Around the Year in 52 Books discussion
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Why Not Me? (other topics)Carry On (other topics)
The Light Between Oceans (other topics)
The Zookeeper's Wife (other topics)
Water for Elephants (other topics)
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1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
3. A book you meant to read in 2016
Why Not Me?
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
Carry On
5. A historical fiction
The Light Between Oceans
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017
The Zookeeper's Wife
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
Water for Elephants
8. A book written by a person of color
Brown Girl Dreaming
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
Winter's Tale
10. A dual-timeline novel
11. A category from another challenge
12. A book based on a myth
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
14. A book with a strong female character
Girl at War
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
16. A mystery
Marrow
17. A book with illustrations
The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
18. A really long book (600+ pages)
1Q84
19. A New York Times best-seller
The Woman in Cabin 10
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
The Midnight Witch
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
Beastly Bones
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
Little Bee
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list
The Great Gatsby
24. A book written by at least two authors
25. A book about a famous historical figure
26. An adventure book
27. A book by one of your favorite authors
28. A non-fiction
The Story of My Life
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
Everything I Never Told You
33. A magical realism novel
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
A Conjuring of Light
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee
37. A book you choose randomly
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
39. An epistolary fiction
40. A book published in 2017
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
Room
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
45. A book with a one-word title
Dime
46. A time travel novel
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
48. A banned book
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
52. A book set in a fictional location