I know it's super late in the game, but I thought I'd finally add my plan in. I've mostly been playing it by ear and choosing a book each week (that's part of the fun!) so "plan" is not a great word for what I have so far, but I'm going to put out what I've done so far and some of the weeks that I think I know what I will read and edit it as I go along!
WEEKS & TOPICS 1. a book with more than 500 pages - The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber 2. a romance - Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey 3. a book that became a movie - Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 4. a book published this year - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 5. a book with a number in the title - Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut 6. a book written by someone under 30 - The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton 7. a book with nonhuman characters 8. a funny book - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson 9. a book by a female author - The Good House by Tananarive Due 10. a mystery or thriller - Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie 11. a book with a one-word title - Reamde by Neal Stephenson 12. a book of short stories - The Matisse Stories by A.S. Byatt 13. a book set in a different country 14. a nonfiction book - On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Bliss 15. a popular author's first book - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 16. a book from your favorite author that you haven't read yet - Naamah's Curse by Jacqueline Carey 17. a book a friend recommended - The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro 18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book - The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee 19. a book based on a true story - No Land's Man by Aasif Mandvi 20. a book at the bottom of your to read list - It Starts With Food by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig 21. a book your mom parent loves - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 22. a book that scares you - Lock In by John Scalzi 23. a book more than 100 years old - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 24. a book based entirely on its cover - The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller 25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't - Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha 26. a memoir - Not My Father's Son by Allan Cumming 27. a book you can finish in a day - Naamah's Blessing by Jacqueline Carey 28. a book with antonyms in the title - Give and Take by Adam M. Grant 29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit 30. a book that came out the year you were born - Shame by Salman Rushdie 31. a book with bad reviews - Blowback by Chalmers Johnston (taking the "controversial" route to interpret badness of reviews) 32. a trilogy (the first) - Fellowship of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien 33. a trilogy (the second) - The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien 34. a trilogy (the third) - The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien 35. a book from your childhood - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 36. a book with a love triangle - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 37. a book set in the future - The Dog Stars by Peter Heller 38. a book set in high school - Armada by Ernest Cline 39. a book with a color in the title - Red Doc by Anne Carson 40. a book that made/makes you cry - Art and Lies by Jeanette Winterson 41. a book with magic 42. a graphic novel - 43. a book by an author you've never read before - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 44. a book you own but have never read- Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson 45. a book that takes place in your hometown - Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner 46. a book that was originally written in another language - The Cave by Jose Saramago 47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday) 48. a book written by an author with your same initials - Cat Daddy by Jackson Galaxy 49. a play 50. a banned book 51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show 52. a book you started but never finished - The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine
WEEKS & TOPICS
1.
a book with more than 500 pages- The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber2.
a romance- Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey3.
a book that became a movie - Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos4.
a book published this year- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins5.
a book with a number in the title- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut6.
a book written by someone under 30- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton7. a book with nonhuman characters
8.
a funny book- A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson9.
a book by a female author- The Good House by Tananarive Due10.
a mystery or thriller- Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie11.
a book with a one-word title- Reamde by Neal Stephenson12. a book of short stories - The Matisse Stories by A.S. Byatt
13. a book set in a different country
14.
a nonfiction book- On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Bliss15.
a popular author's first book- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini16.
a book from your favorite author that you haven't read yet- Naamah's Curse by Jacqueline Carey17.
a book a friend recommended- The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book - The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
19.
a book based on a true story - No Land's Man by Aasif Mandvi20.
a book at the bottom of your to read list - It Starts With Food by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig21.
a book your- Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follettmomparent loves22.
a book that scares you- Lock In by John Scalzi23.
a book more than 100 years old- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell24.
a book based entirely on its cover- The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller25.
a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't- Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha26. a memoir - Not My Father's Son by Allan Cumming
27.
a book you can finish in a day- Naamah's Blessing by Jacqueline Carey28.
a book with antonyms in the title- Give and Take by Adam M. Grant29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
30. a book that came out the year you were born - Shame by Salman Rushdie
31. a book with bad reviews - Blowback by Chalmers Johnston (taking the "controversial" route to interpret badness of reviews)
32.
a trilogy (the first)- Fellowship of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien33. a trilogy (the second) - The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
34. a trilogy (the third) - The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
35. a book from your childhood - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
36.
a book with a love triangle- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern37. a book set in the future - The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
38. a book set in high school - Armada by Ernest Cline
39. a book with a color in the title - Red Doc by Anne Carson
40. a book that made/makes you cry - Art and Lies by Jeanette Winterson
41. a book with magic
42. a graphic novel -
43.
a book by an author you've never read before- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline44. a book you own but have never read- Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
45. a book that takes place in your hometown - Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
46.
a book that was originally written in another language- The Cave by Jose Saramago47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday)
48.
a book written by an author with your same initials- Cat Daddy by Jackson Galaxy49. a play
50. a banned book
51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show
52. a book you started but never finished - The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine