Overall progress

As of 20 August 2023

Completed categories: 15/25

Books read by Romanian authors: 6/10

Details

This page contains information about the books I read for each of the 25 categories in my book challenge started in 2022. For each category I’ll include as the information becomes available:

  • The title and author of the book

  • The date I finished the book

  • A link to where you can find the book, if possible

  • A link to my discussion of the book once it's up

Category listing

  1. Novel published in 2022; Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi; finished 30 March 2022; discussion

  2. Controversial novel

  3. Contemporary poetry; Dor by Alina Stefanescu; finished 1 August 2023

  4. Psychology/personal development; Zen Beyond Mindfulness by Jules Shuzen Harris; finished 15 February 2022; discussion

  5. Lesser-known book of popular author; Abigail by Magda Szabó; finished 27 June 2022, discussion

  6. Novel written by a woman published before 1940; Of One Blood by Pauline Hopkins; finished 31 December 2022; discussion

  7. Novel chosen for its cover

  8. Fictionalized memoir; Adventures in Immediate Irreality by Max Blecher; finished 1 June 2023

  9. Novel by Liviu Rebreanu that wasn’t assigned in school; Forest of the Hanged by Liviu Rebreanu; finished 25 January 2022; discussion

  10. Book that received a national literary award; Beloved by Toni Morrison; finished 8 March 2022; discussion

  11. Book that contains a person’s name in the title; The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter by Matei Călinescu; finished 31 January 2022; discussion

  12. Contemporary novel where the action takes place in communist times; The Bucharest Dossier by William Maz; finished 14 May 2022; discussion

  13. Psychological novel; I’m an Old Commie! by Dan Lungu; finished 30 May 2022; discussion

  14. Book published 1920-1940 by non-canonic author; Rakes of the Old Court by Mateiu Caragiale

  15. Short story collection; The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans; finished 12 November 2022; discussion

  16. Popular novel published after 2010; My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite; finished 3 April 2022; discussion

  17. Anthology of poems

  18. Love story that was not studied in school, Memorial by Bryan Washington

  19. Novel with more than one point of view, Kismet by Amina Akhtar; finished 9 December 2022

  20. Man protagonist

  21. Woman protagonist; The Bone Fire by György Dragomán; finished 27 May 2022, discussion

  22. Subjective novel published 1950-1990

  23. Objective novel published 1900-1950

  24. Scientific book

  25. Contemporary novel where action takes place in a rural area