Good Reading Guide Books on a Theme: Schools to Sporting Tales (Via Small-Town, USA) - Page 2

This is the penultimate instalment of this series. See how well-read you are in certain areas or explore more books on your favourite themes. Sourced from "Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide" (Nick Rennison, 8th edn, 2009).

01-10: Schools
11-21: Scotland
22-32: Sequels
33-43: Sex
44-51: Ships and the Sea
52-58: Shipwreck
59-73: Short Stories
74-79: The Sixties
80-89: Slaves and the Slave Trade
90-99: Small-Town Life, USA
100-111: South Africa
112-122: Spies and Double Agents
123-130: Sporting Tales

BTW, I realise there is some duplication of books over the challenges in this series. This is because of overlap in the themes.

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Delta of Venus (Anais Nin)

Delta of Venus

41

Anais Nin

The Story of O (Pauline Reage)

The Story of O

42

Pauline Reage

The White Hotel (D.M. Thomas)

The White Hotel

43

D.M. Thomas

The Nigger of the Narcissus (Joseph Conrad)

The Nigger of the Narcissus

44

Joseph Conrad

The Poseidon Adventure (Paul Gallico)

The Poseidon Adventure

45

Paul Gallico

Rites of Passage (William Golding)

Rites of Passage

46

William Golding

Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)

Moby-Dick

47

Herman Melville

The Cruel Sea (Nicholas Monsarrat)

The Cruel Sea

48

Nicholas Monsarrat

Master and Commander

Master and Commander

49

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

50

Jules Verne

The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)

The Caine Mutiny

51

Herman Wouk

The Coral Island (R. M. Ballantyne)

The Coral Island

52

R. M. Ballantyne

Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)

Robinson Crusoe

53

Daniel Defoe

Pincher Martin (William Golding)

Pincher Martin

54

William Golding

Robinson (Muriel Spark)

Robinson

55

Muriel Spark

Galápagos (Kurt Vonnegut)

Galápagos

56

Kurt Vonnegut

A Fringe of Leaves (Patrick White)

A Fringe of Leaves

57

Patrick White

John Dollar (Marianne Wiggins)

John Dollar

58

Marianne Wiggins

The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)

The Stories of John Cheever

59

John Cheever

Drown (Junot Diaz)

Drown

60

Junot Diaz

Ice Cream (Helen Dunmore)

Ice Cream

61

Helen Dunmore

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges (Nathan Englander)

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

62

Nathan Englander

The Question of Bruno (Aleksandar Hemon)

The Question of Bruno

63

Aleksandar Hemon

Dubliners (James Joyce)

Dubliners

64

James Joyce

Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Franz Kafka)

Metamorphosis and Other Stories

65

Franz Kafka

Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)

Interpreter of Maladies

66

Jhumpa Lahiri

The Collected Short Stories (Ring Lardner)

The Collected Short Stories

67

Ring Lardner

All the Days and Nights (William Maxwell)

All the Days and Nights

68

William Maxwell

Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)

Birds of America

69

Lorrie Moore

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage

70

Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)

Everything That Rises Must Converge

71

Flannery O'Connor

The Complete Saki (Saki/H. H. Munro)

The Complete Saki

72

Saki/H. H. Munro

Four Bare Legs in a Bed (Helen Simpson)

Four Bare Legs in a Bed

73

Helen Simpson

Drop City (T. C. Boyle)

Drop City

74

T. C. Boyle

In Watermelon Sugar (Richard Brautigan)

In Watermelon Sugar

75

Richard Brautigan

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

76

Richard Fariña

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

77

Ken Kesey

The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)

The Crying of Lot 49

78

Thomas Pynchon

The Magic Christian (Terry Southern)

The Magic Christian

79

Terry Southern

Cloudsplitter

Cloudsplitter

80

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