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Hayley Shaver | 38 comments Count the books you have read in each year set using the scoring below:
- 5 points if you have read the first book in the set
- 2 points if you have not read the first book, but read another book in the top 5
- 1 point if you have not read a book in the top five, but have read any other book first published during that year
- 1 point for each additional book you have read in the top 5
- BONUS: one additional point if you have read all five books in the set
Max points for each year = 10 points for a possible total of 1000 points
***You may use books you have already read during any time of your life toward any of these challenges.***
1917-His Last Bow- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW63X...

2 pts.
1918
1919
1920 The Mysterious Affair at Styles- Agatha Christie, Bernice Bobs Her Hair- F Scott Fitzgerald 4 pt.s
1921-Mrs. Dalloway- Virginia Woolf, Rilla of Ingleside – LM Montgomery 5 pts.
1922- The Beautiful and Damned- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Velveteen Rabbit- Margery Bianco, Christmas in Poetry: Carols and Poems by Carnegie Library School Assoc. 5 pts.
1925- The Great Gatsby- F Scott Fitzgerald, Arrowsmith- Sinclair Lewis 6 pts
1929- All Quiet on the Western Front- Erich Maria Remarque 5 pts.
1930- The Little Engine That Could-Watty Piper 2 pts
1931-The Good Earth- Pearl S. Buck 5 pts.
1933- The Red Pony- Steinbeck, Farmer Boy- Laura Ingalls Wilder 7 pts.
1934- Murder on the Orient Express- Agatha Christie, Gods of the North- Robert E Howard 6 pts.
1935- Little House on the Prairie- Laura Ingalls Wilder 5 pts.
1936- Gone With the Wind- Margaret Mitchell, The Story of Ferdinand- Munro Leaf, Anne of Windy Poplars- LM Montgomery 9 pts.
1937- The Hobbit-JRR Tolkien, Of Mice and Men- Steinbeck, Their Eyes Were Watching God- Zora Neale Hurston, Death on the Nile- Agatha Christie 10 pts.*
1938- Rebecca- Daphne Du Maurier, Mr. Popper’s Penguins- Richard Atwater 7 pts.
1939- The Grapes of Wrath- Steinbeck, By the Shores of Silver Lake- Laura Ingalls Wilder 7 pts.
1940-For Whom The Bells Tolls- Ernest Hemingway , Native Son- Richard Wright 7 pts.
1941-Curious George- HA Rey, Little Town on the Prairie- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Evil Under the Sun- Agatha Christie 8 pts.
1942-The Screwtape Letters- CS Lewis, The Pokey Little Puppy- Janette Sebring Lowrey, West With the Night- Beryl Markham 8 pts.
1946- Delta Wedding- Eudora Welty 1 pt.
1947- The Diary of A Young Girl- Anne Frank Goodnight Moon- Margaret Wise Brown, The Pearl- Steinbeck, War as I Knew It- General George S Patton, Jr 10 pts*
1948- Blueberries for Sal- Robert McCloskey, King of the Wind- Marguerite Henry 3 pts.
1950- The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe- CS Lewis 5 pts.
1951- The Catcher in the Rye- JD Salinger, Prince Caspian-- CS Lewis 5 pts.
1952- Charlotte’s Web- EB White, The Old Man and the Sea- Ernest Hemingway, East of Eden- Steinbeck, The voyage of the Dawn Treader- CS Lewis, Zorba the Greek- Nikos Kazantzakis 10 pts.*
1953- Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury, The Silver Chair- CS Lewis 7 pts.
1954- The fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers -JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Flies- William Golding, The Horse and His Boy- CS Lewis, Horton Hears a Who!- Dr. Seuss 10 pts.*
1955- The Return of The King- JRR Tolkien, The Magician’s Nephew-CS Lewis, Harold and the Purple Crayon-Crockett Johnson- 6 pts.
1956- The Last Battle- CS Lewis, Old Yeller- Fred Gipson 5 pts.
1957- The Cat in the Hat and How The Grinch Stole Christmas- Dr Seuss, 4 pts.
1958- Night- Eli Weisel, Things Fall Apart- Chinua Achebe, The Witch of Blackbird Pond- Elizabeth George Speare, The Once and Future King- TH White 9 pts.
1960- To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee, Green Eggs and Ham and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish- Dr Seuss, Island of the Blue Dolphins- Scott O’Dell, Are You My Mother-PD Eastman 10 pts.*
1961- James and the Giant Peach- Roald Dahl, Where the Red Fern Grows-Wilson Rawls 4 pts.
1963- Where the Wild Things Are- Maurice Sendak, Rascal- Sterling North 6 pts.
1964- The Giving Tree- Shel Silverstein, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- Roald Dahl, The Book of Three- Lloyd Alexander 7 pts.
1965- In Cold Blood- Truman Capote, Ariel- Sylvia Plath 3 pts.
1966- Flowers for Algernon-Daniel Keyes, McBroom Tells the Truth- Sid Fleischman 4 pts.
1967-The Outsiders- SE Hinton, Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr 5 pts
1969- The Very Hungry Caterpillar- Eric Carle 2 pts.
1970- Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret- Beverly Cleary, The Bluest Eye- Toni Morrison 5 pts.
1971- The Lorax- Dr. Seuss, The Hiding Place- Corrie ten Boom 4 pts.
1972- Watership Down-Richard Adams 3 pts.
1973- The Princess Bride- William Goldman, Breakfast of Champions- Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Walt Disney’s Pinocchio and His Puppet Show Adventure 6 pts
1974- Where the Sidewalk Ends- Shel Silverstein, Soup- Robert Newton Peck 4 pts.
1975- Tuck Everlasting- Natalie Babbitt 3 pts.
1976- Interview With the Vampire- Anne Rice, Roots- Alex Haley, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry-Mildred D Taylor, Summer of the Monkeys- Wilson Rawls 8 pts.
1977- The Shining- Stephen King, The Simarillion- JRR Tolkein, The Bridge to Terabithia- Katherine Paterson, Miss Nelson is Missing!- Harry Allard 8 pts.

1978- The Stand- Stephen King, More Tales of the City- Armistead Maupin, The Thornbirds- Colleen McCullough 5 pts.
1979
1980- The Name of the Rose- Umberto Ecco, Stone Fox- John Reynolds Gardner, Sarah Bishop- Scott O’Dell 4 pts.
1981- Homecoming- Cynthia Voigt, The New Magic of Microwave Cookbook- Magic Chef, The Nag Hammadi Library- James M Robinson 3 pt.s
1982- Dicey’s Song- Cynthia Voigt 1 pt.
1983- Loyal in Love- Jean Plaidy 1 pt.
1984- Night of the Twisters- Ivy Ruckman 1 pt.
1985- The Handmaid’s Tale- Margaret Attwood, Love in the Time of Cholera- Gabriel Marcia-Marquez 5 pts.
1986
1987- Arrows of the Queen- Mercedes Lackey 1 pt.
1988 Woman in the Mist- Farley Mowat, Silver- Gloria Whelan 2 pt.s
1989- The Joy Luck Club- Amy Tan, Number the Stars- Lois Lowry, Skin Tight- Carl Hiaasen, Lincoln:A Photobiography- Russell Freedman 6 pts.
1990- The Blessing Way and The Talking God- Tony Hillerman 2 pt.s
1991- Outlander- Diana Galbadon, By The Sword- Mercedes Lackey, 300 Ways to Make the Best Christmas Ever – Mimmi Tribble 5 pts.
1992- The Secret History – Donna Tartt, The Tiger Who Came to Tea- Judith Kerr 4 pts.
1993- The Giver- Lois Lowry 3 pts.
1994- One for the Money- Janet Evanovich, Snow Falling on Cedars- David Guterson, Sing the Four Quarters- Tanya Huff, Swing, Swing, Swing- Gail Tuchman, Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living- Bailey white, Concrete Blonde- Michael Connelly 9 pts.
1995- The Notebook- Nicholas Sparks, The Shaman Sings-James D Doss, Assassin’s Apprentice- Robin Hobb, Blindness- Jose Saramago, The Rapture of Canaan- Sheri Reynolds, The Grave Digger’s Daughter- Joyce Carol Oates 7 pts.
1996- Angela’s Ashes- Frank McCourt, Finding Moon- Tony Hillerman, Yes, You Can!- Sam Deep, Lyle Sussman, The Green Mile and Desperation- Stephen King, We Were the Mulvaneys- Joyce Carol Oates, Royal Assassin- Robin Hobb, Falling Up- Shel Silverstein 8 pt.s
1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone- JKK Rowling, The Red Tent- Anita Diamant, Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden, Trail to Forever- Elizabeth Gregg 10 pts.*
1998- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- JK Rowling, Holes- Louis Sachar, Max the Mighty- Rodman Philbrick, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency- Alexander McCall Smith, Bag of Bones- Stephen King 10 pts.*
1999- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban- JK Rowling, A Walk to Remember- Nicholas Sparks, Survival of the Fittest- Jonathan Kellerman, Seabiscuit- Laura Hillenbrand, A Clash of Kings- George RR Martin, Hearts in Atlantis- Stephen King, Daughter of the Forest- Juliet Marrilier 10 pts.*
2000- Angels And Demons- Dan Brown, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- JK Rowling, Green Rider- Kristen Britain, Rhapsody: Child of Blood- Elizabeth Haydon, Henry the VIII and His Chopping Block- Alan MacDonald, Innocent Witness- Leona Karr 9 pts.
2001- Life of Pi-Yann Martel, Dead Until Dark- Charlaine Harris, The Other Side of Heaven- John H Groberg, Dr. Death- Jonathan Kellerman, The Other Boleyn Girl- Philippa Gregory, Bel Canto- Ann Patchett, Nickel and Dimed- Barbara Ehrenreich 10 pts.*
2002- The Lovely Bones-Alice Sebold, Eragon- Christopher Paolini, Middlesex- Jeffrey Eugenides, Flesh and Blood- Jonathan Kellerman, Cloak of Deception- James Luceno 10 pts.*
2003- The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini, , Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix- JK Rowling, The Time- Traveler’s Wife- Audrey Niffenegger, The Da Vinci Code- Dan Brown, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night – Time- Mark Haddon 10 pts.*

2004- My Sister’s Keeper- Jodi Picoult, First Rider’s Call- Kirsten Britain, Running Out of Time- Margaret Peterson Haddix, Martin Luther King, Jr- Amy Pastan 6 points
2005- Twilight- Stephenie Meyers, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo- Stieg Larsson, Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince- JK Rowling, The Book Thief- Markus Zusak, Therapy- Jonathan Kellerman 10 pts.*
2006- Eat, Pray, Love- Elizabeth Gilbert, New Moon- Stephenie Meyers, The Road- Cormac McCarthy, Virgin Earth- Philippa Gregory, The Lies of Locke Lamora- Scott Lynch, The Shape Shifter- Tony Hillerman 10 pts.*
2007- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- JK Rowling,The High King’s Tomb- Kristen Britain, Peony In Love- Lisa See, Just Take My Heart- Mary Higgins Clark, Nineteen Minutes- Jodi Picoult, The Shack- William Paul Young, The Zookeeper’s Wife- Diane Ackerman 9 pts.
2008- The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins, The Host- Stephenie Meyers, Compulsion- Jonathan Kellerman, Dewey- Vicki Myron, The Heretic’s Daughter- Kathleen Kent 10 pts.*
2009- Catching Fire- - Suzanne Collins, The Help- Kathryn Stockett, If I Stay- Gayle Forman, Bound by Your Touch- Meredith Duran, Ash- Malinda Lo, Shanghai Girls- Lisa See 10 pts.*
2010- Mockingjay- - Suzanne Collins, Unbroken- Laura Hillenbrand, Room-Emma Donoghue, The Uncrowned King-Rowena Cory Daniells, Buffalo Before Breakfast- Mary Pope Osborne, Autumn’s Promise- Shelley Shepard Gray 10 pts.*
2011- Divergent- Veronica Roth, Fifty Shades of Grey- EL James, Blackveil- Kirsten Britain, Neverwinter- RA Salavatore, Travelling Light- Vickie Johnstone, The Fox- Malinda Lo, Is Everyone Hanging Out without Me?- Mindy Kaling 10 pts.*
2012- The Fault in Our Stars- John Green, Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn, Insurgent- Veronica Roth, Avatar: The Last Airbender The Promise, parts 1-3- Gene Luen Yang 10 pts. *
2013- Allegiant- Veronica Roth, The Goldfinch- Donna Tartt, Hild- Nicola Griffith, I am Malala- Malala Yousafzai, From Generation to . . – Robert Fried, Cardboard Confessions- CC Denten, Cassie’s Cowboy Crave- Kimberly Krey 10 pts.*
2014- All the Light We Cannot See-Anthony Doerr, Mirror Sight- Kirsten Britain, The Deepest Secret- Carla Buckley, Outsmart Waste- Tom Szaky, The Trouble With Honor- Julia London, Seasons of Love and War- Brenda Ashworth Barry 10 pts.*
2015- The Girl on the Train- Paula Hawkins, Crash and Burn- Lisa Gardner, Go Set a Watchman- Harper Lee 5 pts.
2016- The Woman in Cabin 10- Ruth Ware, The Night-Train at Deoli and Other Stories- Ruskin Bond, Root, Petal, Thorn- Ella Joy Olsen, Listen to Me- Kristen Proby, Boundary Born- Melissa F Olson, Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited- Philip Eade, My Name is Lucy Barton- Elizabeth Strout, Noah’s Wife- Lindsay Starck, The Last Star- Rick Yancey 10 pts.*
2017- Sing, Unburied, Sing- Jesmyn Ward, Radium Girls- Kate Moore, My Kind (of) America- Amy Newmark,Last Christmas in Paris- Hazel Gaynor 3 pt.s
2018- Educated- Tara Westover, The Tattooist of Auschwitz- Heather Morris, A Christmas Courting- Jennifer Moore, Go Ask Ali- Ali Wentworth, Lily Pond- Shelley Daniels Levken 10 pts.*


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