Literary Exploration discussion

Sonia wrote: Some great choices there Maggie. I particularly like A clockwork orang..."

Thanks Sonia. The list allows me to clear up some of my TBR list. :D

Here is my list - could possibly be some changes - but most probably won't, most are on my TBR pile - a few will come from the library:

Adventure: Escape to Murray River by Robert Elmer
Biography: A Tall Man in a Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians by Harry Pearson
Chick-Lit: Peace, Love and Khaki Socks by Kim Lock
Children's Books: Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Classics: The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
Cyberpunk: Skinned by Robin Wasserman
Drama: Daughters Who Walk This Path by Yejide Kilanko
Dystopian: Awakenby Katie Kacvinsky
Educational: Manthropology: The Science of Why the Modern Male Is Not the Man He Used to Be by Peter Mcallister
Erotica: The Look of Love by Bella Andre
Espionage: The Traitor in the Tunnel by Y.S. Lee
Fantasy: Blood Song by Rhiannon Hart
Graphic novels: The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. 7: The Castafiore Emerald / Flight 714 to Sydney / Tintin and the Picaros by Hergé
Gothic: The Asylum by John Harwood
Hard-boiled:K is for Killer by Sue Grafton
Historical Fiction: The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth
Horror: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Humour: Drip Dry by Ilsa Evans
Literary Fiction: The Perks of Being a Wallflowerby Stephen Chbosky
Magic Realism: Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
Mystery: Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters
Noir: Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Non-fiction: If the Sun Doesn't Kill You, the Washing Machine Will by Peter Wood
Paranormal: Real Vampires Don't Diet by Gerry Bartlett
Philosophical: The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
Poetry: If: A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility by Allie Esiri
Post-apocalyptic: Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick
Romance: Love Virtually - Gut gegen Nordwind by Daniel Glattauer
Science Fiction: The Planet Thieves by Dan Krokos
Steam Punk: Changeless by Gail Carriger
Supernatural: Red Lily by Nora Roberts
Thriller: Poisoned Waters by Ermisenda Alvarez
True Crime: Meaner than Fiction by Lindy Cameron
Urban Fantasy: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Victorian: The Time of the Hunter's Moon by Victoria Holt
Young Adult: Confessions of a Vampire's Girlfriend by Katie MacAlister

Nice list

Sally906 wrote: "Here is my list - could possibly be some changes - but most probably won't, most are on my TBR pile - a few will come from the library:

Adventure: Escape to Murray River by Robert Elmer
Biography:..."

ooo, nothing like a massive list!! I particularly like your choices in Education and non-fiction. Some great reading there.

Fantastic list Sally!

Ive managed to find most of these on my kindle and around my flat that I haven't gotten around to yet. Do we have to read them in order or just cross them off as we read them.

Any order you want

Insane Challenge
1) YA : The Lightning Thief by Nick Riordan
2) Victorian : Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
3) Urban Fantasy : Nightside by Simon Green or Neverwhere by Neil Gaimon
4) True crime :The Devil’s Gentleman :Privilege, Poison and the Trial that ushered in the 20th century by Harold Schechter.
5) Thriller : Lars Kepler : The Hypnotist
6) Supernatural : The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimon
7) Steampunk : The Anubis Gate by Tim Powers
8) Science Fiction : Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
9) Romance : Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne du Maurier
10)Post-Apocalyptic : The postman by David Brin
11)Poetry : Selected Poems of W H Auden or Joe Fenton : Yellow Tulips
12) Philosophy : Ouponishodhik Brohmo(an essay on Brahma as found in The Upanishads) by R.N.Tagore
13)Paranormal :Miss Peregrine’s House of Peculiar children by Ransom Riggs
14) Non-Fiction : From the ruins of empire : The revolt against the west by Pankaj Mishra
This is a part of my list, I have spent wonderful hours checking out books by genre, That too I am so grateful for.I don't know whether I'll be able to finish all since being a teacher is a pretty hectic job with copy marking and corrections going on through the year except for vacation time. But vacation is also going to be shortened from the next session, we have been warned.But shall try.:-)

I'm definitely looking forward to this challenge. I'm going to start working on it tomorrow after my workout. Maybe I can make myself go cycle more after school while getting my read on!

Thanks to the mods for coming up with this challenge, it will really help with me not getting bored of reading the same style of literature all year.


(I over did it a bit with the scifi/fantasy this year, but it was my goal to get more into it and I enjoyed all that I read.)

Well, here it goes. I'm really glad I went ahead and chose which books to read now because doing that took long enough!

Great list Melissa!!

Oh Melissa look at all those wonderful books. It looks lovely when you display them like that.

We've got a few in common :)

I tried to get recommendations from everyone else's lists. So thanks everyone! I love that GR lets you display stuff like that. I'm so excited to get going that it's hard to wait. I've been wanting to read a good chunk of these books for a long time anyway.

Sonali wrote: "Insane Challenge
1) YA : The Lightning Thief by Nick Riordan
2) Victorian : Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
3) Urban Fantasy : Nightside by Simon Green o..."

Hi - some fun-sounding books there (how about some covers so lazy me can just click on them) :P

I'm going for the INSANE challenge as well - it looks like too much fun to pass up!

Can't wait to get started!

This is a great challenge...starting my list!

25/36


Adventure - Blue Horizon
Auto-Biography/Biography - Night
Chick-Lit - The First Wives Club
Childrens Book - The Prince and the Pauper
Classics - To Kill a Mockingbird
Drama - The Kite Runner
Dystopian - Jennifer Government
Educational - Antony and Cleopatra
Erotica - Gabriel's Inferno
Espionage - The Matarese Circle
Fantasy - A Dance With Dragons
Graphic Novels - The Walking Dead, Book One
Gothic - The Angel's Game
Hard-Boiled - Killing Floor
Historical Fiction - Genghis: Birth of an Empire
Horror - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Humour - Blind Faith
Literary Fiction - The Orphan Master's Son
Magical Realism - Kafka on the Shore
Mystery - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Noir - The Maltese Falcon
Non Fiction - How to Win Friends and Influence People
Paranormal - City of Bones
Philosophical - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Poetry - Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
Post-Apocalyptic - Wool Omnibus
Romance - The Mists of Avalon
Science Fiction - Xenocide
Steampunk - The Time Machine
Supernatural - American Gods
Thriller - Rebecca
True Crime - 3,096 Days
Urban Fantasy - Warm Bodies
Victorian - The Night Circus
Young Adult - The Fault in Our Stars

Compiling my list....will post when finished :)

Michael wrote: "36 Books

For people doing the insane challenge, to discuss progress and planned books.
Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography
Chick-Lit
Childrens Book
Classics
Cyberpunk
..."

Hmm.. Post-apocalyptic AND Dystopian?
Noir AND hard-boiled? AND True Crime and Thriller AND Adventure ? Just saying.. Not that i'd want a western, but what about a Western genre? I suppose that could go under adventure. ..and what about Modernist, Post-modernist and Speculative? and Weird or New Weird or Bizarro?

Oh, and what about War fiction? Like WW1 and or WW2 and or Vietnam/Korea, etc etc

You also forgot to add Mythology and Pre-Victorian literature.

You also forgot to add short stories and novellas, and is "drama" = Play?

Now, if you added the missing genres i mentioned, that would REALLY be an insane challenge. :D

Adventure: In the Night Gardenby C.M Valente
Chicklit : Palimpsest by C.M Valente
Classics : Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
Childrens Book : Alice in Wonderland, and maybe UnLUnDun by China Mieville
Cyberpunk: Snow Crashby Neal Stephenson
Drama:Hamlet by W. Shakespeare
Dystopian : Iron Council by China Mieville
Educational :Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper, Modernismby MichaelH.Whitworth, From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader by Stuart Greene
Erotica :Delta of Venus by Anais Nin
Espionage : The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
Fantasy : The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories,The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
Graphic Novel: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 By Alan Moore
Gothic : Dracula by Bram Stoker
Biography/Autobiography : Karl Marx: His Life and Environment by Isaiah Berlin, Jung Stripped Bare: By His Biographers, Even
Hard-Boiled : The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett
Historical Fiction : The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon,Big Breasts and Wide Hips by Mo Yan
Horror: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter, The Philosophy of Horror, Or, Paradoxes of the Heart by Noel Carrol, The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition and mmmaaaybbe Poe's Children: The New Horror: An Anthology
Humour: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, My Man Jeeves by PG Wodehouse
Literary Fiction : Orlando by Virginia Woolf and/or The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, and Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Magical Realism : The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern,
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Midnight's Children – Salman Rushdie
Mystery: Finch by Jeff Vandermeer
Noir : The Black Dahlia by James Elroy or
Noir - The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Non-fiction : The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction,The Postmodern by Simon Malpas, Modernism by Peter Childs ,Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination by Peter Ackroyd, The Coming of the Third Reich- Evans,
Paranormal : Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu
Philosophical : The Oxford Companion to Philosophy Edited by Ted Honderich, Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit: An Introduction
Poetry : The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath
Post-Apocalyptic : Cat’s Cradleby Kurt Vonnegut, The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison.
Romance :Nightwood by Dunja Barnes,Under a Glass Bellby Anais Nin
SciFi : Eclipse 3: New Science Fiction and Fantasy
Steampunk :Steampunkby Ann VanderMeer and Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories
Thriller: Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
True Crime : Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Urban Fantasy : The City & the City by China Mieville
Victorian: A Study in Scarlet by sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Young Adult- Railsea by China Mieville

Hmm, actually, i might just move over to the insane challenge. But i still need a post-apocalyptic... just for the latter i might bow out of this and stick with the 'hard' challenge, but maybe something will still come up.. EDIT: Actually, quite a few have, so i'm in! :D

Traveller wrote: "Michael wrote: "36 Books

For people doing the insane challenge, to discuss progress and planned books.
Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography
Chick-Lit
Childrens Book
Classics
Cyberpunk..."

Couldn't fit everything I wanted in; maybe next time we can add them

I am in! I think I really insane for daring, but... anyway, I'm in. Let's see how I get this done! 36 genres it's too much for me...

OK, here's my list. Although I could make some changes...

Adventure: The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Biography/memoir: Blood & Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel by Peter Krass
Chicklit: The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
Children's: Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Classics: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Cyberpunk: Neuromancer by William Gibson
Drama: The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Dystopian: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Educational: How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster or Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit by Corey Olsen
Erotica: Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
Espionage: Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Fantasy: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Graphic Novel: Watchmen by Alan Moore
Gothic: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Hard-boiled: Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Historical Fiction: The Technologists by Matthew Pearl
Horror: Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Humor: The Riptide Ultra-Glide: A Novel by Tim Dorsey (To be released 2013)
Literary Fiction: The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
Magic Realism: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Mystery: TBD, The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Noir: The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
Nonfiction: What′s the Matter with White People? Why We Long for a Golden Age That Never Was by Joan Walsh
Paranormal: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Philosophical: Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels
Poetry: The Selected Poems of Federico Garcia Lorca by Federico Garcia Lorca
Post-apocalyptic: Blindness by José Saramago
Romance: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Science Fiction: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Steampunk: ???
Supernatural: Incubus by Ann Arensberg
Thriller: Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
True Crime: The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Urban Fantasy: Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton
Victorian: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Young Adult: TBD, whatever my girls recommend: The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

I can't wait to get started!!

Not long now;)

I'm not great with sticking to reading plans so I'll be only planning month to month.


Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography
Chick-Lit
Childrens Book
Classics - The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - 1/4
Cyberpunk
Drama
Dystopian
Educational
Erotica
Espionage
Fantasy
Graphic Novels - The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman -1/7/13
Gothic
Hard-Boiled
Historical Fiction - The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje 1/6/13
Horror
Humour
Literary Fiction - Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri 1/2/13
Magical Realism
Mystery
Noir
Non Fiction - The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs 1/4
Paranormal
Philosophical
Poetry
Post-Apocalyptic
Romance
Science Fiction
Steampunk
Supernatural
Thriller - Shadow Prey by John Sandford 1/5/13
True Crime
Urban Fantasy
Victorian
Young Adult

I'll give the insane challenge a go..the only one I don't look forward to is Young Adult..I normally avoid it like the plague..

Just realized that I really wanted to add the January pick to my list, but forgot about it in all the excitement. I may end up reading it if I fly through the first 3 books I'm reading this month.

Im in. Lets see how this goes shall we.

Ok my 2013 list so here goes...im very excited about this. new changes to list as well

Adventure: Inheritance - Christopher Paolini
Biog: Henry:Virtuous Price - david starkey
Chick lit - Eat, Pray, Love
Childrens Book - Marvellous land of oz - Baum
Classics - Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
Cyberpunk - Do androids dream of electric sheep
Drama - The Godfather
Dystopian - Oryx and Crake
Education - Quiet: The power of introverts- Susan Cain
Erotica - Wicked deeds on a winter night - kresley cole
Espionage - Nothing to lose - lee child
Fantasy - Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
Graphic Novels - Tintin land of the soviets - herge
Gothic - The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
Hard Boiled - The Killing Floor - Lee Child
Historical Fiction - Bring up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel
Horror - Zone One - Colson Whitehead
Humour - This is not my hat - jon klassen
Literary Fiction - White Tiger
Magical Realism - Midnights children - Salman Rushdie
Mystery - Port Mortuary - Patricia Cornwell
Noir - double indemnity
Non Fiction - John Starkey - Foundation of England
Paranormal - Vortex - julie cross
Philosophical - Waldon - Therou
Poetry - Paradise Lost
Pot Apocalyptic - Year of the FLood - Margaret Atwood
Romance - bloodlines - Richelle Mead
Science Fiction - Micro - Michael Chrichton
SteamPunk - Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
Supernatural - Deadlocked - charlaine harris
Thriler - the Snowman - Jo Nesbo
True Crime - Underbelly - the Gangland War
Urban Fantasy - Jekyll: An Urban Fantasy - Lauren Stewart
Victorian - Jekyll and hyde - robert louis stevenson
Young Adult - house of night 9 - pc cast

Need help and verification that these are fine.

possibly tintin for graphic and beowulf or anglo-saxon verse for poetry

I wouldn't class American Psycho as horror. As for the two you need help with I would say Paradise lost is on your to read list, that would work for poetry and for noir maybe Mildred Pierce or something by Megan Abbott

Michael wrote: "I wouldn't class American Psycho as horror. As for the two you need help with I would say Paradise lost is on your to read list, that would work for poetry and for noir many Mildred Pierce or somet..."

Thankyou...might have to revert to dean koontz for horror and will add paradise lost to poetry and check out those two noir authors

Michael wrote: "I wouldn't class American Psycho as horror. As for the two you need help with I would say Paradise lost is on your to read list, that would work for poetry and for noir maybe Mildred Pierce or some..."

OK, so no American Psycho for Horror. Would something more traditional like The Shining work?
And while you are helping us all out Michael, could you please explain the difference between Paranormal and Supernatural?? Thanks! :)

Yes, I too am struggling to differentiate between Paranormal & Supernatural. Also, Educational vs Non-fiction?

The way I look it is;

Paranormal seem to defy the known laws of science. Beyond the range of normal experience or scientific explanation example telepathy, medium, people with powers.

Supernatural relates to existence outside the natural world. Example ghosts, werewolves, vampires, etc

With Non fiction it can be a wide range of different books, as with Educational it was picked to focus on self development type books

I see, thank you! I'm excited to start the challenge - going to be picking 2 or 3 books each month rather than planning ahead for the whole year. This month I'll be tackling Hard-Boiled, Young Adult & Non-fiction:



The biggest challenges for me will definitely be poetry and drama - I've no idea where to start!

Pro tip, The Fault in Our Stars is next months book (2 birds 1 stone)

Some of you have listed very interesting books. So i might change some of my chosen titles.I'm starting with a Martin Beck crime/mystery novel 'The Terrorist'.And I still have to decide on the rest of the list;less Goodreads and more 'read':-), I guess.

Thanks, Michael, for the definitions. I had problems with exactly the genres you explained. Before I used your genre shelfes for orientation ;)

In January I want to read a Graphic Novel (Hilda and the Midnight Giant), a drama (Stella by Goethe), and Swann's Way for the classic genre.

I'm excited for this! I've resolved to read more books in general, but especially more books outside of my comfort zone this year, so this is perfect. My list is below, but I'm struggling with a few of the genres.

Adventure: American Gods
Auto-Biography/Biography: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Chick-Lit: Bridget Jones's Diary
Childrens Book: Peter Pan
Classics: Les Misérables
Cyberpunk: Ready Player One
Drama: No Exit and Three Other Plays
Dystopian: The Handmaid's Tale
Educational: The Stories of English
Erotica: The Bride Stripped Bare OR Tropic of Cancer
Espionage: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Fantasy: Tigana
Graphic Novel: Castle Waiting, Vol. 1
Gothic: Jane Eyre
Hard-Boiled: Farewell, My Lovely
Historical Fiction: Gone with the Wind
Horror: The Haunting of Hill House
Humour: Gods Behaving Badly
Literary Fiction: Beautiful Ruins
Magical Realism: The Master and Margarita
Mystery: The Moonstone
Noir: ??? Someone above said Mildred Pierce but that isn't immensely appealing to me.
Non Fiction: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Paranormal: Among Others
Philosophical: ???
Poetry: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Post-Apocalyptic: Wool Omnibus
Romance: Persuasion
Science Fiction: Starglass
Steampunk: ???
Supernatural: Unholy Ghosts
Thriller: Bent Road
True Crime: People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman
Urban Fantasy: Magic Bites
Victorian: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Young Adult: Graffiti Moon

Any suggestions for noir and steampunk? I've looked at other readers' choices for these, and none really struck me.

Here are my 36 -






Categories -
Row 1 - Adventure,bio,chick lit,children,classic,cyberpunk,drama,dystopian,education
Row 2 - Erotica, espionage, fantasy, gothic, graphic nov, hard-boiled, historical fic, horror, humor
Row 3 - Lit fic, magical realism, mystery, noir, non-fic, paranorm,philosophy, poetry, post-apoc
Row 4 - Romance, SF, steampnk,supernatural, thriller, true crime, urb fantasy, Victorian, YA

Jill wrote: "I'm excited for this! I've resolved to read more books in general, but especially more books outside of my comfort zone this year, so this is perfect. My list is below, but I'm struggling with a fe..."

Hi Jill, for erotica I'd recommend The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki Gemmell/Anonymous. It's a little darker & disturbing than your usual erotic reads but very good & well written

And I'd recommend Ready Player One by Ernest Cline for cyberpunk.

Sorry I can't help you with the other's though. They're new to me :)

Im still playing around with my list so will just have to start with what Ive chosen and then add to it during the year. The 3 Im going to start with are Adventure: The Three Musketeers, Biography: Anaïs: The Erotic Life of Anaïs Nin and Post-Apocalyptic: Alice in Deadland.

Jill wrote: "I'm excited for this! I've resolved to read more books in general, but especially more books outside of my comfort zone this year, so this is perfect. My list is below, but I'm struggling with a fe..."

For erotica, I was looking for erotica "lite". The 2 I narrowed it to are Tropic of Cancer and The Decameron-

The upside of The Decameron is that it's a classic from 14th century and was banned then, but also again in the 1950's - the downside is it's 800 pages so too long for the challenge (for me), though I will read it eventually.
The Tropic of Cancer is another classic. From the few pages I've read it seems intriguing, somewhat noirish, not a page turner, and very different.

For post apocalyptic, check the feedback on Wool (lots of buzz) and for cyberpunk check Ready Player One.

They ended up as my choices for those categories.

I love the Insane challenge. It should make for a great year. I'm not great at planning ahead, so I'll just be winging it.

Adventure - The Colossus Rises
Auto-Biography/Biography - Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
Chick-Lit - Duty and Desire
Childrens Book - Peter Pan
Classics - The Great Gatsby
Cyberpunk - Altered Carbon
Drama - The Tempest
Dystopian - Otherborn
Educational - Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Erotica - Undressed
Espionage - Red Sparrow
Fantasy - Assassin's Apprentice
Graphic Novels - Animal Man, Vol. 2: Animal vs. Man
Gothic - Cruxim
Hard-Boiled - The Sins of the Fathers
Historical Fiction - Tuck
Horror - NOS4A2
Humour - The Facebook Diet: 50 Funny Signs of Facebook Addiction and Ways to Unplug with a Digital Detox
Literary Fiction - What the Family Needed
Magical Realism - Dreams and Shadows
Mystery - Board Stiff
Noir - In a Lonely Place
Non Fiction - The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress
Paranormal - Death Ain't But A Word
Philosophical - The Art of War
Poetry - Sinless Within
Post-Apocalyptic - World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Romance - Barefoot in the Sun
Science Fiction - Old Man's War
Steampunk - Boneshaker
Supernatural - Retrieved
Thriller - Inferno
True Crime - They Call Them Grifters: The True Story of Sante and Kenneth Kimes
Urban Fantasy - Lash
Victorian - The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Young Adult - Time's Twisted Arrow

Finally... This is my list:

...I hope to read all of them:-)

I've started with a mystery, its the easiest of the challenge.I'm halfway thru the 10th Martin Beck novel, 'The Terrorists' by the Scandinavian husband-wife duo Sjowall & Wahloo.Shall say more about it after I finish.

First book read. Fantasy - the rivers of London Ben arronovitch