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I can also vouch for: 1984, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Martian, The Catcher in the Rye, and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Pretty great list you have here.


i actually haven't read the princess bride yet but i am so so so excited to start! and yay i'm glad you are a fan of the other titles also!

Thank you!! i have never read anything by him but i've heard really good things!
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Here are my choices (:
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 When Breath Becomes Air
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) Shiver
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me
5. A historical fiction The Book Thief
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 Everything, Everything
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title Water for Elephants
8. A book written by a person of color I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list The Alchemist
10. A dual-timeline novel The Forgotten Garden
11. A category from another challenge
12. A book based on a myth
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
14. A book with a strong female characterBetween Shades of Gray
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) The Snowman
16. A mystery The Lovely Bones
17. A book with illustrations Why We Broke Up
18. A really long book (600+ pages) 1Q84 #1-2
19. A New York Times best-seller Me Before You
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to readingUnbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
22. A book by an author you haven't read before Still Alice
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
24. A book written by at least two authors Illuminae
25. A book about a famous historical figure The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
26. An adventure book The Martian
27. A book by one of your favorite authors Dear John
28. A non-fiction Tuesdays with Morrie ✓
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre Dark Matter
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
33. A magical realism novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere State of Wonder
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty The Princess Bride
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)The Fifth Season
37. A book you choose randomly Letters to Milena
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literatureTiger Lily
39. An epistolary fiction Dracula
40. A book published in 2017
41. A book with an unreliable narrator Lolita
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link) Every Day
45. A book with a one-word title Impulse
46. A time travel novel Outlander
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
48. A banned book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf This Side of Paradise
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition 1984
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) The Arthur Miller Collection
52. A book set in a fictional location Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix