Among the rules are:
- Reading 10 award winners from August 1, 2008 through June 1, 2009.
- Having at least FIVE different awards in your 10 titles.
- Overlapping with other challenges permitted.
- Changing your list at any time.
- Making the challenge fit your needs, keeping in mind Rule No. 2, with award winners loosely defined.
With that in mind, here is my list, with all overlapping with at least one challenge, the 100+ Book Challenge, starting with four different awards (none of which overlap any other challenge):
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman Bram Stoker Award 2001
- A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography 1998
- The Giver by Lois Lowry John Newbery Medal 1994
- Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov Hugo Award 1983 since I already had read the Foundation trilogy and don’t believe I’ve ever read this one.
And then six others, including the first four (all Pulitzer Prize winners), which will qualify for The Pulitzer Project, and thus assuring at least FIVE different awards:
- The Known World by Edward P. Jones, 2004
- A Death in the Family by James Agee, 1958
- A Fable by William Faulkner, 1955; also National Book Award winner same year
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, 2007; also National Book Critics Circle Award winner same year (which my wife just finished the other day and said was a can’t miss)
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, 1997 Man Booker Prize, which also qualifies for the Classics Challenge 2008 as a bonus classic
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson, 2006 National Book Award Winner for Young People’s Literature.
As of right now, only two are not in my possession and those are the Asimov and Roy books. My wife just finished the Diaz book from the library, so we still have that, and I also have the Anderson book from the library, but of course, I think to qualify, I may have to renew these or get them out again to finish after August 1.
I was reminded of this by seeing a post by Terri B. at Tip of the Iceberg. By the time I posted this, though, Erin at Off The Shelf also had posted her list. For the full list of rules, and to sign up if you can get into the challenge, with already 93 out of 100 signed up (from what I understand), click here.
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I loved the Giver and I have The Known World on my list too. Enjoy.
Good luck with the challenge…looks like a challenge – ing stack!
I really really want “Oscar Wao”…can’t imagine why it hasn’t shown up over here yet…we always get the Pultizer winners!
Jessica: As I mentioned on your blog, great picks from you too and we will compare notes on the Diaz book.
Trish: Admittedly, it does take time, but if you’re going to read them anyway, why not have them count for something?
As if otherwise they wouldn’t count? Hmmmm. Something not quite right there.
Literate Housewife: That makes two of you then reading The God of Small Things with me. We’ll all have to compare notes later.
Terri B: The Foundation books are well worth the read. In fact, the more I think about it, the more they probably were my favorite science fiction trilogy, although I really like C.S. Lewis’ The Space Trilogy too.
Great list! Someday I’ll read all of the Asimov Foundation books. I read the 1st one eons ago and remember liking it well enough. I loved The Giver and went on to read Gathering Blue and Messenger. Reading all three made the story a lot richer.
I’ve signed up for that challenge, too. I like your choices and we share The God of Small Things. I look forward to your reviews and checking in with you!
I’d like to do this one again this year but I’m finding myself too lazy to look at my books and see which ones one which awards.
I’ll be reading God of Small Things soon so I look forward to your thoughts!
oh, wow. great list! I am doing that challenge too, but I haven’t even figured out what I am reading at all for it yet. I always love picking out books to read!
have a great week!
I’m in too! Check out my list here:
http://thebluestockings.com/2008/06/book-awards-ii-challenge/
We’ll have to compare notes on The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao. The Giver is one of my favorite books of all time. AND, I’ve been meaning to read Octavian Nothing for a while. Great picks!