{"id":5647,"date":"2019-01-26T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T17:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bookerybliss.com\/?p=5647"},"modified":"2019-05-26T19:14:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T23:14:46","slug":"reading-challenge-the-great-american-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bookerybliss.com\/reading-challenge-the-great-american-read\/","title":{"rendered":"READING CHALLENGE: The Great American Read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>READING CHALLENGE:<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Great American Read
hosted by PBS\/WEDU <\/a>
March 22, 2018 – March 22, 2020 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins<\/a><\/li>
  2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett<\/a><\/li>
  3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen<\/a><\/li>
  4. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie<\/a><\/li>
  5. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde<\/a><\/li>
  6. The Giver by Lois Lowry<\/a><\/li>
  7. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton<\/a><\/li>
  8. Watchers by Dean Koontz<\/a><\/li>
  9. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/a><\/li>
  10. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/a><\/li>
  11. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams<\/a><\/li>
  12. Along Came a Spider by James Patterson<\/a><\/li>
  13. The Godfather by Mario Puzo<\/a><\/li>
  14. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas<\/a><\/li>
  15. Alice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth<\/a><\/li>
  16. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer<\/a><\/li>
  17. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley<\/a><\/li>
  18. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens<\/a><\/li>
  19. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton<\/a><\/li>
  20. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville<\/a><\/li>
  21. Harry Potter: The Complete Series by J.K. Rowling<\/a><\/li>
  22. A Separate Peace by John Knowles<\/a><\/li>
  23. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen<\/a><\/li>
  24. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy<\/a><\/li>
  25. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift<\/a><\/li>
  26. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront\u00eb<\/a><\/li>
  27. The Call of the Wild<\/a><\/li>
  28. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott<\/a><\/li>
  29. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold<\/a><\/li>
  30. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez<\/a><\/li>
  31. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon<\/a><\/li>
  32. The Color Purple by Alice Walker<\/a><\/li>
  33. Flowers in the Attic<\/a><\/li>
  34. Dune by Frank Herbert<\/a><\/li>
  35. The Martian by Andy Weir<\/a><\/li>
  36. Left Behind by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins<\/a><\/li>
  37. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison<\/a><\/li>
  38. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown<\/a><\/li>
  39. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho<\/a><\/li>
  40. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Paulo Coelho<\/a><\/li>
  41. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving<\/a><\/li>
  42. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls<\/a><\/li>
  43. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller<\/a><\/li>
  44. The Stand by Stephen King<\/a><\/li>
  45. Ghost by Jason Reynolds<\/a><\/li>
  46. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain<\/a><\/li>
  47. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak<\/a><\/li>
  48. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger<\/a><\/li>
  49. Foundation by Isaac Asimov<\/a><\/li>
  50. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn<\/a><\/li>
  51. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky<\/a><\/li>
  52. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/a><\/li>
  53. Looking for Alaska by John Green<\/a><\/li>
  54. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett<\/a><\/li>
  55. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks<\/a><\/li>
  56. 1984 by George Orwell<\/a><\/li>
  57. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson<\/a><\/li>
  58. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis<\/a><\/li>
  59. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell<\/a><\/li>
  60. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery<\/a><\/li>
  61. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier<\/a><\/li>
  62. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee<\/a><\/li>
  63. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White<\/a><\/li>
  64. The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy<\/a><\/li>
  65. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div>Show Book List<\/a>\n\n\n\n


    UPDATED POST<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    PBS premiered their 8 part TV series of “The Great American Read<\/strong>” on May 22, 2018. It was hosted by special guest, Meredith Vieira, and consisted of 8 episodes showcasing America’s Top 100 most loved fictional novels of all time (based on a national survey).<\/p>\n

    The show included special commentary and documentaries from celebrities and authors, while viewers voted for their favorite books throughout the series’ season. The results were then revealed during the final episode.

    VERDICT:<\/strong> To Kill A Mockingbird<\/span> was American’s #1 most loved book, followed by Outlander<\/span>, Harry Potter<\/span> (series), Pride & Prejudice<\/span>, and The Lord of the Rings<\/span> as finalists.

    <\/p>\n

    \u2192 How many books on the list have you read? Take the quiz <\/a>to find out!<\/strong>

    \u2192 You can also find the     printable list of all the books here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    So what about this challenge? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    During the airing of this show, I decided to make a goal to read all 100 books featured on The Great American Read list and challenged my fellow book-nerds to do the same! I must admit that I didn’t complete this challenge within the first year of starting, but I am still actively pursuing this goal, nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The show’s season may be over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t continue reading!<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Were you following along during The Great American Read series? Did you finish this challenge already? Which books were your favorites? Least favorite? Leave a comment, send a message or post on my Facebook page. I would love to know your thoughts!<\/p>\n


    GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY READING!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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