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Around the Year in 52 Books discussion
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Great list thus far. I read The Color Purple earlier this year, and it's fantastic.
Hey - I was just over there browsing your list - I'm definitely going to have to steal some titles from it. Also - can I just say - kudos on making the list look so good!)
I've read The Lovely Bones several times. Sad, but so good.
Thanks MJ & Katie -I was very uncertain about Lovely Bones but I do live getting lost in an emotionally evocative book so I'm glad to hear you guys liked it.
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
My Brilliant Friend (other topics)The Nest (other topics)
Start Something That Matters (other topics)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (other topics)
Midwives (other topics)
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Philip Roth (other topics)Isaac Aimov (other topics)
(and definitely not going in order...hope that's okay!)
Currently reading: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016
When Breath Becomes Air2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
Charlotte's Web3. A book you meant to read in 2016 -
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
Animal Farm5. A historical fiction
All the Light We Cannot See
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017
Looking for Alaska
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
Lord of the Flies8. A book written by a person of color
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
10. A dual-timeline novel
Cloud Atlas11. A category from another challenge
Popsugar - Book you've read before makes you smile The Forty Rules of Love
Book about a person with disability Nujeen
Book with month or day in title Tuesdays with Morrie
12. A book based on a myth
The Holy Cow and Other Indian Stories English Edition
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
14. A book with a strong female character
The Underground Railroad15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden16. A mystery (courtroom drama)
Midwives17. A book with illustrations The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes Where the Wild Things Are
18. A really long book (600+ pages)
The Pillars of the Earth19. A New York Times best-seller The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
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
Britt-Marie Was Here22. A book by an author you haven't read before
Midwives The Road
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list
The Handmaid's Tale24. A book written by at least two authors Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch or Let it Snow
25. A book about a famous historical figure
The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
26. An adventure book Treasure Island
27. A book by one of your favorite authors
28. A non-fiction
Start Something That MattersThe Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers The Fourth Industrial Revolution The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses
My Brilliant Friend30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Howl's Moving Castle
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door33. A magical realism novel The Lovely Bones The Master and Margarita
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
Love in the Time of Cholera35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty Cleopatra: A Life
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link) The Graveyard Book
37. A book you choose randomly
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature The Hours or The Penelopiad
39. An epistolary fiction
The Color Purple40. A book published in 2017
New Arundhati Roy
41. A book with an unreliable narrator Wuthering Heights House of Leaves
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao White Teeth
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
Dark Matter44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
And the Mountains Echoed45. A book with a one-word title
Commonwealth46. A time travel novel The Time Traveler's Wife The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
Book I chose because of cover
The NestThe Silk Roads: A New History of the World
48. A banned book
The Metamorphosis Lady Chatterley's Lover
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf Isaac Asimov Philip Roth
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - The Prophet
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love52. A book set in a fictional location Snuff A Wrinkle in Time