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message 3: by Nike (last edited Jun 30, 2025 09:48PM) (new)
Dec 10, 2021 03:36PM

Nike | 482 comments Reading the series I've got:

1. Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn

Across the Nightingale Floor
Grass for His Pillow
Brilliance of the Moon
The Harsh Cry of the Heron
Heaven's Net Is Wide

Done

2. The Cemetery of Forgotten Books by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Shadow of the Wind v
The Angel's Game v
The Prisoner of Heaven v
The Labyrinth of the Spirits

3. Earth's Children by Jean M. Auel

The Clan of the Cave Bear v
The Valley of Horses v
The Mammoth Hunters v
The Plains of Passage v
The Shelters of Stone v
The Land of Painted Caves v

Done

4. The Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Fellowship of the Ring*
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Silmarillion

5. The Belgariad by David Eddings

Pawn of Prophecy
Queen of Sorcery
Magician's Gambit
Castle of Wizardry
Enchanters' End Game

6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts v
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe v
Life, the Universe and Everything v
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish v
Mostly Harmless

7. Utvandrarserien av Vilhelm Moberg

The Emigrants*
The Immigrants
The Settlers
The Last Letter Home

8. À la recherce des temps perdu/In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

Swann’s Way
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
The Guermantes Way
Sodom and Gomorrah
The Captive
The Fugitive
Time Regained

9. Paradisets barn (The Children of Paradise) av Marianne Fredriksson

Evas bok v
Kains Bok
Noreas saga

10. The Buru Quartet by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

This Earth of Mankind
Child of All Nations
Footsteps
House of Glass

11. The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
Separate Reality: Conversations With Don Juan
Journey to Ixtlan
Tales of Power
The Second Ring of Power
The Eagle's Gift
The Fire from Within
The Power Of Silence
The Art of Dreaming

12. Dollanganger by V.C. Andrews

Flowers in the Attic
Petals on the Wind
If There Be Thorns
Seeds of Yesterday

13. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

The Magician's Nephew v
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle

14. The Chronicals of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander

The Book of Three
The Black Cauldron
The Castle of Llyr
Taran Wanderer
The High King

15. The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy

16. Fröknarna von Platen av Agnes von Krusenstjerna

Den blå rullgardinen
Kvinnogatan
Höstens skuggor
Porten vid Johannes
Älskande par
Bröllop på Ekered
Av samma blod

17. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

1Q84 Book 1 v
1Q84 Book 2 v
1Q84: Book 3

18. Millenniumtrilogin/The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson

Män som hatar kvinnor/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Flickan som lekte med elden/The Girl Who Played with Fire
Luftslottet som sprängdes/The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

19. The New York-trilogy by Paul Auster

City of Glass v
Ghosts
The Locked Room

20. The Outline-trilogy by Rachel Cusk

Konturer/Outline
Transit
Kudos

21. Neuromancer Trilogy by William Gibson


message 5: by Nike (last edited Dec 18, 2021 06:15AM) (new)
Dec 16, 2021 01:17PM

Nike | 482 comments Reading Swedish Books from the decade I was born - 1970's:

Rapport från en skurhink av Maja Ekelöf 1970
Sparvöga by Ann-Charlotte Alverfors 1975
Jack by Ulf Lundell 1976
Det mest förbjudna av Kerstin Thorvall 1976
Sömnen by Ulf Lundell 1977
Babels hus by P.C. Jersild 1978


message 11: by Nike (last edited Jun 30, 2025 10:02PM) (new)
Dec 16, 2021 05:12PM

Nike | 482 comments Reading 10 Books from the 2020's:

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 2020

Giftmakerskan/The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner 2021

2022

2023

Mörkrets alla färger by Chris Whitaker 2024

2025


message 14: by Cynda (new)
Dec 16, 2021 06:06PM

Cynda | 5188 comments Hi Nike. Impressive list! I hope you get a chunk of your list done this coming year.


message 15: by Nike (new)
Dec 16, 2021 07:38PM

Nike | 482 comments Cynda wrote: "Hi Nike. Impressive list! I hope you get a chunk of your list done this coming year."

Thankyou! Well, I consider these lists as a loooongtime challenge but a few of those books will hopefully be read soon. =)
I am hopeless, what can I say ....


message 17: by Carolien (new)
Dec 16, 2021 08:37PM

Carolien (carolien_s) | 894 comments This is such an interesting approach, Nike! Have a look at Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Taylor for you missing years in the 1950's if that helps.


message 18: by Nike (last edited Nov 16, 2024 05:59PM) (new)
Dec 16, 2021 08:40PM

Nike | 482 comments Reading 10 Books from the 1930's:

The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie 1930

The Lost Continent of Mu by James Churchward Legenden om Mu (?) 1931

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 1932

1933 ? Någon av böckerna i Forsytesagan

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller 1934

Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie 1935

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner 1936

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien 1937

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck or The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 1939


message 19: by Nike (last edited Dec 18, 2021 09:07AM) (new)
Dec 17, 2021 05:37AM

Nike | 482 comments Carolien wrote: "This is such an interesting approach, Nike! Have a look at Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Taylor for you missing years in the 1950's if that helps."

Thankyou, Carolien =). I am actually trying to only list books that I have unread in my own shelves. I am hopeless when it comes to collecting books that I truely want BUT then tend to borrow other books at the library. I need to getting my act together. Having said that there are a few books in these lists that I haven't got but really do want to read. And I couldn't find any books for those years that I have so I will definitely consider your suggestions. I must confess that prior to your suggestions I have always thought that Barbara Pym was a writer in the style of Barbara Cartland. (Well, that doesn't have to be bad if one likes that genre, because I guess that Barbara Cartland is the queen of romance, I just don't like that genre). Now, you made me read a little about Barbara Pym and I understand I have misjudged her completely. I will certainly keep those writers in mind. Thankyou =)


message 21: by Carolien (last edited Dec 17, 2021 06:59AM) (new)
Dec 17, 2021 06:57AM

Carolien (carolien_s) | 894 comments Nike wrote: "Carolien wrote: "This is such an interesting approach, Nike! Have a look at Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Taylor for you missing years in the 1950's if that helps."

Than..."

I just finished Excellent Women and it is brilliant. My first by her as well and I was blown away.

My bookshelf for 2021 has a lot of 1930's books on it if authors will help you. It's marked as 2021 if you need ideas.

And my bookshelves will also benefit from this approach! I seem to have tons of unread ones.


message 22: by Lynn, New School Classics (new)
Dec 17, 2021 07:16AM

Lynn (lynnsreads) | 5120 comments Mod
Nike wrote: "Read 15 of my Unread E-books challenge (probably 2023):

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

[book:Carmi..."

I started to comment yesterday, but realized you were still working on the challenges. I totally understand trying to read the things you already own!! It is always a piece to my planning. I know where to come if I want to look for books from a decade!


message 24: by Nike (last edited Jun 30, 2025 09:53PM) (new)
Dec 17, 2021 11:58AM

Nike | 482 comments Reading 10 Books from 1900's:

(I korsets tecken)/ The Teutonic Knights by Henryk Sienkiewicz 1900

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann 1901

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs 1902

The Call of the Wild by Jack London1903

The SeaWolf by Jack London (Är min bok om Japan skriven av Lafcadio Hearn? I så fall kan den vara från det här året?) 1904

1905?

Varghunden/White Fang by Jack London 1906

The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura 1906

The Willows by Algernon Blackwood 1907

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 1908

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 1909


message 28: by Nike (last edited Dec 17, 2021 05:54PM) (new)
Dec 17, 2021 05:43PM

Nike | 482 comments Reading Books from the 1860's:

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 1860

Silas Marner by George Eliot by 1861

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne 1864

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 1869

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 1869


message 33: by Nike (last edited Dec 14, 2023 10:10AM) (new)
Dec 17, 2021 06:51PM

Nike | 482 comments Reading Books from the 1810's:

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 1814

Emma by Jane Austen 1815

Fröken Scuderi/Mademoiselle de Scuderi by E.T.A. Hoffmann 1819

Ivanhoe by Walter Scott 1819

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving 1819


message 34: by Nike (last edited Dec 17, 2021 07:30PM) (new)
Dec 17, 2021 07:01PM

Nike | 482 comments Reading Books from the 1800's:

Belinda by Maria Edgeworth 1801

Delphine by Germaine de Staël-Holstein 1802

Adeline Mowbray by Amelia Opie 1804

Zofloya by Charlotte Dacre 1806

Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808


message 35: by Terris (new)
Dec 17, 2021 07:02PM

Terris | 4384 comments Love your lists, Nike!! You are very ambitious. You have a long life of reading ahead of you!! ;)


message 37: by Nike (last edited Dec 26, 2021 02:42PM) (new)
Dec 17, 2021 08:28PM

Nike | 482 comments Reading Books from 1600's:

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1605 - 1615

The Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette 1678

Perrault's Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault 1697


message 39: by Nike (last edited Dec 17, 2021 08:51PM) (new)
Dec 17, 2021 08:47PM

Nike | 482 comments Carolien wrote: "Nike wrote: "Carolien wrote: "This is such an interesting approach, Nike! Have a look at Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Taylor for you missing years in the 1950's if that ..."

Thankyou, I found a novel written by Barbara Pym the missing year 1953. Terrific =)


message 40: by Nike (new)
Dec 17, 2021 09:00PM

Nike | 482 comments Lynn wrote: "Nike wrote: "Read 15 of my Unread E-books challenge (probably 2023):

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens..."

Yes, I have completely overdone this now =D! But you are welcome to take a peek whenever you want. My son asked me "how far back will you take this? To Gilgamesh ?" I laughed and said "No, of course not" ... and now I'm already waaaay further back than I told him - which was only to the beginning of the 20th century. I'm a totally mad person sometimes I gather. Enough is enough, now. (I think).


message 41: by Nike (new)
Dec 17, 2021 09:35PM

Nike | 482 comments Terris wrote: "Love your lists, Nike!! You are very ambitious. You have a long life of reading ahead of you!! ;)"

Oh, not only one life as it seems ... I have to transform somehow into a cat so I can get at least nine lifes ... =D


message 42: by Rosemarie (new)
Dec 25, 2021 06:19PM

Rosemarie | 1566 comments Good luck on your challenges, Nike!

And I love the name of your thread!


message 43: by Terris (new)
Dec 25, 2021 06:47PM

Terris | 4384 comments Nike wrote: "Terris wrote: "Love your lists, Nike!! You are very ambitious. You have a long life of reading ahead of you!! ;)"

Oh, not only one life as it seems ... I have to transform somehow into a cat so I ..."

Yes! I think it will take at least that many lives to read all these books!! ;)


message 44: by Nike (new)
Dec 26, 2021 06:35AM

Nike | 482 comments Rosemarie wrote: "Good luck on your challenges, Nike!

And I love the name of your thread!"

Thankyou! =)


message 47: by Cynda (new)
Apr 03, 2022 10:24AM

Cynda | 5188 comments Nike you have some good good books listed here, some books K have listed one of my various tbr lists. . . Galileo's Daughter is excellent, well explained. I have had some of these books on my radar for awhile. Looking forward to hearing what you think about them.


message 48: by Nike (new)
Apr 04, 2022 11:47AM

Nike | 482 comments Cynda wrote: "Nike you have some good good books listed here, some books K have listed one of my various tbr lists. . . Galileo's Daughter is excellent, well explained. I have had some of these books on my radar..."

'Thankyou so much =)! I'm happy my list can be enjoyed by someone else but me. <3 <3 <3


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