Friday, January 05, 2018

2017 Goodreads 52 Books Challenge

2017 Goodreads 52 Books Challenge

1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 (link
​- ​Hamilton the Revolution by Lin Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) - 
​​Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

3. A  book by one of your favorite authors - 
On Second Thought by Kristan Higgans
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" -  
Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton

5. A historical fiction - 
​​A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

6. A book being released as a movie soon - 
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title - 
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson

8. A book written by a person of color -
​ 
I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Gandha
 
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list - 
M is for Malice by Sue Grafton
10. A dual-timeline novel -
​ ​
Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
11. A category from another challenge - Favorite audiobook- 
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton

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 - 
​​
C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia - 
16. A mystery 
​- Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson
17. A book with illustrations 
​- ​Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling

18. A really long book (600+ pages) - 
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

19. A New York Times best-seller
​ - 
Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading - 
A Long Way Gone by 
​​
Ishmael Beah
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read - 
A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane

22. A book by an author you haven't read before - 
Someday, Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham​

23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link
)
​ ​Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

24. A book written by at least two authors
​ -​
 
Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss-and-Tell by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Brown
25. A book about a famous historical figure
​ - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

26. An adventure book - 
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

27.  A book you meant to read in 2016 - 
​Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich

28. A non-fiction
​ - ​The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless

29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) 
America: a Citizen’s Guide to Democracy 
​​
by Jon Stewart
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link
)
​ ​- Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone by J. K. Rowling
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre - 
The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
​ (adventure mystery)​
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) 
Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham
33. A magical realism novel
​ - Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere - 
What Alice Forgot by Lianne Moriarty

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 - 
What She Knew by Gilly McManus

38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature - Eligible (modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice)
39. An epistolary fiction 
40. A book published in 2017 - 
The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry
41. A book with an unreliable narrator 
​- ​All the Missing Girls BUT I didn't finish the book--only got 1/2 through

42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
​ - 
 
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) 
​- ​The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney

44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link
) 
​- You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott​

45. A book with a one-word title - 
Refuge by Alan Gratz
​​
46. A time travel novel
​ ​
47. A chick lit book - My Not-So Perfect Life
 by Sophie Kinsella

48. A banned book
​ - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

49. A book from someone else's bookshelf - 
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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 - The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot

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