2025 Reading Challenge discussion

THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

Listopia is back for yet another year! Feel free to carry on your goal from the previous years, or to start fresh with new goals and new lists.

Goodreads features a number of user-created lists which can be found here.

In addition to the featured and popular lists on the main page, you can see lists your friends have voted on or search for lists with topics that interest you.

The number of lists you choose and the number of books you read from each is entirely up to you. One person might choose to read the Top 100 books from one list, another person may choose to read the Top 5 books from 10 lists. You can mix it up any way you like.

Posting a link to your chosen lists is not required, but it does help others find the list you are referring to if they want to check it out as well! If you do want to post a link, here are the instructions:

1. Find your list and copy the URL (which can be found at the top of your browser - the box with the website address)
2. When posting your comment in the comment box, the code you use to add a link is this: [a href="URL HERE"]Name of list here[/a]
3. Replace the []s with <>s and paste the URL in place of URL HERE.

Happy Reading!

How to Participate
1. Post here telling the challenge leader that you'd like to join the challenge. You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can join a challenge at any time, as long as the challenge is still active.

2. Whenever you finish a book for the challenge, post here and let the challenge leader know so they can update your progress.

Some members choose to update their original post with their progress to keep track of their challenge more easily, but make sure to also post a new message so the challenge leader knows to go look at your original post. You can look at how other members report their progress to find a strategy that works well for you.

For more information about how challenges work, check outcheck out this thread or ask your challenge leader.

Participants:

Alex - 0 /6
Alison - 0 /15
Amanda - 11 /15
Amanda - 11 /22
Ann - 12 /12 Completed!
Anna - 15 /20
Arushi - 0 /25
Ashley - 3 /35
Berit - 20 /20 Completed!
Betsy - 12 /12 Completed!
Blagica - 2 /30
Brianna - 0 /TBD
Brittany - 9 /16
Candiss - 24 /24 Completed!
Carri - 0 /20
Carrie B. (Salty Goodreads) - 0 /5
Chalmation - 15 /15 Completed!
Charity - 42 /40 Completed!
Christa - 40 /40 Completed!
Clare - 10 /10
Daph - 0 /20
Delitealex - 0 /20
Diane Whitney - 0 /10
e - 0 /4
Eggp - 16 /12 Completed!
Eirelyn - 2 /8
Elaine - 0 /18
Elizabeth - 0 /12
Emily (Mcquaid) - 0 /20
Gail - 0 /15
Gem - 0 /40
H. - 0 /20
Ida - 2 /10
Isabela - 1 /20
Jacki - 0 /24
Jacqueline - 0 /12
Janet - 20 /20 Completed!
Jenn - 0 /5
Jennifer - 0 /25
Jessica 0 /20
Jill - 0 /?
Joe - 0 /35
Jordyn - 0 /10
Joy D - 10 /10 Completed!
Julie - 4 /10
Kadijah Michelle - 12 /24
Kara - 11 /15
Kat - 6 /20
Kate - 1 /5
Kate - 0 /20
Katherine - 24 /34
Kellie - 0 /21
Kimberly - 15 /15 Completed!
Kirsty - 4 /50
Kylie - 0 /?
Lara - 0 /6
Lauri - 0 /20
Lily - 0 /10
Lindsay - 14 /12 Completed!
Lois - 0 /?
Lynn - 24 /24 Completed!
Mar - 0 /15
Maria - 0 /25
Maria - 11 /14
Mariela - 0 /20
Martha - 18 /24
Mave - 0 /40
Maxine - 3 /40
Michelle - 5 /5 Completed!
Mie - 10 /10 Completed!
Mindy - 12 /10 Completed!
Nina - 17 /23
Pamela - 4 /11
Rina - 34 /40
Rique - 0 /27
Robin - 0 /10
Satin - 0 /5
Sherry - 0 /9
Sibil - 0 /10
Stefani - SpelingExpirt 10 /35
Stephanie - 12 /12 Completed!
Susan - 1 /65
Susan - 1 /13
Susan C - 12 /12 Completed!
Talia - 3 /20
Tammie - 0 /17
Tanya - 1 /5
Tessa - 0 /15
Tina - 1 /10
Vicki - 0 /24
Waco - 3 /8
Wolf (Alpha) 0 /50

THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

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1001 Books you must read before you die
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1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - DONE
2. Alias Grace - DONE
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Best books of 2017
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1. They Both Die at the End - DONE
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Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
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Best Young Adult Books
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I love this challenge so I'm in!! My goal is to read 40 books from the following lists.

42/40

2017: What Women Born In The 1970s Have Read So Far This Year

1. The Girls by Emma Cline 1/8/18
2. After You by Jojo Moyes 1/27/18
3. 11/22/63 by Stephen King 2/4/18
4. The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson 2/10/18
5. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn 3/4/18
6. All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda 4/4/18
7. The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 4/15/18
8. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood 4/16/18
9. The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion 6/3/18
10. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 6/23/18
11. A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab 7/1/18
12. A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab 7/6/18
13. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon 7/22/18
14. The Hating Game by Sally Thorne 9/22/18
15. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher 11/29/18

YA Novels of 2016

1. Heartless by Marissa Meyer 1/7/18
2. A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom 1/7/18
3. A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir 3/3/18
4. And I Darken by Kiersten White 4/27/18
5. Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst 5/6/18
6. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas 5/20/18
7. The Rose & the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh 6/22/18
8. This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab 8/12/18
9. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon 9/20/18
10. Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke 12/27/18

YA Novels of 2015

1. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli 3/13/18
2. First & Then by Emma Mills 11/4/18
3. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness 11/7/18
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YA Novels of 2017

1. The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli 1/18/18
2. One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus 1/28/18
3. A List of Cages by Robin Roe 1/29/18
4. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 2/10/18
5. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green 4/10/18
6. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas 5/27/18
7. Caraval by Stephanie Garber 6/16/18
8. Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller 7/13/18
9. Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia 7/14/18
10. Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab 8/14/18
11. Dear Martin by Nic Stone 9/23/18
12. The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord 11/16/18

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

1. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami 1/17/18
2. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 9/8/18
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I have discovered so many wonderful books via this challenge over the years, so it's one of my top favorites; It never gets old for me, as my lists change from year to year.

I'm definitely in again! Please sign me up for 12 24. I will mostly be reading books I already own and filling in the gaps with library books.


-- A. Translated Speculative Fiction
1. Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami
2. The Hole - Hye-Young Pyun (library)
3. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly - Sun-mi Hwang (library)
4. One Hundred Shadows - Hwang Jungeun
5. Roadside Picnic - Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
6. Super Extra Grande - Yoss
7. Jagannath - Karin Tidbeck


-- B. Best Feminist Fiction
1. The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer - Neal Stephenson
2. Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire
3. The Beauty - Aliya Whiteley
4. Dietland - Sarai Walker
5. Brown Girl in the Ring - Nalo Hopkinson
6. Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata


-- C. Best of Image Comics (all from library)
1. Rat Queens, Vol. 4: High Fantasies
2. Rat Queens, Vol. 5: The Colossal Magic Nothing
3. Paper Girls, Vol. 2
4. Saga, Vol. 3
5. Saga, Vol. 4
6. Saga, Vol. 5
7. Saga, Vol. 6
8. Saga, Vol. 7
9. Saga, Vol. 8
10. Saga, Vol. 9
11. Injection, Vol. 2


Read: 24/24 - COMPLETED!

I'm in for 40 book off the list:
1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die

0/40

I'm in and will update soon.

18/24

Six lists, 4 books each.
Best Books To Read When the Snow is Falling
1. Beartown
2. A Fatal Grace
3. Still Life
4. The Great Alone
Read 4/4

Major Award-Winning Fiction since 1990
1. The Song of Achilles
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Read 1/4

Literary Historical Fiction
1. Morality Play
2. Regeneration
3. Ragtime
4. A Mercy

Read 4/4

Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1. David Copperfield
2. The Grapes of Wrath
3. The Angel's Game
4. A Discovery of Witches

Read 4/4

Books White People Need to Read
1. Men We Reaped
2. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
3. I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
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Read 3/4

Page Turners With Redeeming Social Value
1. No Country for Old Men
2. A Time to Kill
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Read 2/4

I'm in for 15 books!

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

1. War and Peace
2. Persuasion
3. The Catcher in the Rye
4. Emma
5. Les Misérables
6. Sense and Sensibility
7. The Grapes of Wrath
8. For Whom the Bell Tolls

Best Books of 2017

1. The Hate U Give
2. The Orphan's Tale
3. Caraval

2017 Crime Books You're Excited For

1. Into the Water
2. The Good Daughter
3. The Lying Game
4. The Girl Before



Alison

I know there is going to be some overlap in my lists, so I'm going to say I will go for 24 for now. I may increase that number as the year goes on.

Listopia Challenge:

Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
20. Charlotte's Web
34. The Picture of Dorian Gray
69. Tuesdays with Morrie
109. Matilda
112. Sense and Sensibility
249. The Lightning Thief
268. A Brief History of Time
494. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
12. The Picture of Dorian Gray
31. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
32. Sense and Sensibility
178. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
227. The Big Sleep
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Best Women-authored Books
18. Sense and Sensibility
144. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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Best Books on My Shelf
14. Charlotte's Web
51. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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Best Romantic Suspense
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About Muslim Women
106. Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
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Behaviour change and social psychology
10. Stumbling on Happiness
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12/24

I'm in again.

15/15
Complete

Best Books of the 21st Century
1. The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon #2)
2. The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon #3)
3. Inferno (Robert Langdon #4)
4. Doctor Sleep (The Shining #2)

The Book Was Better Than The Movie
5. The Stepford Wives
6. The Shining
7. Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon #1)
8. Misery

100 Books to Read in a Lifetime
9. Catch-22
10. The Godfather
11. Anna Karenina

Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
12. King Lear
13. Breakfast at Tiffany's
14. Ordinary People
15. The Day of the Triffids

Can't Wait Books of 2018 List

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1. Throne of Glass #7
2. A Court of Frost and Starlight #3.1 5-21-18
3. War Storm (Red Queen #4) 7-27-18
4. Legendary
5. The Cruel Prince 5-3-18
6. Still Me(Me Before You, #3)6-24-18

Can't Wait Best New Romance 2018

7/8

1. From Lukov with Love 2-22
2. All Your Pefects 8-30
3. Sex, Not Love 8-3
4. Midnight Blue 2-23
5. Combust 2-14
6. xo, Zach
7. Cracked Kingdom 3-23
8. Forget You, Ethan 8-8

I'm going to go for 12 books. One a month!

BBC Big Read Top 100

✅1 Gone With the Wind
✅2 1984
✅3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
✅4 Matilda
✅Animal Farm
A Prayer for Owen Meany

Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

✅1 Ready Player One
✅2 Fahrenheit 451
✅3 A Wizard of Earthsea
✅4 Ready Player One

Top 10 for Reading Challengers

✅1 Sense and Sensibility
✅2 The Picture of Dorian Gray
✅3 Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
✅4 Middlesex
Red Rising
✅Outlander
✅ The Night Circus
✅ Charlotte's Web

I'll sign up for this one again. I'm going to do it a bit different than 2017. I want to read the 4 books in the top 10 I haven't read yet on the list Best Young Adult Books. I also want to read as many books off of the list What to Read Next that I can.

Best Young Adult Books
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3 → Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
7 → The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
8 → Divergent by Veronica Roth
9 → To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

What to Read Next
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Listopia Challenge
Completed 1/10

The Most Popular YA Books on Goodreads
1. A Wrinkle in Time 3/3 ****
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Please put me down for 12, thanks!

Listopia Challenge, January 1 - December 31
Goal: 16/12, 133.33%

Times Are A-Changing - 4/4
01. Pnin - 07 Apr 2018, 4/5
02. The Song of Achilles - 06 May 2018, 4/5
03. One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) - 29 May 2018, 3/5
04. Hunger - 04 Jun 2018, 3/5


Big Fat Books Worth the Effort - 4/4
01. Alias Grace - 02 May 2018, 3/5
02. Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1) - 22 Jul 2018, 3/5
03. The Robber Bride - 02 Aug 2018, 4/5
04. Foucault's Pendulum - 20 Aug 2018, 3/5


Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men - 4/4
01. Girl with a Pearl Earring - 01 Feb 2018, 4/5
02. Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories - 28 Feb 2018, 4/5
03. Reflections in a Golden Eye - 18 Mar 2018, 4/5
04. The Waves - 25 Apr 2018, 2/5


Best Gothic Books Of All Time - 4/4
01. The Bone Key - 02 Oct 2018, 4/5
02. The Great God Pan - 03 Oct 2018, 2/5
03. The Silent Companions - 06 Oct 2018, 2/5
04. Gothic Tales - 08 Dec 2018, 3/5

I'm in.

I hope top ten faves comes back, but if it does not, Listopia shall have to do (and it shall do nicely!)

My Hugo and Lodestar lists - total of at least 10

Hugo 2018 eligible works - at least 4

Best Hugo Award Winners and Nominees - at least 3

Lodestar 2018 eligible works - at least 3

Historical Fiction - at least 4 from two lists (combined):

Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
Best Historical Fiction Books that are actually Historical Fiction

Mysteries and Thrillers - at least 3 from this list

100 Mysteries and Thrillers to read in a lifetime

That's a commitment of 17 from Listopia - if Top Ten Faves re-surfaces, I will add 10 from that list for a total of 27.

I'm in for 20 books from
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

✔ 1. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 23.03.2018 ★★★★★
✔ 2. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 13.01.2018 ★★★★★
✔ 3. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 08.02.2018 ★★★★☆
✔ 4. Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 19.06.2018 ★★★☆☆
✔ 5. Perfume by Patrick Süskind 20.07.2018 ★★★☆☆
✔ 6. The Stranger by Albert Camus 09.12.2018 ★★☆☆☆
✔ 7. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 29.05.2018 ★★★★☆
✔ 8. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 29.04.2018 ★★★☆☆
9. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
✔ 10. The Trial by Franz Kafka 21.06.2018 ★★★★☆
11. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
✔ 12. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 21.02.2018 ★☆☆☆☆
✔ 13. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 04.06.2018 ★★★☆☆
✔ 14. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 14.04.2018 ★★★☆☆
15. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
✔ 16. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 19.02.2018 ★★★★☆
✔ 17. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 27.07.2018 ★★☆☆☆
18. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
✔ 19. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 12.06.2018 ★★★★☆
20. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

15/20

I have Perfume by Patrick Süskind. There are one or two fiction books on my shelf. Definitely will read it in 2018. Can't wait for 2018! *Prancing*

I’m in for 10: 10/10 - COMPLETE ✔️
1 book from each of the Best-of-year lists 2008-2017

✅ 2008 - The Tales of Beedle the Bard - 4⭐️
✅ 2009 - The Maze Runner - 3⭐️
✅ 2010 - Spirit Bound - 4⭐️
✅ 2011 - 11/22/63 - 5⭐️
✅ 2012 - Insurgent - 3,5⭐️
✅ 2013 - Allegiant - 4⭐️
✅ 2014 - Four: A Divergent Story Collection - 3,5⭐️
✅ 2015 - All the Bright Places - 5⭐️
✅ 2016 - The Sun Is Also a Star - 4,5⭐️
✅ 2017 - Turtles All the Way Down - 5⭐️

Rique wrote: "I'm in.

I hope top ten faves comes back, but if it does not, Listopia shall have to do (and it shall do nicely!)

My Hugo and Lodestar lists - total of at least 10

Hugo 2018 eligible works - at l..."

The Top 10 Faves is not coming back this year, but you are right, it does fit into the Listopia Challenge perfectly!

The Listopia Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

Best Crime and Mystery Books


1. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Completed 6/3/18 Rating 5 stars
2. Along Came A Spider by James Patterson
Completed 25/4/18 Rating 4 stars
3. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Completed 3/5/18 Rating 4 stars
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Non-Winners of the Man Booker Prize

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Best British and Irish Literature

9. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Completed 23/4/18 Rating 4 stars
10. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Completed 24/7/18 Rating 5 stars
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Best Books of the Decade 2010's

13. Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Completed 9/1/18 Rating 4 stars
14. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Completed 27/4/18 Rating 5 stars
15. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Completed 13/8/18 Rating 4 stars
16.

The Great American Novel

17. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Completed 22/1/18 Rating 4 stars
18. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Completed 26/3/18 Rating 5 stars
19. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Completed 18/7/18 Rating 3 stars
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Big Fat Books Worth the Effort

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11/22

I lowered my goal to 10 books. Message 15

I’m in for 20 books from the list Books to read under the Trump Administration

Challenge completed 20/20

1. The Handmaid's Tale - READ
2. The Color Purple - READ
3. Animal Farm - READ
4. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - READ
5. Brave New World - READ
6. Fahrenheit 451 - READ
7. The Hate U Give - READ
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - READ
9. The Year of the Flood - READ
10. No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need - READ
11. The Constitution of the United States of America - READ
12. What Happened - READ
13 Lord of the Flies - READ
14. Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency - READ
15. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House - READ
16. 1984 - READ
17. Of Mice and Men - READ
18. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions - READ
19. The Vagina Monologues - READ
20. The Underground Railroad - READ

Best Humorous Books
I plan to read 5 books from this list. I don't laugh nearly enough.
1. TBR
2. TBR
3. TBR
4. TBR
5. TBR

YA Novels of 2018
I plan to read 5 new releases
1. TBR
2. TBR
3. TBR
4. TBR
5. TBR



Although I love this challenge, I have way too many challenges going on right now. I'd rather do the ones where I can just go on the fly instead of having a specific list right now. :)

Please count me in for 2 lists, 5 books each (books TBD):

Challenge Completed!

Completed 10 of 10 as of 6/7/18

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die:

1. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - Completed 1/2/18 - 5 stars
2. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon - completed 1/22/18 - 5 stars
3. The Secret History by Donna Tartt - completed 1/26/18 - 2 stars
4. Surfacing by Margaret Atwood - completed 2/27/18 - 2 stars
5. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien - completed 3/5/18 - 4 stars


Best Books of the 21st Century:

1. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom - completed 2/5/18 - 4 stars
2. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - completed 4/2/18 - 4 stars
3. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed - completed 4/15/18 - 4 stars
4. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz - completed 6/5/18 - 3 stars
5. The Road by Cormac McCarthy - completed 6/7/18 - 4 stars

Listopia - 2018

Best Books Ever (view spoiler)[
1. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief February 10, 2018
2. Oz, Complete Collection, Volume 1: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / The Marvelous Land of Oz / Ozma of Oz - February 9, 2018
3. Stardust - January 5, 2018
4. The Sea of Monsters February 11, 2018
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire August 19, 2018
6. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass May 28, 2018
7. Winter September 8, 2018
8. The Amber Spyglass February 25, 2018
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy June 19, 2018
10. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe September 16, 2018
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Best Zombie Books (view spoiler)[
1. Zombie Fallout September 2, 2018
2. A Plague Upon Your Family September 16, 2018
3. The End September 20, 2018
4. Dr. Hugh Mann September 19, 2018
5. Rise of the Governor September 24, 2018
6. The End Has Come and Gone October 25, 2018
7. Voyage of the Dead October 28, 2018
8. Flotilla of the Dead 14/11/18 ★★★
9. Alive In A Dead World 12/11/18 ★★★★★
10. Plague Z, Part One 4/12/18 ★★★
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Classic Lines (view spoiler)[
1. Pride and Prejudice February 2, 2018
2. Emma March 12, 2018
3. Jane Eyre March 24, 2018
4. Sense and Sensibility April 13, 2018
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Awesome Manga (view spoiler)[
1. Sailor Moon Box Set 1 - February 6, 2018
2. Sailor Moon Box Set 2 - February 9, 2018
3. Peach Girl, Vol. 1 May 6, 2018
4. Black Butler, Vol. 1 11 April, 2018
5. W Juliet II Vol. 1 May 12, 2018
6. Cardcaptor Sakura, Vol. 3 March 6, 2018
7. Cardcaptor Sakura, Vol. 2 March 2, 2018
8. Ranma 1/2, Volume 7 7/11/18 ★★★
9. Ranma 1/2, Volume 8 20/11/18 ★★★
10. Ranma 1/2, Volume 9 27/11/18 ★★★
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Fairy Tale Retellings (view spoiler)[
1. Golden Stair - 30th Dec 2017
2. Divine Scales - February 3, 2018
3. Beautiful Salvation January 28, 2018
4. The Pirate's Witch February 21, 2018
5. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister September 24, 2018
6. The Hidden Oracle 17/11/18
7. Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch 25/11/18 ★★★
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Comics & Graphic Novels by Women (view spoiler)[
1. The Tea Dragon Society September 25, 2018
2. Marmalade Boy, Vol. 1 22/11/18 ★★★
3. Manga Classics: Pride & Prejudice 22/12/18 ★★
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Yaoi / Shounen Ai / BL Manga (view spoiler)[
1. I’m Being Targeted by My Two Sons 18/11/18
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I'm starting off small.
2 books from 3 different lists.
I'm also going to try not to buy any new books for challenges considering I already have, oh probably 100+ that I haven't read yet.

LISTOPIA 2018
Jan 1 - Dec 31
0/6 completed

Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1. Behind Closed Doors
2. The Other Typist

Anticpated/Best 2017 Literary Fiction
1. Marlena
2. Universal Harvester

Best Strange & Twisted Memoirs
1. Dry
2. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Hi! Count me in for 20 please.

THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

I'll start with 20

18/20

Food Related Non-fiction
1. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn 5/9/18
2. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 5/31/18
3. The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks by Kathleen Flinn 6/5/18
4.

Wise Women, Witches, Midwives, Healers, and Strong Girls!
5. Divergent by Veronica Roth 2/6/18
6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 2/11/18
7. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks 6/28/18
8. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 7/7/18

100 Science Fiction Novels Everyone Should Read
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick 1/24/18
10. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 2/26/18
11.

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
13. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 1/11/18
14. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 1/12/18
15. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly 1/31/18
16. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 7/22/18

Books to Read Under the Trump administration
17. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1/3/18
18. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 1/29/18
19. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 8/21/18
20. It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis 9/30/18
[12] The Plot Against America by Philip Roth 10/11/18

THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

I am in for 50 books from the following lists:

√ = read (5/50)

BBC Top 200 Books (10)
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Catch-22
√6. Of Mice and Men (read 7 Jan)
7. Good Night, Mr. Tom
8. The Count of Monte Cristo
9. Moby-Dick or, The Whale
10. House of Leaves


The 800+ page Gorillaz (5.. wishful thinking!)
√1. War and Peace (read 22 Feb)
2. Gone with the Wind
3. I Know This Much Is True
4. Martin Chuzzlewit
5. IQ84

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (10)
1. The Virgin Suicides
2. The Remains of the Day
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
4. Doctor Zhivago
5. Alias Grace
6. Moll Flanders
7. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
8. Lucky Jim
9. Small Island
√10. Nervous Conditions (read 11 March)

Books that SHOULD be on the 1001 list but aren't (5)
1. Fahrenheit 451
√2. Grief is the Thing with Feathers (read 7 Jan)
3. Stoner
4. Flowers for Algernon
5. The Divine Comedy

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once (5)
1. Night
2. One Hundred Years of Solitude
3. Slaughterhouse-Five
4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
5. The Lord of the Rings

Best Feminist Books (5)
√1. A Room of One's Own (read 8 Jan)
2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
3. The Complete Persepolis
4. A Thousand Splendid Suns
5. Kindred

Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List (5)
1. Macbeth
2. The Raven
3. Middlesex
4. Beloved
5. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

The Most Disturbing Book Ever Written (5)
1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2. The Girl Next Door
3. Blindness
4. Bastard Out of Carolina
5. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

Added to here :) Welcome everyone! I look forward to seeing all your lists!

I'm in as well.

I'll do 20 for now. I might increase later.

3/20


The Best Fairytales and Retellings
1. The Princess Bride
2. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
3. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
4. Cress
5. Stardust

Recommended Historical Fiction
1. The Once and Future King
2. The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
3. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
4. The Lady of the Rivers
5. The Fiery Cross

Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1. The Way of Kings
2. The Poisonwood Bible
3. The Historian
4. The Name of the Wind
5. The Eye of the World

Best Books of the 21st Century
1. The Book Thief
2. The Lightning Thief
3. The Shadow of the Wind
4. The Thirteenth Tale
5. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

I'm in again this year with a goal of 20 books.

20/20

BBC Top 200 Books
Great Expectations 8/5/18 *****
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1/19/18 ****
Captain Corelli's Mandolin 4/24/18 *****
Tess of the d'Urbervilles 7/6/18 *****
The Shell Seekers 5/30/18 *****
Guards! Guards!: A Novel of Discworld 2/5/18 ***
The Mayor of Casterbridge 5/2/18 ****
The Day of the Triffids 2/18/18 ***
The Woman in White 11/27/18 ****
Possession: A Romance 9/6/18 ****
Men at Arms 3/5/18 ****
American Psycho 3/14/18 *
The Power of One 10/4/18 *****
Man and Boy 1/23/18 ****
Bad Girls 1/5/18 ***

Modern Library 100 Best Novels - The Readers List

The Hunt for Red October 10/28/18 ***
Stranger in a Strange Land 3/31/18 ****
Light in August 9/16/18 *****
Memory & Dream 8/24/18 ***
The Wood Wife 1/30/18 ***

I will continue chipping at the Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List.

12/10

1. A Room of One's Own COMPLETED JAN 29
2. Fight Club COMPLETED FEB 10
3. Mrs. Dalloway COMPLETED MAR 31
4. The Trial COMPLETED MAY 2
5. The Metamorphosis COMPLETED MAY 19
6. The Polysyllabic Spree COMPLETED MAY 28
7. Ethan Frome COMPLETED JUNE 16
8. Macbeth COMPLETED SEPT 22
9. Oliver Twist COMPLETED OCT 3
10. The Velvet Underground & Nico COMPLETED OCT 13
11. The Lottery and Other Stories COMPLETED NOV 12
12. Madame Bovary COMPLETED NOV 27

Update to post 9 :-)

15 books for me!

Thanks,
Alison

20 for me
0/20

Best science fiction and fantasy books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

Best strong female fantasy novels
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Best science with a female protagonist
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Best Urban fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...

Best steampunk books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...


Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

I'll sign up for 15 books from the following two lists:
BBC Big Read 1-100
BBC Big Read 101-200

1. All Quiet on the Western Front July 26, 2018
2. Vanity Fair June 10, 2018
3. The Shell Seekers June 2, 2018
4. Tess of the D'Urbervilles July 1, 2018
5. Dune June 23, 2018
6. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch April 26, 2018
7. Cold Comfort Farm August 12, 2018
8. War and Peace January 13, 2018
9. The Alchemist August 15, 2018
10. Persuasion April 21, 2018
11. The Once and Future King September 15, 2018
12. A Tale of Two Cities March 24, 2018
13. The Picture of Dorian Gray February 17, 2018
14. Ulysses March 12, 2018
15. Far from the Madding Crowd January 28, 2018

Berit wrote: "I’m in for 10 books from the list Books to read under the Trump Administration

So far 0/10

1. The Handmaid's Tale
2. The Color Purple
3. Animal Farm
4. [book..."

I love this list and your choice of books!

I can't resist. But this is the very last challenge, I'll do haha (words I have said before, I know!)

I'll set a goal for 20 books!

Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books
1. 16 Lighthouse Road
2. Animal Attraction
3. Nights in Rodanthe
4. One for the Money
5. Shadowland

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Best Teen Books About Real Problems
1. Before I Fall
2. The Book Thief
3. Gossip Girl
4. Thirteen Reasons Why

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The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
1. Emma
2. The Golden Compass
3. The Hobbit
4. The Hunger Games
5. Jane Eyre
6. Little Women
7. The Raven
8. Rebecca
9. Sense and Sensibility

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First books of some good cozy series
1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
2. Real Murders

Daph wrote: "I can't resist. But this is the very last challenge, I'll do haha (words I have said before, I know!)..."

Lol :)

Update to Post 30. I'm in for 20 books.

Berit thanks for mentioning this list. I rearranged things to add it too.

Berit wrote: "I’m in for 10 books from the list Books to read under the Trump Administration

Daph wrote: "I can't resist. But this is the very last challenge, I'll do haha (words I have said before, I know!)

I'll set a goal for 20 books!

Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books
1. [book:16 Lighthouse Roa..."

I know Daph, it's so easy to just join one more ^^

Listopia Challenge

Challenge Accepted: January 1, 2018
Challenge (hopefully) Completed: December 31, 2018

I was an epic FAIL in 2017!! I am so happy to have a do-over. This year I will pre-select my books from my lists which should make things a lot more organized and easier to track.

List 1: Tortured Sexy Trash

Beautiful Disaster
Fifty Shades of Grey
Bared to You
Wallbanger
Playing for Keeps
Beautiful Bastard
Hearts in Darkness
Consequences
Rule
Ten Tiny Breaths
Mystery Man

List 2: Best Rom-Com Books

The Hating Game
Rock Chick
Nuts
Truth or Beard
Just the Sexiest Man Alive
Bet Me
Wrong Number, Right Guy
Heart-Shaped Hack

List 3: The Best of Gay Romance

Sticks & Stones
Shattered Glass
Captive Prince
Fair Game
Somebody Killed His Editor

List 4: Best Romantic Comedies

Joining in!

2018 Listopia Challenge
Duration: Jan 01 2018 - Dec 31 2018

Goal: 24 books (4 from each list)

Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List
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1000 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime
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The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
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3.
4.

Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1.
2.
3.
4.

Most Interesting Magic System
1.
2.
3.
4.

Cant Wait Books of 2017
1.
2.
3.
4.

i will finish 30 books this year this is the year I do it! that being said 30 books yet again please.

Blagica wrote: "i will finish 30 books this year this is the year I do it! that being said 30 books yet again please."

I'm the same with Popsugar although I tend to get distracted easily by all the exiting challenges during the year. We can do it, next year's the charm! ^^

I'll do 25 all in the category of The Best Young Adult

This seems a great challenge and I have to try it!
2018 Listopia Challenge
Duration: Jan 01 2018 - Dec 31 2018

Goal: 10 books

The title of the books may change during the year.

AYou read a book about what?
1)
2)

BHumorous and Non Fiction
1) Me Talk Pretty One Day
2)
3)

CBooks with heroes/heroines who are assassins

1) Beyond the Shadows
2) Cry Wolf
3) Dark Triumph
4) Bitten to Death
5)

I'm in for 15 books!


1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1. Jane Eyre
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
3. The Grapes of Wrath
4. Great Expectations
5. The Bell Jar
6. The Stranger

100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime
1. And Then There Were None
2. Gone Girl
3. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)


Best Young Adult Books
1. Holes
2. The Outsiders
3. Uglies
4. Hush, Hush
5. Cinder
6. Flipped