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Books Galore challenge - 2015
1953 From Here to Eternity James Jones1954 Love is Eternal Irving Stone
1955 Andersonville MacKinlay Kantor
1956 Peyton Place Grace Metalious
1957 Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak
1957 A Death in the Family James Agee
1958 Nine Coaches Waiting Mary Stewart
1959 A Separate Peace John Knowles
1960 Island of the Blue Dolphins(Island of the Blue Dolphins #1) Scott O'Dell
1961 The Winter of Our Discontent John Steinbeck
1962 The Guns of August Barbara W. Tuchman, Robert K. Massie
1963 Joy in the Morning Betty Smith
1964 For the Union Dead Robert Lowell
1965 Airs Above the Ground Mary Stewart
1966 Black Sheep Georgette Heyer
1967 Nicholas and Alexandria (link not available on Goodreads - the book is available on Amazon) http://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Alexan...Robert K. Massie
1968 Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey"(original publication) Margaret Powell (DONE Nov 5, 2015)
1969 The French Lieutenant's Woman John Fowles
1970 84, Charing Cross Road Helene Hanff
1971 The Winds of War(the Henry Family #1) Herman Wouk - DONE July 23, 2014
1972 The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge David McCullough
1973 All Things Bright and Beautiful James Herriot
1974 Pilgrim at Tinker CreekPilgrim at Tinker Creek Annie Dillard
1975 Terms Of Endearment Larry McMurty
1976 Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less Jeffrey Archer (DONE Dec 26, 2014)
1977 The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough
1978 War and Remembrance(The Henry Family #2)Herman Wouk (DONE! Sept 7, 2014)
1979 The Island of Crimea Michael Idov
1980 Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson
1981 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera
1982 The Color Purple Alice Walker
1983 Poland James A. Michener
1984 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Allen Gurganus
1985 The Cider House Rules John Irving
1986 The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville Shelby Foote
1987 The Shell Seekers Rosamunde Pilcher
1988 Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era James M. McPherson
1989 The Remains of the DayThe Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro
1990 The Burden of ProofKindle County Legal Thriller #2 Scott Turow
1991 The Kitchen God's Wife Amy Tan
1992 Jewels Danielle Steele
1993 Birdsong Sebastian Faulks (DONE - July 19, 2014)
1994 One for the Money Janet Evanovich
1995 The Unlikely Spy Daniel Silva
1996 Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier Stephen E. Ambrose
1997 The Rising Tide (link not available) John Barry
1998 The Simple Truth David Baldacci
1999 Into the Wilderness Sarah Donati - DONE (July 1, 2014)!
1999 Daughter of Fortune Isabel Allende
2000 The Rescue Nicholas Sparks
2001 Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World Margaret MacMillan
2002 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
2003 Moloka'i Alan Brennert
2004 Band of Angels (DONE - September 20, 2014)
2005 The Book Thief Markus Zusak (done March 23, 2014)
2006 Judge & Jury James Patterson
2006 The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade Ann Fessler (DONE Oct 27, 2015)
2007 The Choice Nicholas Sparks
2008 The White Queen(The Cousins' War #1) Phillipa Gregory
2009 The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America Timothy Egan
2010 What Alice Forgot Liane Moriarty (DONE Nov 29, 2014)
2011 11/22/63 Steven King
2012 Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (DONE Aug 20, 2015)
2013 Longbourn Jo Baker (DONE Sept 27, 2014)
2014 The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd (DONE Feb 22, 2015)
2015 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins (DONE Sept 9, 2015)
2016
Whew! That is a long list! I have read a few of these books above before but it's been so long ago that I want to re-read them (like The Thorn Birds). Good thing I have three years to complete it!
There are some wonderful books in your list. Peyton Place, now that brings back memories :-)1991 we think a lot simular. Great list ( lot of work the links :-D )
1987:The Bonfire of the Vanities. Done April 201988: The Icarus Agenda. done
1989: The Dark Half
1990: The Plains of Passage
1991: The Kitchen God's Wife..done
1992: Jewels
1993: American Star
1994: Insomnia
1995: The Horse Whisperer
1996: How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1997: The Partner
1998: A Man in Full
1999: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
2000: Winter Solstice
2001: Midnight Bayou
2002: The Lovely Bones..Done
2003: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers..DONE
2004: Metro Girl
2005 Chill Factor
2006 Phantom
2007 Lean Mean Thirteen..COMPLETED 3-20-14
2008 The Lucky One
2009 Witch & Wizard
2010 A Discovery of Witches...completed 3-10-14
2011 Zero Day
2012 Tell the Wolves I'm Home. done 6-28-14
2013 Orphan Train...done
2014 Concealed in Death..done
2015
Completed: 10/28
this may take me awhile to create my list but I'm in...I have over 1000 unread books on my kindle (most free) maybe this will help me get through some of them.
❦Dawn❦ wrote: "this may take me awhile to create my list but I'm in...I have over 1000 unread books on my kindle (most free) maybe this will help me get through some of them."Welcome Dawn
A couple questions:Where do we post our list?
May we read them out of order?
Thanks! It was fun doing research for my list and seeing what the decade lists looked like.
Hi Bonnie,Post your list in this thread and you certainly can read them out of order.
Hey Sandra~! I read your 1991 and your 2012 book choices. Tell the Wolves I'm Home had me crying, Lol.Oh, I just noticed that people are adding future books to their list! I didn't do that...
Bonnie's Books Galore: 12/55I reserve the right to change titles if I cannot find a book or find one that interests me more than the one chosen. :)
**1958 – Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
**1959 – Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
**1960 – The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
1961 – The Winter of our Discontent by John Steinbeck
1962 – A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
1963 – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service by Ian Fleming
1964 – The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein,
1965 – Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis
1966 – S is for Space by Ray Bradbury
1967 – Christy by Catherine Marshall
1968 – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
1969 – What the Butler saw by Joe Orton
1970 – 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
1971 – Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by R.C. O’Brien
**1972 – Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
1973 – An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by PD James
1974 – A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle
1975 – The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards
1976 – Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
**1977 – Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
1978 – My Name is Legion by Roger Zelazny
1979 – The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
1980 – Cradle and All by J. Patterson
1981 – Mornings on Horseback by D. McCullough
1982 – The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
1983 – The Witches by Roald Dahl
1984 – Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard
1985 –
1986 – Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov
1987 – Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
**1988 – The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
1989 – Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
1990 – G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
1991 – All Over but the Shoutin’ by Rick Bragg
1992 – The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
1993 – The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories by Tim Burton
1994 – Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
1995 – Kiss the Girls by James Patterson
1996 – Angels on Toast by Dawn Powell (reprint – orig 1940)
1997 – Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
1998 – Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
**1999 – Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
2000 – The Hatbox Baby by Carrie Brown
2001 – Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
2002 – A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena De Blasi
**2003 – The Lake House by James Patterson
2004 – What to Keep by Rachel Cline
2005 – Song of Redemption by Lynn Austin
**2006 – No Place for Magic by E.D. Baker
2007 – A Crazy Little Thing Called Death by Nancy Martin
2008 – The Beach House by Jane Green
2009 – The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil
**2010 – The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott
2011 – Elizabeth I by Margaret George
2012 – Off the Grid by p.j. tracy
**2013 – The Cuckoos Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)
**2014 – Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
I am going to update this as I find books I want to read. MARCH 10, 2014 - MARCH 10, 2016
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✓1971 The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
✓1972 Watership Down by Adams, Richard
✓1973 Breakfast of Champions by Vonnegut, Kurt
✓1974 Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Pirsig, Robert
✓1975 Tuck Everlasting by Babbitt, Natalie
1976
1977 * Caroline by Wright, Cynthia
1978 * Touch The Sun by Wright, Cynthia
✓1979 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Adams, Douglas
1980
✓1981 The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Kundera, Milan
1982 * The Words of Gandhi by Gandhi, Mahatma
1983
1984
✓1985 * Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
1986 * Donovan's Angel by Webb, Peggy
1987 * A Guest in the Jungle by Polster, James
1988 * The Bean Trees by Kingsolver, Barbara
✓1989 * The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
1990 * Dear Diary by Bush, Nancy
1991 * Outlander by Gabaldon, Diana
1992
✓1993 * The Giver by Lois Lowry
✓1994 * Seek My Face by John Updike
1995 * Hale's Point by Ryan, Patricia
1996
✓1997 * The Four Agreements by Ruiz, Miguel
1998 The Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver, Barbara
✓ 1999 * Interpreter of Maladies by Lahiri, Jhumpa
2000 * Gathering Blue by Lowry, Lois
✓ 2001 * Life of Pi by Martel, Yann
✓ 2002 * Middlesex by Eugenides, Jeffrey
✓ 2003 The Time Traveler's Wife by Niffenegger, Audrey
2004 Cloud Atlas by Mitchell, David
✓ 2005 * Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by See, Lisa
✓ 2006 * The Thirteenth Tale by Setterfield, Diane
✓ 2007 * Unwind by Neal Shusterman
✓ 2008 * Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
✓ 2009 The Maze Runner by James Dashner
✓2010 *Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
✓2011 Intentions of the Earl by Rose Gordon
✓2012 * Gone Girl by Flynn, Gillian
✓2013 * Rocky Mountain Freedom by Vivian Arend
✓ 2014 * Cress by Meyer, Marissa
2015
2016
Hi DawnI just finished reading Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and really loved it. I had great difficulty putting it down. It was a very powerful piece of writing. Lisa See has become another of my favourite authors now. I hope you enjoy it when you get to read it.
Sign me up, 43 books in 2 years - I think that's doable ;)
i participated in this challenge in the romance readers group from nov. 2009-may 2012. missed my reading goal then by 5 books.giving it another shot here, but will post my books as i read along.
44/59 READ
duration march 2014 - ?
last updated: nov 2017
1958: Venetia: Georgette Heyer dec 2015
1959
1960: Dead and Doggone by Susan Conant july 2014
1961
1962: Cover Her Face by P.D. James july 2015
1963
1964 From Doon With Death : Ruth Rendell august 2016
1965: The Source by James A. Michener dec 2015
1966
1967
1968: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey june 2015
1969
1970 A Clubbable Woman : Reginald Hill june 2017
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978: Green Mountain Man : Janet Dailey aug 2017
1979
1980: Murder in the White House : Margaret Truman may 2017
1981: The Leper of Saint Giles by Ellis Peters may 2015
1982: This Calder Range by Janet Dailey jan 2016
1983
1984: Full Circle by Danielle Steel july 2014
1985
1986: Lady of Hay: Two Women, Eight Hundred Years, and the Destiny They Share by Barbara Erskine jan 2015
continuation of lindy-lane's:1987:Taking the Fifth by J.A. Jance june 2014
1988: Navy Wife by Debbie Macomber feb 2016
1989: Vienna Prelude by Bodie Thoene feb 2015
1990: The Witching Hour by Anne Rice dec 2015
1991: The Ideal Wife by Mary Balogh jan 2015
1992: Bloodlines by Susan Conant june 2014
1993:Silk by Linda Lee Chaikin aug 2014
1994: The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly apr 2016
1995: Gods and Kings by Lynn Austin mar 2014
1996: Somewhere I'll Find You by Lisa Kleypas may 2015
1997- A Rift in Time: Michael R. Phillips nov 2014
1998- Private Justice: Terri Blackstock sept 2015
1999: On Fire by Carla Neggers apr 2016
2000: A Woman Scorned by Liz Carlyle mar 2014
2001:Happy Birthday by Danielle Steel aug 2014
2002 Purity in Death : J.D. Robb june 2016
2003: Emma's Secret by Barbara Taylor Bradford apr 2015
2004: The Master Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini mar 2014
2005: Pursuit by Karen Robards june 2014
2006: Hare Today, Dead Tomorrow by Cynthia Baxter mar 2014
2007: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare apr 2014
2008: One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell feb 2015
2009: Michal by Jill Eileen Smith feb 2015
2010: Queen of the Night by J.A. Jance apr 2014
2011: Meet Me at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan june 2011
2012: Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin apr 2014
2013: Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich mar 2014
2014: Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann apr 2014
2015- None of the Above: I.W. Gregorio july 2015
2016: Lady Midnight : Cassandra Clare mar 2016
2017: Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz : Michael Bornstein
What a fun and daunting challenge. You all have fun with this one, hehehe. I'll enjoy from the sidelines with my popcorn.
So,Here is my list, well, the start of it anyway:-
1966 - Into the wild - Jin Krakauer
1966 - on Chesil Beach - Iran McEwan
1968 - Ferney - James Long
1969 - The lives she left behind - James Long
1970 - Vanilla Bens and Brood - Isabella Dusi
1971 - The Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin
1972 - A year in green tea and tuk-tuks - Rory Spowers
1973 - American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld
1974 - Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell
1975 - The Green Mile - Stephen King
1976 - The Prisoner of Heaven - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
1977 - Tales from the hilltop - Tony Lewis
1978 - Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Marsha Pessl
1979 - Underworld - Don DeLilio
1980 - When will there be good news - Kate Atkinson
1981 - Violation - David Rose
1982 - The Girl with the dragon tattoo - Larsson
1983 - The girl who played with fire - Larsson
1984 - The girl who kicked the hornets nest - Larsson
1985 - This Charming Man - Marian Keyes
1986 - Fall of Giants - Ken Follett
1987 - The Distant Hours - Kate Morton
1988 - We all ran into the sunlight - Natalie Young
1989 - Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
1990 - The Amalgamation Polka - Stephen Wright
1991 - Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffeneggar
1992 - Theos Odyssey - Catherine Clement
1993 - The Eight - Katherine Neville
1994 - The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
1995 - Galilee - Clive Barker
1996 - Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder
1997 - Human Traces - Sebastian Faulks
1998 - The Pilots Wife - Ann Shreve
1999 - Middlemarch - George Elliot
2000 - The Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Niiffeneggar
2001 - Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
2002 - The Accidental Adventurer - Ben Fogle
2003 - Forge - Laurie Halse Anderson
2004 - The Maze Runner - James Dashner
2005 - Moonfleet - J M Faulkner
2006 - Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
2007 - Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
2008 - The End of Mr Y - Scarlett Thomas
2009 - The Stonor Eagles - William Horwood
2010 - A Castle In Italy - Caroline Harvey
2011 - The Far Pavilions - M M Kaye
2012 -
OK,So I've already made inroads into my list (that's what a couple of days off work will do for you).
So far, my progress is:-
1966 - Into the Wild - finished.
1967 - On Chesil Beach - finished
1968 - Ferney - started 21.03.2014
I would like to try if I still can33/33 READ
last updated:
1981Different Seasons
1982A Treasure Worth Seeking
1983Prime Time
1984Ghost of a Chance
1985The Handmaid's Tale
1986 Forrest Gump
1987Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
1988Thanksgiving
1989The Joy Luck Club
1990Jurassic Park
1991Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
1992Naughty Neighbor
1993-Arcadia
1994-Sweet Revenge
1995-Kiss the Girls
1996The Notebook
1997Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
1998Bloodstream
1999Can You Keep a Secret?
2000Me Talk Pretty One Day
2001Life of Pi
2002The Elegant Gathering of White Snows
2003Shepherds Abiding/Esther's Gift/Mitford Snowmen (The Mitford Years #8)
2004Dearest Dorothy, Who Would Have Ever Thought?
2005-The Portrait
2006-The Wrong Hostage
2007 Absolute Fear
2008 -The Keepsake
2009-The Lost Art of Gratitude
2010-Wicked Craving
2011-Save Me
2012-Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page
2013The Heist
2014The Tao of Pooh
2015House Broken
I've now started another book:-1969 - The lives she left behind - James Long - started 06/04/2014
I finished several of my books: 1. Fahrenheit 451, if you looks books read this one where books are outlawed. 2. The Sound of Waves 3. Winter's Tale --I didn't see the movie but this book is too dense to make into a 2 hour movie. 4. Time of Wonder 5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory--Never judge a book by its movies. 6. Phantom 7. 84 Charing House Road read this and Charlie both in one day. Lovely 8. On a Winter's Night a traveler--Recommended by an English Professor--weird 9.The Book Thief--Wonderful story--highly recommend 10. Sold A sad story of a girl sold by her family into prostitution Started another will post when I finish my next 10, one decade finished!
Linda wrote: "I finished several of my books: 1. Fahrenheit 451, if you looks books read this one where books are outlawed. 2. The Sound of Waves 3. Winter's Tale --I didn't see the movie but this book is too d..."Hi Linda.
I read 'Sold' awhile ago myself and its impact hasn't left me yet. It was an easy read in that it was written in a style which would allow anyone to read it quickly. It wasn't an easy read in that the subject matter was absolutely horrific.
As for "Never judge a book by its movies" I couldn't agree more. I read the "Love Comes Softly" series and then watched some of the movies done up of the books. I found the movies were so far removed from the books that I had to quickly re-read the books to get the movie images out of my head. The movies really destroyed the story that the books were trying to get across.
Zara, I understand what you mean about Sold. It has a powerful story.The new series on Hallmark "When Calls the Heart is so different from book. They changed the mountie's name and where she went to. If bears no resemblence to the book series. I too had to reread my book. I owned the series I liked it so well. I am trying to teach my grandson to read the books before he sees a movie, because sometimes you see the movie and then the book's images are so different it destroys the reading.
Linda wrote: "Zara, I understand what you mean about Sold. It has a powerful story.The new series on Hallmark "When Calls the Heart is so different from book. They changed the mountie's name and where she we..."
Exactly my thinking Linda.
I am over a thousand pages into this challange and I have hated both books I have read. I have a section where I answer if I liked the book or not and for American Psycho I wrote "Hated every page" and for American Gods I wrote "hated almost every page".I may go on a break from books with "American" in the title.
Eddie wrote: "I am over a thousand pages into this challange and I have hated both books I have read. I have a section where I answer if I liked the book or not and for American Psycho I wrote "Hate..."I can understand your reasoning Eddie. I've had a bad run myself with books. Very few have been at all interesting. It's been very hit and miss although it's probably more miss than hit.
I'd like to try this challenge. I have *gulp* 2 and a 1/2 years to complete my reading. Just to be precise, I'll start on May 1.53/53 books read
1963 – False Colours - 5/11/14 ***
1964 – A Caribbean Mystery - 7/30/14 ***
1965 - Frederica - 11/7/14 ****
1966 - Black Sheep - 9/27/14 ****
1967 – The Egypt Game - 9/30/14 ****
1968 – By the Pricking of My Thumbs - 8/1/14 ***
1969 – Hallowe'en Party 7/13/14 ***
1970 – Time and Again - 5/17/14 ***
1971 – Nemesis - 8/13/14 ***
1972 - Lady of Quality - 11/10/14 ****
1973 – The Double Jinx Mystery - 9/19/14 **
1974 – The Ogre Downstairs - 9/7/14 ***
1975 – The Great Ghost Rescue - 9/24/14 ***
1976 – Dragonsong - 7/15/14 ***
1977 – Dragonsinger - 7/16/14 ***
1978 – Beauty - 5/25/14 ****
1979 – Dragondrums - 7/20/14 ***
1980 – Callander Square - 1/8/15 ***
1981 – Bething's Folly - 8/8/14 **
1982 – Crystal Singer - 7/27/14 ****
1983 – For Love of Mother-Not - 7/12/14 ****
1984 – Midnight Rainbow - 9/7/14 ***
1985 – Lady Elizabeth's Comet - 8/2/14 ****
1986 – A Hero For Antonia - 11/11/14 ***
1987 – Diamond Bay - 9/13/14 ***
1988 – White Lies - 6/3/14 ***
1989 – The Stanforth Secrets: A Regency Romantic Intrigue 11/11/14 ***
1990 – Lady Lu - 11/10/14 ***
1991 – Searching for Dragons - 9/17/14 ***
1992 – The Thief of Always - 7/30/14 ****
1993 – Wildest Hearts - 6/14/14 ***
1994 – Three Bedrooms, One Corpse - 8/1/14 ***
1995 – Gwen's Ghost - 11/26/14 ****
1996 – Shakespeare's Landlord - 9/7/14 ***
1997 – Shakespeare's Champion - 9/4/14 ***
1998 – Shakespeare's Christmas - 9/8/14 ***
1999 – The Weaver Takes a Wife - 10/26/14 ****
2000 – Shakespeare's Trollop - 9/5/14 ***
2001 – Shakespeare's Counselor - 9/11/14 ***
2002 – Symptoms of Death 11/20/14 ***
2003 – Just In Time - 6/3/14 ***
2004 – Just Impossible - 6/19/14 ***
2005 – Twilight - 6/2/14 *****
2006 – New Moon - 6/18/14 ****
2007 – Eclipse - 6/23/14 ****
2008 – Just a Memory - 5/15/14 ***
2009 – Just One Wish - 5/18/14 ***
2010 – Loose Ends - 5/13/14 ***
2011 – Dark Mirror - 6/14/14 ***
2012 – Dark Destiny - 6/24/14 ***
2013 – Jane in the Middle of Nowhere - 5/27/14 ****
2014 – Otherwise Engaged - 5/13/15 ***
2015 - Force - 2/23/15 ***
Duration : Mar 2014 to Aug 2015 1987 - You Belong to Me Mar 27, 2015
1988 - Viscount Vagabond Apr 6
1989 - Fancy Pants Aug 28, 2015
1990 - Gentle Rogue May 6
1991 - The Gift July 8
1992 - The Notorious Rake June 26
1993 - Fallen Angel Apr 1, 2015
1994 - Getting Rid of Bradley Aug 22
1995 - Brides For Brothers May 22
1996 - Minx May 30
1997 - This Is All I Ask Mar 27
1998 - Dr. Texas Apr 1
1999 - Gallant Waif Feb 5, 2015
2000 - It Must Be Love Mar 21
2001 - Over the Edge Mar 18
2002 - The Texan's Wager Apr 25
2003 - When a Texan Gambles May 14
2004 - A Texan's Luck May 14
2005 - Still Life Mar 2
2006 - Lord Perfect Mar 28
2007 - The Leopard Prince Mar 11
2008 - Tall Tales and Wedding Veils Mar 4
2009 - Instant Gratification May 2
2010 - What the Librarian Did Mar 5
2011 - When Beauty Tamed the Beast Mar 3
2012 - All He Ever Needed Mar 8
2013 - Oleander Girl Mar 22
2014 - Concealed in Death Mar 20
2015 - The Accidental Fiancee May 9, 2015
I have Dune on my list too. I won'r worry about the series right now. I have finished my next five books. So 15 of 60 books, moving right along.
Wow, its a lot of books, but since I am reading anyway:Posting as I read from 1983 till 2014.
1983 - Serpent In Paradise 7/10
1984 - Call It Destiny 7/11
1985 - Man with a Past 6/24
1986 - Midnight Rainbow 7/16
1987 - A Coral Kiss 7/21
1988 - White Lies 7/2
1989 - A Woman's Touch 7/22
1990 - Surrender 5/23
1991 - Rendezvous 8/6
1992 - Family Man 6/5
1993 - Wildest Hearts 6/12
1994 - Kentucky Bride 7/6
1995 - Trust Me 5/19
1996 - Mischief 7/24
1997 - Zinnia 8/2
1998 - Kill and Tell 5/24
1999 - Eye of the Beholder 7/29
2000 - Tallie's Knight 7/23
2001 - Anything but a Gentleman 8/14
2002 - The Last Male Virgin 5/16
2003 - Light In Shadow 6/5
2004 - The Paid Companion 8/13
2005 - The Pleasure Slave 7/9
2006 - Second Sight 8/10
2007 - Up Close and Dangerous 5/16
2008 - Cry Wolf 6/3
2009 - The Wicked Ways of a True Hero 8/3
2010 - The Werewolf Upstairs 6/22
2011 - Intimate Strangers 5/17
2012 - Dragon's Moon 6/10
2013 - Shadow Woman 5/28
2014 - Getting Lucky 6/1
I am really tempted by this challenge even though I am in the 3 years to read category. I didn't realize I could sort by year published but now I've looked at my To Read and Owned But Not Yet Read and I have most of the years covered. It's helpful that Sharon and Linda posted above most of the years I need (I suppose I could have guessed just from their names - Sharon and Linda were hugely popular names in the 1950s!) And Linda, I hope you aren't reading Night & Andersonville back to back, you will need antidepressants!
Tonia wrote: "So,Here is my list, well, the start of it anyway:-
1966 - Into the wild - Jin Krakauer
1966 - on Chesil Beach - Iran McEwan
1968 - Ferney - James Long
1969 - The lives she left behind - James Long..."
I'm confused, the years on this one don't seem to correspond to the books? For instance On Chesil Beach was written just a few years ago and Wives and Daughters is from the 19th century (although maybe an edition was published in 1974, that should count)
This sounds like such a great challenge. So excited to start!3/33
1983 And I Don't Want to Live This Life: A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Murder
1984 The Wasp Factory
1985 The Cider House Rules
1986 Belinda
1987 Beloved
1988 The Devil's Arithmetic
1989 A Time to Kill
1990 The Face on the Milk Carton - Finished 6/8/14
1991 How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
1992 She's Come Undone
1993 The Giver
1994 Letter to My Daughter
1995 Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
1996 Angela's Ashes
1997 Midwives
1998 The Poisonwood Bible
1999 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2000 Angels & Demons
2001 Atonement
2002 Running with Scissors
2003 The Kite Runner
2004 A Walk to Remember - Finished 6/12/14
2005 Never Let Me Go
2006 Sarah's Key
2007 Thirteen Reasons Why
2008 Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity - Finished 6/6/14
2009 The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
2010 House Rules
2011 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2012 Defending Jacob
2013 Orphan Train
2014 I've Got You Under My Skin
2015 TBD
Here's my list. I found out that if you Google "books published in 1970" or whatever year, you get a Goodreads page with the 200 most popular books among GR members, which is plenty to choose from. Progress 48 out of 65 Dates of challenge 6/1/14 - 5/31/17
1952 East of Eden read April 2015
1953 Lucky Jim read April 2016
1954 The Tortoise and the Hare
1955 The End of Eternity read July 2015
1956 The Towers of Trebizond read July 2014
1957 The Door Into Summer read Jan 2015
1958 Time Traders read May 2015
1959 The Unknown Shore
1960 The Sot-Weed Factor
1961 Revolutionary Road
1962 The Moonflower Vine read Nov 2014
1963 Cat's Cradle
1964 Too Few for Drums read August 2014
1965 The Millstone read Sept 2014
1966 The Last Gentleman read May 2015
1967 The Technicolor Time Machine read July 2015
1968 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? read Jan 2016
1969 Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicleread June 2015
1970 Nine Princes in Amber
1971 Maurice read June 2014
1972The Flame and the Flower
1973 Shadow of a Lady
1974 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
1975 Shōgun
1976 Murder at the ABA
1977 Quartet in Autumn read June 2014
1978 The Countess read May 2016
1979A Very Dutiful Daughter
1980 A Month in the Country read Mar 2016
1981 The Book of Ebenezer Le Page
1982 Thinking Better read May 2015
1983 [book:Heartburn read June 2015
1984 Just Imagine read Jan 2015
1985 Awaiting Trespass read Feb 2015
1986 Last Blossom on the Plum Tree read July 2014
1987 Daughter of the Empire read June 2015
1988 Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot read Mar 2015
1989 Passing On read Nov 2015
1990 The Native Air
1991 Outlander read June 2014
1992 A Place of Greater Safetyread Mar 2016
1993 Beggars in Spain read Dec 2014
1994 Juggling
1995 Lord of Scoundrels read July 2015
1996 Neverwhere read Nov 2014
1997 A Free Man of Color read Aug 2015
1998 Fever Season read Aug 2015
1999 The Perks of Being a Wallflower read Oct 2014
2000 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
2001 One Day read Nov 2014
2002 The Briar King
2003 No Graves As Yet read Oct 2014
2004 Miss Wonderful read Dec 2015
2005 Old Man's War read July 2014
2006 Farthing read Feb 2015
2007 Shopaholic & Baby read July 2015
2008 Driftless read Oct 2014
2009 Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson read July 2015
2010 Tongues of Serpents read Dec 2014
2011 My Brilliant Friend read April 2016
2012 Bring Up the Bodies read July 2015
2013 And the Mountains Echoed read Aug 2014
2014 Shotgun Lovesongs read July 2014
2015 Dreaming Spies read May 2015
2016 All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation read Mar 2016
Hi Robin. There are some interesting books here.
Most of them are on there because I own them, a way to whittle down my stacks. Kind of a strange mix of genres.
I'm in, but don't start my clock! I have to put together a list. Hooray for Wikipedia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category...
Hallo from Mona Lisa..I just want to know if I am on a right Place..
Mona wrote: "Hallo from Mona Lisa..I just want to know if I am on a right Place.."
You are Mona Lisa! Welcome.
Han I want have my pic ,Mona Lisa, how can I do it?
Hallo from Sweden. My name is Mona Lisa and I have been informed about this group from the Han. Thank you, Han.
I love, love .. did I say that I love .. lol .. reading books and I look forward to meeting others with the same interest. I've loved literature for as long as I remember. Read a lot and everything is possible but avoid books where children are suffering.
I am married and a mother of three children.
Otherwise, I work as a nurse specialist at Children's Oncology Unit.
I look forward to getting to know the rest of you.
I'm really tagged to cope with this challenge. I must first read through the thread and through your choice of books and then create my own list. I so want this ...
Zara wrote: "Hi DawnI just finished reading Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and really loved it. I had great difficulty putting it down. It was a very powerful piece of writing. Lisa See has become..."
I really enjoyed this book. I had no idea about foot binding and the arranged marriages of China. This gives you some insight into why all those baby girls are given up in China. I am now looking for other books on this subject and I am also curious about the women who arranged the marriages. How did that profession come to be?
1953—Fahrenheit 451---Ray Bradbury--done 11954—The Sound of Waves—Yukio Mishma--done 2
1955—Night—Elie Wiesel--done 3
1956—Andersonville—MacKinley Kantor
1957—4:50 from Paddington—Agatha Christie--done 4
1958—Time of Wonder—Robert McCloskey--done 5
1959--Haunting of Hill House—Shirley Jackson
1960—To Kill a Mockingbird—Harper Lee
1961—Prime of Miss Jean Brodie—Muriel Spark
1962—Travels With Charley—Jon Steinbeck
1963--The Pastures of heaven—John Steinbeck
1964—Charlie and the Chocolate Factory—Ron Dahl-done 5
1965—Dune—Frank Herbert
1966—Cat who read backwards—Lilian E. Braun
1967—Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E.Frankweiler-done 6
1968—The Last Unicorn—Peter Beagle
1969—Sounder-William H. Armstrong
1970 –84 Charing Cross Road—Helene Hanff
1971—Winds of War—Herman Wouk
1972—The Terminal Man—Michel Crichton
1973—The Princess Bride—William Goldman
1974—Gather Together in My Name—Maya Angelo-done 7
1975—Walking the Bible—Bruce Fielder
1976—The Deep—Peter Benchley
1977—The Shining—Stephen King--done 8
1978—Listening Woman—Tony Hillerman
1979—If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler—Italo Calvino-- done 9
1980—Lion of Ireland—Morgan Llewellyn
1981—Nisa—Marjorie Shostak
1982—Shindler’s List—Thomas Keneally
1983 –Winter’s Tale—Mark Helprin--done 10
1984—Love Medicine—Louise Eldrich
1985—Handmaiden’s Tale—Margaret Atwood
1986—Redwall-Brain Jacques--done 11
1987—A Yellow Raft in Blue Water—Michael Doris
1988—The Alcemist—Paulo Caelho
1989—Remains of the Day—Kazuo Isiguro
1990--Phantom—Susan Kay--done 12
1991—Outlander—Diana Gabaldon
1992—Songs of the Humpback Whale—Jodi Picoult
1993--The Giver--Lois
1994—Sword of Truth—Gilbert Morris
1995--Fields of Glory--Gilbert
1996—Drums of Change—Janette Oke
1997—Midwives—Chris Bohjalain--done 13
1998—The Poisonwood Bible—Barbara Kingsolver
1999—Mary Poppins, She Wrote—Valerie Lawson
2000—Eat, Pray, Love—Elizabeth Gilbert
2001—The Eyre Affair—Jasper Fforde--done 14
2002—Call the Midwife—Jennifer Worth
2003—Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country—Louise
Erdrich
2004—Fully Human Fully Divine—Michael Casey
2005—The Book Thief—Marcus Zusak--done 15
2006—Sold—Patricia McCormick--done 16
2007—Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society—Mary Ann Shaffer
2008—8 Sandpiper Way—Debbie Macomber
2009--A Conservationist Manifesto—Scott Russell Sanders
2010—The Last Stand—Nathaniel Philbrick
2011—In the Garden of Beasts—Erik Larson
2012—A Street Cat named Bob—James Bowen
2013—Doctor Sleep—Stephen King
2014--The Invention of Wings—Sue Monk Kidd
finished 16 as of this week started a couple of others
❦Dawn❦ wrote: "Zara wrote: "Hi DawnI just finished reading Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and really loved it. I had great difficulty putting it down. It was a very powerful piece of writing. Lisa S..."
I Loved this book too. Looking forward to others by See.
I would like to participate in this. Now that I am 60 and not working I am reading a lot so I can do this! One question - do the books have to be published in the same year or is it just a book for each year and they can be from any decade?
Candy wrote: "I would like to participate in this. Now that I am 60 and not working I am reading a lot so I can do this! One question - do the books have to be published in the same year or is it just a book for..."The book needs to have been published in the same year. So for example, you might want to read a book for 1964 so the book you choose has to have been published in 1964. Welcome to the challenge Candy.
It is easy to find books published by year on either Goodreads or Wikipedia. If you have books you already own and have been meaning to read, you can enter them on Goodreads, as to-read or some other category and sort by publication date.
*1953—Fahrenheit 451-done 1*1954—The Sound of Waves—done 2
*1955—Night—done 3
1956—Andersonville—MacKinley Kantor
*1957—4:50 from Paddington—done 4
*1958—Time of Wonder—done 5
1959--Haunting of Hill House—Shirley Jackson
1960—To Kill a Mockingbird—Harper Lee
1961—Prime of Miss Jean Brodie—Muriel Spark
1962—Travels With Charley—Jon Steinbeck
1963--The Pastures of heaven—John Steinbeck
*1964—Charlie and the Chocolate Factory—done 6
1965—Dune—Frank Herbert
1966—Cat who read backwards—Lilian E. Braun
1967—Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1968—The Last Unicorn—Peter Beagle
1969—Sounder-William H. Armstrong
*1970–84 Charing Cross Road—done 7
1971—Winds of War—Herman Wouk
1972—The Terminal Man—Michel Crichton
1973—The Princess Bride—William Goldman
*1974—Gather Together in My Name—done
1975—Walking the Bible—Bruce Fielder
1976—The Deep—Peter Benchley
*1977—The Shining—done 8
*1978—Listening Woman—done 9
*1979—If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler—done
1980—Lion of Ireland—Morgan Llewellyn
*1981—Nisa—done 10
1982—Shindler’s List—Thomas Keneally
*1983 –Winter’s Tale—done 11
1984—Love Medicine—Louise Eldrich
1985—Handmaiden’s Tale—Margaret Atwood
*1986—Redwall-done 12
1987—A Yellow Raft in Blue Water—Michael Doris
1988—The Alcemist—Paulo Caelho
1989—Remains of the Day—Kazuo Isiguro
*1990--Phantom—done 13
1991—Outlander—Diana Gabaldon
1992—Songs of the Humpback Whale—Jodi Picoult
1993--The Giver--Lois
1994—Sword of Truth—Gilbert Morris
1995--Fields of Glory--Gilbert
*1996—Drums of Change—done 14
*1997—Midwives—done 15
1998—The Poisonwood Bible—Barbara Kingsolver
1999—Mary Poppins, She Wrote—Valerie Lawson
2000—Eat, Pray, Love—Elizabeth Gilbert
*2001—The Eyre Affair—done 16
2002—Call the Midwife—Jennifer Worth
2003—Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country—Louise
Erdrich
2004—Fully Human Fully Divine—Michael Casey
*2005—The Book Thief—done 17
*2006—Sold—done 18
2007—Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society—Mary Ann Shaffer
2008—8 Sandpiper Way—Debbie Macomber
2009--A Conservationist Manifesto—Scott Russell Sanders
2010—The Last Stand—Nathaniel Philbrick
2011—In the Garden of Beasts—Erik Larson
2012—A Street Cat named Bob—James Bowen
2013—Doctor Sleep—Stephen King
2014--The Invention of Wings—Sue Monk Kidd
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1953—Fahrenheit 451---Ray Bradbury
1954—The Sound of Waves—Yukio Mishma
1955—Night—Elie Wiesel
1956—Andersonville—MacKinley Kantor
1957—4:50 from Paddington—Agatha Christie
1958—Time of Wonder—Robert McCloskey
1959--Haunting of Hill House—Shirley Jackson
1960—To Kill a Mockingbird—Harper Lee
1961—Prime of Miss Jean Brodie—Muriel Spark
1962—Travels With Charley—Jon Steinbeck
1963--The Pastures of heaven—John Steinbeck
1964—Charlie and the Chocolate Factory—Ron Dahl
1965—Dune—Frank Herbert
1966—Cat who read backwards—Lilian E. Braun
1967—Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1968—The Last Unicorn—Peter Beagle
1969—Sounder-William H. Armstrong
1970 –84 Charing Cross Road—Helene Hanff
1971—Winds of War—Herman Wouk
1972—The Terminal Man—Michel Crichton
1973—The Princess Bride—William Goldman
1974—Gather Together in My Name—Maya Angelou
1975—Walking the Bible—Bruce Fielder
1976—The Deep—Peter Benchley
1977—The Shining—Stephen King
1978—Listening Woman—Tony Hillerman
1979—If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler—Italo Calvino
1980—Lion of Ireland—Morgan Llewellyn
1981—Nisa—Marjorie Shostak
1982—Shindler’s List—Thomas Keneally
1983 –Winter’s Tale—Mark Helprin
1984—Love Medicine—Louise Eldrich
1985—Handmaiden’s Tale—Margaret Atwood
1986—Redwall-Brain Jacques
1987—A Yellow Raft in Blue Water—Michael Doris
1988—The Alcemist—Paulo Caelho
1989—Remains of the Day—Kazuo Isiguro
1990--Phantom—Susan Kay
1991—Outlander—Diana Gabaldon
1992—Songs of the Humpback Whale—Jodi Picoult
1993--The Giver--Lois
1994—Sword of Truth—Gilbert Morris
1995--Fields of Glory--Gilbert
1996—Drums of Change—Janette Oke
1997—Midwives—Chris Bohjalain
1998—The Poisonwood Bible—Barbara Kingsolver
1999—Mary Poppins, She Wrote—Valerie Lawson
2000—Eat, Pray, Love—Elizabeth Gilbert
2001—The Eyre Affair—Jasper Fforde
2002—Call the Midwife—Jennifer Worth
2003—Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country—Louise
Erdrich
2004—Fully Human Fully Divine—Michael Casey
2005—The Book Thief—Marcus Zusak
2006—Sold—Patricia McCormick
2007—Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society—Mary Ann Shaffer
2008—8 Sandpiper Way—Debbie Macomber
2009--A Conservationist Manifesto—Scott Russell Sanders
2010—The Last Stand—Nathaniel Philbrick
2011—In the Garden pf Beasts—Erik Larson
2012—A Street Cat named Bob—James Bowen
2013—Doctor Sleep—Stephen King
2014--The Invention of Wings—Sue Monk Kidd