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Feel free to post your plan for the Winter sub-challenge in this thread.

Living Authors

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Other tasks completed tracking:
10.1 - 10.2 - 10.3 - 10.6 - 10.7 - 10.9 - 10.10
20.1 - 20.3 - 20.4 - 20.6 - 20.7 - 20.8 - 20.9

My plan:

LIVING AUTHORS
15.1. 75-150, The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind, 77 pp and She Sat He Stood: What Do Your Characters Do While They Talk? by Ginger Hanson, 66 pp
15.2. 100-149, The Bucket by Allan Ahlberg, 144 pp
15.3. 150-199, The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan, 160 pp
15.4. 200-249, The Necessary Deaths by David C. Dawson, 200 pp
15.5. 250-299, Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven by Jane Bailey, 288 pp
15.6. 300-349, Home by Marilynne Robinson, 325 pp
15.7. 350-399, Ever Fallen in Love by Zoë Strachan, 350 pp
15.8. 400-449, The House of Birds by Morgan McCarthy, 448 pp
15.9. 450-499, World's End by T.C. Boyle, 480 pp
15.10. 500+, City Sister Silver by Jáchym Topol, 512 pp

My plan

15.1. 75-150, The Book Case by Nelson DeMille 72 pg, Veiled by Kendra Elliot 69pg, total page count 141
15.2. 100-149, The Old Blue Line by J.A. Jance 144pg
15.3. 150-199, The Lush Life by Peggy A Edelheit 160pg
15.4. 200-249, Sweet Masterpiece by Connie Shelton 244pg
15.5. 250-299, Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron 261pg
15.6. 300-349, Dark Angel by Joseph Badal 342pg
15.7. 350-399, The Long Way Home by Louise Penny 373pg
15.8. 400-449, Memory Man by David Baldacci 416pg
15.9. 450-499, Lost Lake by Phillip Margolin 464pg
15.10. 500+, In the Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George 533pg

Pre 1950:

15.1 two or three short works adding up to 75-150 pages*
Black Penguin list. Preferred:
The Life of a Stupid Man by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa - 55 pages - pub. 1927
A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees by Yoshida Kenkō - 51 pages - pub. 1340

15.2 100-149 p - Where Angels Fear To Tread by E.M. Forster -148 pages - pub. 1905

15.3 150-199p - The Just Men of Cordova (The Four Just Men #3) by Edgar Wallace - 178 pages - pub. 1917

15.4 200-249p - Kokoro by Sōseki Natsume - 248 pages - pub. 1914

15.5 250-299p - The Harp in the South (Harp in the South #2) by Ruth Park - 251 pages - pub. 1948 OR The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe #4) by Raymond Chandler -266 pages - pub. 1943

15.6 300-349p - Kif by Josephine Tey - 328 pages - pub. 1929

15.7 350-399p - Haxby's Circus by Katharine Susannah Prichard - 360 pages - pub. 1930

15.8 400-449p - All That Swagger by Miles Franklin -418 pages - pub. 1936 OR Ruth by Elizbeth Gaskell - 432 pages - pub. 1853

15.9 450-499p - Main Street by Lewis Sinclair - 454 pages - pub. 1920

15.10 500p or more - For Love Alone by Christina Stead -512 pages - pub. 1944

LIVING AUTHORS - Aus Women Writers

15.1 two or three short works adding up to 75-150 pages*
Short Blacks - list
Fat City by Karen Hitchcock - 64 pages
Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice by Helen Garner - 64 pages
No Fixed Address by Robyn Davidson - 64 pages

15.2 100-149p - Summer and the Groomsman by Cathryn Hein - 134 pages
15.3 150-199p - Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor - 160 pages OR Aunts Up the Cross by Robin Dalton - 180 pages

15.4 200-249p - Summerlandish: Do As I Say, Not As I Did by Summer Land - 224 pages OR Nine Days by Toni Jordan - 245 pages

15.5 250-299p - The Bit In Between by Claire Varley - 272 pages OR Lost & Found by Brooke Davis - 272 pages OR Paper Chains by Nicola Moriarty - 288 pages

15.6 300-349p - A New Kind of Death by Alison Goodman - 333 pages OR Someone Like You (Boys of Summer #2) by Victoria Purman - 335 pages OR Taking a Chance by Deborah Burrows - 346 pages

15.7 350-399p - Jilted by Rachael Johns - 384 pages OR The Dangers of Truffle Hunting by Sunni Overend - 352 pages OR The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop - 352 pages

15.8 400-449p - Paving the New Road (Rowland Sinclair #4) by Sulari Gentill - 403 pages OR The Golden Land by Di Morrissey - 400 pages OR Sinister Intent (Lexie Rogers #1) by Karen M. Davis - 439 pages

15.9 450-499p - The Scrivener's Tale by Fiona McIntosh - 499 pages OR The Island House by Posie Graeme-Evans - 464 pages OR Behind the Sun (Convict Girls #1) by Deborah Challinor - 470 pages

15.10 500p or more - Southern Ruby by Belinda Alexandra - 521 pages OR The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth - 538 pages OR Saree by Su Dharmapala -560 pages

Tentative plan for the pre-1950 option (I'm pretty sure I'm going to change some of the books, though):

15.1 The Vampyre by John William Polidori - 40 pages - published 1819 AND Lieutenant Gustl by Arthur Schnitzler - 49 pages - published 1900
15.2 The Willows by Algernon Blackwood - 105 pages - published 1907
15.3 Youth Without God by Ödön von Horváth - 165 pages - published 1937
15.4 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim - 232 pages - published 1922
15.5 The Satyricon by Petronius Arbiter - 272 pages - published 60
15.6 The Devil's Elixirs by E.T.A. Hoffmann - 336 pages - published 1815
15.7 Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare - 384 pages - published 1605
15.8 The Brothers Ashkenazi by Israel J. Singer - 448 pages - published 1936
15.9 South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram', 1910-12 by Roald Amundsen - 496 pages - published 1912
15.10 Rob Roy by Walter Scott - 501 pages - published 1817 OR Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - 586 pages - published 1859 OR The Red and the Black by Stendhal - 608 pages - published 1830

Tentative living author plan. Some of them are rather elderly, so I'm hoping for a long(er) life for them!

15.1 short stories by Margaret Atwood Stone Mattress: A Story (Kindle Single) and Down the Rabbit Hole by JD Robb
15.2 Wenjack
15.3 The Dragon Head of Hong Kong
15.4 I Married You for Happiness
15.5 Still Life with Woodpecker
15.6 A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
15.7 The Mermaid Chair
15.8 One Good Turn
15.9 Snow Falling on Cedars
15.10 The Pillars of Hercules

BEFORE 1950:
15.1. 75-150, 2-3 works: God's Trombones (56p, 1927) + The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (42p, 1888)
15.2. 100-149: The Chimes (116p, 1844)
15.3. 150-199: Porgy (166p, 1925) or The Mystery of the Yellow Room (192p, 1908)
15.4. 200-249: The A.B.C. Murders (247p, 1936)
15.5. 250-299: Jonah's Gourd Vine (256p, 1934)
15.6. 300-349: Jamaica Inn (302p, 1935)
15.7. 350-399: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (368p, 1940)
15.8. 400-449: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (404p, 1884)
15.9. 450-499: As a Driven Leaf 480p, 1939)
15.10. 500+: The Woman in White (672p, 1859)

LIVING AUTHORS
15.1. 75-150: The Gold Key in the Mahogany Box (77p) + True Tales of the Everglades (64p)
15.2. 100-149: The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer (136p) or Jacob's Journey: Wisdom to Find the Way, Strength to Carry on by Noah Benshea (116p)
15.3. 150-199: I'd Like to Call for Help, but I Don't Know the Number: The Search for Spirituality in Everyday Life by Abraham J. Twerski (152p)
15.4. 200-249: Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon (227p)
15.5. 250-299: White Butterfly by Walter Mosley (292p)
15.6. 300-349: Egg Drop Dead by Laura Childs (306p)
15.7. 350-399: Night Moves by Randy Wayne White (376p)
15.8. 400-449: Long Time Gone by J.A. Jance (417p)
15.9. 450-499: The Artist by Norman Garbo(477p) or Just One Look by Harlan Coben (499p)
15.10. 500+: The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver (630p)

Giving some planning a go, with all living authors:

15.1 75-150: Keeper of Keys by Bernice L. McFadden (38) and A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark (41)
15.2 100-149: The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson (117)
15.3 150-199: All the Living by C.E. Morgan (199)
15.4 200-249: An Unsuitable Heir by K.J. Charles (246)
15.5 250-299: The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld (274)
15.6 300-349: The Answers by Catherine Lacey (304)
15.7 350-399: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (351)
15.8 400-449: Grace by Natashia Deón (400) or vN by Madeline Ashby (416)
15.9 450-499: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (468) or In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins (480)
15.10 500 or more: The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson (549)

Living authors:
15.1 (66)The Sun Zebra by Rolando Garcia and The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse by Alan Bradley (26 pgs)
15.2(119) These Haunted Hills by Tabitha Prock
15.3(185) How to Talk So Your Husband Will Listen: And Listen So Your Husband Will Talk by Rick Johnson
15.4
15.5 (288) The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies by Susan Wittig Albert
15.6 (338) The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear
15.7 (351) Friendswood by Rene Steinke
15.8
15.9 (487) The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart - lex=900
15.10

Before 1950;
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8
15.9
15.10 (542) The House by the Churchyard by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4 200-249: 208 pp Nutshell by Ian McEwan
15.5
15.6 300-349: 336 pages The Pigeon Pie Mystery by Julia Stuart
15.7
15.8
15.9
15.10

15.1 - *Before Ebola: Dispatches from a Deadly Outbreak and The Nazi Connection
15.2 - *Obeying Evil: The Mockingbird Hill Massacre Through the Eyes of a Killer
15.3 - *The Haunting of Hill House
15.4
15.5 - *The Princess Diarist
15.6 - *White Trash Zombie Apocalypse
15.7 - *Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
15.8 - *Columbine
15.9 - Feedback
15.10 - Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders