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1971 ~ A Fragile Bark ~ by Joseph P. Benante, 1971, fiction (New Jersey), 8/10
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1979 ~ Kindred ~ by Octavia E. Butler, 1979, fiction (Maryland), 9/10
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1982 ~ Miss Rumphius ~ by Barbara Cooney, 1982, children's, 10/10
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1984 ~ Nop's Trials ~ by Donald McCaig, 1984, fiction (Virginia), 9/10
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1986 ~ Replay ~ by Ken Grimwood, 1986, fiction (Atlanta, Georgia), 10/10
1987 ~ The Age of Grief ~ by Jane Smiley, 1987, fiction, 7/10
1988 ~ Island Boy ~ by Barbara Cooney, 1988, children's, 8/10
1989 ~ Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China ~ by Ed Young, 1989, children's fairy tale (China), 8/10
1990 ~ Too Bad, Ahab: Naboth's Vineyard ~ by Marilyn Lashbrook, 1990, children's, 10/10
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1993 ~ Whistling in the Dark: A Doubter's Dictionary ~ by Frederick Buechner, 1993, religion, 8/10
1994 ~ Ming: A Novel of Seventeenth-Century China ~ by Robert B. Oxnam, 1994, fiction (China), 8/10
1995 ~ One Hand Clapping: Zen Stories for All Ages ~ by Rafe Martin, illustrated by Junko Morimoto, 1995, YA religion, 9/10
1996 ~ Northwoods Cradle Song: From a Menominee Lullaby ~ by Doublas Wood, illustrated by Lisa Desimini, 1996, children's, 8/10
1997 ~ Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings ~ edited by Marcus Borg, 1997, religion, 7/10
1998 ~ The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels ~ by Thomas Cahill, 1998, history (Middle East), 9/10
1999 ~ Little Bo: The Story of Bonnie Boadicea ~ by Julie Andrews Edwards, illustrated by Henry Cole, 1999, children's, 10/10
2000 ~ Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs ~ by James Rumford, 2000, children's biography, 7/10
2001 ~ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ~ by Sherman Alexie, 2001, YA fiction (Washington state), 9/10
2002 ~ Catalyst ~ by Laurie Halse Anderson, 2002, YA fiction, 9/10
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2004 ~ The Lady and the Unicorn ~ by Tracy Chevalier, 2004, fiction (France and Belgium), 9/10
2005 ~ The Paper Bag Princess: The Story Behind the Story ~ by Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko, 2005 (25th anniversary edition), 9/10
2006 ~ The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem ~ by Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan, 2006, religion, 9/10
2007 ~ Deadline ~ by Chris Crutcher, 2007, YA fiction (Idaho), 10/10
2008 ~ The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square ~ by Rosina Lippi, 2008, fiction (South Carolina), 8/10
2009 ~ Zeitoun ~ by Dave Eggers, 2009, history (Louisiana), 10/10
2010 ~ Ninth Ward ~ by Jewell Parker Rhodes, 2010, YA fiction (Louisiana), 9/10
2011 ~ Before I Go to Sleep ~ by S. J. Watson, 2011, fiction, 9/10
2012 ~ Lone Wolf ~ by Jodi Picoult, 2012, fiction, 10/10
2013 ~ Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death ~ by Katy Butler, 2013, memoir, 9/10
2014 ~ The Invention of Wings ~ by Sue Monk Kidd, 2014, fiction (South Carolina), 10/10
6 comments:
This challenge sounds overwhelming to me, probably because I am so not good at reading older books!
Good luck!
I'm not sure I have the time to read 100 books in a year, let alone 113, but I like the idea. I'm going to see whether I have completed this challenge retroactively. I bet that in my entire reading career there are still years in the 20th century that are unrepresented in my reading.
Ryan, I don't see any time limit imposed on us, so I'm not trying to complete this challenge in one year. I know I'll read more than a hundred books this year, but a big portion of them will be from THIS century. I am not greatly interested in books from the early twentieth century, so I know it will take me a long time to fill in all the years. I may never finish, but I think it will be interesting to see how many I happen across.
I love the idea of bonus books - and I note that you are obviously more comfortable in the latter section of the century! I found it funny that A Century of Books exposed lots of blindspots I didn't realise my reading had.
Simon, I don't know that "comfort" has much to do with my reading choices, but most of my reading in 2012 has been studying nonfiction for a class I've been teaching. Therefore, my focus has been on more recent books. I also forget to record years until something like your comment reminds me. I'll have to go back through my list of books completed and note other years I've read lately.
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