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2013 Reading Challenge

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Fastest read in 2013

240 pages read in 4 days
American Nerd: The Story of My People - Benjamin Nugent

Number of pages read in 2013

18934 pages read

2013 Challenge Books

78.
American Nerd: The Story of My People - Benjamin Nugent
American Nerd: The Story of My People
Read: 22 November 2013 - 25 November 2013
77.
Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
Doctor Sleep
Read: 16 October 2013 - 9 November 2013
76.
Why Read Moby-Dick? - Nathaniel Philbrick
Why Read Moby-Dick?
Read: 14 October 2013
75.
Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939 - Virginia Nicholson
Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
74.
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude, W. Gareth Jones
Anna Karenina
Read: 14 October 2013
73.
Life in a Victorian Household - Pamela Horn
Life in a Victorian Household
Read: 14 October 2013
72.
What French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind - Debra Ollivier
What French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
71.
I Was Told There'd Be Cake - Sloane Crosley
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
Read: 14 October 2013
70.
The Sisters Who Would be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy - Leanda de Lisle, Wanda McCaddon
The Sisters Who Would be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
69.
Doctor Who: The Forever Trap - Dan Abnett, Catherine Tate
Doctor Who: The Forever Trap
Read: 14 October 2013
68.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) - Hilary Mantel, Simon Slater
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
67.
Doctor Who: The Last Voyage - Dan Abnett, David Tennant
Doctor Who: The Last Voyage
Read: 14 October 2013
66.
Just My Type: A Book about Fonts - Simon Garfield
Just My Type: A Book about Fonts
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
65.
Hot (broke) Messes: How to Have Your Latte and Drink It Too - Nancy Trejos
Hot (broke) Messes: How to Have Your Latte and Drink It Too
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
64.
A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter - William Deresiewicz
A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
63.
Why Jane Austen? - Rachel Brownstein
Why Jane Austen?
Read: 14 October 2013
62.
The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes
The Sense of an Ending
Read: 14 October 2013
61.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem - Joan Didion
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
60.
How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania and everywhere in between) - Mei-Ling Hopgood
How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania and everywhere in between)
Read: 14 October 2013
59.
Who is the Doctor: The Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who: The New Series - Graeme Burk, Robert Smith?
Who is the Doctor: The Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who: The New Series
Read: 14 October 2013
58.
Jane Austen's Cults and Cultures - Claudia L. Johnson
Jane Austen's Cults and Cultures
Read: 14 October 2013
57.
Lessons in French - Hilary Reyl
Lessons in French
Read: 14 October 2013
56.
The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think - Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods
The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think
Read: 14 October 2013
55.
A Novel Bookstore - Laurence Cosse
A Novel Bookstore
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
54.
To Marry an English Lord - 'Gail MacColl', 'Carol McD. Wallace', 'Carol McD. Wallace'
To Marry an English Lord
Read: 14 October 2013
53.
Hotel Du Lac - Anita Brookner
Hotel Du Lac
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
52.
The Houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - John Clarke;Jasper Ridley
The Houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Read: 14 October 2013
51.
A Fine Brush on Ivory: An Appreciation of Jane Austen - Richard Jenkyns
A Fine Brush on Ivory: An Appreciation of Jane Austen
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
50.
Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting - Pamela Druckerman
Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
49.
Jane Austen: Real and Imagined Worlds - Oliver MacDonagh
Jane Austen: Real and Imagined Worlds
Read: 14 October 2013
48.
Housekeeping vs. the Dirt - Nick Hornby
Housekeeping vs. the Dirt
Read: 14 October 2013
47.
The Polysyllabic Spree - Nick Hornby
The Polysyllabic Spree
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
46.
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
45.
The Gunslinger - Stephen King
The Gunslinger
Read: 14 October 2013
44.
The Talisman - Peter Straub, Stephen King
The Talisman
Read: 14 October 2013
43.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Read: 14 October 2013
42.
The Dead Zone - Stephen King
The Dead Zone
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
41.
Skeleton Crew - Stephen King
Skeleton Crew
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
40.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Read: 14 October 2013
39.
Thank You, Jeeves - P.G. Wodehouse
Thank You, Jeeves
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
38.
Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
Cat's Eye
Read: 14 October 2013
37.
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
The Left Hand of Darkness
Read: 14 October 2013
36.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories - Angela Carter
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
35.
Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1: Broken Bat - Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Jim Aparo, Norm Breyfogle, Graham Nolan, Jim Balent, DC Comics
Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1: Broken Bat
Read: 14 October 2013
34.
A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books - Alberto Manguel
A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books
Read: 14 October 2013
33.
Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood - Naomi Wolf
Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood
Read: 14 October 2013
32.
Nights at the Circus - Angela Carter
Nights at the Circus
Read: 14 October 2013
31.
The Book on the Bookshelf - Henry Petroski
The Book on the Bookshelf
Read: 14 October 2013
30.
Just Kids - Patti Smith
Just Kids
Read: 14 October 2013
Review
29.
Gold Unicorn (Mass Market) - Tanith Lee
Gold Unicorn (Mass Market)
Read: 14 October 2013
28.
Red Unicorn - Tanith Lee
Red Unicorn
Read: 14 October 2013
27.
Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island - Mike Tucker
Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island
Read: 14 October 2013
26.
Black Unicorn - Tanith Lee
Black Unicorn
Read: 14 October 2013
25.
Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City - Anna Quindlen
Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City
Read: 14 October 2013
24.
Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1) - Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Read: 9 September 2013
23.
The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
The Fault in Our Stars
Read: 8 September 2013
22.
An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England - Venetia Murray
An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England
Read: 2 September 2013
21.
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern - Joshua Zeitz
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
Read: 8 August 2013
20.
Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language ... Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage - John W. McWhorter
Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage
Read: 7 August 2013
19.
The Story Of Medieval England from King Arthur To The Tudor Conquest - Jennifer Paxton
The Story Of Medieval England from King Arthur To The Tudor Conquest
Read: 15 June 2013
18.
A Day's Read - Arnold Weinstein, Emily ... A Day's Read - Arnold Weinstein, Emily Allen, Grant L. Both
A Day's Read
Read: 30 May 2013
17.
The Professor & the Madman: A Tale of Mu... The Professor & the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity & the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary - Simon Winchester
The Professor & the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity & the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Read: 30 May 2013
16.
England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton - Kate Williams, Josephine Bailey
England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
Read: 9 May 2013
15.
This Is Running for Your Life: Essays - Michelle Orange
This Is Running for Your Life: Essays
Read: 6 May 2013
14.
Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe - Nancy Goldstone, Josephine Bailey
Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
Read: 24 April 2013
13.
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong -... Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong - Jean-Benoît Nadeau, Julie Barlow
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong
Read: 20 March 2013
12.
History of the English Language (Great C... History of the English Language (Great Courses, #2250) - Seth Lerer
History of the English Language (Great Courses, #2250)
Read: 7 March 2013
11.
The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen -... The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen - Edward Copeland, Juliet McMaster
The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen
Read: 24 February 2013
10.
The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides
The Marriage Plot
Read: 19 February 2013
9.
Bitch In a Bonnet: Reclaiming Jane Auste... Bitch In a Bonnet: Reclaiming Jane Austen From the Stiffs, the Snobs, the Simps and the Saps, Volume 1 - Robert Rodi
Bitch In a Bonnet: Reclaiming Jane Austen From the Stiffs, the Snobs, the Simps and the Saps, Volume 1
Read: 17 February 2013
8.
Victorian Britain - Patrick N. Allitt Victorian Britain - Patrick N. Allitt
Victorian Britain
Read: 12 February 2013
7.
What Matters in Jane Austen? - John Mull... What Matters in Jane Austen? - John Mullan
What Matters in Jane Austen?
Read: 12 February 2013
6.
Behind Jane Austen's Door - Jennifer For... Behind Jane Austen's Door - Jennifer Forest
Behind Jane Austen's Door
Read: 7 February 2013
5.
Jane Austen: A Life - Carol Shields
Jane Austen: A Life
Read: 2 February 2013
4.
Turning Points in Medieval History - Dor... Turning Points in Medieval History - Dorsey Armstrong
Turning Points in Medieval History
Read: 30 January 2013
3.
Miss Marjoribanks - Margaret Oliphant
Miss Marjoribanks
Read: 23 January 2013
2.
A History of England from the Tudors to ... A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts - Robert Bucholz
A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts
Read: 20 January 2013
1.
Femininity to Feminism: Women and Literature in the Nineteenth Century - Susan Rubinow Gorsky
Femininity to Feminism: Women and Literature in the Nineteenth Century
Read: 8 January 2013

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