Reading Challenges

  1. British Columbia – Shampoo Planet by Douglas Couplan
  2. Alberta – Generica by Will Ferguson
  3. Saskatchewan – Peace Shall Destroy Many by Rudy Wiebe
  4. Manitoba - The Time In Between by David Bergen
  5. Ontario – Race Against Time by Stephen Lewis
  6. Quebec – No Logo by Naomi Klein
  7. New Brunswick – Strong Hollow by Linda Little
  8. Nova Scotia – Bishop’s Road by Catherine Safer
  9. Prince Edward Island – Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  10. Newfoundland – Nageria by Paul Butler
  11. Nunavit – Unsettled by Zachariah Wells
  12. Northwest Territories – The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp
  13. Yukon Territory – Best Tales of the Yukon by Robert W. Service

  1. Epileptic by David B.
  2. One! Hundred! Demons! by Lynda Barry
  3. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
  4. The Quitter by Harvey Pekar
  5. Mail Order Bride by Mark Kalesniko
  6. Louis Riel A Comic-strip Biography by Chester Brown

  1. Germany – The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
  2. Argentina – The Oxford Murders by Guillermo Martinez
  3. Paraguay – Blindness by Jose Saramago
  4. Korea – Folk Tales from Korea by In-Sob Zong
  5. Italy – The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
  6. Czechoslovakia – The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
  7. Great Brittan – A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
  8. Japan - A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
  9. Canada – The Black Notebook by MichaelTremblay

  1. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
  2. Dude, Where’s My Country? by Michael Moore
  3. Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegelman
  4. Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age in South Korea’s Prisons by Cullen Thomas
  5. Devices & Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America by Andrea Tone

  1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  2. The Trojan Women by Euripides
  3. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
  4. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
  5. The String of Pearls: The original tale of Sweeney Todd by Anonymous

Below I’ve listed all the winners I have read in the fiction and drama section.

  1. 1938 Our Town by Thornton Wilder (Drama)
  2. 1948 A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams (Drama)
  3. 1949 Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller (Drama)
  4. 1950 South Pacific by Rogers and Hammerstein (Drama)
  5. 1954 The Teahouse of the August Moon by John Patrick (Drama)
  6. 1957 Long Days Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill (Drama)
  7. 1959 J.B. by Archibald Macleish (Drama)
  8. 1961 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  9. 1967 A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee (Drama)
  10. 1981 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
  11. 1983 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  12. 1988 Driving Mrs. Daisy by Alfred Uhry (Drama)
  13. 1995 The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
  14. 1996 Rent by Jonathan Larson (Drama)
  15. 1999 Wit by Margaret Edson (Drama)
  16. 2001 Proof by David Auburn (Drama)
  17. 2004 The Known World by Edward P. Jones

2 responses to this post.

  1. Hi, I like the new digs! (Then, I like the old ones too, so maybe I’m easy to please.)

    Anyway, if you’re not all challenged out, I’ve got another to throw at ya (but it’s only one measly book): The Obscure Challenge.

    Reply

  2. Posted by thatsthebook on April 19, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    John: Thanks, I’m glad you like both places! I’ve noticed your post for The Obscure Challenge. I’ve considered it. I have so much to read these days I’ll have to wait ’till I’m all caught up on my reading.

    Reply

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