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Someone at Historical Fictionistas posted this really good historical fiction list:

Just going to count as read books I've finished in the past 12 months:

The Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List book has 19 total chapters, the first of which happens to be the HF section.

The list is:

Classics: Too Good To Miss
The Agony and the Ecstasy A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Hawaii A Novel by James A. Michener
I, Claudius From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered & Deified A.D. 54 by Robert Graves
Katherine by Anya Seton
The King Must Die A Novel by Mary Renault
The Lady in the Tower by Jean Plaidy
Shogun by James Clavell

Ancient World
Assyrian by Nicholas Guild
The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Gates of Fire An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
The Gilded Chamber A Novel of Queen Esther by Rebecca Kohn
The Hippopotamus Marsh Lord of the Two Lands Volume I by Pauline Gedge
King and Goddess by Judith Tarr
Pompeii by Robert Harris
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Sarum The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd

Medieval Europe
The Innocent A Novel by Posie Graeme-Evans
Jerusalem by Cecelia Holland
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
A Vision of Light A Margaret of Ashbury Novel by Judith Merkle Riley
The Winter Mantle by Elizabeth Chadwick
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

Europe
The Alchemist's Daughter A Novel by Katharine McMahon
The Autobiography of Henry VIII With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers by Margaret George
The Birth of Venus A Novel by Sarah Dunant
Circle of Pearls by Rosalind Laker
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Game of Kings First in the Legendary Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Lady's Maid A Novel by Margaret Forster
The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Penmarric by Susan Howatch
Sails on the Horizon A Novel of the Napoleonic Wars by Jay Worrall
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen

United States
Ahab's Wife Or, The Star-gazer A Novel by Sena Jeter Naslund
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Brookland A Novel by Emily Barton
City of Light by Lauren Belfer
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Creek Marys Blood by Dee Brown
Daughter of Fortune A Novel by Isabel Allende
Enemy Women A Novel by Paulette Jiles
Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Lincoln A Novel by Gore Vidal
North and South by John Jakes
People of the Wolf by W. Michael Gear
Ragtime A Novel by E.L. Doctorow
Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
Voodoo Dreams A Novel of Marie Laveau by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Asia
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan A Novel by Lisa See
Spring Moon A Novel of China by Bette Bao Lord

Middle East/Africa
Exodus by Leon Uris
A Falcon Flies by Wilbur Smith

Pulitzer Prize Winners- Fiction

Finalists have been announced since 1980. The Novel category was re-named Fiction in 1947.
Winners
2011 A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Alfred A.. Knopf)
2010 Tinkers by Paul Harding
2009 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (Random House)
2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf)
2006 March by Geraldine Brooks (Viking)
2005 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar)
2004 The Known World by Edward P. Jones (Amistad/ HarperCollins)
2003 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar)
2002 Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Alfred A. Knopf)
2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (Random House)
2000 Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin)
1999 The Hours by Michael Cunningham (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
1998 American Pastoral by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin)
1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser (Crown)
1996 Independence Day by Richard Ford (Alfred A. Knopf)
1995 The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (Viking)
1994 The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx (Charles Scribner's Sons)
1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler (Henry Holt)
1992 A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley (Alfred A. Knopf)
1991 Rabbit At Rest by John Updike (Alfred A. Knopf)
1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos (Farrar)
1989 Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler (Alfred A. Knopf)
1988 Beloved by Toni Morrison (Alfred A. Knopf)
1987 A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor (Alfred A. Knopf)
1986 Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Simon & Schuster)
1985 Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie (Random House)
1984 Ironweed by William Kennedy (Viking)
1983 The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Harcourt Brace)
1982 Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike (Knopf)
1981 A Confederacy of Dunces by the late John Kennedy Toole (a posthumous publication) (Louisiana State U. Press)
1980 The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (Little)
1979 The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever (Knopf)
1978 Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson (Atlantic Monthly Press)
1977 (No Award)
1976 Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow (Viking)
1975 The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (McKay)
1974 (No Award)
1973 The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty (Random)
1972 Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (Doubleday)
1971 (No Award)
1970 Collected Stories by Jean Stafford (Farrar)
1969 House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday (Harper)
1968 The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron (Random)
1967 The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (Farrar)
1966 Collected Stories by Katherine Anne Porter (Harcourt)
1965 The Keepers Of The House by Shirley Ann Grau (Random)
1964 (No Award)
1963 The Reivers by William Faulkner (Random)
1962 The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor (Little)
1961 To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Lippincott)
1960 Advise and Consent by Allen Drury (Doubleday)
1959 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor (Doubleday)
1958 A Death In The Family by the late James Agee (a posthumous publication) (McDowell, Obolensky)
1957 (No Award)
1956 Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor (World)
1955 A Fable by William Faulkner (Random)
1954 (No Award)
1953 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Scribner)
1952 The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk (Doubleday)
1951 The Town by Conrad Richter (Knopf)
1950 The Way West by A. B. Guthrie (Sloane)
1949 Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens (Harcourt)
1948 Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener (Macmillan)
1947 All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (Harcourt)
1946 (No Award)
1945 A Bell for Adano by John Hersey (Knopf)
1944 Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin (Harper)
1943 Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair (Viking)
1942 In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow (Harcourt)
1941 (No Award)
1940 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Viking)
1939 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Scribner)
1938 The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand (Little)
1937 Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Macmillan)
1936 Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis (Harper)
1935 Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson (Simon & Schuster)
1934 Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller (Harper)
1933 The Store by T. S. Stribling (Doubleday)
1932 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (John Day)
1931 Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes (Houghton)
1930 Laughing Boy by Oliver Lafarge (Houghton)
1929 Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin (Bobbs)
1928 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (Boni)
1927 Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield (Stokes)
1926 Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis (Harcourt)
1925 So Big by Edna Ferber (Doubleday)
1924 The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson (Harper)
1923 One of Ours by Willa Cather (Knopf)
1922 Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington (Doubleday)
1921 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (Appleton)
1920 (No Award)
1919 The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington (Doubleday)
1918 His Family by Ernest Poole (Macmillan)
1917 (No Award)

Participants may join at any time during the challenge. All points must be reported by 11:59pm EST on August 31, 2011 to be counted.

Tasks can be completed in any order and it is not required to complete all regular tasks before doing the bonus tasks.

RULES:
1) Books must be Historical Fiction if specified as HF. If no specification is made, the book can be ANY genre.

2) Books must be at least 200 pages long. Eligibility for this is determined by the most popular edition on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. If the most popular edition is 197 pages, it will not count, even if the edition read is 215 pages.

3) The first book used for the challenge should be started on or after July 1st.

4) Re-reads and audiobooks are accepted unless specified otherwise in the task. (Audiobook page counts will be determined by the most popular edition on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.)

SCORING:
5) Task categories are assigned a point value, and points are awarded when all parts of the task are completed. Partial points will NOT be awarded for partially completed tasks.

6) Bonus points will be awarded based on the length of each book read, as follows:
200 to 300 pages = 2 bonus points
301 to 500 pages = 4 bonus points
501 to 750 pages = 6 bonus points
751 to 1,000 pages = 8 bonus points
1,000+ = 10 bonus points

Bonus points will be awarded PER BOOK READ. Task points are awarded ONE TIME once the task is complete.

7) Page length used to determine task bonus points is determined by THE MOST POPULAR EDITION OF THE BOOK ON GOODREADS -- NOT the edition you actually read. This is an attempt to make the scoring more fair across the board, as there can be very large page variations between editions. To determine the most popular edition on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, simply do a title/author search - the first result that matches your book is the most popular edition on GR.

8) As this challenge contains both HF and other genre books, you will receive 1 additional bonus point for every HF book read, whether the task requires HF or not. Please be sure to list that the book is HF to make sure that the additional points are counted.

WE WILL NOT AWARD HF POINTS IF IT IS NOT REPORTED UNLESS WE ARE POSITIVE THE BOOK IS HF. In other words, we aren't going to research the book for you. It is your responsibility to report your scores accurately; we will merely verify and record them.

9) HAVE FUN!!!
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CHALLENGE #7 TASK LIST

Any Genre

5 point tasks
5.1 - Celebrate Comic Con! Read a graphic novel.
From Hell by Alan Moore
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 6 points (576 pages)
Total Task Points: 12 points

5.2 - It’s a scorcher out there! Read a book with “Hot�, “Summer�, or “Sun� in the title.
The Summer Garden by Paullina Simons
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 6 points (742 pages)
Total Task Points: 12 points

5.3 - A trip down the rabbit hole... Read a re-imagined fairy tale.
East by Edith Pattou
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 6 points (512 pages)
Total Book Points: 12 points

10 point tasks
10.1 - Take an island vacation. Read a book that is set on an island.
London: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 10 points (1152 pages)


10.2 - Let’s take a trip! Read a book about a journey or traveling.
The Journeyer by Gary Jennings
Page Count: 10 points (1024 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Task Points: 21 points

10.3 - All work and no play... Read a book that has the name of an occupation in the title.
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
HF: 0 points
Page Count: 10 points (1056 pages)
Total Task Points: 20 points

Historical Fiction

15 point tasks
15.1 - Summer of Love! Read a HF book set in the 1960’s.
Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy
HF: 1 point (set in 1962, published 1987)
Page Count: 8 points (768 pages)
Total Task Points: 24 points

15.2 - Hot off the presses! Read a HF book published in 2011.

The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 8 points (757 pages)
Total Task Points: 24 points

15.3 - By royal decree! Read a HF book with a royal title in the title. (ex. Empress Orchid, The White Queen, etc.)
I Am the Chosen King by Helen Hollick
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 6 points (592 pages)
Total Task Points: 22 points
20 point tasks
20.1 - Celebrate Freedom! Read a HF book that celebrates any kind of freedom. (religious, race, gender, political, etc.)
North and South by John Jakes
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 8 points (816 pages)
Total Task Points: 29 points

20.2 - It’s a stay-cation. Read a HF book that is set where you live or in your local region.
Snow Mountain Passage by James D. Houston
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 4 points (336 pages)

20.3 - I wish I coulda been there! Read a HF book that is set in your favorite time period and setting.
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 8 points (894 pages)

50 point bonus: Winner’s choice! Challenge # 6’s point leader and first to finish.
50.1 - Shay’s task
This is the time when we find ourselves reaching for that summertime beach read. Let's be contrarian. Read a Pulitzer Prize winning work in one of the following categories: Fiction (1948-present), Novel (1917-1947), History, or Biography/Autobiography. (Must have won the prize) Receive 1 bonus point for choosing a non-fiction book.
Fiction:
Novel:
History:
Biography/Autobiography: -...
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows
1 point: Bonus for Non-fiction
Page Count: 10 points (1424 Pages)

50.2 - Djrmel’s task
Read 2 books written by 2 different authors, set in the same country, at least 50 years but no more than 100 years apart.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Year: 1743
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 8 points (850 pages)

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Year: 1808
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 10 points (1024 pages)
Total Challenge Points: 70 points

100 point bonus: A job well done! The 7 people who completed Challenge #6 have each selected a favorite book of theirs. Read any 4 of the books listed. All 4 books must be completed before points will be awarded.

Djrmel - Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
Kiri - The Books of Rachel by Joel Gross
Luckngrace - His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
JenC - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Margaret - Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett
Rachel - The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
Carla - The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett
Page Count: 4 Points (423 pages)
HF: 1 point

The Books of Rachel by Joel Gross
Page Count: 4 points (450 pages)
HF 1 point

The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
Page Count: 4 points (368 pages)
HF: 1 point

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 4 points (356 pages)

All points must be reported by 11:59pm EST on November 30, 2011 to be counted.

Tasks can be completed in any order and it is not required to complete all regular tasks before doing the bonus tasks.

RULES:
1) Books must be Historical Fiction if specified as HF. If no specification is made, the book can be ANY genre.

2) Books must be at least 200 pages long. Eligibility for this is determined by the most popular edition on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. If the most popular edition is 197 pages, it will not count, even if the edition read is 215 pages.

3) The first book used for the challenge should be started on or after October 1st.

4) Re-reads and audiobooks are accepted unless specified otherwise in the task. (Audiobook page counts will be determined by the most popular edition on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.)

SCORING:
5) Task categories are assigned a point value, and points are awarded when all parts of the task are completed. Partial points will NOT be awarded for partially completed tasks.

6) Bonus points will be awarded based on the length of each book read, as follows:
200 to 300 pages = 2 bonus points
301 to 500 pages = 4 bonus points
501 to 750 pages = 6 bonus points
751 to 1,000 pages = 8 bonus points
1,000+ = 10 bonus points

Bonus points will be awarded PER BOOK READ. Task points are awarded ONE TIME once the task is complete.

7) Page length used to determine task bonus points is determined by THE MOST POPULAR EDITION OF THE BOOK ON GOODREADS -- NOT the edition you actually read. This is an attempt to make the scoring more fair across the board, as there can be very large page variations between editions. To determine the most popular edition on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, simply do a title/author search - the first result that matches your book is the most popular edition on GR.

8) As this challenge contains both HF and other genre books, you will receive 1 additional bonus point for every HF book read, whether the task requires HF or not. Please be sure to list that the book is HF to make sure that the additional points are counted.

WE WILL NOT AWARD HF POINTS IF IT IS NOT REPORTED UNLESS WE ARE POSITIVE THE BOOK IS HF. In other words, we aren't going to research the book for you. It is your responsibility to report your scores accurately; we will merely verify and record them.

9) HAVE FUN!!!
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Challenge #8 Tasks:

Any Genre

5 points
5.1 - Happy Birthday Mark Twain!!! Read a book that either Mark Twain wrote or a biography on Mark Twain
Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Vol. 1 by Mark Twain
Page Count: 6 points (737 pages)
Total Book Points: 11 points

5.2 - Here's to Starbuck's Pumpkin Latte! Read a book with a Fall title- ex.House of Leaves
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth Reichl
Page Count: 4 points (320 pages)
Total Book Points: 9 points

5.3- Expand Your Vocabulary! Read a book with a word in the title that you wouldn't use in everyday speech. (Examples: triptych, templar, amulet, bouganvillia, boogaloo, caliphate, caribee, corsair, cotillion, etc.)
The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall
Page Count: 6 points (517 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Book Points: 12 points

10 points
10.1 - Happy Halloween! Read a scary story (you can determine your level of scariness)
The Stand by Stephen King
Page Count: 10 points: (1152 pages)
Total Book Points: 20 points

10.2 - October Awesomeness Awaits! - Read a book recommended by one of your favorite authors.
recommended by John Irving
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Page Count: 8 points (974 pages)
Total Book Points: 18 points

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Page Count: 6 points (544 pages)
Total Book Points: 16 points

10.3 - Let's Clean those Shelves! - You know that book you've been meaning to get to, but keep shoving it back because "someday" you'll read it? Well, that someday has come! Read a book you've put back on the shelf at least twice.
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Page Count: 10 points (1488 pages)
Total Book Points: 20 points

Historical Fiction

15 points
15.1 - Gobble, Gobble!! Happy Turkey Day! Read a book based on Colonial America, Pioneers or Native Americans.
Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati
Page Count: 8 points (912 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Book Points: 24 points

15.2 - Be brave! Discover a new author! Read an HF author you haven't read before by following this link: . Put the name of your favorite HF author into the literature map, pick one of the authors that comes up and read one of their books.
Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
Page Count: 6 points (594 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Book Points: 22 points


15.3 - Let's take a journey! Read an HF book about a journey that involves more than one country.
Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick
Page Count: 6 points (532 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Book Points: 22 points

20 points
20.1 - Wild, Wild West! Read a book about cowboys or Indians or both
True Grit by Charles Portis
Page Count: 2 points (224 pages)
HF: 1 Point
Total Book Points: 23 points

20.2 - Double Take! Read a book written by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter. (ie: Michael Moorcock or Dorothy Dunnett)
Love and War by John Jakes
Page Count: 10 points (1101 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Book Points: 31 points


20.3 - Oh the Wonder of it All! Read a book with a setting that takes place at or near one of the new 7 wonders of the world:
Great Wall of China, China
Petra, Jordan
Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
Macho Picchu, Peru
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Colossuem, Italy
Taj Mahal, India
Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
Page Count: 10 points (1076 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Book Points: 31 points

50 points
50.1 - Murder in the Library:
There is a dead body found in the library, the doors are locked and no one else has been around. What happened?

Choose one of the below choices and read a book at least 400 pages for your choice.

A. He died of natural causes - Read a HF where the main character is a medical practitioner of some kind
B. He fell off the ladder reaching an older book from the top shelves - Read a HF that was published prior to 2000
C. Someone murdered him - Read a HF that centers around a murder
D. There is no rational explaination - Read a Paranormal HF

Have fun solving the crime.
Fortune's Favorites by Colleen McCullough
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 10 points (1072 pages)
Total Book Points: 61 points


50.2 - The weather is getting cooler and it is the perfect time to curl up with your favorite blanket, a warm beverage, foot warming cat/dog, and a nice loooong book. Choose and read one of the historical fiction titles from this list: Big Fat Books Worth The Effort

The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough
Page Count: 10 points (1104 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Book Points: 61 points

100 points
100 - Shay's Task: Read 5 books recommended by Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.
- Three (3) books must be historical fiction. Go to the Recommendations link (at the top of the GR page) and click on it. Read a book that's listed on your recommendations page.
- Alternatively, every GR book page has a section called "Readers Also Enjoyed". Search for a book you rated 4 or 5 stars and go to the "Readers Also Enjoyed" section (about the middle of the page on the right side) and read one of the suggested books.
- When you're done with all five books, rate GR recommends by letting us know how many ( 1/5, 3/5, etc.) books recommended by GR you rated as 4 or 5 star books.

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
Page Count: 6 points (512 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Book Points: 7 points

The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
Page Count: 6 points: (527 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Book Points: 7 Points

A Race to Splendor: A tale of rivalry, redemption, and the rebuilding of a devastated city by Ciji Ware
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 6 points (526 pages)
Total Book Points: 7 points

11/22/63 by Stephen King
HF: 1 point (Almost half the book takes place between 1958-1961)
Page Count: 8 points (960 pages)
Total Book Points: 9 points

When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
Page Count: 4 points (352 pages)
Total Book Points: 4 points