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1820-1920
Level 1 Half Century
1820-1829:
1830-1839:
1840-1849:
1850-1859:
1860-1869:
Level 2 Centurion
1870-1879:
1880-1889:
1890-1899:
1900-1909:
1910-1919:
1920-2020
Level 1 Half Century
1920-1929:
1930-1939:
1940-1949:
1950-1959:
1960-1969:
Level 2 Centurion
1970-1979:
1980-1989:
1990-1999:
2000-2009:
2010-2020
2000-2020
Level 1 Start The Countdown
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Level 2 Double Down
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Level 3 Moving Forward
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Level 4 Decade Master
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Okay this one seems much more challenging, but since I do enjoy contemporary fiction, I'm going to attempt the 2000 challenge. I might also see what I can handle in 1920-2020 decades if only to find some reads outside of my comfort zone. Okay, I decided to just set up a list and I will add to it as I think of books that will fit and will check off those I finish..
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Decades Challenge:
� 1820-1829: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, � The Raven
� 1830-1839: The Fall of the House of Usher, � Ligeia
� 1840-1849: The Pit and the Pendulum, � The Tell-Tale Heart, � The Masque of the Red Death, � The Cask of Amontillado, � The Black Cat, � The Premature Burial, � The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
� 1850-1859: Bleak House
� 1860-1869:Les Misérables
� 1870-1879: The Return of the Native � 1880-1889: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn A Study in Scarlet
� 1890-1899: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, � The Importance of Being Earnest, � The Reluctant Dragon
� 1900-1909: The Call of the Wild
� 1910-1919: Something Fresh
� 1920-1929: An American Tragedy
� 1930-1939: Of Mice and Men, � The Grapes of Wrath
� 1940-1949: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, � Cannery Row
� 1950-1959: Night, � Sweet Thursday
� 1960-1969: The Master and Margarita, � Where the Red Fern Grows
� 1970: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
� 1971: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, The Tombs of Atuan
� 1972: The Farthest Shore
� 1973: Sula
� 1974: The Killer Angels
� 1975: Danny the Champion of the World
� 1976: Dragonsong
� 1977: Bridge to Terabithia
� 1978: The Stand
� 1979: Bunnicula, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
� 1980: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
� 1981: Ramona Quimby, Age 8
� 1982: Howliday Inn, The BFG
� 1983: The Celery Stalks at Midnight, � The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree
� 1984: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
� 1985: Lonesome Dove
� 1986: Hatchet
� 1987: Dirk Gently's Holistic Det Agcy, � Swan Song
� 1988: The Alchemist
� 1989: A Time to Kill, The Remains of the Day
� 1990: Dealing with Dragons
� 1991: Searching for Dragons
� 1992: Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World, � The Secret History
� 1993: The Last Wish
� 1994: One for the Money
� 1995: The Golden Compass
� 1996: Brian's Winter
� 1997: Killing Floor, � Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
� 1998: Holes
� 1999: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
� 2000: The Ice Limit
� 2001: Purgatory Ridge, � The Hob's Bargain
� 2002: Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey, Lucky Man
� 2003: The Wee Free Men
� 2004: Brimstone
� 2005: No Country for Old Men
� 2006: Triptych, The Final Empire
� 2007: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
� 2008: The Forgotten Garden
� 2009: The Child Thief, � Heart's Blood
� 2010: I Shall Wear Midnight
� 2011: The Monster in the Hollows, � A Discovery of Witches
� 2012: A Man Called Ove
� 2013: Lighter Than My Shadow
� 2014: But For The Grace, Skin Game
� 2015: Everything, Everything
� 2016: The Sun Is Also a Star
� 2017: Always and Forever, Lara Jean
� 2018: The Benefits of Being an Octopus
� 2019: Right as Rain
� 2020: The Forgotten Home Child
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Decades from 1820:
1820-1829: Phantasien im Bremer Ratskeller: Ein Herbstgeschenk für Freunde des Weines by Wilhelm Hauff
1830-1839: Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz
1840 - 1849: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell by Charlotte Brontë
1850 - 1859: John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
1860-1869: Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company by Multatuli
1870-1879: Les Vaines Tendresses by Sully Prudhomme
1880-1889: Pierre et Jean by Guy de Maupassant
1890-1899: The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner
1900-1909: The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Elizabeth von Arnim
1910-1919: The Admirable Crichton by J.M. Barrie
Decades from 1920:
1920-1929: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes & But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes by Anita Loos
1930-1939: The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck
1940-1949: Les Mouches by Jean-Paul Sartre
1950-1959: Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
1960-1969: La Chambre Bleue by Georges Simenon
1970 - 1979: La tía Julia y el escribidor by Mario Vargas Llosa
1980- 1989: A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
1990-1999: Reim und Zeit: Gedichte by Robert Gernhardt
2000-2009: Murder in A-Major by Morley Torgov
2010-2019: Benediction by Kent Haruf
I’ll go with the following:1920-2020
Level 1 Half Century
1920-1929: The Enchanted April
1930-1939: A Room Of One’s Own
1940-1949: A View Of The Harbour
1950-1959: Excellent Women
1960-1969: No Fond Return Of Love
Level 2 Centurion
1970-1979: Rule Britannia - currently reading
1980-1989: Crapmton Hodnet
1990-1999: The God Of Small Things
2000-2009: The Book Thief
2010-2020: A Man Called Ove
Going for Option 2: Read a book from every decade from 1920-2020 1920-1929: Amerika: The Missing Person by Franz Kafka pub yr 1927
1930-1939: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: with illustrations by Rebecca Ashdown by T.S. Eliot pub yr 1939 - *Read Jan 4*
1940-1949: The Plague by Albert Camus pub yr 1947
1950-1959: The Sea Close By by Albert Camus pub yr 1954 *Read Feb 29*
1960-1969: Z by Vassilis Vassilikos pub yr 1966
1970-1979: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter pub yr 1979
1980-1989: The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe pub yr 1987
1990-1999: Out by Natsuo Kirino pub yr 1997
2000-2009: Serve the People! by Yan Lianke pub yr 2005 *Read Apr 17*
2010-2019: Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A Pelican Introduction by Orlando Figes pub yr 2014 *Read Mar 11*
2020:
I'll go for options 2 and 3.1920-2020
Level 1 Half Century
1920-1929: Sheridan Le Fanu - Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Stories
1930-1939: Georges Simenon - Au rendez-vous des Terre-Neuvas
1940-1949: Dorothy Parker - The Custard Heart
1950-1959: Driss Chraibi - The Simple Past
1960-1969: James Baldwin - The Fire Next Time
Level 2 Centurion
1970-1979: Angela Carter - The Bloody Chamber
1980-1989: Marilynne Robinson - Housekeeping
1990-1999: Julia Alvarez - In the Time of the Butterflies
2000-2009: Geraldine Brooks - Year of Wonders
2010-2020: Nafissa Thompson-Spires - Heads of the Colored People
2000-2020
Level 1 Start The Countdown
2000 Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang
2001 Ben Elton - Dead Famous
2002
2003 Anne Applebaum - Gulag: A History
2004 Jonathen Lethem - Men and Cartoons
Level 2 Double Down
2005 Didier van Cauwelaert - Attirances
2006 Yrsa Sigurdardottir - My Soul to Take
2007 Nathacha Appanah - Le dernier frère
2008 Tidiane N'Diaye - Le Génocide Voilé
2009 Marie Ndiaye -Trois femmes puissantes
Level 3 Moving Forward
2010 Simon Winchester - Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
2011 Juan Gabriel Vasquez - The Sound of Things Falling
2012 Ondjaki - Transparent City
2013 Abby Geni - The Last Animal
2014 Bandi - The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea
Level 4 Decade Master
2015 Moussa Konate - L'affaire des coupeurs de têtes
2016 Nikesh Shukla - The Good Immigrant
2017 Daniel Kehlmann - Tijl
2018 Anabel Hernandez - A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty Three Students
2019 Rebecca Solnit - Whose Story Is This?: Old Conflicts, New Chapters: Essays at the Intersection
2020 Kapka Kassabova - To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace
Mod
I think I will probably just complete the 2nd and 3rd options, but I will put them all here in hopes that I finish all 3. :-)Last updated: 12/31/2020
1820-1920 (5 of 10 complete)
Level 1 Half Century
✔️ 1820-1829: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 12/31/2020
1830-1839: The Red and The Black
1840-1849: Self-Reliance
1850-1859: Walden or The Life of Charlotte Bronte
1860-1869: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Level 2 Centurion
1870-1879: The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
✔️ 1880-1889: Three Men in a Boat 1889, 10/18/2020
✔️ 1890-1899: The Importance of Being Earnest 1895, 12/30/2020
✔️ 1900-1909: Anne of Green Gables 1908, 10/30/2020
✔️ 1910-1919: I Am a Cat: I 1910, 12/15/2020
1920-2020 (9 of 10 complete)
Level 1 Half Century
✔️ 1920-1929: The Prophet 1923, 3/22/2020
✔️ 1930-1939: The Grapes of Wrath 1939, 9/30/2020
1940-1949: Brideshead Revisited
✔️ 1950-1959: The Haunting of Hill House 1959, 6/20/2020
✔️ 1960-1969: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969, 4/30/2020
Level 2 Centurion
✔️ 1970-1979: 84, Charing Cross Road 1970, 2/1/2020
✔️ 1980-1989: Beloved 1987, 02/02/2020
✔️ 1990-1999: The Virgin Suicides 1993, 3/1/2020
✔️ 2000-2009: Still Life 2005, 1/13/2020
✔️ 2010-2020: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed 2019, 1/20/2020
2000-2020 (19 of 21 complete)
Level 1 Start The Countdown
✔️ 2000: Prodigal Summer 1/25/2020
✔️ 2001: Strange Weather in Tokyo 4/10/2020
2002: Everything is Illuminated
✔️ 2003: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 8/2/2020
2004: Quicksilver
Level 2 Double Down
✔️ 2005: Still Life 1/13/2020
✔️ 2006: Half of a Yellow Sun 3/9/2020
✔️ 2007: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life 6/30/2020
✔️ 2008: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 2/10/2020
✔️ 2009: The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal 9/15/2020
Level 3 Moving Forward
✔️ 2010: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 5/16/2020
✔️ 2011: The Night Circus 2/17/2020
✔️ 2012: The Lola Quartet 2/22/2020
✔️ 2013: March: Book One 9/14/2020
✔️ 2014: We Should All Be Feminists 8/30/2020
Level 4 Decade Master
✔️ 2015: Year of Yes 5/23/2020
✔️ 2016: The Dry 3/12/2020
✔️ 2017: Little Fires Everywhere 4/6/2020
✔️ 2018: The Overstory 2/16/2020
✔️ 2019: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed 1/20/2020
✔️ 2020: Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life 3/15/2020
Start: January 1st, 2020 Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books Completed:
1820-1920
Level 1 Half Century
1820-1829:
1830-1839:
1840-1849:
1850-1859:
1860-1869:
Level 2 Centurion
1870-1879:
1880-1889:
1890-1899:
1900-1909:
1910-1919:
1920-2020
Level 1 Half Century
1920-1929:
1930-1939:
1940-1949:
1950-1959:
1960-1969:
Level 2 Centurion
1970-1979:
1980-1989:
1990-1999:
2000-2009:
2010-2020
2000-2020
Level 1 Start The Countdown
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Level 2 Double Down
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Level 3 Moving Forward
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Level 4 Decade Master
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
I think rather than setting a specific goal parse I am just going to see how many of these I can slip in with my other challenges this year! I think it will be a challenge, but a good one, to read from many era's! I will be focusing on the 1920-2020 decade option. 1920-2020
Level 1 Half Century
1920-1929:
1930-1939:
1940-1949: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
1950-1959:
1960-1969:
Level 2 Centurion
1970-1979:
1980-1989:
1990-1999: All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot & Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja
2000-2009:
2010-2020
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(just for fun)
1820-1920
Level 1 Half Century
1820-1829:
1830-1839:
1840-1849:
1850-1859:
1860-1869:
Level 2 Centurion
1870-1879:
1880-1889:
1890-1899:
1900-1909:
1910-1919:
2000-2020
Level 1 Start The Countdown
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Level 2 Double Down
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Level 3 Moving Forward
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Level 4 Decade Master
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
I'll go for option 3.2000-2020
Level 1 Start The Countdown
2000
2001
2002
2003 - Oryx and Crake, 1/11/2020
2004 - Something Rotten, 1/3/2020
Level 2 Double Down
2005
2006 - World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, 1/17/2020
2007 - Now and Forever: Somewhere a Band Is Playing Leviathan '99, 1/26/2020
2008 - The Graveyard Book, 6/18/2020
2009 - An Echo in the Bone, 1/2/2020
Level 3 Moving Forward
2010
2011
2012 - A Man Called Ove, 1/20/2020
2013
2014 - The Glass Magician, 1/8/2020
Level 4 Decade Master
2015 - Serafina and the Black Cloak, 6/25/2020
2016 - The Underground Railroad, 5/12/2020
2017 - Us Against You, 6/16/2020
2018 - A Map of Days, 1/5/2020
2019 - Recursion, 5/9/2020
2020 - The Other Mrs., 2/11/2020
I'm in. I was in a bit of a reading slump this year so I have a lot of catching up to do.1920-2020
Level 1 Half Century
1920-1929:
1930-1939:
1940-1949:
1950-1959:
1960-1969:
Level 2 Centurion
1970-1979:
1980-1989:
�1990-1999: Beach Music by Pat Conroy - 1995
2000-2009: Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan - 2009 (currently reading)
�2010-2019: Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks (2018)
2020:
Ooh, I had a very successful year for this. I read 3 of them in the last couple of days (1975, 1976, 1981), but I managed to finish decade books (1-2) from 1820-1969, and then I was able to finish one book for every year from 1970 to 2020 (message 3). I really love this challenge because it caused me to revisit some old favorites, as well as many classics that have "been on my list" for ages. I'm looking forward to doing a similar challenge next year!
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (other topics)Three Men in a Boat (other topics)
The Importance of Being Earnest (other topics)
Dragonsong (other topics)
Danny the Champion of the World (other topics)
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Jamaica Kincaid (other topics)Yan Lianke (other topics)
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The idea is to try to read and record ONE book originally published in each decade listed. Feel free to cut and paste the template below to get started.
This is the official thread for posting lists and sharing ideas about how to complete this challenge.
This year being the start of a new decade, we are going to mix things up a bit! We will have 3 options on how to complete this challenge
* Read a book from every decade from 1820-1920
* Read a book from every decade from 1920-2020
* Read a book from every YEAR from 2000-2020
Also, GR does a "Best Books of ____" by decade, which is really helpful. You can access through LISTOPIA or Google "Best Books of (decade/year)" to get to them.