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

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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The Rotters Club (Jonathan Coe)

The Rotters Club

1

Jonathan Coe

Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)

Nicholas Nickleby

2

Charles Dickens

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (James Hilton)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

3

James Hilton

Tom Brown's Schooldays (Thomas Hughes)

Tom Brown's Schooldays

4

Thomas Hughes

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

5

James Joyce

Call for the Dead (John Le Carré)

Call for the Dead

6

John Le Carré

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

7

Muriel Spark

The Wives of Bath (Susan Swan)

The Wives of Bath

8

Susan Swan

The Centaur (John Updike)

The Centaur

9

John Updike

Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)

Decline and Fall

10

Evelyn Waugh

Greenvoe (George MacKay Brown)

Greenvoe

11

George MacKay Brown

A Scots Quair (Lewis Gibbon)

A Scots Quair

12

Lewis Gibbon

Lanark (Alasdair Gray)

Lanark

13

Alasdair Gray

Morning Tide (Neil M. Gunn)

Morning Tide

14

Neil M. Gunn

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

15

James Hogg

How Late It Was, How Late (James Kelman)

How Late It Was, How Late

16

James Kelman

The Heart of Midlothian (Walter Scott)

The Heart of Midlothian

17

Walter Scott

Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Kidnapped

18

Robert Louis Stevenson

Swing Hammer Swing! (Jeff Torrington)

Swing Hammer Swing!

19

Jeff Torrington

Morvern Callar (Alan Warner)

Morvern Callar

20

Alan Warner

Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)

Trainspotting

21

Irvine Welsh

Lady Chatterley's Confession (Elaine Feinstein)

Lady Chatterley's Confession

22

Elaine Feinstein

Heathcliff - The Sequel to Wuthering Heights (Lin Haire-Sargeant)

Heathcliff - The Sequel to Wuthering Heights

23

Lin Haire-Sargeant

Mrs De Winter (Susan Hill)

Mrs De Winter

24

Susan Hill

The Odyssey (Nikos Kazantzakis)

The Odyssey

25

Nikos Kazantzakis

Long John Silver: The True and Eventful History of My Life of Liberty and Adventure as a Gentleman (Bjorn Larsson)

Long John Silver: The True and Eventful History of My Life of Liberty and Adventure as a Gentleman

26

Bjorn Larsson

Mary Reilly (Valerie Martin)

Mary Reilly

27

Valerie Martin

Scarlett (Alexandra Ripley)

Scarlett

28

Alexandra Ripley

After Zenda (John Spurling)

After Zenda

29

John Spurling

Pemberley (Emma Tennant)

Pemberley

30

Emma Tennant

An Unequal Marriage (Emma Tennant)

An Unequal Marriage

31

Emma Tennant

High Rising (Angela Thirkell)

High Rising

32

Angela Thirkell

Vox (Nicholson Baker)

Vox

33

Nicholson Baker

Crash (J.G. Ballard)

Crash

34

J.G. Ballard

Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)

Story of the Eye

35

Georges Bataille

The Inner Circle (Boyle, TC)

The Inner Circle

36

Boyle, TC

Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)

Lady Chatterley's Lover

37

D. H. Lawrence

Sexus

Sexus

38

PLEXUS

PLEXUS

39

NEXUS

NEXUS

40

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