Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Rules etc. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Read: 18/25

B1: Book From Our Group’s Shelf Prior to 2021 A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
B2: Book That Has Been Made Into Film Et Dukkehjem by Henrik Ibsen
* B3: Booker Prize Winner
B4: Classic Romance First Love and Other Stories by Ivan Turgenev
B5: Classic of Europe Kvindesind: Digte by Tove Ditlevsen

I1: Classic Adventure The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
* I2: Book Published or Written 1700 or earlier
I3: Classic Short Story Collection Eros by Stefan Zweig
I4: Book Published in the 19th Century (1800s) White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I5: New To Me Classic Author The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas

N1: Nobel Laureate Gale kvinder by Gabriela Mistral
N2: History or Historical Fiction Kinesiske Historier 'Den rigtige historie om Ah Q' og andre fortællinger by Lu Xun
N3: Reader’s Choice Mogens og andre Noveller by Jens Peter Jacobsen
N4: Classic Satire or Comedy Hverdagshistorier
by Frank Jæger
* N5: Newberry Medal Winner

G1: Classic Female Author Ungdom: Erindringer
G2: Book Published in the 18th Century Den listige Optrækkerske by Charlotte Dorothea Biehl (1765)
* G3: Nonfiction
G4: Book Published in the 20th Century Kirsebærhaven by Anton Chekhov
G5: Book From Another Book Club or Library List Den sorte kat by Edgar Allan Poe

O1: Classic of Africa Batuala by René Maran
O2: Classic Mystery, Suspense, or Thriller The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
* O3: Pulitzer Prize Winner
* O4: 100 Must-Read Classics in Translation
* O5: Book From Our Group’s 2021 Bookshelf

Notes & ideas...

B3: Booker Prize Winner
Oh no! Really never my favorites!!
Maybe Shuggie Bain? Or an international winner? Kadare, Achebe, Munro, Han Kang, Grossman, Olga T, Jokha al-Harthi (+ Oman!), Rijneveld

N5: Newberry Medal Winner (can anyone recommend a short one?)
Hmmmm https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...

O3: Pulitzer Prize Winner
(The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton? Beloved by Toni Morrison? The Brief Wondrous Life... Gravity’s Rainbow, Interpreter of Maladies, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout)

O4: 100 Must-Read Classics in Translation list: Chaka by Thomas Mofolo (+ Lesotho)
Full list: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Glad to see you joining us in the Bingo Challenge. Have fun reading.

SO I forgot to update this, but not to read... Have added the first batch. 7 categories to go!

B3: Booker Prize Winner
I2: Book Published or Written 1700 or earlier
N5: Newberry Medal Winner
G3: Nonfiction
O3: Pulitzer Prize Winner
O4: 100 Must-Read Classics in Translation
O5: Book From Our Group’s 2021 Bookshelf

I always forget to update :D. Great progress! And very interesting list, I didn't know Tove Ditlevsen, Frank Jæger and Charlotte Dorothea Biehl

Natalia wrote: "I always forget to update :D. Great progress! And very interesting list, I didn't know Tove Ditlevsen, Frank Jæger and Charlotte Dorothea Biehl"

I didn't know Biehl either, it's very old (for Danish ladies anyway), Ditlevsen has crossed the borders especially recently, and I really recommend her writing!