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By Title

A - After Rome by Morgan Llywelyn
B - The Baker Street Translation by Michael Robertson
C - Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
D - Destiny, Rewritten by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
E - Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day by Doug Mack
F - A Forthcoming Wizard by Jody Lynn Nye
G - Going Clear by Lawrence Wright
H - Heaven Is For Real by Todd Burpo
I -  Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
J - Just One Day by Gayle Forman
K - Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
L - A Little Folly by Jude Morgan
M - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
N - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
O - One for the Books by Joe Queenan
P - The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Q - Quiet by Susan Cain
R - The Real Jane Austen by Paula Byrne
S - Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
T - These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
U - The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma
V - The Vatican Diaries by John Thavis
W - Words Spoken 'True by Ann Gabhart
X - Xingu by Edith Wharton
Y - The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
Z - Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler

By Author's Last Name

A - Allen, Sarah Addison (The Peach Keeper)
B - Byrne, Paula (The Real Jane Austen)
C - Chiaverini, Jennifer (Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker)
D - Doig, Ivan (The Whistling Season)
E - Esquivel, Laura (Like Water for Chocolate)
F - Forman, Gayle (Just One Day)
G - Gabhart, Ann (Words Spoken True)
H - Hartman, Rachel (Seraphina)
I -  Izzo, Kim (The Jane Austen Marriage Manual)
J - Jansma, Kristopher (The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards)
K - Kidd, Sue Monk (The Mermaid Chair)
L - Lawhead, Stephen (The Skin Map)
M - Moers, Walter (The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear)
N - Nye, Jody Lynn (A Forthcoming Wizard)
O - O'Hara, Mary (My Friend Flicka)
P - Paolini, Christopher (Inheritance)
Q - Queenan, Joe (One for the Books)
R - Rigler, Laurie Viera (Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict)
S - Sloan, Robin (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore)
T - Thavis, John (The Vatican Diaries)
U - Ursu, Anne (Breadcrumbs)
V - Vreeland, Susan (Clara and Mr. Tiffany)
W - Wright, Lawrence (Going Clear)
X - Xiaolong, Qiu (The Mao Case)
Y - Yu, Charles (How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe)
Z - Zitwer, Barbara (The J.M. Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society)

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United Kingdom - After Rome by Morgan Llywelyn
The Netherlands - Just One Day by Gayle Forman
France - Chateau of Echoes by Siri Mitchell
Germany (German author) - The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
Vatican City - The Vatican Diaries by John Thavis
Denmark - The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Hoeg
Belgium - Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day by Doug Mack
Switzerland - The Jane Austen Marriage Manual by Kim Izzo
Italy - Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Spain - Following the Sun by John Hanson Mitchell

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Blue - The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
Red - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Yellow - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Green - The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
Brown - Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Black - The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
White - A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
Any other color - The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley
A word that implies color - The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma

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Goal: Novella (11-15 books)
The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble
Book Row: An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book Trade by Marvin Mondlin
Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
The Cherry Cola Book Club by Ashton Lee
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
One for the Books by Joe Queenan
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison 
     Hoover Bartlett
Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books by Paul Collins

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Arabella by Georgette Heyer (read June 2013)
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (read March 2013)
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini (read December 2013)
The Wicked Day by Mary Stewart (read October 2013)
Following the Sun by John Hanson Mitchell (read October 2013)
Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox (read November 2013)
The Laird's Inheritance by George MacDonald (read November 2013)
Tuck by Stephen Lawhead (read July 2013)
Gatsby's Girl by Caroline Preston (read November 2013)
Gone: Last Days of The New Yorker by Renata Adler (read November 2013)
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (read November 2013)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (read October 2013)

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5 points: Freebie! Read any book you'd like, as long as it follows the above rules. :)
      The Jane Austen Marriage Manual by Kim Izzo
5: Read a book that is less than 150 pages long.
      Nim's Island by Wendy Orr
10: Read a book with a color in the title.
      Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
10: Read a book that is not the first in its series.      
      Tuck by Stephen Lawhead (third in the King Raven series)
15: Read a book it seems everyone but you has read! 
      The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
15: Read a banned book. 
20: Read a book written by a celebrity. 
      Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
20: Read a non-fiction book that is not a memoir. It can be pure non-fiction or narrative non-fiction. 
      Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
20: Read a book that takes place in a state you have never been in.
      The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig (takes place in Montana)
25: Read a book that is at least 400 pages long.
      The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway
25: Read a book with a main character who shares your first name.
      Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray
30: Read a book written by an author who was born in or died in your birth year.
      Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

Final Point Total: 185