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Lisa Michalski | 2 comments This is the third year I've done this challenge, but the first year I've actually made one of these posts! Even if I filled this whole thing out today chances are I'd stray from at least half the list, but I'll try to update accordingly. I'm excited for a new year!


The 2017 List
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) Spear of Light (The Glittering Edge, #2) by Brenda Cooper
3. A book you meant to read in 2016
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
5. A historical fiction Woman in the Camphor Trunk
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) by Stephen King
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title The Neverending Story by Michael Ende OR The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
8. A book written by a person of color
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk
10. A dual-timeline novel
11. A category from another challenge (book about mental health) Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher
12. A book based on a myth Persephone (Daughters of Zeus, #1) by Kaitlin Bevis
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) by Alexandra Bracken
14. A book with a strong female character A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) The Ice Princess (Patrik Hedström, #1) by Camilla Läckberg
16. A mystery
17. A book with illustrations
18. A really long book (600+ pages) The Nix by Nathan Hill
19. A New York Times best-seller All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus, #1) by Jonathan Stroud
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3) by Sarah J. Maas
22. A book by an author you haven't read before White Teeth by Zadie Smith
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link) The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
24. A book written by at least two authors
25. A book about a famous historical figure The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
26. An adventure book
27. A book by one of your favorite authors Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5) by Sarah J. Maas
28. A non-fiction Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1) by Becca Fitzpatrick
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (Detective Sean Duffy #6) by Adrian McKinty
33. A magical realism novel The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1) by Michael Scott
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
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)
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
45. A book with a one-word title Wilders (Project Earth, #1) by Brenda Cooper
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 Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5) by Sarah J. Maas
52. A book set in a fictional location


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Lisa Michalski | 2 comments Thanks, you too!!


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