2009 1% Well-Read Challenge
I’ve really been looking forward to this challenge. There are a number of books from the list that I’m dying to read!
Goal: Read 10 books during 2009.
Selections:
- Through the Looking Glass: Lewis Carroll
- Great Expectations: Charles Dickens
- David Copperfield: Charles Dickens
- Oliver Twist: Charles Dickens
- Bleak House: Charles Dickens
2009 Vampire Challenge
Now I have an excuse to finally dive into some vampire inspired tales. This should be fun.
Goal: Read 2 books during 2009.
Selections:
- Dead Until Dark: Charlaine Harris
- Living Dead in Dallas: Charlaine Harris
The National Book Award Project Challenge
This is a well known collection of notable authors. I’m really looking forward to beginning the challenge.
Goal: Read the winners and finalists of the National Book Award for fiction.
Selections:
- 1952 Finalist – The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger
- 1953 Finalist – The Old Man and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway
- 1959 Finalist – Lolita: Vladimir Nabokov
- 1989 Finalist – The Joy Luck Club: Amy Tan
The Complete Booker Challenge
I believe I’m addicted to reading challenges. However, I couldn’t pass this up.
Goal: Read the 41 books awarded the Man Booker prize for fiction.
Selections:
- 1989 – The Remains of the Day: Kazuo Ishiguro
- 1991 – The Famished Road: Ben Okri
- 2000 – The Blind Assassin: Margaret Atwood
Read the Nobels Challenge
This sounds really interesting and I’m eager to jump in.
Goal: Read 105 books from the authors awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Selections:
- 1954 Laureate – A Farewell to Arms: Ernest Hemingway
- 1962 Laureate – The Grapes of Wrath: John Steinbeck
- 1991 Laureate – Burger’s Daughter: Nadine Gordimer
- 1993 Laureate – The Bluest Eye: Toni Morrison
Operation Actually Read the Bible Challenge
Alright, I’ve been dragging my feet long enough. I have allocated time for everything else but neglecting God is not an option. I’m opting to use the NASB Inductive Study Bible as my main source along with additional resources found in Logos software, Precept Upon Precept books, and audio recordings.
Goal: Read 66 books of the bible including the Septuagint and selected New Testament Apocrypha within three years.
Selections:
- Genesis
The Olympic Challenge
This is a great challenge. The opportunities for discovery are limitless. I’m really looking forward to it.
Goal: Read 202 books written by authors from the countries represented in the London Olympic games by July 27, 2012.
Selections:
- Canada – The Blind Assassin: Margaret Atwood
- Great Britain – Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen
- France – Le Père Goriot: Honoré de Balzac
- Afghanistan – The Kite Runner: Khaled Hosseini
- New Zealand – The Whale Rider: Witi Ihimaera
- Japan – The Remains of the Day: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Nigeria – The Famished Road: Ben Okri
- South Africa – Cry, The Beloved Country: Alan Paton
- Russia – Lolita: Vladimir Nabokov
- India – The Post-American World: Fareed Zakaria
- Germany – The Communist Manifesto: Karl Marx
The Pulitzer Project Challenge
I have always wanted to read a series of award winning books. This challenge provides the opportunity for me to do so.
Goal: Read the 82 Pulitzer Prize winning books for fiction.
Selections:
- 1921 – The Age of Innocence: Edith Wharton
- 1929 – Scarlet Sister Mary: Julia Peterkin
- 1940 – The Grapes of Wrath: John Steinbeck
- 1953 – The Old Man and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway
- 2003 – Middlesex: Joseph Eugenides
The Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels Challenge
Here’s another excuse to read classic and contemporary fiction.
Goal: Read the Board’s and Readers List of the 100 best novels.
Selections:
- A Farewell to Arms: Ernest Hemingway
- The Old Man and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway
- Animal Farm: George Orwell
- The Satanic Verses: Salman Rushdie
- The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger
- The Grapes of Wrath: John Steinbeck
- The Age of Innocence: Edith Wharton
- The House of Mirth: Edith Wharton
- To The Lighthouse: Virginia Woolf
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