50 books to read before you die discussion

Here is the place to keep track of what you've read for the challenge in 2023. There is another thread for discussing the challenge and book ideas (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...) so let's try and keep this thread to just one comment each. Copy and paste the list and then add the book that you read for that challenge (one book can count for multiple challenges). Good luck and have fun!

READ A BOOK...
➤ from the barnes & nobles “50 books to read before you die” bookmark list (the origin of this group)
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➤ by an author you’ve never read before
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➤ by one of your favourite authors
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➤ from another “books to read before you die” list
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➤ based on a real historical event or person
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➤ recommended to you by someone in person
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50 BOOKS 2023 CHALLENGE
Start Date: January 01, 2023
End Date: December 31, 2023

Completed: 0/23

read a book….
➤ from the barnes & nobles “50 books to read before you die” bookmark list (the origin of this group)
➤ from the “100 books they didn’t tell you about” list created by this group
➤ published in the 2000s / 21st century
➤ published in the 1900s / 20th century
➤ published in the 1800s / 19th century
➤ published in the 1700s / 18th century or earlier
➤ written by a female author but first published under a male pseudonym
➤ that was unfinished when the author died
➤ by an author from a different continent to you
➤ that is a translation from its original language
➤ that’s a retelling of a classic book
➤ that is a play
➤ that is a poetry collection
➤ that is a non-fiction or memoir
➤ shorter than 150 pages
➤ longer than 400 pages
➤ by an author you’ve never read before
➤ by one of your favourite authors
➤ from another “books to read before you die” list
➤ based on a real historical event or person
➤ recommended to you by someone in person
➤ about something you’re passionate about
➤ you’ve been meaning to read for a long time

Completed 2/23

READ A BOOK...
➤ from the barnes & nobles “50 books to read before you die” bookmark list (the origin of this group)
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➤ from the “100 books they didn’t tell you about” list created by this group
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➤ published in the 2000s / 21st century
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➤ written by a female author but first published under a male pseudonym
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➤ that was unfinished when the author died
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➤ by an author from a different continent to you
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➤ that is a translation from its original language
I read: Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust
➤ that’s a retelling of a classic book
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➤ that is a play
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➤ that is a poetry collection
I read: When We Were Very Young
➤ that is a non-fiction or memoir
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➤ shorter than 150 pages
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➤ longer than 400 pages
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➤ by an author you’ve never read before
I read: Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust
➤ by one of your favourite authors
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➤ from another “books to read before you die” list
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➤ based on a real historical event or person
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➤ recommended to you by someone in person
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➤ about something you’re passionate about
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➤ you’ve been meaning to read for a long time
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Completed 8/23

READ A BOOK...
➤ from the barnes & nobles “50 books to read before you die” bookmark list (the origin of this group)
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➤ from the “100 books they didn’t tell you about” list created by this group
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➤ published in the 2000s / 21st century
I read: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
➤ published in the 1900s / 20th century
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➤ published in the 1800s / 19th century
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➤ published in the 1700s / 18th century or earlier
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➤ written by a female author but first published under a male pseudonym
I read: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
➤ that was unfinished when the author died
I read: Days of Grace: A Memoir
➤ by an author from a different continent to you
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➤ that is a translation from its original language
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➤ that’s a retelling of a classic book
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➤ that is a play
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➤ that is a poetry collection
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➤ that is a non-fiction or memoir
I read: On Agoraphobia
➤ shorter than 150 pages
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➤ longer than 400 pages
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➤ by an author you’ve never read before
I read: Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories
➤ by one of your favourite authors
I read: Tress of the Emerald Sea
➤ from another “books to read before you die” list
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➤ based on a real historical event or person
I read: Beryl
➤ recommended to you by someone in person
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➤ about something you’re passionate about
I read: Hope: My Life in Football
➤ you’ve been meaning to read for a long time
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READ A BOOK... COMPLETE
Completed: 23/23
➤ from the barnes & nobles “50 books to read before you die” bookmark list (the origin of this group)
I read: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
➤ from the “100 books they didn’t tell you about” list created by this group
I read: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
➤ published in the 2000s / 21st century
I read: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac Mccarthy
➤ published in the 1900s / 20th century
I read: Dubliners by James Joyce
➤ published in the 1800s / 19th century
I read: Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
➤ published in the 1700s / 18th century or earlier
I read: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
➤ written by a female author but first published under a male pseudonym
I read: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
➤ that was unfinished when the author died
I read: The Captive by Marcel Proust
➤ by an author from a different continent to you
I read: The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust
➤ that is a translation from its original language
I read: The Arabian Nights, Tales of 1001 Nights translated by Malcolm C. Lyons
➤ that’s a retelling of a classic book
I read: Circe by Madeline Miller
➤ that is a play
I read: Selected Plays by Tennessee Williams The Franklin Library Edition
➤ that is a poetry collection
I read: Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
➤ that is a non-fiction or memoir
I read: I know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
➤ shorter than 150 pages
I read:The Left-Handed Woman by Peter Handke
➤ longer than 400 pages
I read: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust
➤ by an author you’ve never read before
I read:If On a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
➤ by one of your favourite authors
I read: Holly by Stephen King
➤ from another “books to read before you die” list
I read: Rabbit is Rich by John updike
➤ based on a real historical event or person
I read: Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
➤ recommended to you by someone in person
I read: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
➤ about something you’re passionate about
I read: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival
➤ you’ve been meaning to read for a long time
I read: The Secret Garden by Frances H. Burnett

I read :

Book published in the 1900s /20th century

To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Completed: 20/23

READ A BOOK...
➤ from the barnes & nobles “50 books to read before you die” bookmark list (the origin of this group)
I read: Men without Women by Ernest Hemingway ★★★★
➤ from the “100 books they didn’t tell you about” list created by this group
I read: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini ★★★★
➤ published in the 2000s / 21st century
I read: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri ★★★★★
➤ published in the 1900s / 20th century
I read: The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith ★★★
➤ published in the 1800s / 19th century
I read: Persuasion by Jane Austen ★★★★★
➤ published in the 1700s / 18th century or earlier
I read: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ★★★★★
➤ written by a female author but first published under a male pseudonym
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➤ that was unfinished when the author died
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➤ by an author from a different continent to you
I read: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★★★★
➤ that is a translation from its original language
I read: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque ★★★★★
➤ that’s a retelling of a classic book
I read: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker ★★★★
➤ that is a play
I read: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare ★★★★
➤ that is a poetry collection
I read: the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur ★★★
➤ that is a non-fiction or memoir
I read: My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness by Patricia Raybon ★★★★★
➤ shorter than 150 pages
I read: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells ★★★★
➤ longer than 400 pages
I read: The Book of Form & Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki ★★★★★
➤ by an author you’ve never read before
I read: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro ★★★★★
➤ by one of your favourite authors
I read: Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch ★★★★★
➤ from another “books to read before you die” list
I read: (from the 1001 books to read before you die) The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard ★★★
➤ based on a real historical event or person
I read: Pride: The Unlikely Story of the Unsung Heroes of the Miner's Strike by Tim Tate ★★★★★
➤ recommended to you by someone in person
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➤ about something you’re passionate about
I read: The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art by Guerrilla Girls' ★★★★
➤ you’ve been meaning to read for a long time
I read: The Road by Cormac McCarthy ★★★★★

READ A BOOK:
Completed 24/23

➤ from the barnes & nobles “50 books to read before you die” bookmark list (the origin of this group)

I read: Catch 22Catch-22 - and feel as if it perfectly summarizes our military for all of modern times....

➤ from the “100 books they didn’t tell you about” list created by this group

I read: Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 - not sure how I missed this one in terms of modern day prophecies come true....

➤ published in the 2000s / 21st century

I read: American Gods, Gaimen American Gods - for a life-long mythology buff, this one was disappointing....

➤ published in the 1900s / 20th century

I read: I am TRYING to read The Sound and the Fury, by Faulkner - and absolutely HATING it with a passion.... I FINALLY finished this thing - my last book of the year....

➤ published in the 1800s / 19th century

I read: Emma, Jane Austen - perhaps much ado about nothing, but very prettily done.... Emma

Also read Jane Eyre....Jane Eyre

➤ published in the 1700s / 18th century or earlier

I read: Common Sense, Thomas Paine Common Sense

➤ written by a female author but first published under a male pseudonym

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A Phantom Lover: A Fantastic Tale, Vernon Lee (really Violet Paget) A Phantom Lover

➤ that was unfinished when the author died

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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, John Steinbeck The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

➤ by an author from a different continent to you

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My Name is Red, Pamuk My Name Is Red

➤ that is a translation from its original language

I read: Adua, Igiaba Scego Adua

➤ that’s a retelling of a classic book

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Blanca & Roja, Mclemore Blanca & Roja

➤ that is a play

I read: The Tempest - trying to finish up all Shakespeare's works....
The Tempest

➤ that is a poetry collection

I read:

Elizabeth Bishop, The Complete Poems (hated it)The Complete Poems 1927-1979

➤ that is a non-fiction or memoir

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Man's Search for Meaning, Frankl (Wow!) Man's Search for Meaning

➤ shorter than 150 pages

I read: The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Tolstoy - what a gem! The Death of Ivan Ilyich

➤ longer than 400 pages

I read: The Path of Daggers, Jordan - left me hanging....
The Path of Daggers

➤ by an author you’ve never read before

I read: Encountering God as a Traveling Papal Missionary of Mercy, Jim Sichko - liked it better than I expected I would....
Encountering God: As a Traveling Papal Missionary of Mercy

➤ by one of your favourite authors

I read: The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast, by C. S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters, and Screwtape Proposes a Toast

➤ from another “books to read before you die” list

I read: (Powell's): Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey Desert Solitaire

➤ based on a real historical event or person

I read: Journey, James Michener - fascinating! Journey

➤ recommended to you by someone in person

I read:

My Life on the Rock, Jeff Cavins My Life on the Rock: A Rebel Returns to the Catholic Faith

➤ about something you’re passionate about

I read: Cooked, by Michael Pollan (food in its purest forms)
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

➤ you’ve been meaning to read for a long time

I read: Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles? Hutchinson (didn't like it as much as I had hoped....) Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?: An MIT Professor Answers Questions on God and Science

I started this challenge January 8 and finished it November 24....

Completed: 4/23

READ A BOOK...
➤ from the barnes & nobles “50 books to read before you die” bookmark list (the origin of this group)
I read:
➤ from the “100 books they didn’t tell you about” list created by this group
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➤ published in the 2000s / 21st century
I read: Mladenka kostonoga by Želimir Periš
➤ published in the 1900s / 20th century
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➤ published in the 1800s / 19th century
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➤ published in the 1700s / 18th century or earlier
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➤ written by a female author but first published under a male pseudonym
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➤ that was unfinished when the author died
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➤ by an author from a different continent to you
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➤ that is a translation from its original language
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➤ that’s a retelling of a classic book
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➤ that is a play
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➤ that is a poetry collection
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➤ that is a non-fiction or memoir
I read: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
➤ shorter than 150 pages
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➤ longer than 400 pages
I read: Mladenka kostonoga by Želimir Periš
➤ by an author you’ve never read before
I read:
➤ by one of your favourite authors
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➤ from another “books to read before you die” list
I read:
➤ based on a real historical event or person
I read: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
➤ recommended to you by someone in person
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➤ about something you’re passionate about
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➤ you’ve been meaning to read for a long time
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-from the barnes & nobles "50 books to read before you die" bookmark list (the origin of this group)
I read: Rebecca- Daphne Du Maurier
-from the "100 books they didn't tell you about" list created by this group
I read: Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
-published in the 2000s / 21st century
I read: Babel by R.F. Kuang
-published in the 1900s / 20th century
I read: Flowers for Algernon- Daniel Keyes
-published in the 1800s / 19th century
I read: Notes from the Underground- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
-published in the 1700s / 18th century or earlier
I read: Candide- Voltaire
-written by a female author but first published under a male pseudonym
I read: The Outsiders- S.E. Hinton
-that was unfinished when the author died
I read: A Monster Calls- Siobhan Dowd and Patrick Ness
-by an author from a different continent to you
I read: Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner
-that is a translation from its original language
I read: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead- Olga Tokarczuk
-that's a retelling of a classic book
I read: Corpus Christi- Terrance McNally
-that is a play
I read: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot- Stephen Adly Guirgis
-that is a poetry collection
I read: A Thousand Mornings- Mary Oliver
-that is a non-fiction or memoir
I read: I’m Glad My Mom Died- Jeanette McCurdy
-shorter than 150 pages
I read: The Grownup- Gillian Flynn
-longer than 400 pages
I read: Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow- Gabrielle Zevin
-by an author you've never read before
I read: Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life- Amy Kroger Rosenthal
-by one of your favourite authors
I read: The Goldfinch- Donna Tartt
-from another "books to read before you die" list
I read: Angels in America- Tony Kushner (Buzzfeed plays to read etc)
-based on a real historical event or person
I read: Unscripted- James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams
-recommended to you by someone in person
I read: Ghost Wall- Sarah Moss
-about something you're passionate about
I read: The Stonewall Reader
-you've been meaning to read for a long time
I read: If We We’re Villains- M.L. Rio
23/23
Started January 5 and completed December 27