#also had to get pointers for the romance and it was sooooooo worth stepping out of my comfort zone
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daughterofhecata · 11 months ago
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Once again I aimed for complete blackouts on @batmanisagatewaydrug's and @macrolit's reading bingos and this time, I actually succeded! (Even if I took some liberties with the term 'novel' on the macrolit one, mostly focused on the 'classics' aspect.) Lowkey proud of myself ngl.
Titles for both under the cut, full reading list here.
batmanisagatewaydrug:
graphic novel: Christopher Tauber, Hanna Wenzel: Rocky Beach. Eine Interpretation. [no english title]
horror: Jáchym Topol: Die Teufelswerkstatt [org. title: Chladnou zemí/engl. title: The Devil’s Workshop]
author you’ve never read before: David Henry Hwang: M Butterfly
translation: Władysław Szlengel: Was ich den Toten las [org. title: Co czytałem umarłym/engl. title: What I Read to the Dead]
poetry collection: Richard Siken: Crush
a book recommended by a friend: James Oswald: Natural Causes. An Inspector McLean Novel.
verse novel: Alexander F. Spreng: Der Fluch [no english title]
novella: Thomas Mann: Der Tod in Venedig [engl. title: Death in Venice]
a book w/ vampires: Michael Scott: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #2. The Magician.
book w/ a cover you think is cool: Cornelia Funke: Tintenwelt #4. Die Farbe der Rache. [engl. title: The Color of Revenge]
2023 release: Jonathan Kellerman: Unnatural History. An Alex Delaware Novel
book w/ an animal on the cover: Faye Kellerman: Der Zorn sei dein Ende [org. title: The Hunt]
book published before 1980: Josef Bor: Die verlassene Puppe [org. title: Opuštěná panenka/engl. title: The Abandoned Doll]
science fiction: Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed
romance: Akwaeke Emezi: You made a Fool of Death with your Beauty
historical fiction: Alena Mornštajnová: Hana [org. title: Hana/engl. title: Hannah]
450+ pages: James Ellroy: Die Schwarze Dahlie [org. title: The Black Dahlia]
memoir: Jeanette McCurdy: I‘m Glad My Mom Died
re-read a book from school: Frank Wedekind: Frühlings Erwachen [engl. title: Spring Awakening]
short story collection: John Barth: Lost in the Funhouse
non-fiction: Vera Schiff: The Theresienstadt Deception. The Concentration Camp the Nazis Created to Deceive the World.
book w/ a movie adaption: Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita
book published in your birthday month: Jan T. Gross: Neighbors. The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland.
anthology: Alain Locke: The New Negro
macrolit:
Classic Author A/B/C: James Baldwin: Giovanni‘s Room
Published between 2000-2023: Kim Newman: Professor Moriarty. The Hound of the D‘Urbervilles
Philosophy or Literary Criticism: [various books and essays for three literature courses]
Harlem Renaissance: Claude McKay: Harlem Shadows
Children’s Literature: [various Three Investigators books]
Fan Fiction: [various works]
Essays or Satire: Mark Thompson: Leatherfolk. Radical Sex, People, Politics and Practice.
Book of Short Stories: John Barth: Lost in the Funhouse
Classic Author G/H/I: Lorraine Vivian Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun
LGBTQ+ Author: Ocean Vuong: Time is a Mother
Published before 1940: Friedrich Schiller: Maria Stuart
Classic Author J/K/L: Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed
Detective, Horror, or Suspense: Maurice Leblanc: Arsène Lupin und der Schatz der Könige von Frankreich [org. title: L'Aiguille creuse/engl. title: The Hollow Needle]
Classic Author M/N/O: Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita
Classic Author S/T/U: J.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye
Poetry or Play: Arthur Schnitzler: Reigen [engl. title: La Ronde]
Biography or Non-Fiction: Peter Hallama: Nationale Helden und jüdische Opfer. Tschechische Repräsentationen des Holocaust. [no english title]
Classic Author P/Q/R: Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar
Graphic Novel: Christopher Tauber, Hanna Wenzel: Rocky Beach. Eine Interpretation. [no english title]
Published between 1940-1999: Hanna Krall: Dem Herrgott Zuvorkommen [org. title: Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem/engl. title: Shielding the Flame]
Classic Author D/E/F: Bret Easton Ellis: American Psycho
Young Adult: Kathy Reichs: Virals #1. Tote können nicht mehr reden. [org. title: Virals]
Gothic Fiction: E.T.A. Hoffmann: Nussknacker und Mausekönig [engl. title: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King]
Classic Author V/W/X/Y/Z: Frank Wedekind: Frühlings Erwachen [engl. title: Spring Awakening]
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