BBC The Big Jubilee Read

You can start and finish this challenge whenever you like!

"The list of 70 books - 10 for each decade of Elizabeth II’s reign - is a real opportunity to discover stories from across continents and taking us through the decades, books that we might never have otherwise read, and reading authors whose work deserves a spotlight to be shone on it."

— Suzy Klein, Head of Arts and Classical Music TV at the BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2Ynpj933DJ2YG5nsMS6fn8k/a-literary-celebration-of-queen-elizabeth-iis-record-breaking-reign

Challenge Prompts

1. The Palm-Wine Drinkard - Amos Tutuola (1952, Nigeria)

2. The Hills Were Joyful Together - Roger Mais (1953, Jamaica)

3. In the Castle of My Skin - George Lamming (1953, Barbados)

4. My Bones and My Flute - Edgar Mittelholzer (1955, Guyana)

5. The Lonely Londoners - Sam Selvon (1956, Trinidad and Tobago/England)

6. The Guide - R. K. Narayan (1958, India)

7. To Sir, With Love - E. R. Braithwaite (1959, Guyana)

8. One Moonlit Night - Caradog Prichard (1961, Wales)

9. A House for Mr Biswas - VS Naipaul (1961, Trinidad and Tobago/England)

10. Sunlight on a Broken Column - Attia Hosain (1961, India)

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