(Another) 1% Well-Read Challenge

I hope everyone had fun with the last 1% Well Read Challenge. Even if you didn’t complete the challenge, if you read any books at all from the list, you are at least a little more ‘well-read’ than you were before!

The editors of the book 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die threw a kink into our challenge when they updated the books with new titles last year. So, I’ve got three options for you on this next challenge:

Read 10 titles from the original list from March 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
Read 10 titles from the new list from March 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
Read 13 titles from the combined list (of almost 1300 titles) from March 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010. In other words, “What were they thinking dropping titles from Dostoevsky and Jane Austen?”

For all options, overlaps with other challenges are allowed, and you may change your list at any time.

I have begun to update the 1001 list HERE. Please note that the unnumbered books are from the new titles added. Unfortunately, I do not have all the new titles added yet but will be working on it in the next week or two. Asterixed titles are ones that were dropped from the new list.

Alternatively, you can go HERE for an Excel spreadsheet of the old list, and HERE for an Excel spreadsheet of the new list.

Happy reading, and may you be more ‘well-read’ this year than last!

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February 27, 2009 | Filed Under Rules/Sign-up

1% Well-Read Rules & Sign-Up

The goal of this challenge is to read 10 books in 10 months from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list. For you non-math people, 10 out of 1001 is approximately 1%, hence the title. The challenge will run from May 1, 2008 through February 28, 2009.

You may change your list at any time and cross-posting to other challenges is permitted. The only requirement is that your ten book choices must be on the ‘1001 List‘. Another helpful tool is an Excel spreadsheet by Arukiyomi that is found here.

1. Tara
2. Kristen
3. Aaron (That\’s the Book)
4. 3m
5. Becky\’s Book Reviews
6. Laura (Musings)
7. Samantha
8. Maw Books
9. Amateur de Livre
10. Lindy
11. Lezlie (Books \’N Border Collies)
12. Ashleigh
13. Jan (in Edmonds)
14. Erin (Journey Through Reading)
15. cdngirlatheart (Eat.Sleep.Read.)
16. Sharon (Ex Libris)
17. Eva (A Striped Armchair)
18. Athena (Aquatique)
19. Jim Harris
20. Lena
21. Janet
22. C.B. James
23. Susie
24. LizzySiddal
25. Beverly
26. Wisteria
27. Mandy
28. Susan
29. Michelle (Fluttering Butterflies)
30. Molly (Restless Reader)
31. Care aka bkclubcare
32. Debi
33. Rebecca
34. Whitney
35. queen bee
36. jessi
37. Chris (Stuff as Dreams)
38. Veronica (The First Draft)
39. Karen
40. Danielle (Dilettante Mother)
41. Wendy (caribousmom)
42. Susan L.
43. Laura (Reading Reflections)
44. Christy Helton
45. joanna
46. Stephanie (Confessions Of a Book-A-Holic)
47. jocelyn
48. Melanie
49. Tammy in FL
50. mmz
51. Tricia

52. emmegail
53. Susan @ Blackberry Creek
54. Juliann
55. Quenby (hikaruthedragon)
56. Elizabeth
57. My Friend Amy
58. Judy
59. LibrarysCat
60. RedHead
61. Ms Alex (Daemonwolf Books)
62. Steph
63. Lynn
64. Amanda
65. Rachel D.
66. April
67. Becca (Becca\’s Cyber Home)
68. homeperm
69. Lenore
70. Katherine Huff
71. Juli (Can I Borrow Your Book?)
72. Terri Murphy
73. Naomi
74. SFP
75. Susan Elliott
76. Cate Bennett
77. Heather Johnson
78. unfinishedperson
79. Siobhan Mitchell
80. Trish\’s Reading Nook
81. Andi Lit
82. Callista (SMS Book Reviews)
83. beth
84. Shauna
85. Steph
86. Em
87. tanabata
88. Madeleine
89. ratmammy
90. ratmammy
91. Amy(The Sleepy Reader)
92. The Book Tiger
93. Autumn
94. Zoe
95. Zoe
96. Kim H
97. Judie
98. Esther
99. Jill
100. Personal Mythos
101. chrystalm
102. Callista Hogan

103. Crystal J.
104. Kelsey
105. Crystal J.
106. Karen (BookBath)
107. amanda
108. penny
109. lorna
110. Kelli
111. monica @ transplanting me
112. Camille
113. Vivek
114. austin
115. \’r Cymraeg Ddewines
116. Glinda
117. StyckyWycket
118. MelissaZ
119. vee
120. leendaluu
121. Teresa
122. Monica H. (Nica Loran)
123. Lisa L
124. Anna Claire
125. Flo
126. Brittany
127. Julie
128. Tameka
129. Jess
130. Deb
131. Avg Jane
132. Ivyco
133. Lena
134. Mae
135. Frances
136. Sandra
137. tdwjohnson@yahoo.com
138. Jane
139. Myza Hill
140. Janice
141. Doulton
142. Mark Burgess
143. Irish
144. Rach
145. Veens
146. Nidhi Sharma
147. Maria (A Book Geek)
148. Lisa Hill
149. Glenn
150. Lisa
151. Jessica
152. Ray
153. Alison Kent

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November 2, 2008 | Filed Under Rules/Sign-up