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I’ll join in! I find some of these categories intriguing and there are definitely some genres included I want to explore
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-Read a poetry collection: The Poetry of John Keats
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-Read a poetry collection: The Poetry of John Keats
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Duration: One year or less
The basic point of the challenge is to read a minimum of 10 books in total. Below is a set of 10 categories to choose from. You decide your time limit, however, the maximum time limit is one year.
Each category will contain 3-5 options below it. You have to choose at least one book from each category.
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Category 1
Translated Fiction
- Read a book which is translated into English, from any of these languages - Spanish, German, Italian, French, Russian. (Mention the language it has been translated from)
- Read a book originally written in English, but which has been translated into over 10 languages. (Mention the 10 languages)
- Read a book which has been translated into English from a language which you wish to learn. (Mention the language.)
- Read a book originally written in any language of your native country, and has been translated into English. (Mention the language)
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Banned Books
- Read a book which was banned before you were born.
- Read a banned book written by an author belonging to your own country.
- Read any book from this list of banned books : https://theculturetrip.com/north-amer...
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Modern Adaptations of Classical Literature
- Read a modern adaptation of an old story.
- Read a modern adaptation of a classic novel.
- Read a modern YA retelling of a classic novel/story.
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Genre Game
- After a quick overview of you read shelf, select the one genre you have read the least books from. Read any book from that selected genre.
- After a quick overview of all the books you read last year, select the least read genre, and read a book from that genre.
- Try out a new author from a particular genre you've been meaning to explore for a while.
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Sub Genres
- Read a novel with any sub-genre of your choice.
- Read a book belonging to 'coming of age' or 'low fantasy'.
- Read a book pertaining to any one of these sub-genres of science fiction - near future, space opera, steampunk, alternate history.
You can refer to this list: https://www.servicescape.com/blog/144...
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Illustrations
- Read an illustrated classic.
- Read an illustrated non-classic.
- Read an illustrated retelling of a classic.
- Read a graphic novel.
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Broaden Your Horizons
- Read a book which solely deals with feminism.
- Read a satirical play/novel.
- Read a memoir written at least a 100 years ago.
- Read a book from a seldom-read genre.
Category 8
Culture
- Read a book of 'Japanese Fiction', ’Chinese fiction’, 'Indian Fiction' or 'Russian Fiction'
- Read a book set in Asia, Europe or Africa.
- Read a book whose home page lists the genres of 'literary fiction' and 'cultural fiction' below it.
- Read a book set in a country whose culture you're interested in.
Category 9
Poetry
- Read the works of a poet who belongs to your country.
- Read the works of a poet who mainly deals with political poetry.
- Read the works of a poet of 200 years ago.
- Read a poetry collection.
Category 10
Book Awards
- Read a book which won the Booker Prize after 1999.
- Read a Pulitzer Prize Winner
-Read a book that won Goodreads Choice Awards
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These were the 10 categories aforementioned. You can post all queries/suggestions below. All records of books read for the challenge have to be made here. Please record all your books in one post only; do not use multiple posts.
Happy Reading.