This challenge dovetails nicely with my Battle of the Prizes Challenges -- both the American Version and the British Version -- as well as with several of the lists I am keeping track of.
The challenge involves reading ten books that won ten different prizes by November 1, 2010. My list may change, but I am thinking of reading ten from the following, because they are all on my TBR shelf now:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (National Book Critics Circle winner; finished, but I didn't review it)
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler (Pulitzer winner)
Them by Joyce Carol Oates (National winner)
The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch (Booker winner)
G by John Berger (James Tait Black winner)
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (Costa winner; reviewed here)
Citizen Vince by Jess Walter (Edgar winner; reviewed here)
Small Island by Andrea Levy (Orange winner, reviewed here)
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (Nobel winner)
Seaview by Toby Olson (PEN/Faulkner winner)
The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips (Discover Award winner; reviewed here);
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Last updated on August 12, 2010.
I'm doing this challenge too - and you've given me some great ideas. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteDebbie -- I like this one because it covers so many of the lists I am working on, and pushes me towards some I've neglected. Have fun!
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