The idea behind these challenges is to encourage
The 52-book 2017 reading challenge
- A book you read in school: 1984--George Orwell
- A book from your childhood: Little House in the Big Woods--Laura Ingalls Wilder
- A book published over 100 years ago: Wives and Daughters--Elizabeth Gaskell
- A book published in the last year: 15th Affair--James Patterson
- A non-fiction book: Hope--Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus
- A book written by a male author: 12th of Never--James Patterson
- A book written by a female author: To All the Boys I've Loved Before--Jenny Han
- A book by someone who isn’t a writer: The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo--Amy Schumer
- A book that became/is becoming a film: Wonder--R.J. Palacio
- A book published in the 20th Century: The Abominable Man--Maj Sjowell
- A book set in your hometown/region: The Chickens and the City Council of San Juan Bautista--Paul J. Shanley
- A book with a name in the title: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass--Meg Medina
- A book with a number in the title: One Thousand White Women--Jim Fergus
- A book based on a true story: Night Fall--Nelson DeMille
- A book someone else recommended: City of Women--David R. Gillham
- A book with over 500 pages: The Big Rock Candy Mountain--Wallace Stegner
- A book you can finish in a day: More Brains Than Bullets/The Road to Casas Piedras/West of Dodge--Louis L'Amour
- A previously banned book: Black Beauty--Anna Sewell
- A book with a one-word title: Cakewalk--Kate Moses
- A book translated from another language: Big Bob--Georges Simenon
- A personal growth book: More, Now, Again--Elizabeth Wurtzel
- A memoir or journal: Bad Dog (A Love Story)--Martin Kihn
- A book by someone younger than you: A List of Things That Didn't Kill Me--Jason Schmidt
- A book set somewhere you
’ll visit this yearwant to visit: One Plus One--JoJo Moyes - An award-winning book: Angle of Repose--Wallace Stegner (Pulitzer)
- A book you were
supposed to readin school but haven’t yet: Crime and Punishment--Fyodor Dostoevsky (I wasn't actually assigned to read it, but think I should have been) - A book with a character with your first name: Dear Dumb Diary: My Pants Are Haunted--Jim Benton
- A book with a place in the title: The Oregon Trail--Rinker Buck
- A book set in the future: Two Summers--Aimee Friedman
- A play: The Importance of Being Earnest--Oscar Wilde
- A scary book: Catch Me--Lisa Gardner
- A funny book: Openly Bob--Bob Smith
- A book of short stories: The Cat Who Had 14 Tales--Lilian Jackson Braun
- A trilogy or series: E. Lockhart--a) The Boyfriend List b) The Boy Book c) The Treasure Map of Boys d) Real Live Boyfriends
- A bestseller: Orphan Train--Christina Baker Kline
- A book you own but haven’t read yet: Just One Year--Gayle Forman
- A book about philosophy: Lipstick Jihad--Azadeh Moaveni
- An epic poem: The Epic of Gilgamesh
- A Victorian novel: Lady Susan--Jane Austen
- A book of poetry: The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
- A book with a colour in the title: Pink--Lili Wilkinson
- A book with an appealing cover: The Blacker the Berry--Wallace Thurman
- A book about psychology: Bitch--Elizabeth Wurtzel
- A book about science: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks--Rebecca Skloot
- A graphic novel: Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy--Rachel Renee Russell
- A self-published book: Beautiful, Brilliant, Borderline--Angelo H. Hudson Jr.
- A book based on a true story: A Million Little Pieces--James Frey
- A famous author’s first novel: The Shack--William Paul Young
- A book of non-fiction essays: Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs--Wallace Stegner
- A book by an author you haven’t read before: The Impossible Knife of Memory--Laurie Hale Anderson
- A book set in a country you’ve never been to: Quicksand--Nella Larsen
- A book set in the place you live today: The Sky is Everywhere--Jandy Nelson
Challenge completed on October 5
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