{"id":9012,"date":"2023-12-29T19:44:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T03:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?page_id=9012"},"modified":"2024-12-30T00:05:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T08:05:44","slug":"2024-reading-challenges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/2024-reading-challenges","title":{"rendered":"2024 Reading Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7818 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aubrey-Maturin-Read-along-Year-4b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aubrey-Maturin-Read-along-Year-4b.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Aubrey-Maturin-Read-along-Year-4b-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6 \/ 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey\/Maturin 4 Year Chapter-a-Week Read-along Odyssey &#8211; Year Four<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/announcing-the-aubrey-maturin-chapter-a-week-4-year-read-along-odyssey\">yours truly<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>The Wine-Dark Sea <\/em>by Patrick O&#8217;Brian (January 1-March 10) &#8211; Finished March 17, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The\u00a0 Commodore<\/em> by Patrick O&#8217;Brian (March 17-May 19) &#8211; Finished September 22, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Yellow Admiral<\/em> by Patrick O&#8217;Brian (May 26-July 28) &#8211; Finished December 1, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Hundred Days <\/em>by Patrick O&#8217;Brian (August 4-October 6) &#8211; Finished December 7, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Blue at the Mizzen <\/em>by Patrick O&#8217;Brian (October 13-December 15) &#8211; Finished December 15, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Twenty-One<\/em> by Patrick O&#8217;Brian (December 22-29) &#8211; Finished December 29, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"chapter-a-day\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666\u2666\u2666<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8979 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Fantasy-Read-along6-300x.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Fantasy-Read-along6-300x.png 300w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Fantasy-Read-along6-300x-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>16 \/ 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2024 Fantasy Classics Chapter-a-Day Read-along <\/strong>&#8211; Hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/announcing-the-2024-fantasy-classics-chapter-a-day-read-along\">yours truly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Chronicles of Narnia (January 1-April 14)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Magician&#8217;s Nephew<\/em> (January 1-14) &#8211; January 14, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe<\/em> (January 15-30) &#8211; January 30, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Horse and His Boy<\/em> (January 31-February 13) &#8211; February 13, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Prince Caspian<\/em> (February 14-27) &#8211; February 27, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Voyage of the Dawn Treader<\/em> (February 28-March 13) &#8211; March 13, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Silver Chair<\/em> (March 14-29) &#8211; March 29, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Last Battle<\/em> (March 30-April 14) &#8211; April 14, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Lord of the Rings (April 15-June 15)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Fellowship of the Ring<\/em> (April 15-May 6) &#8211; Finished May 6, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Two Towers<\/em> (May 7-27) &#8211; Finished May 27, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Return of the King<\/em> (May 28-June 15) &#8211; Finished June 15, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Harry Potter Series (June 16-December 31)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#8217;s Stone<\/em> (June 16-July 2) &#8211; Finished July 2, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<\/em> (July 3-July 20) &#8211; Finished July 20, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<\/em> (July 21-August 11) &#8211; Finished August 11, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire<\/em> (August 12-September 17) &#8211; Finished September 17, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<\/em> (September 18-October 25) &#8211; Finished October 25, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince<\/em> (October 26-November 24) &#8211; Finished November 24, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<\/em> (November 25-December 31)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"mount\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666\u2666\u2666<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7478\" src=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mount-TBR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mount-TBR.jpg 400w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mount-TBR-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>20 \/ 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mount TBR Reading Challenge<\/strong> (Pike&#8217;s Peak, 12 books) &#8211; Hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/myreadersblock.blogspot.com\/2023\/10\/2024-mount-tbr-reading-challenge-sign-up.html\">Bev at My Reader&#8217;s Block<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>The Merchant of Venice<\/em> by William Shakespeare &#8211; January 12, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Magician&#8217;s Nephew<\/em> by C.S. Lewis &#8211; January 14, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>A Tale of Two Cities<\/em> by Charles Dickens &#8211; January 22, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em> by William Shakespeare &#8211; January 25, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Lion, the Witch, and the<\/em> Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis &#8211; January 30, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Horse and His Boy<\/em> by C.S. Lewis &#8211; February 13, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Prince Caspian by <\/em>C.S. Lewis &#8211; February 27, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Silver Chair<\/em> by C.S. Lewis &#8211; March 29, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Last Battle<\/em> by C.S. Lewis &#8211; April 14, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Ignatian Adventure<\/em> by Kevin O&#8217;Brien, SJ &#8211; May 13, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Out to Canaan<\/em> by Jan Karon &#8211; May 31, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>East of Eden<\/em> by John Steinbeck &#8211; June 15, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>A Poetry Handbook<\/em> by Mary Oliver &#8211; July 13, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<\/em> by J.K. Rowling<em> &#8211; <\/em>July 20, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire<\/em> by J.K. Rowling &#8211; September 17, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Fall of<\/em> Numenor by J.R.R T0lkien &#8211; September 19, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Immortal Diamond<\/em> by Richard Rohr &#8211; October 4, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and the Order of the<\/em> Phoenix by J.K. Rowling &#8211; October 25, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Nature and Selected Essays<\/em> by Ralph Waldo Emerson &#8211; November 17, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince\u00a0<\/em>by J.K Rowling &#8211; November 25, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"shakespeare\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666\u2666\u2666<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8855 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/HLBC-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/HLBC-Logo.png 320w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/HLBC-Logo-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/HLBC-Logo-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/HLBC-Logo-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>18 \/ 42<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Shakespeare Project (continued from last year)<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Hosted by Benjamin McEvoy at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/hardcoreliterature\/posts\">Hardcore Literature Book Club<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><em>The Comedy of Errors<\/em> by William Shakespeare &#8211; April 13, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>The Taming of the Shrew<\/em> by William Shakespeare &#8211; April 19, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>The Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/em> by William Shakespeare &#8211; April 20, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>Titus Andronicus\u00a0<\/em>by William Shakespeare &#8211; April 21, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>The Rape of Lucrece<\/em> by William Shakespeare April 21, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>Henry VI, Part 1<\/em> by William Shakespeare &#8211; April 23, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>Henry VI, Part 2<\/em>\u00a0by William Shakespeare &#8211; April 28, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>Henry VI, Part 3<\/em> by William Shakespeare &#8211; April 30, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>Venus and Adonis<\/em> &#8211; May 2, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>Richard III<\/em> by William Shakespeare &#8211; May 6, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>King<\/em> John by William Shakespeare &#8211; May 7, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>Richard II<\/em> by William Shakespeare &#8211; May 13, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>Romeo and Juliet &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>May 29, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em> &#8211; June 10, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>Love&#8217;s Labour&#8217;s Lost &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>June 27, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>Henry IV, Part 1 &#8211;<\/em> July 28, 2023<\/li>\n<li><em>The Merchant of Venice &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>January 12, 2024<\/li>\n<li><em>The Merry Wives of Windsor &#8211;<\/em> January 25<\/li>\n<li><em>Henry IV, Part 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Much Ado about Nothing<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Henry V<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>As You Like It<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Julius Caesar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hamlet<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Twelfth Night<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Phoenix and the Turtle<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Troilus and Cressida<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Measure for Measure<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Othello<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>King Lear<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Antony and Cleopatra<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>All&#8217;s Well that Ends Well<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Timon of Athens<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pericles<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Coriolanus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Sonnets (and A Lover&#8217;s Complaint)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Cymbeline<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Winter&#8217;s Tale<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Tempest<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Henry VIII<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Two Noble Kinsmen<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"deal\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666\u2666\u2666<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6050\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deal_me_in_2018.jpg\" alt=\"Deal Me In Short Story Challenge 2018\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deal_me_in_2018.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deal_me_in_2018-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deal_me_in_2018-144x144.jpg 144w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deal_me_in_2018-160x160.jpg 160w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deal_me_in_2018-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Deal Me In <del>Short Stories<\/del> Essay Challenge<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/bibliophilica.wordpress.com\/2019\/12\/23\/its-the-most-wonderful-day-of-the-year-10th-anniversary-edition-of-the-deal-me-in-challenge\/\">Jay at Bibliophilopolis<\/a> &#8211; This year I am going to switch it up and go for essays instead of short stories, using <em>A Passion for Books: A Book Lover&#8217;s Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Lore, and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring For, and Appreciating Books<\/em>, edited by Harold Rabinowitz and Rob Kaplan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>11 \/ 52<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2666<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> Diamonds<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A\u2666<\/span> In a Second-Hand Bookshop &#8211; Christopher Morley &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nsenger\/status\/1751794298121826667?s=20\"><strong>Read January 28, 2024<\/strong><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9015 size-medium alignright\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" src=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/passionforbooks-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/passionforbooks-198x300.jpg 198w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/passionforbooks-500x758.jpg 500w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/passionforbooks.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>\n2\u2666<\/span> Unpacking My Library &#8211; Walter Benjamin &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nsenger\/status\/1769527335081099355?s=20\"><strong>Read March 17, 2024<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">3\u2666<\/span> The Ritual &#8211; Rob Kaplan<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">4\u2666<\/span> How to Get Started in the Book Business &#8211; Stuart Brent\/Look Who\u2019s Been Remaindered Now<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">5\u2666<\/span> Ten Best-Selling Books Rejected by Publishers Twenty or More Times<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">6\u2666<\/span> Lending Books &#8211; Anatole Broyard &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nsenger\/status\/1749186569825890666?s=20\"><strong>Read January 21, 2024<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">7\u2666<\/span> On the Return of a Book Lent to a Friends &#8211; Christopher Morley<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">8\u2666<\/span> Welcome Home Borrowed Book &#8211; Anonymous &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nsenger\/status\/1746675493666222463?s=20\"><strong>Read January 14, 2024<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">9\u2666<\/span> How to Justify a Private Library &#8211; Umberto Eco<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">10\u2666<\/span> How to Organize a Public Library &#8211; Umberto Eco<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">J\u2666<\/span> Samuel Pepys\u2019s Library &#8211; Nicholas Basbanes<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Q\u2666<\/span> Pillow Books &#8211; Clifton Fadiman<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">K\u2666<\/span> The New Lifetime Reading Plan &#8211; Clifton Fadiman and John S. Major<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u2665 Hearts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A\u2665<\/span> Comfort Found in Good Old Books &#8211; George Hamlin Fitch<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2\u2665<\/span> The Collector &#8211; Susan Sontag<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">3\u2665<\/span> Bibliomania &#8211; Gustave Flaubert\/All the Friedrich Nietzsche You\u2019ll Ever Need<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">4\u2665<\/span> Bibliomania- Roger Rosenblatt &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nsenger\/status\/1744179142504092106?s=20\"><strong>Read January 7, 2024<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">5\u2665<\/span> The Book Action &#8211; Solly Ganor<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">6\u2665<\/span> From <em>Areopagitica<\/em> &#8211; John Milton<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">7\u2665<\/span> Books Unread &#8211; Thomas Wentworth Higginson<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">8\u2665<\/span> The Books That Shaped the American Character &#8211; Jonathan Yardley<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">9\u2665<\/span> The Books That Changed America &#8211; Robert B. Downs<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">10\u2665<\/span> The Commerce of Reading &#8211; Michel de Montaigne<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">J\u2665<\/span> Book Collecting &#8211; Robertson Davies\/Holy Cow!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Q\u2665 <\/span>Bibliomaniacs &#8211; John Michell<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">K\u2665<\/span> They Don\u2019t Call It a Mania for Nothing &#8211; Harold Rabinowitz\/Bibliolexicon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nsenger\/status\/1759431582740627803?s=20\"><strong>Read February 18, 2024<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2663 Clubs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A\u2663 What Is the Matter with the Bookshop? &#8211; A. Edward Newton\/Non-Books<br \/>\n2\u2663 Ten Memorable Books That Never Existed<br \/>\n3\u2663 The Last of His Race &#8211; A. Edward Newton &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nsenger\/status\/1754304378616631614?s=20\"><strong>Read February 4, 2024<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n4\u2663 The Perfect Book &#8211; William Keddie<br \/>\n5\u2663 Books Are the Windows of the Soul &#8211; Henry Ward Beecher<br \/>\n6\u2663 How Reading Changed My Life &#8211; Anna Quindlen\/Three by Quindlen<br \/>\n7\u2663 Talking of Old Books &#8211; A. S. W. Rosenbach &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nsenger\/status\/1766847010408394919?s=20\"><strong>Read March 10, 2024<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n8\u2663 Potch &#8211; Leo Rosten\/Damn It! Wait Your Turn!<br \/>\n9\u2663 A Good Time to Start a Book Club &#8211; Al Silverman<br \/>\n10\u2663 Invasion of the Book Envelopes &#8211; John Updike\/And to Some People We Night Not Sell It at Any Price<br \/>\nJ\u2663 My Friends &#8211; Petrarch<br \/>\nQ\u2663 Norman Mailer\u2019s Ten Favorite American Novels<br \/>\nK\u2663 W. Somerset Maugham\u2019s Ten Greatest Novels<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2660 Spades<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A\u2660 The Bible Through the Ages &#8211; Ben D. Zevin<br \/>\n2\u2660 Aldus Manutius &#8211; William Dana Orcutt<br \/>\n3\u2660 Benjamin Franklin\u2019s Epitaph<br \/>\n4\u2660 The Collector &#8211; William Targ<br \/>\n5\u2660 The Newark Public Library &#8211; Philip Roth<br \/>\n6\u2660 Why Does Nobody Collect Me? &#8211; Robert Benchley &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nsenger\/status\/1756913932588187658?s=20\"><strong>Read February 11, 2024<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n7\u2660 How Not to Care for Books &#8211; Holbrook Jackson<br \/>\n8\u2660 On Reading and Collecting &#8211; Herbert Faulkner West<br \/>\n9\u2660 How to Care for Books &#8211; Estelle Ellis and Caroline Seebohm<br \/>\n10\u2660 Fifteen Books We Would Memorize If We Were the \u201cLiving Books\u201d in Ray Bradbury\u2019s Novel Fahrenheit 451 &#8211; The Editors\/I Just Like to Be in Their Presence Occasionally<br \/>\nJ\u2660 The 100 Greatest Novels in the English Language &#8211; A. 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