Around The Year in 52 Books Challenge

Seeing as I felt like my reading was a bit unfocused and all over the place I decided to not only do Diversity Bingo but also try my hand at this challenge. I will only be aiming to read about 20 books off this list, and I have cheated a little and put on some books I’ve already read this year that fit the categories. Otherwise I think I would feel a bit overwhelmed. 

Below is the list of books and the books I have read or plan on reading. I haven’t picked a book for every single challenge, because I don’t plan on finishing all challenges anyway. The books in cursive are the ones I have read (reviews will be linked) and the ones in cursive AND bold are the ones I plan to read. 

Here is the link for the Goodreads page of the group if you want to check it out and maybe join yourself :) https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/174195-around-the-year-in-52-books 

The 2017 List
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 (link)
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
3. A book you meant to read in 2016
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter “E" 
5. A historical fiction
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 
Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
8. A book written by a person of color
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
10. A dual-timeline novel
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
11. A category from another challenge
I have picked The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, which is a challenge from my Bingo Board Reading 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 character
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen
16. A mystery
Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
17. A book with illustrations
18. A really long book (600+ pages)
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye (958 pages)
19. A New York Times best-seller
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake (I’ve had this for more than a year I think)
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (number 51 on the list)
24. A book written by at least two authors
25. A book about a famous historical figure
26. An adventure book
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin (motorcycle races, shape shifting, revolutionaries…an adventure if ever I read one!)
27. A book by one of your favorite authors
All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
28. A non-fiction
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen (why history isn’t what you think)
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)
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
33. A magical realism novel
On the Other Side by Carrie Hope Fletcher
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
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 Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
The Tea Planter’s Wife by Dinah Jefferies (set in a hot climate but with an unsettling feel to it)
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey (recommended based on A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schawb)
45. A book with a one-word title
46. A time travel novel
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
48. A banned book
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
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

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