Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

Challenge Plans / Updates -- 2023


What books are you planning to read or have read for the Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2023?

Keep track of your progress on this topic. Copy and paste the list onto your comment (remember the Message # so you can return and update your progress). At the bottom of your comment, you will see – “reply|edit|delete.” Click on “edit” and you will be able to edit and update your original post. Make sure to click “Edit Post” when you are finished.

The 12 Tasks are:

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
    (Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

This is your chance to get creative again! Here are a few possibilities to get you started:
    o 2023 – Chinese year of the rabbit
    o International Year of Millets (United Nations) – Good luck with that one!
    o The Roaring Twenties (a book published or set in the 20s)
    o An audiobook 23 hours long!

Karen’s 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2023

12/12 completed

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
    Deep River, by Shūsaku Endō -- Japan
    Remembering Babylon, by David Malouf -- Australia

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
    The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
        -- Europa Editions

3. Read a book that is not a novel.
    The Guiltless by Hermann Broch
        -- a collection of stories

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
    Veronika Decides to Die, by Paulo Coelho -- depression and attempted suicide
    The Butcher Boy, by Patrick McCabe -- sociopath
    Requiem for a Dream, by Hubert Selby Jr. -- addiction

5. Read a debut novel.
    The Trick Is To Keep Breathing, by Janice Galloway

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). (Contributed by Alec)
    Absolute Beginners, by Colin MacInnes -- numerous references to
        Queen Elizabeth II
    Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee -- from the Jubilee Read

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)
    Foam Of The Daze, by Boris Vian -- Science Fiction

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
    The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier -- Cuba (5 books on the list)

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
    Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee -- 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
    Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence

11. Read a book with a one word title.
    Dispatches, by Michael Herr
    Hive, by Camilo José CelaParadise of the Blind

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).
    Paradise of the Blind, by Dương Thu Hương
         -- reference to millet cakes

JenniferAustin's 2023 Boxall 1001 Scavenger Hunt

12/12 completed!

☑️ 1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

☑️ 2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
Troubling Love by Elena Ferrante
Europa Editions, a small press

☑️ 3. Read a book that is not a novel.
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez

☑️ 4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

☑️ 5. Read a debut novel.
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Debut status confirmed by Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...

☑️ 6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Features a royal character, Isabella

☑️ 7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.).
The Circle by Dave Eggers
science fiction (so tagged in Goodreads)

☑️ 8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Egypt has 4 titles on the list

☑️ 9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Sea by John Banville
"book that has won a literary award" -- Booker Prize (2005)

☑️ 10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
Per the New Yorker, "“The Kreutzer Sonata” caused an international scandal"
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-...

☑️ 11. Read a book with a one word title.
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

☑️12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi (W is the 23rd letter of the alphabet)

9/12 completed

✅ 1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Japan)

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

✅ 3. Read a book that is not a novel.
H is for Hawk

✅ 4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
The Yellow Wallpaper

5. Read a debut novel.
White Teeth

✅ 6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)
To the North by Elizabeth Bowen

✅ 7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)
The Nine Tailors (Crime)

✅ 8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)

✅ 9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Jazz by Toni Morrison (Nobel Prize for Literature)

✅ 10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
The Hive by Camilo José Cela (banned in Franco’s Spain)

✅ 11. Read a book with a one word title.
Oblomov

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).
Rabbit, Run (2023 Year of the Rabbit)

Angie's 2023 Scavenger Hunt

completed: 8/12

✅ 1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
Fyodor Dostoevsky Notes from Underground [Russia] (02/10/2023)

✅ 2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
Eliza Haywood Love in Excess[published by Broadview Press, an independent academic publisher] (19/06/2023)

✅ 3. Read a book that is not a novel.
Helen Macdonald H is for Hawk [non-fiction/autobiography] (13/04/2023)

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel.

✅ 6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). (Contributed by Alec)
Elizabeth Taylor Blaming (26/12/2023)

✅ 7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)
Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [mystery] (14/01/2023)

✅ 8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
Janet Frame Faces in the Water [New Zealand, 3 books on the list] (30/04/2023)

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

✅ 10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
Erich Maria Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front [banned in Germany by the Nazis] (30/04/2023)

✅ 11. Read a book with a one word title.
Voltaire Candide (01/04/2023)

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
    (Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

Progress: 12/12

The 12 Tasks are:

✔️1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov from Russia.

✔️2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan - Published in 1678 and 1684 by Nathaniel Ponder of London, publishers of this era was small and independent :)

✔️3. Read a book that is not a novel.
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov is considered a short story anthology.

✔️4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
Amok by Stefan Zweig - about how passion can lead to obsession and madness.

✔️5. Read a debut novel.
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor - His first novel

✔️6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc.
The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen - The author is the Queens name sister.

✔️7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.).
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis - I would call this book a psycological thriller and a horror story.

✔️8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an Nigerian book. There are only 5 books from Nigeria on the Boxall list according to the bookshelf here on goodreads.

✔️ 9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck - In 1962 Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

✔️ 10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland - One of the most prosecuted and banned books in history.

✔️ 11. Read a book with a one word title.
Molloy by Samuel Beckett

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
✔️ The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna - 2023 is the chinese year of the rabbit.

0/12 completed.
1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

This is your chance to get creative again! Here are a few possibilities to get you started:
o 2023 – Chinese year of the rabbit
o International Year of Millets (United Nations) – Good luck with that one!
o The Roaring Twenties (a book published or set in the 20s)
o An audiobook 23 hours long!

Progress: 0/12

The 12 Tasks are:

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

5. Read a debut novel.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)
The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Jazz by Toni Morrison (Nobel Prize)

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
Tropic of Cancer by Henri Miller

11. Read a book with a one word title.
Blonde by Joyce Carol Oats

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).
Rabbit, Run by John Updike

This is your chance to get creative again! Here are a few possibilities to get you started:
o 2023 – Chinese year of the rabbit
o International Year of Millets (United Nations) – Good luck with that one!
o The Roaring Twenties (a book published or set in the 20s)
o An audiobook 23 hours long!

Rosemary's 2023 Scavenger Hunt
Finished 26 June 23

✔ 1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro, 25 Mar 23 (Japan)

✔ 2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence, 3 Jan 23
published by Head of Zeus - https://headofzeus.com/about

✔ 3. Read a book that is not a novel.
Arcane 17 by André Breton, 9 Mar 23
I would describe this as an essay, but one might also say a work of philosophy

✔ 4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
Wittgenstein's Nephew by Thomas Bernhard

✔ 5. Read a debut novel.
The Recognitions by William Gaddis, 10 Jan 23

✔ 6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022).
The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen, 26 Jun 23

✔ 7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc).
The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard, 26 Jan 23 - also fits 3, 4. 10

✔ 8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat, 6 Feb 23 - Iran

✔ 9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie, 8 Mar 23
won the Whitbread Award for Novel 1995 and the Aristeion Prize 1996

✔ 10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift, 3 Feb 23

✔ 11. Read a book with a one word title.
H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker, 19 Jan 23

✔ 12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike, 4 May 23
(2023 is the year of the rabbit)

9/12 completed

2023 plan
1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
The Black Lake (Forever a Stranger) by Hella Haasse - born in the Dutch East Indies

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
The Parable of the Blind by Gert Hofmann - published originally in English by Fromm International, which as far as I can tell was a small press publishing English translations of German works that went out of business in the early 2000s

3. Read a book that is not a novel.
Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel - a short story collection

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
Wittgenstein's Nephew by Thomas Bernhard - the titular nephew is frequently hospitalised in the psychiatric ward of a Viennese hospital

5. Read a debut novel.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - not the first novel she wrote, but the first she had published

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc.
A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.).
The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark - a mystery novella

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
A Ballad for Georg Henig by Viktor Paskov - one of three Bulgarian books on the list

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Mercier and Camier by Samuel Beckett - Beckett won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet - scandalous for its (semi-autobiographical) depiction of an adulterous affair by a teenage boy with the wife of a soldier serving on the Western Front and for its disrespect towards those soldiers.

11. Read a book with a one word title.
Hyperion by Friedrich Holderlin

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
Queer by William S. Burroughs - Burroughs was reportedly the first person to popularise the notion of the number 23 having some special significance

Finished 9/24
12/12 completed

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States)
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Chile) (Finished 8/30)

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (Oxford University Press) (7/10)

3. Read a book that is not a novel.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (autobiography) (Finished 4/27)

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (depression) (Finished 4/16)

5. Read a debut novel.
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor (Finished 5/25)

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Finished 8/20)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (science fiction) (Finished 6/11)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat (5/4)

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (Booker Prize) (Finished 7/17)

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (5/7)

11. Read a book with a one word title.
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Finished 4/18)

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (23 hr audiobook) (Finished 9/24)

12/12 Finished (2/26/2023)


1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States). - Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press. Pilgrimage, Honeycomb (Wildside Press)

3. Read a book that is not a novel. - Cataract

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness. - The Trick is to Keep Breathing

5. Read a debut novel. - The Recognitions

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). (Contributed by Alec) - Nervous Conditions

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.).
(Contributed by SaraSian) - American Psycho

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list. - Midaqq-kuja

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. - Murphy

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned. - The Cathedral

11. Read a book with a one word title. - Backwater

12. Read a book using the theme of 23. - Kitchen
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem)

Challenge Plans / Updates -- 2023


What books are you planning to read or have read for the Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2023?

Keep track of your progress on this topic. Copy and paste the list onto your comment (remember the Message # so you can return and update your progress). At the bottom of your comment, you will see – “reply|edit|delete.” Click on “edit” and you will be able to edit and update your original post. Make sure to click “Edit Post” when you are finished.

The 12 Tasks are:

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).-

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.-Oxford University Press- She: A History of Adventure by H. Rider Haggard-11/12/23

3. Read a book that is not a novel.-

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)- King Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare-8/4/24

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)-fantasy- King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard-10/17/23

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck-7/9/23-

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson-9/18/23

11. Read a book with a one word title.- Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis-8/21/23

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.- pub. 1927--Time Regained by Marcel Proust- 2/23/25
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

This is your chance to get creative again! Here are a few possibilities to get you started:
o 2023 – Chinese year of the rabbit
o International Year of Millets (United Nations) – Good luck with that one!
o The Roaring Twenties (a book published or set in the 20s)
o An audiobook 23 hours long

Caraina's 2023 Scavenger Hunt

Completed: 0/12

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

This is your chance to get creative again! Here are a few possibilities to get you started:
o 2023 – Chinese year of the rabbit
o International Year of Millets (United Nations) – Good luck with that one!
o The Roaring Twenties (a book published or set in the 20s)
o An audiobook 23 hours long

5/12 completed

✔ 1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States). The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

✔5. Read a debut novel. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)

✔8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list. Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

✔9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

✔10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

This is your chance to get creative again! Here are a few possibilities to get you started:
o 2023 – Chinese year of the rabbit
o International Year of Millets (United Nations) – Good luck with that one!
o The Roaring Twenties (a book published or set in the 20s)
o An audiobook 23 hours long!

Spence’s 2023 Scavenger Hunt

6/12 Tasks Completed

The 12 Tasks are:

✅ 1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States). Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima The second book in the Sea of Fertility tetralogy

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

✅ 4. Read a book dealing with mental illness. Amok Stefan Zweig

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

✅ 7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian) Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Got creative here. The six different stories are each of a different type but several of them are clearly genre: crime/mystery, science fiction, and post-apocalyptic .

✅ 8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list. 2666 by Roberto Bolaño Bolano was Chilean for which there are only 4 books listed, 2 by Bolano and 2 by Allende

✅ 9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel in 1970.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

✅ 11. Read a book with a one word title. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

This is your chance to get creative again! Here are a few possibilities to get you started:
o 2023 – Chinese year of the rabbit
o International Year of Millets (United Nations) – Good luck with that one!
o The Roaring Twenties (a book published or set in the 20s)
o An audiobook 23 hours long!

0/12 Tasks Completed

The 12 Tasks are:

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

Happy New Year All!
Molly’s 2023 Scavenger Hunt (as of 2/4)

2/12

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).

✅ Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

Monica - Saunders Lewis (Seren Books is apparently a small Welsh imprint)

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

Labyrinths - Borges

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

✅ The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

5. Read a debut novel.

Nervous Conditions - TsiTsi Dangarwmbga
Crome Yellow - Aldous Huxley

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - William Gibson
Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

As if I Am Not There - Slavenka Drakulic (Croatia)
Nervous Conditions - TsiTsi Dangarwmbga (Zimbabwe)

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Malone Dies - Samuel Beckett
Dangling Man - Saul Bellow

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

Naked Lunch - Williams Burroughs
The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie

11. Read a book with a one word title.

Justine- Marquis De Sade
Murphy - Samuel Beckett

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.

Rabbit Run - Updike
Antic Hay - Aldous Huxley
The Devil in the Flesh - Raymond Radiguet

OK, I'll make an attempt again! Maybe I'll have better luck this year lol. Planning books with allowing double dipping for now, and if I succeed with time left then I'll try to get a unique book for each prompt.

Completed: 2/12 (currently with double-dipping; 1 unique book)

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel. - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (book of short stories) [finished Jan. 1]

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel. - plan to read Trainspotting

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian) - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (mystery) [finished Jan. 1]

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title. - plan to read Trainspotting

12. Read a book using the theme of 23. (Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem). - might read The Wanderings of Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story, which is the 23rd book on the combined list

SaraSian’s 2023 Scavenger Hunt
Going to try and do this with female authors again, which becomes more challenging every year.

Completed 12/12
1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim.
Crossfire by Miyabe Miyuki

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Galley Beggar Press, whose catch phrase is “small but mighty”

3. Read a book that is not a novel.
H is for Hawk

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch contains a character who is depressed and dies of suicide

5. Read a debut novel.
The Tin Flute


6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022).
To the North by ELIZABETH Bowen

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction
The Mysteries of Udolpho

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
Quartet by Jean Rhys

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Small Island won the Orange prize for fiction

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
Paradise of the Blind was banned after publication in communist Vietnam.

11. Read a book with a one word title.
Cranford

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

This is your chance to get creative again! Here are a few possibilities to get you started:
o 2023 – Chinese year of the rabbit
o International Year of Millets (United Nations) – Good luck with that one!
o The Roaring Twenties (a book published or set in the 20s)
o An audiobook 23 hours long
The Temple of My Familiar includes millets - yay!

Genia's Scavenger Hunt

4/12 Tasks Completed

Tasks:

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima - Japan

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
Bartleby & Co. - published by New Directions, an indie press

3. Read a book that is not a novel.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - memoir

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
The Yellow Wall-Paper - post-natal depression/schizoid episodes

5. Read a debut novel.
Bonjour tristesse - Francoise Sagan's first novel

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)
The 13 Clocks - fairy tale

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
Matigari - Kenya

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
White Noise - National Book Award for Fiction (1985)

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.
Thursbitch - self-explanatory

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).
Main Street - the film of the book came out in 1923, popularizing it.

Alyssa's 2023 Scavenger Hunt

12/12 Completed

Tasks:

✅1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
A Town Like Alice (Australian author)

✅2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
A Confederacy of Dunces (LSU Press)

✅3. Read a book that is not a novel.
Out of Africa (memoir)

✅4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
The Bell Jar

✅5. Read a debut novel.
Go Tell It to the Mountain

✅6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022).
Mary Barton (author named Elizabeth)

✅7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.).
Interview with the Vampire (horror)

✅8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
A Bend in the River (Trinidad)

✅9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Caine Mutiny (Pulitzer Prize winner 1952)

✅10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
The Color Purple

✅11. Read a book with a one word title.
Atonement

✅12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
Rabbit, Run (2023 is year of the rabbit)

Teresa, 2023 Scavenger Hunt: 1/12 completed

I had fun putting this together, although #2 I think will have to wait and see..

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States) : Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel : The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allen Poe (short story) ✅

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness : One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey

5. Read a debut novel : Legend, David Gemmell

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Orlando, Virginia Woolf (begins in the Elizabethan era)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.) : Foundation, Isaac Asimov

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list: The Golden Ass, Apuleius (ancient Rome)

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature : Neuromancer, William Gibson (Hugo and Nebula)

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned : Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (banned at/for various times and reasons)

11. Read a book with a one word title : Watchmen, Alan Moore

12. Read a book using the theme of 23: Rashomon, Akutagawa Ryunosuke (first published when the author was 23 yrs old)

0/12

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

Kelly's Scavenger Hunt 2023 Challenge

12/12 (Finished 3/11/2023)

✅1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy (Canada)


✅2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector

✅3. Read a book that is not a novel.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

✅4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
A Question of Power by Bessie Head

✅5. Read a debut novel.
Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster

✅6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)
La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas

✅7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)
The Green Man by Kingsley Amis (Horror)

✅8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
Matigari by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Kenya) - This book fulfills quite a few of these prompts so it might move around a bit.

✅9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The Grapes of Warth by John Steinbeck.

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.

✅10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
Paradise of the Blind has been banned in Vietnam.
✅11. Read a book with a one word title.
Money by Martin Amis (I'm going to use this one for now. Sometimes it has a subtitle, but my copy of the book did not.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

✅12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).
The Good Soldier Švejk published between 1921 - 1923

2023 Scavenger Hunt Challenge Post #31
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔️01 - Pacific Rim The Tale of Genji Murasaki Shikibu 1224, Boxall, 01
02 - Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 1992 The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis José Saramago 384, Boxall, 02
✔️03 - Biography (not a novel) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) Maya Angelou 289, Boxall, 03
✔️04 - Mental Illness A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan 274, Boxall, 04
05 - Debute novel in English Kitchen Banana Yoshimoto 160, Boxall, 05
✔️06 - Honor of Queen Elizabeth II Troubles (Empire Trilogy, #1) J.G. Farrell 459, Boxall, 06
✔️08 - Trinidad (country with 5 or less books on list) The Lonely Londoners Sam Selvon 142, Boxall, 08
10 - Banned book (358 Banned, Censored, Challenged Books)Z Vassilis Vassilikos 406, Boxall, 10
11 - One word title Possession A.S. Byatt 555, Boxall, 11

✔️ 07 - Science Fiction/Fantasy Genre The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0) J.R.R. Tolkien 366, Boxall, 07
✔️09 - Nobel Prize, 01/20/23, Life & Times of Michael K J.M. Coetzee, p. 192
✔️12 - 2 of Beloved Trilogy, 01/4/23 Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)Toni Morrison, p. 229

1.Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States) Broad and Alien is the World (Peru)

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press. Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (seems to have been originally published by ~5 different private individuals the author gave the manuscript to)

3. Read a book that is not a novel. The Conquest of New Spain

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness. Parade's End (PTSD)

5. Read a debut novel . All About H. Hatterr


6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Queen Margot (has queen in title- might switch out for a decolonization themed book later we'll see)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction Legend (fantasy)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list. Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (Zimbabwe)

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Herzog (Saul Bellow is a Nobel Laureate).

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned. The Cathedral

11. Read a book with a one word title.- H(A)PPY

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem). Family Matters (is book #23 for the 2008 edition on my spreadsheet)

read: 12
left: 0

Finished on March 22!

2023 Scavenger Hunt challenge:

1/12 completed

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States): The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (Japan)

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press:

3. Read a book that is not a novel:

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness:

5. Read a debut novel:

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022):

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.):

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.:

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature:

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned:

11. Read a book with a one word title:

12. Read a book using the theme of 23:

8 of 12 completed

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States): Australia! = Remembering Babylon

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press: A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

✅ 3. Read a book that is not a novel: Walden

✅ 4. Read a book dealing with mental illness: Faces in the Water

✅ 5. Read a debut novel: The Sun Also Rises

✅ 6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022): I'm going old Elizabethan on this one - The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works - published during the reign of Elizabeth I

✅ 7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction: Solaris

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list: From Denmark - Smilla's Sense of Snow

✅ 9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature: The Immoralist André Gide (1947 Nobel)

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned: Finally going to tackle this one The Satanic Verses

✅ 11. Read a book with a one word title: Oroonoko

✅ 12. Read a book using the theme of 23: Published in 1923 - The Devil in the Flesh

Completed: 12/12


1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States): Crossfire by Miyuki Miyabe from Japan

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press: Martín Fierro by José Hernández (the translation I read was published by Hans-Dieter Heinz Akademischer Verlag, a press I had never heard of before)

3. Read a book that is not a novel: Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness: Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges (In at least in of the Stories a character has mental Problems.)

5. Read a debut novel: Dusklands by J.M. Coetzee

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022): Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.): Wild Harbour by Ian MacPherson (can be classified as dystopian)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list: Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare (from Albany with 3 list books)

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature: The Immoralist by André Gide (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947)

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned: Matigari by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (the book was banned in Kenya after its publication)

11. Read a book with a one word title: Hunger by Knut Hamsun

12. Read a book using the theme of 23: W, or the Memory of Childhood by Georges Perec

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

The 12 Tasks are:

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
Leaden Wings by Zhang Jie (China)

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

3. Read a book that is not a novel.
Confessions by Augustine

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

5. Read a debut novel.
The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)
White Teeth by Zadie Smith

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
Call of the Wild by Jack London

11. Read a book with a one word title.
Emma by Jane Austen

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).
Zeno's Conscience by Italo Svevo

Completed: 0/12 (with double-dipping)


1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
Faces in the Water by Janet Frame (New Zealand)

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (Published by her own pressing company, Hogarth Press)

3. Read a book that is not a novel.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

5. Read a debut novel.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022).
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.).
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (Mystery)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
Faces in the Water by Janet Frame (New Zealand)

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

11. Read a book with a one word title.
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (23 chapters)

Becky's 2023 Boxall Scavenger Hunt

Selected 10 / 12
In Progress 1 / 12
Completed 3 / 12

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States). After the Quake

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel. Franny and Zooey

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
Dusklands
Catch-22
The Marriage Plot

5. Read a debut novel. Evelina

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian) - The Wonderful O

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Season of Migration to the North
Nervous Conditions
Quartet

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature - The Age of Innocence (completed Jan 19)

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned. - Lady Chatterley's Lover

11. Read a book with a one word title. -
Passing

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).
Mrs. Dalloway (completed Jan 5, 2023), written in 1923

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1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States). 1Q84: Första boken by Haruki Murakami

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel. The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe
    

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness. Moby Dick by Herman Melville

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction. Horror The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. <><> Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.

Progress: 0/12

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel.
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez first "Magical Realism" credited book

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières (this book won the Commonwealth Writers Prize)

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.
Complicity by Iain Banks

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

This is your chance to get creative again! Here are a few possibilities to get you started:
o 2023 – Chinese year of the rabbit
o International Year of Millets (United Nations) – Good luck with that one!
o The Roaring Twenties (a book published or set in the 20s)
o An audiobook 23 hours long!

2023 Scavenger Hunt Challenge

5/12 completed

✓ 1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States): The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez (Columbia)

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press:

✓ 3. Read a book that is not a novel: The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness:

5. Read a debut novel:

✓ 6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022): Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes (Queen Elizabeth is mentioned)

✓ 7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.): The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.:

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature:

✓ 10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned: The Blind Owlby Sadegh Hedayat

11. Read a book with a one word title:

12. Read a book using the theme of 23:

Mia wrote: "4/12 completed

Hi! Would you mind sharing how Kitchen is related to 23?

Debbie wrote: "Mia wrote: "4/12 completed

Hi! Would you mind sharing how Kitchen is related to 23?"

Kitchen was published when the author was 23.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

Silver’s Scavenger Hunt

5/12 Completed

The 12 Tasks are:

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States). : Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey (Australian author)

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press: The Red Room by August Strindberg Published in English Translation by Norvik Press

3. Read a book that is not a novel.: Pastoralia by George Saunders. It is a collection of short stories

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.: Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.. It deals with addiction and eating disorders

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec): The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch. I choose it off The Big Jubilee reading list.

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

0/12 completed as of 2/11/2023


1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.

5. Read a debut novel.

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc.

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.).

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
Thousand Cranes

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
Elegance of the Hedgehog

3. Read a book that is not a novel.
Cider With Rosie

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
House Mother Normal

5. Read a debut novel.
White Teeth

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc.


7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.).


8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.
Miramar

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.


10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.
Tropic of Cancer

11. Read a book with a one word title.
Trainspotting

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
Kitchen - B Yoshimoto


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12/12 completed (only using women authors this time)


1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States). - The Twilight Years

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press. - The Talented Mr. Ripley (Cresset Press in UK)

3. Read a book that is not a novel. - Like Life

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness. - Play It As It Lays

5. Read a debut novel. - The Return of the Soldier

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec) - Cranford

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian) - Here's to You, Jesusa!

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list. - The Museum of Unconditional Surrender

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. - Jazz

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned. - Rebecca

11. Read a book with a one word title. - Interim

12. Read a book using the theme of 23. - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

1001 Books Scavenger Hunt 2023 (12/12)
🥳️hunt completed 2 March

✔️1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States). [Japan]: After the Quake by Haruki Murakami

✔️2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press. [Europa]: Troubling Love

✔️3. Read a book that is not a novel. [nonfiction/memoir]: Love's Work: A Reckoning with Life

✔️4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.: The Bell Jar

✔️5. Read a debut novel.: The Secret History

✔️6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022).: The Virgin in the Garden

✔️7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). [science fiction]: The Dispossessed

✔️8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list. [Iceland]: Independent People

✔️9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.: A Pale View of Hills (Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017.)

✔️10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.: Tropic of Cancer

✔️11. Read a book with a one word title.: Invisible

✔️12. Read a book using the theme of 23. [A book published in 1923.]: Antic Hay

✔️: read

Beth's 1001 Scavenging:

11/12

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
Monkey King: Journey to the West

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
The Story of the Lost Child

3. Read a book that is not a novel.H is for Hawk


4. Read a book dealing with mental illness. The Yellow Wallpaper

5. Read a debut novel. Vernon God Little

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)The Sea, the Sea Character Lizzie

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian): The Invisible Man--Science Fiction

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list. The Sea, the Sea or Paradise of the Blind

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Quo Vadis

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.Lady Chatterley's Lover

11. Read a book with a one word title. Pnin

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).
Eugene Onegin Set in 1820s.

Completed 3/12

X 1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
Schindler’s Ark, Keneally, Thomas

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.

3. Read a book that is not a novel.

X 4. Read a book dealing with mental illness.
The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar A. Poe

X 5. Read a debut novel.
The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. (Contributed by Alec)

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian)

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list.

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned.

11. Read a book with a one word title.

12. Read a book using the theme of 23.
(Submitted by Taylor, Rosemary, SaraSian and Irem).

Christelle's 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2023

5/12 completed

1. Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States). Alias Grace

2. Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press. The Master and Margarita

3. Read a book that is not a novel. Labyrinths or Watchmen

4. Read a book dealing with mental illness. The Corrections

5. Read a debut novel. The Secret History

6. Read a book in honor of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). (Contributed by Alec) Absolute Beginners

7. Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.). (Contributed by SaraSian) A Room with a View

8. Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list. The House of the Spirits

9. Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Gone with the Wind

10. Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned. Lolita

11. Read a book with a one word title. Americanah

12. Read a book using the theme of 23. The Last of the Mohicans or Cane

I now have ten finished and another halfway. See my "topic"/ thread for details.

12/12 complete. I have completed the hunt with nearly two months to spare, a comfortable if not large margin.

These are the books I've read:
1. Done- Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States). The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru).

2. Done- Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press. The Heights of Despair - Cioran, (Romania) Univ of Chicago Press.

3. Done- Read a book that is not a novel. Storm of Steel - Ernst Junger (Germany).

4. Done- Read a book dealing with mental illness. Correction - Thomas Bernhard (Austria)

5. Done- Read a debut novel. Threepenny Novel - Bertolt Brecht of Germany (but set in England) (his only novel- he was primarily a playwright.)

6. Done- Read a book in honor of/related to Queen Elizabeth II (1926 -- 2022). Be creative – it could be written by an author named Elizabeth, a book with a character named Elizabeth, a book featuring a royal or an Elizabethan character, etc. Queen Margot - [Alexandre Dumas, France 1845]

7. Done- Read a book that can be classified as genre fiction (e.g. science fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, horror, etc.) Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon/ Gabriela, Cravo e Canela - Amado, Jorge (Brazil). Classified as “romance” by 65 GR readers.

8. Done- Read a book from a country with 5 or fewer books on the Boxall list. The Blind Owl, Iran (Hedayat, Sadegh). The only Iranian book on the list.

9. Done- Read a book that has won a literary award or was written by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Knot of Vipers (1932)- Francois Mauriac (France) - Nobel laureate.

10. Done- Read a book that caused a scandal when it was published or has been banned. Borstal Boy by Behan, Brendan (Ireland)- banned in Ireland, Australia for promoting the IRA.

11. Done- Read a book with a one word title. Oblomov (Russia).
Also: Buddenbrooks (Germany).

12. Done- Read a book using the theme of 23. Zeno's Conscience by Italo Svevo (Italy) published 1923.

It is somewhat remarkable I think that none of my Scavenger hunt books were written by US, UK or Canadian authors. I am from the US but have been trying to read more internationally.