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Omaha Reading Challenge 2022: Read a Book Published or Set in the Decade You Were Born

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Omaha Adult Librarians

Omaha Public Library

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OPL librarians have created a series of reading challenges to help you stretch beyond your comfort zone. This list features titles suggested for you to complete the "Read a book published or set in the decade you were born" challenge. For more details on the reading challenge go to omahalibrary.org/reading-challenge.

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Omaha Adult Librarians

Omaha Public Library

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Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain

by Baldwin, James

Book - 2016

Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook and mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1930s; published in the 1950s. Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook and mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1930s; published in the 1950s. Show less

Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook and mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1930s; published in the 1950s. Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook and mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1930s; published in the 1950s. Show less

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Mary Jane

Mary Jane

A Novel

by Blau, Jessica Anya

Book - 2021

Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook. Set in the 1970s. Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook. Set in the 1970s. Show less

Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook. Set in the 1970s. Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook. Set in the 1970s. Show less

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The Secret History

The Secret History

by Tartt, Donna

Book - 1992

Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook. Set and published in the 1990s. Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook. Set and published in the 1990s. Show less

Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook. Set and published in the 1990s. Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook. Set and published in the 1990s. Show less

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Babylon Berlin

Babylon Berlin

by Kutscher, Volker

Book - 2018

Set in the 1920s. Set in the 1920s. Show less

Set in the 1920s. Set in the 1920s. Show less

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Cane

Cane

by Toomer, Jean

Book - 1994

Set and published in the 1920s. Set and published in the 1920s. Show less

Set and published in the 1920s. Set and published in the 1920s. Show less

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Passing

Passing

by Larsen, Nella

Book - 2018

Set and published in the 1920s. Set and published in the 1920s. Show less

Set and published in the 1920s. Set and published in the 1920s. Show less

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This Tender Land

This Tender Land

A Novel

by Krueger, William Kent

Book - 2019

Set in the 1930s. Set in the 1930s. Show less

Set in the 1930s. Set in the 1930s. Show less

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The Color Purple

The Color Purple

A Novel

by Walker, Alice

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Set in the 1930s; published in the 1980s. Set in the 1930s; published in the 1980s. Show less

Set in the 1930s; published in the 1980s. Set in the 1930s; published in the 1980s. Show less

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The Border Trilogy

The Border Trilogy

All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain

by McCarthy, Cormac

Book - 1999

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1940s; published in the 1990s. Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1940s; published in the 1990s. Show less

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1940s; published in the 1990s. Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1940s; published in the 1990s. Show less

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

A Fable

by Boyne, John

Book - 2006

Set in the 1940s; published in the 2000s. Set in the 1940s; published in the 2000s. Show less

Set in the 1940s; published in the 2000s. Set in the 1940s; published in the 2000s. Show less

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The Men in My Life

The Men in My Life

A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan

by Bosworth, Patricia

Book - 2017

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1950s. Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1950s. Show less

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1950s. Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1950s. Show less

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Invisible Man

Invisible Man

by Ellison, Ralph

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Set and published in the 1950s. Set and published in the 1950s. Show less

Set and published in the 1950s. Set and published in the 1950s. Show less

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It

by King, Stephen

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Set in the 1950s and 1980s; published in the 1980s. Set in the 1950s and 1980s; published in the 1980s. Show less

Set in the 1950s and 1980s; published in the 1980s. Set in the 1950s and 1980s; published in the 1980s. Show less

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When We Left Cuba

When We Left Cuba

by Cleeton, Chanel

Book - 2019

Set in the 1960s. Set in the 1960s. Show less

Set in the 1960s. Set in the 1960s. Show less

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Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

A Novel

by Susann, Jacqueline

Book - 1966

Set and published in the 1960s. Set and published in the 1960s. Show less

Set and published in the 1960s. Set and published in the 1960s. Show less

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The Nickel Boys

The Nickel Boys

A Novel

by Whitehead, Colson

Book - 2019

Set in the 1960s. Set in the 1960s. Show less

Set in the 1960s. Set in the 1960s. Show less

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

by Didion, Joan

Book - 2008

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. 1960s Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. 1960s Show less

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. 1960s Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. 1960s Show less

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

by Blume, Judy

Paperback - 1990

Set and published in the 1970s. Set and published in the 1970s. Show less

Set and published in the 1970s. Set and published in the 1970s. Show less

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The Flamethrowers

The Flamethrowers

A Novel

by Kushner, Rachel

Book - 2013

Set in the 1970s. Set in the 1970s. Show less

Set in the 1970s. Set in the 1970s. Show less

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Everything I Never Told You

Everything I Never Told You

by Ng, Celeste

Book - 2014

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1970s. Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1970s. Show less

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1970s. Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1970s. Show less

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

A Savannah Story

by Berendt, John

Book - 1994

Set in the 1980s; published in the 1990s. Set in the 1980s; published in the 1990s. Show less

Set in the 1980s; published in the 1990s. Set in the 1980s; published in the 1990s. Show less

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Trust Exercise

Trust Exercise

by Choi, Susan

Book - 2019

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1980s. Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1980s. Show less

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1980s. Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1980s. Show less

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The Great Believers

The Great Believers

by Makkai, Rebecca

Book - 2018

Set in the 1980s and 2010s. Set in the 1980s and 2010s. Show less

Set in the 1980s and 2010s. Set in the 1980s and 2010s. Show less

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The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides

A Novel

by Eugenides, Jeffrey

Book - 2018

Set and published in the 1990s. Set and published in the 1990s. Show less

Set and published in the 1990s. Set and published in the 1990s. Show less

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The Black Kids

The Black Kids

by Hammonds Reed, Christina

Book - 2020

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1990s. Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1990s. Show less

Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1990s. Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1990s. Show less

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