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For 2023, I am intending to complete the remainder of the books on the Penguin Top 100 Classic 'Must-Read' booklist that I have not yet read - this is a total of 19 books.
The link to the current list is on Goodreads at the link shown below although some titles are different from the original list which I was working from, which is now apparently not available on the Penguin website!: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Completed:- 19/19 - CHALLENGE COMPLETED 17/2/24

Books to Read:-

The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen -
- FINISHED 17/6/23 - 3* (6.5/10)
Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac -
- FINISHED 17/6/23 - 2* (5/10)
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky -
- FINISHED 15/5/23 - 3* (6/10)
Silas Marner by George Eliot -
- FINISHED 9/11/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy -
- FINISHED 30/11/23 - 5* (9.5/10)
The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley -
- FINISHED 20/2/23 - 4* (8/10)
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton -
- FINISHED 4/10/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
The Iliad by Homer -
- FINISHED 23/7/23 - 3* (6.5/10)
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo -
- FINISHED 26/10/23 - 2* (5/10)
The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni -
- FINISHED 5/11/23 - 4* (8/10)
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham -
- FINISHED 17/2/24 - 4* (8/10)
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch -
- FINISHED 30/10/ 23 - 4* (9/10)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand -
- FINISHED 28/12/23 - 3* (7/10)
Staying On by Paul Scott -
- FINISHED 17/4/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -
- FINISHED 28/5/23 - 4* (9/10)
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray -
- FINISHED 13/8/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson -
- FINISHED 16/11/23 - 4* (8/10)
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. -
- FINISHED 25/9/23 - 4* (9/10)
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton -
- FINISHED 28/4/23 - 3* (7/10)

Finished my 1st of this Personal Challenge with:-

The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley

Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my 2nd of this Personal Challenge with:-

Staying On by Paul Scott

Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my 3rd of this Challenge with:-

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Rated this one as 3* (7/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Agree with you about The Age of Innocence.

Good luck with the rest of your challenge!

Completed my 4th and 5th of this Challenge with:-

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Rated this one as 3* (6/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Leslie wrote: "Agree with you about The Age of Innocence.

Good luck with the rest of your challenge!"

Thanks, Leslie!

Completed my 6th and 7th of this Challenge in June with:-

The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen

Rated this one as 3* (6.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac

Rated this one as 2* (5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my 8th of this Challenge with:-

The Iliad by Homer

Rated this one as 3* (6.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my 9th of this Personal Challenge with:-

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished the 10th of my Personal Challenge with:-

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished the 11th of my Personal Challenge with:-

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished the 12th of my Personal Challenge with:-

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Rated this one as 2* (5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my 13th of this Personal Challenge with:-

The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch

Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my 14th of this Challenge - only 5 to go! - with:-

The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni

Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my 15th of this Personal Challenge with:-

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my 16th of this Personal Challenge (only 3 to go!) with:-

Lark Rise To Candleford by Flora Thompson

Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my 17th of this Challenge with:-

The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy

Rated this one as 5* (9.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my 18th of this Challenge with:-

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Rated this one as 3* (7/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Only one to go but, although I will probably start it this year, I don't think I will have finished it before the New Year. Nearly got there though!!

Kim wrote: "Only one to go but, although I will probably start it this year, I don't think I will have finished it before the New Year. Nearly got there though...."

Well done!

Finally completed the Penguin Top 100 list with my 19th read:-

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Planned to complete the 19 novels I had remaining in 2023 - just missed out by finishing the last in February 2024!

Great job! I am impressed 😀

Leslie wrote: "Great job! I am impressed 😀"

Thanks Leslie! It was good fun - and far more 'hits' than 'misses'!