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Worlds Without End Roll-Your-Own Reading Challenge

The WABAC Machine Reading Challenge

The WABAC Machine Reading Challenge

Join Sherman and Mr. Peabody and set the dial for at least 100 years ago.

For this challenge, read science fiction, fantasy, and horror published in 1922 or before. There's a lot out there, and if you read Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Arthur Conan Doyle as a kid, it is worth revisiting. On the pulp side, there is the early Edgar Rice Burroughs. For sheer weirdness, try L. Frank Baum. And the 19th and early 20th century remains the high point for horror fiction --M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen. Choose a classic or search out a hidden gem.

Challenge Details
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Challenge Span: January 2023 – December 2023

Reading Levels
Select your reading level below. You can adjust your level up or down at any time during the challenge.

 Sherman = 3 books + 1 reviews
 Mr. Peabody = 6 books + 2 reviews
 John Carter = 9 books + 3 reviews
 Captain Nemo = 12 books + 6 reviews

This challenge has expired. Please have a look at some of our other challenges for something that may interest you.

charlesdee

charlesdee

12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Engelbrecht

Engelbrecht

Erewhon:  Over the Range
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:  Written by Himself
Under the Hill:  or, The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser: In Which Is Set Forth an Exact Account of the Manner of State Held by Madam Venus, Goddess & Meretrix, Under th
finminer

finminer

The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer
The Haunted Hotel & Other Stories
The Turn of the Screw
Fortuo

Fortuo

3
2
1
Hneite

Hneite

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Five Children and It
A House-Boat on the Styx
The Land of Oz
Men Like Gods
Necronomicon:  The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
The New Atlantis
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Time Machine
When the World Shook
The Wizard of Oz
The World's Desire
lisagarrity

lisagarrity

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Water-Babies
1
thereddeath

thereddeath

Grimms' Fairy Tales
Gulliver's Travels
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Japanese Fairy Tales
The Jungle Book
The Turn of the Screw
The Wizard of Oz
5
4
3
2
1
Weesam

Weesam

The Ancient Allan
Child of Storm
Finished
The Holy Flower
The Ivory Child
She and Allan