Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I only managed to read 42 books in last year's challenge so for the 2016 Challenge I'll stick to this perfect number, after all, it's the answer for everything.

Here is my Around the year in 42 books, with less catégories than the 52 ones and some mixed with those that didn't make the final selection.
(I'll add links to titles in a few days)


1. The next book in a series you are reading
Son The Giver #4 - Loïs Lowry - ★★★★


2. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
La supplication : Tchernobyl, chroniques du monde après l'apocalypse - Svetlana Alexievitch - ★★★★


3. An Adventure book
Les Fiancés de l'hiver La Passe-Miroir #1 - Christelle Dabos - ★★★★


4. A book about mental illness
Wishful Drinking - Carrie Fisher - ★★★★


5. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
Les Âmes mortes - Nikolaï Gogol


6. A non-fiction book
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell - Marilyn Manson


7. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
Les yeux d'Elisha Tobie Lolness #2 - Timothée de Fonbelle


8. A book set in a different continent
Ikebukuro West Gate Park - Ira Ishida


9. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015
Go Set a Watchman - Harper Lee


10. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut


11. A book by an author you discovered in 2015
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein


12. A book with nonhuman characters
Holy Cow – David Duchovny


13. Reader’s Choice
Ubik - Philip K Dick


14. A childhood classic
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame


15. A book set in the past
Macbeth - William Shakespeare


16. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
84, Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff


17. A book with a first name in the title
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse - Peter Matthiessen


18. A historical fiction book
The Chestry Oak - Kate Seredy


19. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
Hell House - Richard Matheson


20. A book everyone is talking about
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens


21. A book with a number in the title
The Third Level- Jack Finney


22. A book with a beautiful title
Funérailles Célestes - Xinran


23. A book about an anti hero
East of Eden - John Steinbeck


24. A work of young adult fiction
Skeleton Man - Joseph Bruchac


25. An award winning book
No et moi - Delphine de Vigan


26. An identity book
Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North - Lesley Thomas


27. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
The Stepford Wives - Ira Levin


28. A dystopia
The Chrysalids - John Wyndham


29. A novella from your favorite genre
The Lady Astronaut of Mars - Mary Robinette Kowal


30. A book about a major world event
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation - Charles V Hamilton


31. A top 100 fantasy novel
Stardust - Neil Gaiman


32. A book set during world war II
Seul dans Berlin - Hans Fallada


33. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
Love, Death and Tea - Will Once


34. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
La fin des punks à Helsinki - Jaroslav Rudis


35. A book recommended to you by a friend
Les Disparus du Clairdelune La Passe-Miroir #2 - Christelle Dabos - ★★★★


36. A book originally written in a language other than English
La Submersion du Japon - Sakyo Komatsu


37. A book that inspires you
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Martin Luther King Jr


38. A short story collection
Some Soul to Keep - J. California Cooper


39. A book with a weird/wacky title
Le livre sans nom- Anonymous


40. Any genre with something from nature in the title
Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury


41 A book where a main character has a special power
The Gathering Dark - Christopher Golden


42. A book by a Russian author
We - Yevgeny Zamyatin

Haha Holy Cow, I hesitated when I saw the author for this one, but I'll resist. The truth is somewhere else.

I also have We on my 2016 list, I hope it's a good one (it's not very long, so I'll probably survive, but classic frighten me).

Really nice selection ! I'll wait for you to read a lot of them and to read your opinion on them before adding them !

Already made some slights changes but my challenge is doing well so far.
Choosing books that I really whant to read instead of "books that I feel I have to read to educate myself" makes quite a difference, especially now that I decided to not pursue when I don't like the book.

Zaz: "Haha Holy Cow, I hesitated when I saw the author for this one, but I'll resist. The truth is somewhere else.

I also have We on my 2016 list, I hope it's a good one (it's not very long, so I'll probably survive, but classic frighten me). "

What appealed to me with Holy Cow was the vegetarian subject mixed with humor, and I'm curious to read what Mulder says about this :D
"We" looks pretty intriguing so i'm really curious about it.

Mabo: I'll try to stick to my mini review habit as soon as I finish one!