Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

My 2016 List (possibly subject to change)

1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't

Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance (finished 1/4/2016)

2. A book set in a different continent 

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (finished 1/11/2016)

3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated)

Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari (finished 1/17/2016)

4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015

Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie (finished 1/27/2016)

5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name

Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier (finished 2/1/2016)

6. The highest rated on your TBR

Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (finished 2/8/2016)

7. A book about books

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Satterfield (finished 2/14/2016)

8. A classic book with less than 200 pages

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (finished 2/22/2016)

9. A book that was mentioned in another book

The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead (finished 2/29/2016)

10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (finished 3/7/2016)

11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (finished 3/15/2016)

12. A childhood classic

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (finished 3/21/2016)

13. Reader’s Choice

Harry Potter y La Piedra Filosofal by JK Rowling (Spanish version) (finished 3/30/16)

14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)

How Music Got Free by Stephen Witt (finished 4/4/16)

15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (finished 4/12/16)

16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (finished 4/18/16)

17. A book with a beautiful cover

Origins: Fourteen Billion Years if Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson (finished 4/25/16)

18. A book on a summer/beach reading list

The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza (finished 5/1/16)

19. A non-fiction book

Gironimo: Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy by Tim Moore (finished 5/10/16)

20. A book with a first name in the title

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick (finished 5/16/16)

21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page

The Black Prism by Brent Weeks (finished 5/24/16)

22. The first book in a new to you series

The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall (finished 6/1/16)

23. The next book in a series you are reading

The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks (finished 6/7/2016)

24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)

The New Hunger (Warm Bodies #1.5) by Isaac Marion (finished 6/13/16)

25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you

The Music of Richard Wagner by Robert Greenberg (finished 6/22/16)

26. A book everyone is talking about

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (finished 6/27/16)
 
27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)

Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor (finished 7/4/16)

28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir

The Bassoon King by Rainn Wilson (finished 7/10/16)

29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name

Adverbs by Daniel Handler (finished 7/22/16)

30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card (finished 7/29/16)

31. A work of young adult fiction

We Were Liars by E Lockhart (finished 8/1/16)

32. A historical fiction book

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (finished 8/8/16)

33. The 16th book on your TBR

Both Flesh and Not: Essays by David Foster Wallace (finished 8/15/16)

34. A book about mental illness

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (finished 8/26/16)

35. An award winning book

World's Fair by EL Doctorow (National Book Award 1986) (finished 8/28/16)

36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole (finished 9/6/16)

37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Sir Ian Fleming (finished 9/11/16)

38. A book about an anti hero

V For Vendetta by Alan Moore (finished graphic novel 9/18/16, finished novelization 9/20/16)

39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list - A book with a weird/wacky title

Signifying Rappers by David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello (finished 9/24/16)

40. A novella from your favorite genre

Poor People by Fyodor Dostoevsky (finished 10/3/16)

41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)

Careless People by Sarah Churchwell (finished 10/11/16)

42. A top 100 fantasy novel

The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers (finished 10/18/16)

43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (finished 10/25/16)

44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public

The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer (finished 10/29/16)

45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have

The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams by Ben Bradlee Jr (finished 11/8/16)

46. A crime story

Lost Girls by Robert Kolker (finished 11/13/16)

47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title

Ham by Sam Harris (finished 11/21/16)

48. A dystopia

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood (finished 11/27/16)

49. A book with a great opening line 

The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman (finished 12/8/16)

50. A book originally written in a language other than English

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (finished 12/13)

51. A short story from a well-known author

The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection by Neil Gaiman (four short stories) (finished 12/17)

52. A book published in 2016 

The Mandibles by Lionel Shriver (finished 12/24)

Challenge completed 12/24/16