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26/26
� A: Alice Long's Dachshunds (1967) - Muriel Spark [15/1/2020]
� B: Beautiful Losers (1966) - Leonard Cohen [7/2/2020]
� C: The Chalk Garden (1955) - Enid Bagnold [24/1/2020]
� D: Dune (1965) - Frank Herbert [13/1/20]
� E: Enough Rope (1926) - Dorothy Parker [15/1/20]
� F: The First Part Of King Henry The Sixth (1623) - William Shakespeare [2/1/20]
� G: Goblin Market and Selected Poems (1862) - Christina Rossetti [24/1/2020]
� H: The History of Rome, Vol 1 (1854) - Theodor Mommsen [30/1/2020]
� I: Inferno (1320) - Dante Alighieri [4/1/20]
� J: Just a Little One (1928) - Dorothy Parker [9/2/2020]
� K: King Henry VI Part Two (1591) - William Shakespeare [13/1/20]
� L: The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 - Anton Chekhov [23/1/20]
� M: My Brilliant Career (1901) - Miles Franklin [31/1/2020]
� N: Notes from the Underground (1864) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky [19/1/2020]
� O: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1957) - Dodie Smith [23/1/2020]
� P: Polaris (1919) - H.P. Lovecraft [5/1/20]
� The Quest for Lavishes Ghast (1964) - Muriel Spark [28/1/2020]
� R: A Rose for Emily (1930) - William Faulkner [5/1/20]
� S: The Secret Key, and Other Verses (1913) - George Essex Evans [31/1/2020]
� T: Trustee from the Toolroom (1960) - Nevil Shute [1/2/2020]
� U: Uncle Vanya (1897) - Anton Chekhov [29/7/20]
� V: Les Vaines Tendresses (1875) - Sully Prudhomme [8/1/20]
� W: Without Dogma (1891) Henryk Sienkiewicz [8/3/20]
� X: The SeXes (1944) - Dorothy Parker [30/4/20]
� Y: The Yellow Wallpaper (1890) - Charlotte Perkins Gilman [1/2/2020]
� Z: Franny and Zooey (1961) - J.D. Salinger [6/6/20]
2020 Classic Titles Challenge12/27/2020
24/26
A: The Age of Innocence* (1920) - Edith Wharton - (07/12/20)
B: The Blithedale Romance* (1852) - Nathaniel Hawthorne - (01/05/2020)
C: Cat's Cradle* (1963) - Kurt Vonnegut - (02/26/20)
D: Decline and Fall* (1928) - Evelyn Waugh - (05/23/20)
E: The Expedition of Humphry Clinker* (1771) - Tobias Smollett - (02/26/20)
F: Fellowship of the Ring* (1954), LOTR #1 - J. R. R. Tolkien - (11/30/20)
G: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater* (1965) - Kurt Vonnegut - (03/03/20)
H: The Horse and His Boy, Narnia #3 (1954) - C. S. Lewis - (08/20/20)
I: In His Steps (1896) - Charles M. Sheldon - (11/09/20)
J: A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) - Daniel DeFoe - (02/04/20)
K: Kokoro* (1914) - Natsume Soseki - (07/06/20)
L: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Narnia #2 (1950) - C. S. Lewis - (08/15/20)
M: Mansfield Park* (1814) - Jane Austen - (06/13/20)
N: Northanger Abbey* (written 1803; published 1818) - Jane Austen - (06/22/20)
O: Oroonoko* (1688) - Aphra Behn - (01/16/20)
P: Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia, Narnia #4 (1951) - C. S. Lewis - (08/22/20)
Q:
R: Roxana* (1724) - Daniel DeFoe - (01/21/20)
S: Sense and Sensibility* (1811) - Jane Austen - (06/03/20)
T: The Two Towers* (1955), LOTR #2 - J. R. R. Tolkien - (12/17/20)
U: Up From Slavery (1901) - Booker T. Washington - (11/08/20)
V: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Narnia #5 (1952) - C. S. Lewis - (08/25/20)
W: Waiting for Godot* (1952) - Samuel Beckett - (12/23/20)
X:
Y: As I Lay DYing (1930) - William Faulkner - (10/23/20)
Z: RosencrantZ and Guildenstern Are Dead (1967) - Tom Stoppard - (12/27/20)
* Listed in Boxall's, 1001 Books ... Read Before You Die
2020 Classic Titles Challenge12/26
A: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) - Lewis Carroll (March 1)
B:
C: A Christmas Carol (1843) - Charles Dickens (May 13)
D:
E: Ethan Frome (1911) - Edith Wharton (April 2)
F: Faro's Daughter (1941) - Georgette Heyer (January 14)
G:
H: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (May 11)
I: The Iliad - Homer (July 20)
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K:
L: The Lifted Veil (1859) - George Eliot (April 6)
M: Manx Fairy Tales (1911) - Sophia Morrison (May 26)
N:
O: The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (458 BC) - Aeschylus (May 20)
P: Pour une nuit d'amour (1883) - Émile Zola (May 26)
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S: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) - Robert Louis Stevenson (June 20)
T: Treasure Island (1882) - Robert Louis Stevenson (January 16)
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2020 CLASSIC TITLES CHALLENGEBooks Read: 3/26
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G - The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (6/4/20) ☆☆☆☆
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This Sweet Sickness (1960) by Patricia Highsmith (6/10/20) 4.5 ☆☆☆☆
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V - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) by C. S. Lewis (6/6/20) ☆☆☆☆�
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I've been working on this...A. A Passage to India (1824)
Feb 16, 2020
B. The Birthday Party and the Room (1962)
June 9, 2020
C. The Collected Fiction, Vol. 1: The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" and Other Nautical Adventures (1906, 1907, 1914, 1915, 1916)
Jan 31, 2020
D. Dubliners (1914)
June 21, 2020
E.
F. Find the Feathered Serpent: A Science Fiction Novel (1952)
April 25, 2020
G.
H. A High Wind In Jamaica (1928)
June 11, 2020
I. Island (1962)
Feb 5, 2020
J.
K.
L. Lydia Bailey (1947)
June 15, 2020
M. Miracles On Maple Hill (1956)
Jan 1, 2020
N. Never Cry Wolf (1963)
Jan 1, 2020
O. Our Man In Havana (1958)
June 7, 2020
P. Pioneers of Puerto Rico (1944)
June 16, 2020
Q.
R.
S. Soldier, Ask Not (1964)
July 4, 2020
T. The Tiger and the Rabbit and Other Tales (1946)
May 30, 2020
U. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
May 29, 2020
V. Vault of the Ages (1952)
April 23, 2020
W. The Wind Off the Small Isles and The Lost One (1960, 1968)
Feb 2, 2020
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Y. Year of the Unicorn (1965)
July 5, 2020
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I have finished my challenge! Good luck to everyone else working away at it! x
Jazzy wrote: "I have finished my challenge! Good luck to everyone else working away at it! x"Congrats on finishing!
Jazzy wrote: "I have finished my challenge! Good luck to everyone else working away at it! x"Congratulations Jazzy!
Many thanks Tim! You're doing very well on yours also! x
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This challenge is to read 26 book titles that spell out the alphabet.
Guidelines:
- Read a book title for each letter of the alphabet.
- Disregard: A, An, & The
- For X & Z, the letters can be found anywhere in the title to qualify.
- Only read books in 2020 apply. Please include your read date.
- Challenge ends December 31st.
- Classics are consider 50+ years.
- Be creative and happy reading!
Example 1:
A - Alexander Hamilton - Chernow, Ron {01/12}
B - The Bacchae - Euripides {07/30}
C ...
Example 2:
A: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Jan 12)
B: Baltasar & Blimunda by Jose Saramago (July 30th)
C: �
Here are some titles with tougher letters (X/Y/Z)
Titles - X,Y&Z
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Titles - X
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