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

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56 participants (1,403 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
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
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson

3 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction science informative fast-paced
Let Me Hold You by Alexandria House

Let Me Hold You

McClain Brothers #2

Alexandria House

268 pages • paperback • 2018 user-added

fiction contemporary romance emotional fast-paced