The year in 52 books - 2016

Click here for all the books read for this challenge (so-far)

Reading plan:

1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't: 

2. A book set in a different continent: Luckiest girl alive - jessica knoll

3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated): A little life - Hanya Yanagihara

4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015: Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty

5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name: The Dressmaker - Kate Alcott

6. The highest rated on your TBR:

7. A book about books: The uncommon reader - Alan Bennett

8. A classic book with less than 200 pages: A christmas carol - Charles Dickens

9. A book that was mentioned in another book: The pursuit of love - Nancy Mitford

10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now: Memoirs of a dutiful daughter - Simone de Beauvoir

11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

12. A childhood classic: Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

13. Reader’s Choice: Furiously happy - Jenny Lawson

14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How): Where'd you go Bernadette - Maria Semple

15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago): 

16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels: The postman always rings twice - James M Cain

17. A book with a beautiful cover: All my friends are dead - Avery Monsen

18. A book on a summer/beach reading list: In a dark, dark wood - Ruth Ware

19. A non-fiction book: The sound of gravel - Ruth Wariner

20. A book with a first name in the title: The Jane Austen book club - Karen Joy Fowler

21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page: One step too far - Tina Seskis

22. The first book in a new to you series: Love you more - Lisa Gardner

23. The next book in a series you are reading: Birds of a feather - Jacqueline Winspear

24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.): Good Wives - Louisa May Alcott

25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you: Still life with bread crumbs - Anna Quindlen 

26. A book everyone is talking about: Go set a watchman - Harper Lee

27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion): A tale for the time being - Ruth Ozeki

28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir: Born with teeth - Kate Mulgrew

29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name: The chimney sweeper's boy - Barbara Vine

30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own: The snow child - Eowyn Ivy

31. A work of young adult fiction: Never Never - Colleen Hoover 

32. A historical fiction book: Esperanza Rising - Pam Munoz Ryan

33. The 16th book on your TBR: The art of racing in the rain - Garth Stein

34. A book about mental illness: It's kind of a funny story - Ned Vizzini

35. An award winning book: Back up - Paul Colize

36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation: Humans - Matt Haig

37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read: The talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith

38. A book about an anti hero: Nobody's Fool - Richard Russo

39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list: The dinner - Herman Koch (A book with a word in the title that describes a time of day/night)

40. A novella from your favorite genre: A clockwork orange - Anthony Burgess/The time machine - H. G. Wells

41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction): The English patient - Michael Ondaatje

42. A top 100 fantasy novel: Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury 

43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night: The silent sister - Diane Chamberlain

44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public: Going Dutch - Katie Fforde

45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have: The last dive - Bernie Chowdhury

46. A crime story: Touch and Go - Lisa Gardner

47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title: The curious charm of Arthur Pepper - Phaedra Patrick

48. A dystopia: The heart goes last - Margaret Atwood

49. A book with a great opening line: Wonder - r.j. palacio / Everything I never told you - Celeste Ng

50. A book originally written in a language other than English: Salvation of a Saint - Keigo Higashino

51. A short story from a well-known author: The grownup - Gyllian Flynn

52. A book published in 2016: 13 minutes - Sarah Pinborough

Book of the Month

February: Attachments - Rainbow Rowell

April: The cuckoo's calling - Robert Galbraith

June: Never let me go - Kazuo Ishiguro