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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
1
Nothing Natural (Jenny Diski)
Nothing Natural
2
Jenny Diski
Rainforest (Jenny Diski)
Rainforest
3
Jenny Diski
Like Mother (Jenny Diski)
Like Mother
4
Jenny Diski
Then Again (Jenny Diski)
Then Again
5
Jenny Diski
Happily Ever After (Jenny Diski)
Happily Ever After
6
Jenny Diski
Monkey's Uncle (Jenny Diski)
Monkey's Uncle
7
Jenny Diski
The Dream Mistress (Jenny Diski)
The Dream Mistress
8
Jenny Diski
Only Human (Jenny Diski)
Only Human
9
Jenny Diski
The Vanishing Princess (Jenny Diski)
The Vanishing Princess
10
Jenny Diski
Don't (Jenny Diski)
Don't
11
Jenny Diski
An Unquiet Mind (Kay Redfield Jamison)
An Unquiet Mind
12
Kay Redfield Jamison
The Liar's Club (Mary Karr)
The Liar's Club
13
Mary Karr
Cherry (Mary Karr)
Cherry
14
Mary Karr
Girl Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl Interrupted
15
Susanna Kaysen
Endurance (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance
16
Alfred Lansing
Terra Incognita (Sara Wheeler)
Terra Incognita
17
Sara Wheeler
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
18
Willa Cather
Alexander's Bridge (Willa Cather)
Alexander's Bridge
19
Willa Cather
Sapphira and the Slave Girl (Willa Cather)
Sapphira and the Slave Girl
20
Willa Cather
Shadows on the Rock (Willa Cather)
Shadows on the Rock
21
Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
22
Willa Cather
The Professor's House (Willa Cather)
The Professor's House
23
Willa Cather
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
24
Willa Cather
One of Ours (Willa Cather)
One of Ours
25
Willa Cather
Lucy Gayheart (Willa Cather)
Lucy Gayheart
26
Willa Cather
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady
27
The Song of the Lark (Willa Cather)
The Song of the Lark
28
Willa Cather
Willa Cather: The Emerging Voice (Sharon O'Brien)
Willa Cather: The Emerging Voice
29
Sharon O'Brien
Willa Cather: A Literary Life (James Woodress)
Willa Cather: A Literary Life
30
James Woodress
Willa Cather (Hermione Lee)
Willa Cather
31
Hermione Lee
Plainsong (Kent Haruf)
Plainsong
32
Kent Haruf
The Country of the Pointed Firs (Sarah Orne Jewett)
The Country of the Pointed Firs
33
Sarah Orne Jewett
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
34
Wallace Stegner
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
35
Edith Wharton
Nothing to Do but Stay (Carrie Young)
Nothing to Do but Stay
36
Carrie Young
Winter Journey (Isabel Colegate)
Winter Journey
37
Isabel Colegate
Three Novels (Isabel Colegate)
Three Novels
38
Isabel Colegate
Statues in a Garden (Isabel Colegate)
Statues in a Garden
39
Isabel Colegate
The Shooting Party (Isabel Colegate)
The Shooting Party
40
Isabel Colegate
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