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Dec 28, 2015 07:31AM
I'm excited to try to read 116 books this year. We'll see how it goes.
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January: 1.
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd2.
- Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan3.
- Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale by Lynda Rutledge4.
- Scarlet Song by Mariama Bâ5.
- The Dog Who Danced by Susan Wilson6.
- And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini7.
- The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon8.
- Vinyl Cafe Turns the Page by Stuart McLean9.
- At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen10.
- Nice to Come Home To by Rebecca Flowers11.
- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris12.
- Paula by Isabel Allende13.
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood14.
- The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore
February: 15.
- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett16.
- The Sugarless Plum: A Memoir by Zippora Karz17.
- Ten Points by Bill Strickland18.
- Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala19.
- Wallace: The Underdog Who Conquered a Sport, Saved a Marriage, and Championed Pit Bulls-- One Flying Disc at a Time by Jim Gorant20.
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding21.
- Four Past Midnight by Stephen King22.
- The Pearl by John Steinbeck23.
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
March: 24.
- Bossypants by Tina Fey25.
- Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan26.
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins27.
- The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon28.
- Katherine by Anya Seton29.
- I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai30.
- The Pretenders by Charlaine Harris31.
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell32.
- The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray33.
- Shaler's Fish: Poems by Helen Macdonald34.
- Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel35.
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern36.
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
April: 37.
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell38.
- The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer39.
- Frog by Mo Yan40.
- The Perfect Order of Things by David Gilmour41.
- Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja42.
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer43.
- The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury44.
- Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol45.
- The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
May: 46.
- My Name Is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira47.
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee48.
- MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood49.
- Traversa by Fran Sandham50.
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou51.
- And After Many Days by Jowhor Ile52.
- Love Anthony by Lisa Genova53.
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London54.
- The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie55.
- French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle56.
- Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
June: 57.
- The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz58.
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro59.
- The Kill Order by James Dashner60.
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers61.
- The Winter Girl by Matt Marinovich62.
- Incendiary by Chris Cleave63.
- Map Of The Invisible World by Tash Aw64.
- Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff65.
- White Oleander by Janet Fitch
July: 66.
- Me Before You by Jojo Moyes67.
- A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen68.
- The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith69.
- Klee Wyck by Emily Carr70.
- Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi71.
- Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut72.
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman73.
- Heidi by Johanna Spyri74.
- Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman75.
- The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman76.
- The Death Cure by James Dashner77.
- Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood78.
- Blow Hot, Blow Cold by Ellery Queen79.
- The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad80.
- A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea by Eunsun Kim81.
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
August: 82.
- Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris83.
- She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan84.
- The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper85.
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll86.
- My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout87.
- Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie88.
- Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson89.
- Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life by Melody Moezzi90.
- What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey91.
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller92.
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne93.
- Out of Orange: A Memoir by Cleary Wolters94.
- Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet95.
- My Home As I Remember by Lee Maracle96.
- After the War Is Over by Jennifer Robson97.
- The Long Valley by John Steinbeck98.
- The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty99.
- Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs100.
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie101.
- A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin102.
- I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak103.
- Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
September: 104.
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson105.
- Looking for Lovedu: Days and Nights in Africa by Ann Jones106.
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg107.
- The Tempest by William Shakespeare108.
- The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith109.
- Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill110.
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne111.
- Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco112.
- French Lessons by Ellen Sussman113.
- Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs114.
- What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang115.
- The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes116.
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare117.
- Crazy for You by Jennifer Crusie118.
- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver119.
- Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
October: 120.
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel121.
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare122.
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien123.
- Every Last One by Anna Quindlen124.
- Knit Two Together by Elizabeth Lenhard125.
- Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs126.
- B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton127.
- Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger128.
- C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton129.
- Candide by Voltaire130.
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling131.
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov132.
- Book of Mercy by Leonard Cohen133.
- The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
November: 134.
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking135.
- Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally136.
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin137.
- That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton138.
- The Circle by Dave Eggers139.
- The Leaving: Stories by Budge Wilson140.
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck141.
- Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman142.
- The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo143.
- Mister God, This is Anna by Fynn144.
- Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes145.
- An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
December: 146.
- The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks147.
- Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet148.
- The Dream House by Rachel Hore149.
- Moab is My Washpot by Stephen Fry150.
- Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now by Jan Wong151.
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett152.
- So, Anyway... by John Cleese
Good luck, Sam! Do you have books picked out already or do you choose as you go along?
A little of both. I tend to make a list of things I'd like to read to fit certain challenges and then make changes depending on what I feel like reading at the time. I'll use the Member's Corner to make some plans ahead of time, but list the ones I actually read here. Should be fun!
That's similar to what I do. I'll plan out my books for the month ahead for challenges, but what order I read them in changes and sometimes I'll swap out books altogether.
Congrats on finishing your first book in 2016!
50 books read to date - almost halfway there!!
Woo hoo!! Finished 116 books - will be great to see how many more I can try to finish this year.
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