Victorian Reading Challenge

I thought that two challenges this year would be enough, but the other day I stumbled upon this  Victorian Reading Challenge from Becky's Book Reviews and I don't think I can resist. The goal is to read at least four Victorian books, which will be easy for me -- I've already completed two lovely fat Victorian novels this year. Including nonfiction and translated books, I read 14 Victorian books in 2016, so I'm sure I can read that many in 2017, if not more. Here are the challenge categories, with the books I want to read for each (books with hyperlinks are already completed). 

1. A book under 200 pages: The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott; The Rector & The Doctor's Family by Mrs. Oliphant
2. A book over 400 pages: Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau
3. A book that REALLY intimidates you: Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.
4. A book you REALLY want to reread: Oliver Twist or Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
5. A new-to-you book by a favorite author: The Trail of the Serpent by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 
6. A book with illustrations 
7. A book that was originally published serially: A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott.
8. A book published between 1837-1849: The Kellys and O'Kellys by Anthony Trollope
9. A book published between 1850-1860: The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
10. A book published between 1861-1870: The Belton Estate by Anthony Trollope
11. A book published between 1871-1880: The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens; Kept in the Dark by Anthony Trollope
12. A book published between 1881-1890: The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner
13. A book published between 1891-1901: Who Is Lost and Is Found by Mrs. Oliphant
14. A book published between 1902-1999 with a Victorian setting: Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters;  To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
15. A book published between 2000-2017 with a Victorian setting: The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
16. A book by Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood;  Pictures from Italy
17. A book by Wilkie Collins: Basil
18. A book by Anthony Trollope The Prime Minister, Kept in the Dark
19. A book by Elizabeth Gaskell: Cousin Phillis
20. A book by George Eliot: Adam Bede
21. A book by a new-to-you male author: Esther Waters by George Moore
22. A book by a new-to-you female author: Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondely
23. A book translated into English: Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
24. A fiction or nonfiction book about Queen Victoria: Magnificent Obsession by Helen Rapport or Serving Victoria by Kate Hubbard
25. A book that has been filmed as movie, miniseries, or television show: The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott
26. A play OR a collection of short stories OR a collection of poems: A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, After Supper Ghost Stories by Jerome K. Jerome
27. A Biography, Autobiography, or NONFICTION book about the Victorian era: The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson, The Invisible Woman by Claire Tomalin
28. Genre or Subgenre of your choice (mystery, suspense, romance, Gothic, adventure, western, science fiction, fantasy) The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells; The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope
29. Book with a name as the title: The Claverings by Anthony Trollope
30. Book You've Started but Never Finished: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot; The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells.
31. A children's book: The Wouldbegoods by E. Nesbit

Rules: 

• Fiction or nonfiction.
• Books, e-books, audio books all are fine.
• Books and movies can be reviewed together or separately.
• You can create a reading list if you want, but it's not a requirement 
• If you do make a list, consider adding a list of five books you'd recommend to others
• If possible try to try a new-to-you author! I know it can be really tempting to stick with familiar favorites.
• Children's books published during these years should not be forgotten! 
• Rereads are definitely allowed if you have favorites!
• A blog is not required, a review is not required, but, if you don't review please consider sharing what you read in a comment with one or two sentences of 'reaction' or 'response.' 
• Any qualifying book reviewed in 2017 counts towards the challenge. If you're like me, perhaps you try to schedule posts a week ahead of time. So if it's reviewed in 2017, it counts. Even if you finished the book the last week or two of 2016! 

There are more than 30 categories and I know I can't possibly finish that many Victorians but I'm making good progress on both the European Reading Challenge and my own Back to the Classics Challenge, and some of them can cross over. I'm also in an online Trollope reading group so I can count some of those for this challenge.

Bloggers, have you read any of these Victorian novels? Which are your favorites? And is anyone else signing up for this challenge?