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20.1 Edmund MorrisRead any winner of the Pulitzer for History, Biography, or General Nonfiction OR one of the winners of the National Book Award for Biography, Autobiography or Nonfiction. (You can choose from any of the Biography/Autobiography categories at the NBA site, some are overlapping.)
Goodreads link for Pulitzers
Goodreads link for NBA
20.2 August Wilson
Read a book written by one of these African American writers.
20.3 Theodore H White
Read a book by an author who shares a surname with one of the U.S. Presidents.
20.4 Robert Penn Warren
Read one of the top 175 books from this list of this list of The Great American Novel.
20.5 Jeffrey Eugenides
Eugenides has set some of his works in Detroit, Michigan. It, and 4 other cities have lost more than half of their population since 1950. Read any book - fiction or nonfiction - set at least 51% in Detroit (Michigan), St. Louis (Missouri), Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Buffalo (New York), or Cleveland (Ohio).
20.6 Katherine Anne Porter
Read any book written by one of these American Short Story writers.
20.7 Annie Dillard
Read a work of creative or narrative nonfiction. (See Summer 2018 for more information.)
20.8 My Cup of Tea (Owlette's Task)
Read a novel in which a character drinks or brews a cup of hot tea. Please include the sentence when claiming the book for points. See help thread for ideas.
20.9 Women in Translation (Kate S's Task)
Read a book written by a woman in a language other than English.
20.10 It's a Mystery (Elizabeth(Alaska)'s Task)
Read any book by one of these authors who are English crime fiction writers.
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Read any book by an author by whom you have already read at least 5 titles before March 1, 2020. You can repeat this task as often as you wish and you can read books by as many different authors who fulfill the task for you. This task cannot be used for combo.
10.2 Letters
Read a book with more than 20 letters in the title.
10.3 Conjunctions
Read a book whose title contains one (and one only) of these conjunctions: and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet.
10.4 High Five Day
Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title (subtitles may be counted or not as benefits the reader).
10.5 Sherlock Holmes
March 13-15 is Sherlock Holmes Weekend. Holmes first appeared in 1887 and continued in stories through 1927. Read any book published during Holmes "lifetime", 1887-1927.
10.6 Richard Adams
Richard Adams would be 100 this year. In honor of his Watership Down, read a book with over 100,000 ratings with an average rating over 3.75.
10.7 In Memoriam (Coralie's Task)
2019 was not a good year for my family. Read a book by an author who shares one of these names with a family member who died in 2019.
Judith, Melinda, Margaret, Joan, June, Winifred, Bruce, Graham.
(Note, these are four people, not eight - it wasn't that bad!)
10.8 Go to Jail (Joanna's Task via Anika)
Read a book where jail or prison plays a role OR a book by an author who has been to prison or jail.
10.9 Trilogy (Tien's Task)
Read a book that is the first in a completed series/trilogy.
If description of the last book published in the series does not note it as 'final' / 'concluding' etc, please provide related link which note that is the intention.
10.10 Group Reads
Read one of these titles recommended by RwS Members
Elizabeth (Alaska): Small Island by Andrea Levy
Kate S: Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad
Ed: Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
Beth: Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
Lagullande: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
Christine: Mr. Flood's Last Resort by Jess Kidd
Anika: The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
June:
Karen Michele: Human Acts by Han Kang
Kathleen (itpdx): Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth by Rachel Maddow
Penny: The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan
Rachelccameron:
Rebekah: The Price of Paradise by Susana López Rubio
Rosemary: The Understory by Pamela Erens