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Vanessa (effoff_imreading) | 26 comments This is my first reading challenge so I'm very excited to start! :)

The 2017 List
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 The Fireman
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view:
The Couple Next Door
3. A book you meant to read in 2016: The Edwardians
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" Truly Madly Guilty
5. A historical fiction Victoria
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 : Murder on the Orient Express or The Silver Chair
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 5: Imperial Phase I
8. A book written by a person of color: The Underground Railroad
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list:Under the Dome or The Stand
10. A dual-timeline novel: Commonwealth
11. A category from another challenge:
12. A book based on a myth:Wonder Woman, Volume 1: Blood
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
14. A book with a strong female character: Saga, Vol. 7
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland): Beartown
16. A mystery
17. A book with illustrations The Sleeper and the Spindle
18. A really long book (600+ pages): Anna Karenina
19. A New York Times best-seller
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
22. A book by an author you haven't read before: It Ends with Us
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list The Handmaid's Tale
24. A book written by at least two authors
25. A book about a famous historical figure:
26. An adventure book: Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
27. A book by one of your favorite authors
28. A non-fiction: The Princess Diarist
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions Criminal, Vol. 7: Wrong Time, Wrong Place
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre: Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)Thank You for Your Service
33. A magical realism novel: Who Fears Death
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:The Beauty Vol. 1
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
39. An epistolary fiction
40. A book published in 2017: Norse Mythology
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): Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1: The Crucible
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 Brave New World
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: Archie, Vol. 1: The New Riverdale

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman Victoria by Daisy Goodwin The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty The Beauty Vol. 1 by Jeremy Haun
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman Commonwealth by Ann Patchett Monstress, Vol. 1 Awakening (Monstress, #1) by Marjorie M. Liu Saga, Vol. 7 (Saga, #7) by Brian K. Vaughan Beartown by Fredrik Backman Criminal, Vol. 7 Wrong Time, Wrong Place (Criminal, #7) by Ed Brubaker The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 5 Imperial Phase I by Kieron Gillen Wonder Woman, Volume 1 Blood by Brian Azzarello Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor Archie, Vol. 1 The New Riverdale by Mark Waid Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1 The Crucible by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel Sin in the Second City Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott


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