11 November 2016

Literary Loners Reading Challenge 2017


There will be two options for this challenge and you may choose one or both.  The first option is to read books featuring a character identified as a loner, outcast, recluse, wallflower, or introvert. This can be the main character (such as Bella from Twilight or Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower) or a secondary one (such as Miss Havisham from Great Expectations or Boo Radley from To Kill a Mockingbird).  The second option will be to read works written by writers known to have been loners or recluses. The great poet Emily Dickinson was very much a loner as was author J.D. Salinger,  and this link says the ancient Greek playwright Euripides was something of a loner.  A biography of such writers may be read as well.  For more reading ideas, see the following links:


A Look at Loners in Literature
The Top 10 Loners in Literature
Fictional Loners Books
5 Books About Loners
Goodreads lists
Why Do We Love Literary Lone Wolves?

You are by no means limited to reading what is suggested in the links.  Any books you find that fit the challenge description may be read. 




Guidelines for the Challenge


  • Challenge will run from January 1 to December 31, 2017.  Books must be started on or after January 1 to count.  Re-reads will be allowed as long as they are read during the specified time period.
  • Books may cross over to other challenges in which you are participating.  
  • Fiction (all genres and subgenres), nonfiction, poetry collections and plays that fit the challenge description may be read.
  • All book formats are allowed (paper, audio, electronic, graphic novels/manga). 
  • Please link back to this blog, post about it on Facebook, Tweet about it, and so on to help spread the word.
  • I will not be creating levels.  I will let you to decide how many books to read. 
  • You do not need a blog to sign up.  You may keep tract of your progress on Goodreads, Amazon or other similar sites with a shelf dedicated to this challenge.  Or sign up on Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter.
  • You do not need to post reviews, nor will there be any check-ins

Sign up below with a direct link to your sign up post, and please feel free to leave a comment after linking.


Above all, have fun. I look forward to seeing what you read. 

6 comments:

  1. BTW, did you want to sign up for the other three challenges as well? If so, you will need to sign up for each one of the individually. You linked to this post to all the other challenges as well.

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  2. Hi, I just realized I needed more than one code for each link up. My mistake, sorry. Let me know if you are interested in my other challenges.e

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  3. I would possibly be interested, I will take a look! Thanks for the update!

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  4. One more update--I have deleted the linky from my sign-up posts and will now have participants sign up via the comments section. I need to upgrade in order to have to have the linky display on each post, but did not wish to have to pay to upgrade, so signing up in the comments was the best fix I could come up with. Can you please comment again with your sign-up post link? I'm sorry for any inconvenience.

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