Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

The 2017 List (So Far...)

1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
Eleanor & Park

3. A book you meant to read in 2016
Fear of Flying OR The Wonder

4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"

5. A historical fiction
City of Thieves

6. A book being released as a movie in 2017
Murder on the Orient Express

7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
The Pigeon

8. A book written by a person of color

9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
A Moveable Feast

10. A dual-timeline novel
Behind Closed Doors

11. A category from another challenge
Career of Evil

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
Mrs. Dalloway

15. A book written or set in Scandinavia
How To Be a Good Wife

16. A mystery
Luckiest Girl Alive

17. A book with illustrations

18. A really long book (600+ pages)
The Mists of Avalon

19. A New York Times best-seller
The Bridges of Madison County

20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation

21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
The Raven King

22. A book by an author you haven't read before
Fates and Furies

23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list
The Catcher in the Rye

24. A book written by at least two authors

25. A book about a famous historical figure
Lincoln in the Bardo

26. An adventure book
Alice in Wonderland

27. A book by one of your favorite authors
Norwegian Wood

28. A non-fiction
TIPPY HEDRON

29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses
Double Indemnity

30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books
Fangirl

31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
Call Me Tuesday

32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)

33. A magical realism novel
The Scorpio Races

34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
One Hundred Years of Solitude OR The Thornbirds

35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

37. A book you choose randomly

38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
The Nest

39. An epistolary fiction

40. A book published in 2017

41. A book with an unreliable narrator
Room

42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)

43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
The Snowman

44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next"

45. A book with a one-word title

46. A time travel novel

47. A past suggestion that didn't win

48. A banned book
The Exorcist OR James and the Giant Peach

49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
The Wonder

50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
The Haunting of Hill House

51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)

52. A book set in a fictional location

The Exorcist was a huge surprise for me last year, I loved it.

Jody wrote: "The Exorcist was a huge surprise for me last year, I loved it."

Jody- I'm so glad to hear that! I hadn't even heard of it before and I always loved the movie The Exorcist, so I was hoping it would be a good read for me.