May 02, 2023

21 Reading Challenges and Our Awesome List of Picks

43 minutes

In this episode we throw out a reading challenge to you, literary warrior. We go over our list and share books we have read from each category. Enjoy this free printable from our website to help you stay on track and keep track of your reading goals. I also provided links to the versions of each book we recommend and the link to the episode if we have reviewed it on the show. You are welcome, that was a chore! Ha!

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are our favorite Russian translators. Be sure to look for them if you are wanting to read a Russian novel. I couldn't remember their name during the show but have linked to all their versions of the classic we read that were translated by them below.

Book written by someone on a different continent or translated -

Count of Monte Cristo episode 65 episode 68

Dr Zhivago episode 18⁠, ⁠episode 20⁠

Anna Karenina episode 14

Alchemist episode 40

Book written before 1900-

Oliver twist written in 1837, episode 49

Count of Monte Cristo 1844,

Pinocchio,

Graphic Novels- I survived series

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic 1912

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944

I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001

I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967

I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005

I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871

Investi Gators series episode 62

Amulet Series 1-8

Book set in wartime-

War and Peace episode 29

Beneath a Scarlet Sky episode 21

The Last Green Valley episode 26

Unbroken episode 7

The Blackout Book Club episode 71

Nightingale

A Place to Hang the Moon episode 5

Book of Lost Names episode 50

Book recently turned into a movie-

Where the Crawdads Sing episode 33

Redeeming Love,

Book set in dystopian future-

Among the Hidden

Hunger Games

Giver

Pulitzer Prize book-

All the Light We Cannot See episode 12

Gone With the Wind

To Kill A Mockingbird

Newbury Award-

A Door In the Wall episode 36

Book about religion or spirituality-

Unoffendable episode 61

Joyous Leadership episode 16

Live No Lies episode 24

Imprinted episode 48

A Lineage of Grace

Sons of Encouragement

Goliath Must Fall episode 70

Book written in year you were born-

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

Polar Express

Sarah Plain and Tall

Berenstain Bears

Perilous Road episode 55

Witch of Black Bird Pond

A mystery-

Agatha Christie And Then There Were None episode 35

The Golden Spyder episode 44

Peppermints in the Parlor

Book narrated by child-

Words On Fire episode 59

AScary book-

Crime and Punishment episode 2

Frankenstein episode 1 (our first episode!)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde episode 51

Memoria -

The Reading Promise episode 41

Broken Places and Outer Spaces.

Book about spy’s -

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

How I Became a Spy

Book of Lost Names

Romance-

The Second Mrs. Astor episode 6

The Masterpiece

Book Woman of Troublesome Creek episode 22

Fantasy-

The Hobbit (If reading to kids this version is a must! The illustrations are great!) episode 13

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Wind in Willows episode 4

Plays -

Shakespeare’s episode 39

Western-

Call of the Canyon episode 10

Series-

Among the Hidden episode 15

Agatha Christie Poirot's 1st book The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Depression era

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn episode 3

The Four Winds

Some Place to Call Home episode 9

Nothing to Fear episode 57

Items mentioned in the show:

My Book Journal: A 100-Book Reading Diary for Bibliophiles

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