Women Century Challenge

Read a book from 10 consecutive decades all authored by women. We’ll divide this challenge into two levels of difficulty. Level one may cause some tightness in your chest, while level two may require medication. You choose your comfort level no pressure, well maybe a little. Be sure to declare which level you are going to attempt.

LEVEL ONE: Read 10 books from any 10 consecutive decades (1 per decade) written by women authors. The authors can only be used once in the challenge. However, they can be authors you have previously read.

LEVEL TWO: Read 10 books from any 10 consecutive decades (1 per decade) written by women authors. The authors can only be used once in the challenge. All authors must be new to you, an author you have not previously read.

For 2016 I'm planning the decades from 1870 to 1970 included. Hopefully next year I'll be able to add more.

1870-1879 Little Men or Black Beauty or Middlemarch
1880-1889 Monsieur Venus: A Materialist Novel - Rachilde (1884)
1890-1899 The Awakening - Kate Chopin (1899) read: January 1, 2016
1900-1909 The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter (1901)
1910-1919 Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton (1911)
1920-1929 A Room of One's Own -Virginia Woolf (1929)
1930-1939 Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell (1937)
1940-1949 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith (1940)
1950-1959 The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson (1959)
1960-1969 To Kill a Mockingbird or The Bell Jar
1970-1979 Bridge to Terabithia or Interview with the Vampire or Tuck Everlasting