Shawn H's 2026 Buffet Challenge

[Shawn]

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

[Shawn]

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR

1914 and earlier

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1915-2006/New School

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Six Bookshelf Dust Collectors

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Challenge #2 - Members Choice

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Challenge #3 - New Authors

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[Shawn]

Challenge #5 - Decade/Century

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

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

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Challenge #7 - Series Books – Start, Continue, Complete

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

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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

[Shawn]

Challenge #11 - Future Classics

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Challenge #12 - Fiction/Non-Fiction

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Challenge #13 - Old and New Linked Categories

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

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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)

[Shawn]

Challenge #16 - Terry's Book Chain

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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 Beverly Cleary

[Shawn]

Challenge #18 - A-Z Author

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[Wobbley]

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