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Read 9 books in 9 consecutive decades in 2009.
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My choices (subject to change):
- 1890s – Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
- 1900s – [The Wonderful Adventure of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf]
- 1910s – [Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery]
- 1920s – Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda (1924 Spanish)
- 1930s – The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
- 1940s – Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
- 1950s – Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata (1952 Japanese)
- 1960s – Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (1961 Polish)
- 1970s – Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
- 1980s – So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba (1981 French)
- 1990s – The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (1995 German)
Great list. “Night” is an incredible book. Enjoy!
You have some great titles on that list. I love The Chosen, The Neverending Story and The Poisonwood Bible. They’re all so good but quite different, I can’t even say which is my favorite.
“The Neverending story” is fabolous! A great book!