Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Rather than creating a list outlining exactly what I'll read for the rest of the year, I'll chose my next book weekly, and update this list after I finish each book.


1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 - Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man, by William Shatner (Read during week four)
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) – The Godfather, by Mario Puzo
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 – Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" - Richard II, by William Shakespeare
5. A historical fiction - Copenhagen, by Micheal Frayn
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 - Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title - To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
8. A book written by a person of color - Go Tell It on the Mountain, by James Baldwin (didn't finish this one. Too boring)
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list - The Children of Húrin, by J.R.R. Tolkien
10. A dual-timeline novel - It's a stretch but: Ambush at Corellia, by Roger MacBride Allen
11. A category from another challenge - from some Kurt Vonnegut challenge somewhere: Galápagos, by Kurt Vonnegut
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
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
16. A mystery
17. A book with illustrations
18. A long book (600+ pages) - Dune, by Frank Ernest
19. A New York Times best-seller - The Color of Magic, by Terry Pratchett
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read - Ambush at Corellia, by Timothy Zant
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
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 - Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, by Mary Roach
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 (link)
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) -
David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
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
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)
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 - Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
45. A book with a one-word title
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 - The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien