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B1: Written by Nobel Laureate Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather by Gao Xingjan - READ
B2: Classic Comedy or Satire Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut - READ
B3: Classic Tragedy Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe - READ
B4: Classic Made into a Film/TV Life of Pi by Yann Martel - READ
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize The Sellout by Paul Beatty - READ

I1: 20th Century Classic The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - READ
I2: New-to-You Author One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey - READ
I3: Classic Play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen - READ
I4: Classic of More than 500 Pages Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak - READ
I5: 18th Century or Earlier Classic The Art of Happiness by Epicurus - READ

N1: South American Classic The Devil to Pay in the Backlands by João Guimarães Rosa - READ
N2: Short Story Classic Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain - READ
N3: FREE SPACE Potiki by Patricia Grace - READ
N4: Poetry Collection Poems and Fragments by Sappho -READ
N5: European Classic The Trial by Franz Kafka - READ

G1: 19th Century Classic Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - READ
G2: Bokklubben (Norwegian Book Club) World Library List Book Blindness by José Saramago - READ
G3: Classic Non-fiction Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup - READ
G4: Group Read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - READ
G5: Classic Recommended by a Friend A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf - READ

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region The Bone People by Keri Hulme - READ
O2: Classic Folklore or Mythology Aesop's Fables by Aesop - READ
O3: Asian Classic The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore - READ
O4: Classic Romance Persuasion by Jane Austen - READ
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ (Noma Award) - READ

I found the Handmaid's Tale in a Romance book list. Does anyone know if it actually counts?

I wouldn't classify Handmaid's Tale as Romance. But according to our rules, if it is listed you can use it.

Kathy wrote: "I wouldn't classify Handmaid's Tale as Romance. But according to our rules, if it is listed you can use it."

Thanks, I changed it to Persuasion, which should fit better.

Zoe, this is such a great list. I have some of them for my Bingo too. Persuasion is a good pick--my favorite Austen so far. Enjoy!

Agreed, Persuasion is a great pick for romance and also my favourite Austen!

It's good to hear so many good things about Persuasion. Those lists are suspect - I was looking at one list of satire books. 1984 was on it. I've read that one and humour/satire is NOT a category I would have chosen.

Good luck on your challenge, Zoe. Persuasion is indeed a very good choice for romance. It's my favourite Austen too.

Persuasion is also on my list for next year. I'm looking forward to it, because a lot of people here seem to really like it. You have a great list of books there. I hope you enjoy them, and have fun with your challenge :)

Persuasion is probably my favourite Austen book. Good luck with your challenge :) Also thank you for bringing to my attention that Dubliners is so short!

First one read. And I think I may have misinterpreted the short story one Olivia sorry. Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories so I thought it fit, but after re-looking at the wording - maybe not.

Really nice list, Zoe!!! Lots of luck!!! ;-)

How did you find Sappho? I keep meaning to read this, but never seem to get around to it.

Pink wrote: "How did you find Sappho? I keep meaning to read this, but never seem to get around to it."

It was really interesting. The introduction talked about what we know about her life and what we don't. About the myths about her that have sprung up in the absence of information, and how certain fragments have been preserved. It is still hard really get into Sappho as a writer though. At the time this was written only of full poem had survived (I liked that one), a few fragmented ones and many single lines. I randomly found that in 2014 they found another whole poem and another fragmented one.

The introduction sounds interesting. I know that we only have small fragments of her work, so it's good to get a background about why this is. I'll have to check out the copy I have on kindle.

Four now done. I'm determined not to finish it at the last minute this year.

The Art of Happiness

Is really interesting if you are interested in Ancient Greece and/or Philosophy.

BINGO N line. :)

Congrats on your bingo. Well done.

Doing great, Zoe :-)

Second Bingo. Getting there.

Done! Those were some awesome books.

Zoe....fantastic list. Which were your favorites? Ive read 12 of them and liked them all.

Tammy wrote: "Zoe....fantastic list. Which were your favorites? Ive read 12 of them and liked them all."

The eternally hard question. Maybe, arguably... One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Potiki, The Trial, Madam Bovary, The Bone People?

Which ones have have you liked the most?

Remains of the Day is the best!!

Terris wrote: "Remains of the Day is the best!!"

That was really good. When I first started it I wasn't sure, but I got more into it I liked it. By the time I had finished it I thought it was great.