I have several perpetual challenges going on, and last year it was my goal to read 6 books in each category. I made my goal in some categories but not in others. This year, I’ll have two different levels. Some categories will have a 6 book goal, and some will have a 3 book goal. I’ll list some possible titles below under each category, but I do reserve the right to change my titles at any time.
Here is the plan for 2010:
Pulitzer Prize – 6 titles
- 2010 winner
- 2002 – Empire Falls (Russo)
- 2001 – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Chabon)
- 1992 – A Thousand Acres (Smiley)
- 1989 – Breathing Lessons (Tyler)
- 1981 – A Confederacy of Dunces (Toole)
- 1937 – Gone with the Wind (Mitchell)
- 1936 – Honey in the Horn (Davis)
- 1935 – Now in November (Johnson)
- 1925 – So Big (Ferber)
Booker Prize – 6 titles
- 2010 winner
- 1999 Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
- 1998 Amsterdam: A Novel by Ian McEwan
- 1990 Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt
- 1988 Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
- 1982 Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
- 1981 Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Newbery Medal – 6 titles
- Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
- Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
- The View from Saturday by Konigsburg
- Holes by Sachar
NYT Notable – 6 titles
- American Rust by Phillipp Meyer
- In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
- The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
- Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Home by Marilynne Robinson
- The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
- Kafka on the Shore by Murakami
- On Beauty by Zadie Smith
- The Road Home by Rose Tremain
Orange Prize – 3 titles
- 2009 Home, by Marilynne Robinson
- 2008 The Road Home, by Rose Tremain
- 2006 On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
- 2005 We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver
- 2004 Small Island, by Andrea Levy
- 2002 Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
- 2001 The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville
- 1998 Larry’s Party, by Carol Shields
Printz Project – 3 titles
- 2009 Jellicoe Road by Marchetta
- 2006 Looking for Alaska by John Green
- 2001 Kit’s Wilderness by Steve Almond
Nobel laureates – 3 titles from 3 different laureates
- 2007 - Doris Lessing
- 2004 - Elfriede Jelinek
- 1999 - Günter Grass
- 1998 - José Saramago
- 1994 - Kenzaburo Oe
- 1991 - Nadine Gordimer
- 1976 - Saul Bellow
- 1958 - Boris Pasternak
- 1957 - Albert Camus
- 1949 - William Faulkner
- 1929 - Thomas Mann
Science in Fiction – 3 titles
- The Oxford Murders by Martinez
- Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
- Periodic Table by Primo Levi
- The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
- Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
- Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
- Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers
- Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
- Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
- Kepler by John Banville
