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A Year of Reading: A Month-By-Month Guide to Classics and Crowd-Pleasers for You and Your Book Group

This list is taken from Elisabeth Ellington and Jane Freimiller's 2002 guide to literature. Each month is broken down into five categories (Crowd-Pleaser, Classic, Challenge, Memoir, and Potluck) and includes discussion questions for each book. This list includes the main books for each category as well as other books by those authors and read-a-likes.
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Skating to Antarctica
Skating to Antarctica
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Nothing Natural (Jenny Diski)
Nothing Natural
Jenny Diski
3
Rainforest (Jenny Diski)
Rainforest
Jenny Diski
4
Like Mother (Jenny Diski)
Like Mother
Jenny Diski
5
Then Again (Jenny Diski)
Then Again
Jenny Diski
6
Happily Ever After (Jenny Diski)
Happily Ever After
Jenny Diski
7
Monkey's Uncle (Jenny Diski)
Monkey's Uncle
Jenny Diski
8
The Dream Mistress (Jenny Diski)
The Dream Mistress
Jenny Diski
9
Only Human (Jenny Diski)
Only Human
Jenny Diski
10
The Vanishing Princess (Jenny Diski)
The Vanishing Princess
Jenny Diski
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Don't (Jenny Diski)
Don't
Jenny Diski
12
An Unquiet Mind (Kay Redfield Jamison)
An Unquiet Mind
Kay Redfield Jamison
13
The Liar's Club (Mary Karr)
The Liar's Club
Mary Karr
14
Cherry (Mary Karr)
Cherry
Mary Karr
15
Girl Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen
16
Endurance (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance
Alfred Lansing
17
Terra Incognita (Sara Wheeler)
Terra Incognita
Sara Wheeler
18
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
Willa Cather
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Alexander's Bridge (Willa Cather)
Alexander's Bridge
Willa Cather
20
Sapphira and the Slave Girl (Willa Cather)
Sapphira and the Slave Girl
Willa Cather
21
Shadows on the Rock (Willa Cather)
Shadows on the Rock
Willa Cather
22
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
23
The Professor's House (Willa Cather)
The Professor's House
Willa Cather
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O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
25
One of Ours (Willa Cather)
One of Ours
Willa Cather
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Lucy Gayheart (Willa Cather)
Lucy Gayheart
Willa Cather
27
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady
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The Song of the Lark (Willa Cather)
The Song of the Lark
Willa Cather
29
Willa Cather: The Emerging Voice (Sharon O'Brien)
Willa Cather: The Emerging Voice
Sharon O'Brien
30
Willa Cather: A Literary Life (James Woodress)
Willa Cather: A Literary Life
James Woodress
31
Willa Cather (Hermione Lee)
Willa Cather
Hermione Lee
32
Plainsong (Kent Haruf)
Plainsong
Kent Haruf
33
The Country of the Pointed Firs (Sarah Orne Jewett)
The Country of the Pointed Firs
Sarah Orne Jewett
34
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
35
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton
36
Nothing to Do but Stay (Carrie Young)
Nothing to Do but Stay
Carrie Young
37
Winter Journey (Isabel Colegate)
Winter Journey
Isabel Colegate
38
Three Novels (Isabel Colegate)
Three Novels
Isabel Colegate
39
Statues in a Garden (Isabel Colegate)
Statues in a Garden
Isabel Colegate
40
The Shooting Party (Isabel Colegate)
The Shooting Party
Isabel Colegate
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