS OF TITAN by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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July 2018—SIDDHARTHA by Hermann Hesse
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* Jan 1-Feb 28,2019—COMANCHE MOON—Larry McMurtry(Lonesome Dove Series—Book 4 of 4)
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last updated Feb 19, 2019 08:13AM
March 2019—FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC—V.C. Andrews (Dollanganger Series—Book 1 of 5)
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last updated Feb 18, 2019 10:32AM
November 2018—STREETS OF LAREDO—Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove Series—Book 2 of 4)
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last updated Feb 17, 2019 08:57PM
July 2019—GARDEN OF SHADOWS—V.C. Andrews (Dollanganger Series—Book 5 of 5)
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last updated Feb 15, 2019 10:46AM
June 2019—SEEDS OF YESTERDAY—V.C. Andrews (Dollanganger Series—Book 4 of 5)
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last updated Feb 15, 2019 10:38AM
May 2019—IF THERE BE THORNS—V.C. Andrews (Dollanganger Series—Book 3 of 5)
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last updated Feb 15, 2019 10:29AM
April 2019—PETALS ON THE WIND—V.C. Andrews (Dollanganger Series—Book 2 of 5)
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last updated Feb 15, 2019 10:20AM
December 2018—TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD—Harper Lee (Book 1 of 2)
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last updated Jan 18, 2019 11:22AM
December 2018—DEAD MAN'S WALK—Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove Series—Book 3 of 4)
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last updated Jan 13, 2019 09:56AM
January 2019—GO SET A WATCHMAN—Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird Series—Book 2 of 2)
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last updated Jan 12, 2019 09:40AM
September 1 - October 31, 2018—LONESOME DOVE—Larry McMurtry (Book 1 of 4)
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December 2018—LU—Jason Reynolds (Track Series—Book 4 of 4)
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August 12 - 31, 2018—SUNNY—Jason Reynolds (Track Series—Book 3 of 4)
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July 22 - August 11, 2018—PATINA—Jason Reynolds (Track Series—Book 2 of 4)
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July 1 - 21, 2018—GHOST—Jason Reynolds (Track Series—Book 1 of 4)
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TONI’S SHELF
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Tiffany's Great American Read 2018
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* 2019 Reading Goals
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Book-Scented Candles
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Favorite Genre?
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Do You Abandon Books or Always Finish?
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Book Series—Publication or Chronological Order?
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E-readers
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Book Journaling
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Print vs. Ebook vs. Audiobook—What's Your Preference?
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How Many Books Do You Read at a Time?
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Do You Spring-Clean Your Library?
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Favorite Place to Read?
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How Do You Organize Your Library?
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I'm Going Through a Tough Time
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Upcoming Reads

The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist
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Mar 01, 2019
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Flowers in the Attic
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
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Mar 01, 2019
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Petals on the Wind
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If There Be Thorns
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Seeds of Yesterday
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Garden of Shadows
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Go Set a Watchman
Go Set a Watchman
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Jan 31, 2019
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Dead Man's Walk
Dead Man's Walk
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Dec 31, 2018
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To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird (To Kill A Mockingbird, #1)
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Dec 31, 2018
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Lu
Lu
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Dec 31, 2018
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Streets of Laredo
Streets of Laredo
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Nov 30, 2018
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The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones
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Nov 30, 2018
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And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
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Oct 31, 2018
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Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
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Oct 31, 2018
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1984
1984
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Sep 30, 2018
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Aug 31, 2018
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Sunny
Sunny
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Aug 31, 2018
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Patina
Patina
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Aug 11, 2018
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