In addition to the challenges that must be completed in 2010, I’ve taken on some more ambitious projects that have no deadline and are ongoing.
These are:
The Amy Einhorn Perpetual Challenge, to read all books published under the Amy Einhorn imprint.
Amy Einhorn started Amy Einhorn Books with the goal of hitting that sweet-spot between literary and commercial. Over her 20+ year publishing career, she has worked in very literary houses and very commercial houses—but what she found is that she enjoys a mix of both—smart, intelligent writing coupled with a page-turning story. She intends her books to be just such.
The Help
The Reagan Arthur Books Challenge: Reagan Arthur Books is a brand-new imprint from Little, Brown & Company. Currently, there are three books available, but another 16 are coming in the very near future! You can check them out here.
The hosts of this challenge noticed how many awesome books and authors were going to be published in the upcoming months, and found themselves wanting to read most (if not all) of them. From there, it was an obvious next step to create the Reagan Arthur Books Challenge!
The Pulitzer Project
The goal of the participants of this site is to read all 82 books that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Talk about a challenge!
The National Book Awards Project
This project is very flexible and can be accomplished in a number of ways:
1. Read all the winners of the National Book Award for fiction from 1950 to present.
2. Read all the winners and finalists of the National Book Award for fiction from 1950 to present.
3. Read the winners and finalists of the National Book Award for fiction of one year.
4. Read the winners of the National Book Award for fiction of one decade.
5. Read all the books that were winners or finalists by a single author (there are several authors who were finalists and/or won in multiple years).
The Orange Prize Project
The Orange Prize recognizes notable women writers. A panel of five women, all passionate readers and at the top of their respective professions, choose the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction. Meanwhile, three women with a proven interest in new fiction, who work at a senior level in the book world, select the winner of the Orange Award for New Writers
This reading challenge is a long-term project in which the participants will read all books that have won or been short listed for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction AND the Orange Broadband Award for New Writers. There is no time limit.
The Newbery Project to read all books that have received the Newbery medal.
The John Newbery medal is awarded each year since 1922 for the most distinguished contribution to American children’s literature. There’s a complete list of the winners here.
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