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Old & New Classic Challenge

1899 and earlier/Old School
1. Les Liaisons dangereuses
2. Louise de La Vallière
3. The Picture of Dorian Gray
1900-1999/New School
4. The Squire
5. La Charrette bleue
6. Dimension of Miracles
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Challenge #4 - Members Choice Challenge Choose one book per category for a total of 12 books.

1. 19th Century, - The Sorrows of Satan; or, The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire
2. 20th Century - The Squire
3. 21st Century Potential Future Classic, - Migrations
4. Current or Past Group Read,
5. An Author not read before - Chemistry - Weike Wang
6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours. - Harlem Shuffle
7. Science Fiction - Dimension of Miracles
8. A book originally written in a language other than your own - Les Liaisons dangereuses
9. A Banned Book,
10. Nonfiction - Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
11. Mystery/Crime - Malice at the Palace
12. Horror or Humor - The Picture of Dorian Gray

Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors

Seek out at least six (6) authors that you have never previously read, male or female, from any genre or era you want.
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Challenge #9 – Fiction/Non-Fiction

Select five different subjects of interest to you and read a fiction book and a non-fiction book about that subject. Total number of books for this challenge is ten.

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Women's Suffrage
Fiction - Leaving Coy's Hill
Non-Fiction - Daughter of Boston: The Extraordinary Diary of a Nineteenth-century Woman, Caroline Healey Dall

Sheep
Fiction - Dying in the Wool
Non-Fiction - Follow the Flock: How Sheep Shaped Human Civilization

Ecology
Fiction - Migrations
Non-Ficton - Small Wonder


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Challenge #11 - Old and New Linked Categories

Select five categories of your choice or use some of these sample categories. Once you make your category selections, link the categories by finding and reading an Old School (1899 or older) and a New School book (1900-1999) that contains some part or is all about your selected categories. It will be more interesting and more varied if you come up with your own categories.

Challenge #12 - A-Z Author Challenge


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Challenge #13 - A-Z Title Challenge


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