Jax Stacks Reading Challenge 2024 - hosted by jaxlibrary

A book published the year you were born
Celebrate your birthday with a book the same age as you and see which one of you has aged better. 
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Mama by Terry McMillan

Mama

Terry McMillan

342 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

311 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

394 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary challenging funny medium-paced
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Ceremony

Leslie Marmon Silko

262 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Meridian by Alice Walker

Meridian

Alice Walker

262 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

The Bean Trees

Greer Family #1

Barbara Kingsolver

232 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

Hallowe'en Party

Hercule Poirot #36

Agatha Christie

259 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Factotum by Charles Bukowski

Factotum

Charles Bukowski

205 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

fiction classics mystery thriller dark funny fast-paced
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game

Ender's Saga #1

Orson Scott Card

352 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly

The Lincoln Lawyer

Mickey Haller #1

Michael Connelly

404 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced