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
Novel published in 2022; Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi; finished 30 March 2022; discussion
Controversial novel
Contemporary poetry; Dor by Alina Stefanescu; finished 1 August 2023
Psychology/personal development; Zen Beyond Mindfulness by Jules Shuzen Harris; finished 15 February 2022; discussion
Lesser-known book of popular author; Abigail by Magda Szabó; finished 27 June 2022, discussion
Novel written by a woman published before 1940; Of One Blood by Pauline Hopkins; finished 31 December 2022; discussion
Novel chosen for its cover
Fictionalized memoir; Adventures in Immediate Irreality by Max Blecher; finished 1 June 2023
Novel by Liviu Rebreanu that wasn’t assigned in school; Forest of the Hanged by Liviu Rebreanu; finished 25 January 2022; discussion
Book that received a national literary award; Beloved by Toni Morrison; finished 8 March 2022; discussion
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
Contemporary novel where the action takes place in communist times; The Bucharest Dossier by William Maz; finished 14 May 2022; discussion
Psychological novel; I’m an Old Commie! by Dan Lungu; finished 30 May 2022; discussion
Book published 1920-1940 by non-canonic author; Rakes of the Old Court by Mateiu Caragiale
Short story collection; The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans; finished 12 November 2022; discussion
Popular novel published after 2010; My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite; finished 3 April 2022; discussion
Anthology of poems
Love story that was not studied in school, Memorial by Bryan Washington
Novel with more than one point of view, Kismet by Amina Akhtar; finished 9 December 2022
Man protagonist
Woman protagonist; The Bone Fire by György Dragomán; finished 27 May 2022, discussion
Subjective novel published 1950-1990
Objective novel published 1900-1950
Scientific book
Contemporary novel where action takes place in a rural area