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Read 100 Books: Title does not start with "THE"

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54 participants (1,344 books)

10 Jul 2025—10 Jul 2030

Overview

Recently came upon this as a reading prompt and decided to create a fun challenge of reading books that do not start with "The" 

Challenge Books

All books added
Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe by Debbie Johnson

Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe

Comfort Food Cafe #1

Debbie Johnson

347 pages • digital • 2016

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life by Eric Klinenberg

Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

Eric Klinenberg

277 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction politics sociology informative reflective slow-paced
Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard

Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine

Emily Bernard

240 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction autobiography essays literary memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
We Do Not Part by Han Kang

We Do Not Part

Han Kang

256 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

411 pages • digital • 1978 user-added

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
All Systems Red by Martha Wells

All Systems Red

The Murderbot Diaries #1

Martha Wells

152 pages • digital • 2017

fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced
What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons

What We Lose

Zinzi Clemmons

277 pages • 2017

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
Olga Dies Dreaming
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Xochitl Gonzalez

Olga Dies Dreaming

Xochitl Gonzalez

645 pages • 2022

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
Open Throat by Henry Hoke

Open Throat

Henry Hoke

160 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective fast-paced
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

483 pages • digital • 2024

fiction historical emotional informative reflective medium-paced