Around the Year in 52 Books

This list is a work in progress and is subject to change. 


 1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 (link)
✓ We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) 
✓ The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

3. A book you meant to read in 2016 
✓ Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
✓ The Gravity of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry

 5. A historical fiction

 6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 
✓ Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 

 7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
✔ El Deafo

 8. A book written by a person of color
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 

 9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
✔ The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

 10. A dual-timeline novel
✓ Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

 11. A category from another challenge

 12. A book based on a myth

 13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
✔ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

 14. A book with a strong female character
✓He Will Be My Ruin by KA Tucker

 15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)

 16. A mystery
✔ Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

 17. A book with illustrations
✔ Saga Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan

 18. A really long book (600+ pages)
Night Film by Marisha Pessl

 19. A New York Times best-seller

 20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
✔ We Are Okay by Nina Lacour

 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
✓ Preppy: The Life and Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part 2

 22. A book by an author you haven't read before
✓ Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

 23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)

 24. A book written by at least two authors
✓ Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

 25. A book about a famous historical figure

 26. An adventure book

 27. A book by one of your favorite authors
✓ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

 28. A non-fiction
✔ Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls  and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham

 29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions

 30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)
✔ Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

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

 32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
✓ Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

 33. A magical realism novel

 34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere

 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
✔ The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith

 38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature

 39. An epistolary fiction
✓ Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

 40. A book published in 2017
✓ A List of Cages by Robin Roe

 41. A book with an unreliable narrator
Made You Up by Francesea Zappia

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

 43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
✔ Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

 44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)

 45. A book with a one-word title
✓ Effortless by S.C. Stephens 

 46. A time travel novel
The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry

 47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)

 48. A banned book
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 

 49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
✔ Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle 

50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition

 51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) 
✓ Blasphemy by Sherman Alexie  

 52. A book set in a fictional location
✔ Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire 


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