Please use this thread to keep track of your progress. Here are the templates. Good Luck and Happy Reading!
To celebrate the passing of 2023, if you choose to participate, we will be reading the most popular fiction books of the last hundred years, from 1923 through 2023. Feel free to modify it to your needs, whether you choose to read one book per decade, read a book from every other year/every 3/every 5, or you can pick books other than what's listed below. Personally, I didn't want to read them by year chronologically, so I used a number randomizer to determine which order I will read them in. Included here are four different versions: one with just the years, one with the years and books in order, the one I created using the randomizer, and a decades-only one. Enjoy!
1923 - Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers 1924 - We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1925 - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 1926 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 1927 - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 1928 - Orlando by Virginia Woolf 1929 - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 1930 - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 1931 - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck 1932 - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 1933 - Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell 1934 - Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1935 - Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck 1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 1937 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 1938 - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 1939 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 1940 - For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 1941 - Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier 1942 - The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis 1943 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 1944 - The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham 1945 - Animal Farm by George Orwell 1946 - All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren 1947 - The Plague by Albert Camus 1948 - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 1949 - 1984 by George Orwell 1950 - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 1951 - The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 1952 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck 1953 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 1954 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding 1955 - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 1956 - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin 1957 - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 1958 - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 1959 - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 1960 - Rabbit, Run by John Updike 1961 - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 1962 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 1963 - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Path 1964 - A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood 1965 - Dune by Frank Herbert 1966 - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein 1967 - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1968 - 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 1969 - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1970 - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 1971 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson 1972 - Watership Down by Richard Adams 1973 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman 1974 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman 1975 - Shogun by James Clavell 1976 - Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice 1977 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 1978 - The World According to Garp by John Irving 1979 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 1980 - The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum 1981 - Red Dragon by Thomas Harris 1982 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker 1983 - The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett 1984 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 1985 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 1986 - The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy 1987 - Beloved by Toni Morrison 1988 - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 1989 - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 1990 - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman 1991 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 1992 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 1993 - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson 1994 - One for the Money by Janet Evanovich 1995 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire 1996 - A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin 1997 - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 1998 - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 1999 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 2000 - Angels & Demons by Dan Brown 2001 - The Life of Pi by Yann Martel 2002 - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 2003 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 2004 - My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult 2005 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 2006 - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 2007 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 2008 - The Host by Stephenie Meyer 2009 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett 2010 - Room by Emma Donoghue 2011 - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 2012 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 2013 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 2014 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 2015 - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 2016 - It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover 2017 - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 2018 - Circe by Madeline Miller 2019 - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 2020 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 2021 - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 2022 - Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover 2023 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Template #3 (I Choose for You - Randomized)
1970 - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 2005 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 1984 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 1945 - Animal Farm by George Orwell 1929 - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 1993 - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson 1997 - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 1976 - Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice 1942 - The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis 1991 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 1961 - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 2011 - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 1968 - 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 1982 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker 1954 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding 1940 - For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 1972 - Watership Down by Richard Adams 1955 - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 1983 - The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett 1992 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 2016 - It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover 1980 - The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum 1973 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman 1959 - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 1974 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman 1948 - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 1979 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 2000 - Angels & Demons by Dan Brown 1989 - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 1941 - Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier 1995 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire 2006 - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 2020 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 1963 - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Path 1934 - Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1964 - A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood 1924 - We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1944 - The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham 2018 - Circe by Madeline Miller 1926 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 1958 - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 1986 - The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy 1935 - Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck 1977 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 2013 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 2014 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 1985 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 2017 - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 1999 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 1960 - Rabbit, Run by John Updike 1969 - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1987 - Beloved by Toni Morrison 1975 - Shogun by James Clavell 1952 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck 1932 - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 1967 - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1938 - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 1937 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 1981 - Red Dragon by Thomas Harris 1951 - The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 1994 - One for the Money by Janet Evanovich 1990 - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman 1947 - The Plague by Albert Camus 2010 - Room by Emma Donoghue 2015 - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 2008 - The Host by Stephenie Meyer 1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 1943 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 1939 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 1923 - Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers 2023 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 1962 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 1971 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson 1931 - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck 1950 - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 2009 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett 1957 - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 1925 - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 2001 - The Life of Pi by Yann Martel 1978 - The World According to Garp by John Irving 2007 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 1953 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 2002 - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 2022 - Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover 1927 - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 2021 - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 1966 - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein 1956 - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin 1933 - Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell 1988 - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 1965 - Dune by Frank Herbert 2003 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 1996 - A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin 2019 - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 1930 - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 1998 - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 1928 - Orlando by Virginia Woolf 2012 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 1946 - All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren 2004 - My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult 1949 - 1984 by George Orwell
To celebrate the passing of 2023, if you choose to participate, we will be reading the most popular fiction books of the last hundred years, from 1923 through 2023. Feel free to modify it to your needs, whether you choose to read one book per decade, read a book from every other year/every 3/every 5, or you can pick books other than what's listed below. Personally, I didn't want to read them by year chronologically, so I used a number randomizer to determine which order I will read them in. Included here are four different versions: one with just the years, one with the years and books in order, the one I created using the randomizer, and a decades-only one. Enjoy!
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Template #2 (I Choose for You - In Order)
1923 - Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
1924 - We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
1925 - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
1926 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
1927 - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
1928 - Orlando by Virginia Woolf
1929 - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
1930 - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
1931 - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
1932 - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
1933 - Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
1934 - Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1935 - Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1937 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
1938 - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
1939 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
1940 - For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
1941 - Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
1942 - The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
1943 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
1944 - The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
1945 - Animal Farm by George Orwell
1946 - All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
1947 - The Plague by Albert Camus
1948 - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
1949 - 1984 by George Orwell
1950 - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
1951 - The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
1952 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
1953 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
1954 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1955 - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
1956 - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
1957 - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
1958 - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
1959 - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
1960 - Rabbit, Run by John Updike
1961 - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
1962 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
1963 - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Path
1964 - A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
1965 - Dune by Frank Herbert
1966 - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
1967 - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1968 - 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
1969 - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
1970 - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
1971 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
1972 - Watership Down by Richard Adams
1973 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
1974 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
1975 - Shogun by James Clavell
1976 - Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
1977 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
1978 - The World According to Garp by John Irving
1979 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
1980 - The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
1981 - Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
1982 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker
1983 - The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
1984 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
1985 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
1986 - The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
1987 - Beloved by Toni Morrison
1988 - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
1989 - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
1990 - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
1991 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
1992 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
1993 - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
1994 - One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
1995 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
1996 - A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
1997 - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
1998 - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
1999 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
2000 - Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
2001 - The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2002 - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
2003 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2004 - My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
2005 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
2006 - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2007 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2008 - The Host by Stephenie Meyer
2009 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
2010 - Room by Emma Donoghue
2011 - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
2012 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
2013 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
2014 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
2015 - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
2016 - It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
2017 - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
2018 - Circe by Madeline Miller
2019 - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
2020 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
2021 - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
2022 - Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
2023 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Template #3 (I Choose for You - Randomized)
1970 - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
2005 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
1984 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
1945 - Animal Farm by George Orwell
1929 - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
1993 - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
1997 - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
1976 - Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
1942 - The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
1991 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
1961 - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
2011 - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
1968 - 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
1982 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker
1954 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1940 - For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
1972 - Watership Down by Richard Adams
1955 - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
1983 - The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
1992 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
2016 - It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
1980 - The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
1973 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
1959 - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
1974 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
1948 - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
1979 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
2000 - Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
1989 - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
1941 - Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
1995 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
2006 - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2020 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
1963 - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Path
1934 - Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1964 - A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
1924 - We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
1944 - The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
2018 - Circe by Madeline Miller
1926 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
1958 - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
1986 - The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
1935 - Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
1977 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
2013 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
2014 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
1985 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
2017 - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
1999 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
1960 - Rabbit, Run by John Updike
1969 - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
1987 - Beloved by Toni Morrison
1975 - Shogun by James Clavell
1952 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
1932 - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
1967 - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1938 - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
1937 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
1981 - Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
1951 - The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
1994 - One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
1990 - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
1947 - The Plague by Albert Camus
2010 - Room by Emma Donoghue
2015 - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
2008 - The Host by Stephenie Meyer
1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1943 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
1939 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
1923 - Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
2023 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
1962 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
1971 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
1931 - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
1950 - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
2009 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
1957 - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
1925 - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
2001 - The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
1978 - The World According to Garp by John Irving
2007 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
1953 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2002 - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
2022 - Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
1927 - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
2021 - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
1966 - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
1956 - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
1933 - Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
1988 - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
1965 - Dune by Frank Herbert
2003 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
1996 - A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
2019 - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
1930 - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
1998 - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
1928 - Orlando by Virginia Woolf
2012 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
1946 - All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
2004 - My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
1949 - 1984 by George Orwell
Template #4 (Choose Your Own - Decades)
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