There are a few versions of the Chunkster Challenge out there. And I know you're going to be totally shocked when I say that I'm doing this my own way. I know, just weird, right?
Not only are there a few different challenges, there are also a couple of different definitions of a Chunkster. I'm taking my definition from Chunkster Reading Challenge.
- A chunkster is 450 pages or more of adult literature (fiction or nonfiction). Textbooks/anthologies do not count.
- If you read large type books, a chunkster is characterized as having 525 pages or more.
Now...in my world, adult literature also includes Young Adult fiction. So I'm not going to go out and restrict myself on this one. It's a blurred line, really.
Most of these challenges out there run January 1st to December 31st and have different levels of challenge for you to meet. I'm not doing that either. Because I'm special. The EPJ Chunkster Challenge is bigger than that. (Get it?)
My challenge is to read 50 chunksters in 10 years.
As I read the qualifying big boys, I'll be adding them in here by title, author and number of pages. I'll also list the date that I finish them and track my progress with the handy-dandy progress bar below.
I'm starting this challenge on June 1, 2014 with an end date of May 31, 2024. Let the reading begin!
30 out of 50 books
1. A Triple Knot by Emma Campion: 480 pages - June 2014
2. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck: 457 pages - July 2014
3. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult: 460 pages - August 2014
4. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin - 456 pages - October 2014
5. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare - 725 pages - May 2015
6. Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson - 464 pages - July 2016
7. The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa by Yukichi Fukuzawa - 477 pages - December 2016
8. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - 462 pages - June 2017
9. Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs - 464 pages - October 2017
10. Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory - 556 pages - March 2018
11. P.S. I Love You by Cecilia Ahern - 470 pages - March 2018
12. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige - 452 pages - June 2018
13. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - 637 pages - December 2018
14. Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter - 480 pages - January 2019
15. Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah - 454 pages - January 2019
16. The Queen of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter - 464 pages - March 2019
17. Becoming by Michelle Obama - 464 pages - April 2019
18. The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia - 476 pages - April 2019
19. The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World by Amy Reed - 464 pages - July 2019
20. The Rejected Writers' Book Club by Suzanne Kelman - 500 pages - July 2019
21. Aurora Rising by Amy Kaufman and Jay Kristoff - 473 pages - July 2019
22. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - 470 pages - August 2019
23. This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger - 450 pages - September 2019
24. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - 531 pages - September 2019
25. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn - 503 pages - January 2020
26. The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys - 512 pages - February 2020
27. Children of Blood & Bone by Tomi Adeyemi - 544 pages - March 2020
28. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell - 522 pages - March 2020
29. Emma by Jane Austen - 474 pages - April 2020
30. Heartless by Marissa Meyer - 453 pages - April 2020
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