ONE

[Tr1sha]

I’m posting an early challenge as members are likely to be busy during the next few weeks. Let’s start 2026 with a new theme called ONE (based on an idea from Jazzy)

Read books that fit any of the descriptions:

Title includes word or number “one”
An author’s first published book
The first book of a series

[Vit]

One… Two… Three… Come on…
“But I’m one, I am one.
And I can see that this is me
And I will be
You’ll all see I’m the one.” The Who

1. The first book of a series…
Laurie Lee – Cider with Rosie 1959

2. Title includes word or number “one”…
Laurie Lee – As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning 1969

3. An author’s first published book…
Philip Roth – Goodbye, Columbus 1959

[Tr1sha]

Nice choices, Vit.

[Kathy]

ONE -- January 2026 Challenge

1. Title includes word or number “one”
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee (1969)

2. An author’s first published book
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch (1954)

3. The first book of a series
The Warden by Antony Trollope (1855) [First book of the Chronicles of Barsetshire series]

[Rosemarie]

One Challenge: January

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[Jazzy]

ONE - Singular Sensation!
2026




1. Title includes word or number “one”
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960) - Dr. Seuss

2 An author’s first published book
Platonov (1878) - Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov wrote Platonov, his first major, untitled play, in 1878 when he was around 18 or 20, but it was rejected and forgotten until its manuscript was discovered and published decades later, with its first significant performances occurring in the 1950s and 1960s

3 The First Book of a Series
Parker Pyne Investigates (1934) - Agatha Christie

[Lynn]

Read books that fit any of the descriptions:

Title includes word or number “one”
An author’s first published book
The first book of a series

1.


Possible books
Book 1 in the Series A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (1968)
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin (1973)

[Vicky]

⭐ "I shall say this only ONCE!" ⭐

Read books that fit any of the descriptions:

1.Title includes word or number “one”
One Hundred and One DalmationsbyDodie Smith(1956)
⭐✔5/1/26★ ★ ★ ★ ★

2.An author’s first published book
Betty ZanebyZane Grey(1903,written about Zane's own great-great grandmother)

3.The first book of a series
Men at ArmsbyEvelyn Waugh (Book 1 of Sword of Honour Series)(1952)
⭐✔2/1/26★ ★ ★ ★ ★

[Nike]

January 2026 Challenge ONE

1. Title includes word or number One:


2. An author’s first published book: Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan


3. The first book of a series:

[Nike]

Jazzy wrote: "ONE - Singular Sensation!
2026




1. Title includes word or number “one”
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960) - Dr. Seuss

2 An author’s first published book
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How lovely to see you back again, Jazzy! ❤️

[Nidhi]

January 2026 Challenge ONE
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1. Title includes word or number One:


2. An author’s first published book:


3. The first book of a series: